Monthly Meetings
First Saturday of each month, 11 am to 2 pm
(no meeting in July or Aug)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, AAQB meetings will be held via Zoom until further notice.
Location: St. Bartholomew’s Church Parish Hall at 4711 Edmondson Ave. Baltimore, MD 21229. Free Parking on Church Lot
(no meeting in July or Aug)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, AAQB meetings will be held via Zoom until further notice.
Location: St. Bartholomew’s Church Parish Hall at 4711 Edmondson Ave. Baltimore, MD 21229. Free Parking on Church Lot
Peace by Piece
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Peace by Piece
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Peace by Piece
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Quilt Shows2016 Quilt Show, July 8th – September 8th 2016
“Peace by Piece” This exhibit featured a range of exceptional quilts from the traditional to the contemporary. Members talents were also highlighted in art talks, workshops, video and market place sales. James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University 2012 Quilt Show, Aug 19th – Sept 6th, 2012“ Enduring Threads: Fiber Stories of the AAQB” Over fifty works of fabric art were on display, capturing and expressing a fantastic range of colors, shapes, textures and emotions. James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University 2010 Quilt Show, Aug-Oct, 2010 “Twenty Years of Peaceful Passion” The African American Quilters of Baltimore’s 20th Anniversary Show took place at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University. |
Community Service Projects
Morgan State University Women Anniversary Quilt Project
Members of AAQB volunteered to help create an anniversary quilt to commemorate over 85 years of service provided by Morgan Women to the Morgan State University community. Guild members have provided valuable time, design, and quilting skills to help bring this project to fruition. The goal is to document the past and present and look to the future with continued support to the Morgan State University and the greater community. The AAQB volunteers are working closely with the Morgan Women members and hope to complete the quilt in 2021. Over ten AAQB members have participated on the project thus far. The planned completed size of the quilt is 80” by 90.” 
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Quilt Club
Since 2018, AAQB members have been participating in a quilt club which includes students, faculty, and visiting artists. Completed quilts are raffled for student scholarships, and for causes such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. 
Sickle-Cell Project
Members donate quilts to various hospitals who are treating Sickle-Cell patients, with a particular focus on children’s quilts. Port Discovery
Annual event for children held at Port Discovery in Baltimore on Martin Luther King weekend. The African American Quilters of Baltimore have a decades long history of hosting a children’s event at the Port Discovery Museum during the 3 days of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday weekend. Participants are lead in a quilt project which culminates in a quilt which will be displayed in the Port Discovery Museum. 
Comfort Pillow Project
The African American Quilters of Baltimore has been making and donating comfort pillows to hospitals in the Baltimore area for over ten years, a practice started by Barbara Pietilla, our President Emeritus. These 5 x 11 inch pillows are designed to provide comfort to men, women, and children who are recovering from cancer surgery. We typically give 50 to each location for a total of more than 500 every year. 
Thurgood Marshall Quilt Project
Civil Rights Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice This quilt honoring Thurgood Marshall was made at the request of Rev. Charles Mercer, Rector of the St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church Baltimore, Maryland. The quilt was designed using symbols, colors, pictures and actual Marshall quotes to convey a sense of who the American Hero was and what he stood for. The pictures selected provide a snap shot of his legacy as a lawyer and Supreme Court Justice. The colors purple, royal blue and white were chosen to represent law, his profession, Howard University, his school, and books to symbolize his quest for knowledge and love of learning. This quilt was made possible by the talents and time of the following members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore Quilt Guild and Quiltworks Studio: Thea Brooks, Bernice Clark, Vera Hall, Eleanor Johnson, Mildred Johnson, Alta Morris, Kathleen Patterson, Paula Rooks, Georgia Swann, and Catherine Wooten. |