SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: African American Quilts from the Collection of Maude Southwell Wahlman Reception

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: African American Quilts from the Collection of Maude Southwell Wahlman Reception
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Date: 2/4/2012
Time: 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

704 Pier View Way
Oceanside, CA 92054

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760 435-3720

Event Description: This dazzling display of ten quilts from the collection of Dr. Maude Southwell Wahlman presents an indigenous American art, an alternative aesthetic tradition quite different from that seen in widely known European-American quilts. African American quilts are characterized by strips, bold colors, large designs, asymmetry, multiple patterns, and improvisation. These quilts are unique in American arts because they show a combination or creolization of African textile ideas and symbols with American traditions. This exhibition is one of a series of programs that is a part of Oceanside Public Library’s Big Read event. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The 2012 Oceanside Big Read presents the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, the acclaimed novel by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The exhibition will open with a preview reception on Saturday, February 4 at 11:00 a.m. The reception is free and open to the public

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