Heritage: Southern Vernacular
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Fri, Nov 8, 2024 - Tue, Jan 7, 2025
Location
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
222 Rep. John Lewis Way S
Details
The Haley Gallery, a contemporary art gallery, presents Heritage: Southern Vernacular. The exhibition will feature quilts made by women in the Gee’s Bend community of Alabama, as well as sculptures and two-dimensional works from Black vernacular artists who are also associated with the state. Gee's Bend quiltmakers featured in the exhibit include Loretta Pettway Bennett, Marlene Bennett Jones, Polly Middleton, Cathy Mooney, Doris Pettway Mosely, Cynthia Pettway, Emma Mooney Pettway, Mary Margaret Pettway, Stella Pettway, Andrea Pettway Williams and Shu’Nae Williams. Complementing the quilts are sculptures, paintings and works on paper, by Richard Dial, Thorton Dial, Charlie Lucas, Betty Sue Matthews and Mose Tolliver.
