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Related Programs Quilt-Making Workshops:Wednesdays, June 16 to July 14 or July 28 and Aug. 25 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Classroom H-I Sonja Tugend, instructor, quilt artist and Textile Art Alliance (CMA affiliate group) member from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, will instruct this course that introduces students to the techniques needed to create their own contemporary, innovative version of this great American classic. Participants are required to bring their own sewing machine. Tickets are available for $140 (CMA members $100) by calling (216) 421-7350 or 1-888-CMA-0033 or online at www.ClevelandArt.org. Limited availability. Members Preview Days Fri., June 25, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., June 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to receiving free tickets for special exhibitions, a 15% discount in the Museum Stores and a free subscription to the monthly Members Magazine, members enjoy members-only preview days for special exhibitions such as The Quilts of Gee's Bend. For information about CMA membership fees and privileges, please call the membership department at 1-888-269-7829 x 2268 or at www.ClevelandArt.org. Quilters Roundtable Sun., June 27, 2 p.m., Gartner Auditorium Free, ticket required. Quilters from Gee's Bend will discuss their quilts in this exceptional forum with moderator Dee Perry, “Around Noon” host on WCPN FM/WVIZ PBS Ideastream. Public Exhibition Tours: Wed., June 30, Wed., July 28 and Wed., Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m. CMA educational staff will give a gallery talk in the exhibition. Admission is free on Wednesday Evenings, but tickets are required. Sat., July 10, 1:30 p.m. CMA educational staff will give a gallery talk in the exhibition. Exhibition ticket required. Sat., Aug. 21, 1:30 p.m. CMA educational staff will give a gallery talk in the exhibition. Exhibition ticket required. Family Express Workshop: Sun., July 18, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Free The Quilts of Gee's Bend Colorful quilt patterns are the inspiration for this family workshop. Quilt Lectures and Show and Tell Sessions: Sun., July 18, 1:30 p.m., Recital Hall Free African-American Quilting: What is It?? Dr. Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook, fiber artist, author, historian, and lecturer from Charleston, N.C. will discuss contemporary African-American quilts and their influence on American quilts. Show-and-Tell: 2:30 p.m., Interior Garden Court Free Share your quilts with Oberlin, Ohio, quilt historian and author Ricky Clark and Dr. Marlene OBryant-Seabrook, fiber artist, author, historian and lecturer from Charleston, N.C. Limit two quilts per person. This analysis does not include monetary valuation. Sun., Aug. 15, 1:30 p.m., Recital Hall Free From the Country to the City: History of African-American Quilts Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi, artist, author, historian, and founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network, West Chester, Ohio, will discuss the history of African-American quilts. Show-and-Tell, 2:30 p.m., Interior Garden Court Free Share your quilts with Oberlin, Ohio quilt historian and author Ricky Clark and Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, fiber artist, author, historian, and founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network, West Chester, Ohio. Limit two quilts per person. This analysis does not include monetary valuation. Guest Lectures: Sun., July 25, 1:30 p.m., Gartner Auditorium Faith Ringgold: More Than 30 Years Faith Ringgold, professor of art at the University of California, San Diego, will survey her career as a painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and writer beginning in the early 1960s to the present. A Q&A session and book signing will follow the lecture. This lecture is sponsored by the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets are available for $15 (CMA members $10), students $5 by calling (216) 421-7350 or 1-888-CMA-0033 or online at www.clevelandart.org. Fri., July 30, 7 p.m., Lecture Hall Free The Past is Prologue for Textile Artists of the 21st Century Textile Art Alliance (CMA affiliate group) sponsors Rebecca Stevens, consulting curator of contemporary textiles at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. She will discuss contemporary textile artists. Wed., Aug. 11, 6:30 p.m., Recital Hall Free Beginning the Freedom Quilting Bee, Rev. Francis X. Walter, founder the Freedom Quilting Bee cooperative and previous Rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama, will lecture on the Freedom Quilting Bee. Wed., Aug. 25, 7 p.m., Lecture Hall Free Susan Shies Outsider Art Quilts Textile Art Alliance (CMA affiliate group) sponsors Susan Shie, quilt artist from Wooster, Ohio. Thurs., Aug. 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Classrooms F-G Free Quilt Samplers Susan Shie, quilt artist from Wooster, Ohio, is sponsored by Textile Art Alliance (CMA affiliate group). Please contact Sharon Markovic at (216) 447-8581 for reservations. Family Quilting Day Sun., Aug. 22, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Interior Garden Court and Classrooms H-I Free Family Quilting Day Discover quilting techniques through demonstrations by Textile Art Alliance (CMA affiliate group) quiltmakers and make-and-take-it activities available. Appropriate for adults and children seven years and older. Celebration of Freedom Family Day Sat., Sept. 11, 1:30 to 4 p.m. Free Hands-on art projects, gallery tours, and family workshops. Fiber Exhibition Sat., Aug. 1 to Fri., Sept. 10 Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Free Focus Fiber 2004 This regional juried exhibition will be held at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Rebecca Stevens, consulting curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. is guest juror. This event is sponsored by the Textile Art Alliance, an affiliate group of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Sat., Aug. 28, 1 p.m. Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Free Focus Fiber 2004 Exhibition Tour Kathleen Van Meter, Textile Art Alliance member, will give a gallery tour of the Focus Fiber 2004 exhibition at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Page 3 of 5 | On the next page: Catalogue: The Quilts of Gee's Bend |
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