Our Ancestors’ Garden
Apr-Jul 2007
North Preston Recreation Ctr, North Preston NS
Museum of Industry, Stellarton NS
Birchtown Community Centre, Shelburne NS
Weymouth Falls Community Ctr, Weymouth Falls NS
Halifax North Branch Library, Halifax NS
Curated by David Woods
A touring exhibition of African Nova Scotian quilts plus first ever presentations of quilts from local communities. Special guests Mary Lou Bendolph and Louisiana Pettway of the Gees Bend Quiltmakers, Alabama
Gees Bend Quilters, Alabama: MaryLou Bendolph, Louisiana Bendolph-Pettway
Nova Scotian Quilters: Alfreda Anderson, Patricia Bell, Myla Borden, Marilyn Brannan, Lucille Cain, Edith Colley, Ada Cromwell, Heather Cromwell, Bolivia Czernon, Frances Dorrington, Marlene Dorrington, Laurel Francis, Rosella Fraser, Rose Jarvis, Debra Jordan, Kathy Lusk, Helen Morrison, Margo Morrison, Alfreda Smith, Lillian Smith, Annie Whelan
Community quiltmakers from New Glasgow, North Preston, Shelburne, Weymouth Falls
Presented by BANNS