rcwms|Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South, Inc.
Weaving feminism & spirituality into a vision of justice for the world
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Stitching Our Stories Exhibition (Opening Celebration)
May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cassilhaus and the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) are pleased to announce the opening of STITCHING OUR STORIES: Community, Imagination, and Spirit.
This exhibition will open on Thursday May 29th and feature works by three North Carolina artists: Kimberley Pierce Cartwright, Jereann King Johnson and Sauda Zahra. All three of these self-taught fiber artists have been creating thought-provoking work for decades. Their abstract, improvisational, as well as representational quilts will be featured in the exhibition and will explore and inspire community, imagination, and spirit by stitching together their inner thoughts and experiences.
Their work is rooted in the tradition of African American quilting as a medium for storytelling, resistance, and cultural preservation. The exhibition challenges participants to reimagine the role of quilting beyond its historical context into a future where textiles become tools for warmth, inspiration, imagination, transformation, and ancestral connection.
The fabrics in these quilts, much of which is recycled, transform stories, hardships, and imaginations into inspiration for the future. The representational works elucidate and confront enslavement, lynching, civil rights, social justice, and showcase prominent figures such Fannie Lou Hammer, Zora Neal Hurston, and Bree Newsome.
Stitching Our Stories will be on view through August 31 during various events to be announced here on this page. For more information contact frank@cassilhaus.com. People interested in receiving invitations to all Cassilhaus public events can sign up on the connect page on our site and those interested in news and events at RCWMS can sign up at their contact page.
Opening Celebration Information:
All three artists will be in attendance.
Attendance is by RSVP only and space is limited.
All transport to Cassilhaus will be by shuttle bus from a location TBA.
Details will be in your RSVP confirmation.
Visitors with physical challenges can request on site parking in their RSVP email.
Session 1 6:00-7:45 pm RSVP: StitchingOurStories1@cassilhaus.com
Session 2 7:45-9:30 pm RSVP: StitchingOurStories2@cassilhaus.com
Graphics courtesy of Dean Burnette at OLED Studio