The South Carolina State Museum's fiber art exhibit will be at the Hartsville Museum in January, 2019. This annual juried exhibit showcases works in fiber created by African American artists from throughout the US.
The 12th installment features pieces by 44 artists from 12 different states who accepted the challenge to create a fiber work, such as an art quilt, doll, wearable art piece, etc., which pays tribute to an extraordinary African American woman – past or present, real or fictional, a public figure or an unsung heroine. Curated by award-winning and nationally exhibiting textile artist, Torreah “Cookie” Washington, this unique opportunity offers African American fiber artists a showcase to exhibit their original and innovative designs executed in a variety of traditional and non-traditional fiber techniques.
This year’s exhibit is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook (1933-2017), internationally exhibiting fiber artist, educator, lecturer, community advocate, and dear friend. Marlene touched so many lives through her actions and art. She was a loving mother and grandmother, an educator for all of her life, and a “Jane of All Trades.” Marlene was also someone with a large and loving humanitarian spirit. She always had time to speak to and encourage a new quilter and would happily stop to give a suggestion, take a few minutes to share a technique, and always offered words of encouragement. She was beloved and deeply respected by all who knew her and will be missed by so many in many walks of life.
Participating Artists
Cathy Alvarez (Charleston, SC)
Yvonne F. Anderson (Laurelton, NY)
Carolyn Brackat (Conway, SC)
Lenora Brown (North Charleston, SC)
Cynthelia Cephas (Somerset, NJ)
Donna Chambers (Elmsford, NY)
Ora Clay (Oakland, CA)
Shirley Cox (New York, NY)
Andrea Monilola Curtis-Foster (Columbia, SC)
Joyce Daniels (Stone Mountain, GA)
Valerie Deas (Bronx, New York, NY)
Jacqueline Dukes (Shaker Hts., OH)
Ife Felix (New York, NY)
Renee Fleuranges-Valdes (Mount Vernon, NY)
Gloria Gammage-Davis (Phila, PA)
Katrina Gorman (San Antonio, TX)
Edith Gross (Belle Chasse, LA)
Peggie Hartwell (Summerville, SC)
Janette Holland (Stafford, VA)
Jan Hollins (Rex, GA)
Ingrid Humphrey (Ventura, CA)
Rhonda Irby (Fayetteville, GA)
Caseline Jenkins (Summerville, SC)
Myrya Johnson (Wickcliffe, OH)
Jackquelynn Jones (Bronx, NY)
Asake Denise Jones (Philadelphia, PA)
Cookie Keeling-Patterson (Decatur, GA)
Arianne King Comer (North Charleston, SC)
Evelyn Oliver Knight (Waterbury, CT)
Catherine Lamkin (Charleston, SC)
Kimberly Love Radcliffe (New London, CT)
Aisha Lumumba (Atlanta, GA)
Linda F. Martin (Hartford, CT)
Nell Mays (Oakland, CA)
Veronica Mays (Portsmouth, RI)
Joyce Morrow Jones (Cleveland, OH)
Lillie Singleton (Walterboro, SC)
Rosalind Spann (Waterbury, CT)
Antonia Torres (Waterbury, CT)
Torreah “Cookie” Washington (Goose Creek, SC)
Virginia Watson (Yonges Island, SC)
Gladys Wilburn (Sacramento, CA)
Michelle Willis (Stone Mountain, GA)
Renee Wormack Keels (Reynoldsburg, OH)