Harriet Powers, Pictorial quilt, 1895–98. Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliquéd, embroidered, and quilted. Bequest of Maxim Karolik.
Harriet Powers, Pictorial quilt, 1895–98. Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliquéd, embroidered, and quilted. Bequest of Maxim Karolik.
Celebrating Harriet Powers and Quilt Stories
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Celebrate the life and work of Harriet Powers to mark the unique opportunity in which her Bible quilt and Pictorial quilt are on display together for the first time in the exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories.” Hear from artists, historians, and curators as they discuss and reflect on the art and achievements of Harriet Powers.
Speakers
Bisa Butler, artist
Kyra Hicks, author, quilter, and quilt historian
Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, NEA Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellow, United States Artists Fellow
Dr. Tiya Miles, professor of History, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, Harvard University
Follow the link to preregister for the program. Live-streaming programs utilize Zoom. To access, you will be required to download Zoom.
Closed captioning
Sponsors
Supported by the Ann and John Clarkeson Lecture and Publication Fund for Textiles and Costume.
“Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories” is sponsored by Chase. Generously supported by Carolyn and Peter Lynch and the Lynch Foundation, and The Coby Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding from the Dillon Fund of the Boston Foundation, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, the David and Roberta Logie Fund for Textile and Fashion Arts, the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Fund for Exhibitions, the Robert and Jane Burke fund for Exhibitions, the Loring Textile Gallery Exhibition Fund, and the Patricia B. Jacoby Exhibition Fund.