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EXHIBITIONS:

African American Quilts
“From the Robert & Helen Cargo Collection”

 

African-American quilts are an important segment of American quilt history. They reflect the diverse traditions that merge to form the American quilting heritage. They come in every imaginable style: traditional patterns and original patterns, bold colors and subdued colors, and patchwork quilts and story quilts. Like all quilts, African-American quilts vary from region to region, from era to era, and from person to person.
“Southern quilts are unique because they don’t conform to rules; they create a real new rhythm,” said Carolyn Ducey, curator at the International Quilt Study Center.

 

Online Exhibition
Catalogues
“Islands of Spirits”
“Anonymous African American Portraits”
“Lamentations & Celebrations”

"African American Quilts from the Robert and Helen Cargo Collection,"

past exhibitions

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"Anonymous"

African American Portraits


FRINGGOLD
Faith Ringgold

“Dinner at Aunt Connie’s”
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Frederick Brown

Jazz Musician Icons

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Rudy Smith

"In Our Own Image"

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Bernard Stanley Hoyes

"Lamentations & Celebrations"

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Dr. Kam Ching Leung

“Islands of Spirits

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Juried Nebraska Art Educators Exhibition

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African American
Quilts

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Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao

Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao

1st Annual African American
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2nd Annual African American
Exhibition

Courage Under Fire

113 year History of Omaha's Black Firefighters

 

 

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African American Quilts


“From the Robert & Helen Cargo Collection”

 

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The Cargo quilts are considered one of the most important collections of African American quilts in the world. The supporting documentation associated with each quilt maker is one of the unique strengths that sets this collection apart from others. Most of the quilts were made since the 1970’s by women with whom Dr. Cargo was acquainted, though some of the anonymous quilts in the collection date as far back as the early twentieth century. Within that collection are 26 quilts made by Yvonne Wells, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Wells' quilts reflect her spirituality and social awareness, as exemplified in her quilt "Yesterday: Civil Rights in the South." (Image attached) Wells was the winner of the prestigious 1998 Alabama Arts and Visual Craftsmen Award.

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