QUILTS via BOOKS, ET CETERA

Many one/three day showings at conferences, exhibits, lecture presentations, etc. in Charleston, SC, Columbia, SC, Savannah, GA, Cullowhee, NC, Charlotte, NC, et.al.

Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture, College of Charleston(SC), Charleston Grand Reunion, July 3-6, 1991.

"LOVING HANDS" Exhibition, Manhattan East Gallery of Fine Arts, New York, NY, February 6-22, 1992.

"AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIBER ARTISANS: SPIRIT OF THE CLOTH" Exhibition, (Frank Hale Cultural Center, Worthington, OH; The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH; The Quilt and Textile Museum, San Jose, CA; Junior Black Academy, Dallas, TX), March-August , 1993.

"UNCOMMON BEAUTY IN COMMON OBJECTS: THE LEGACY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRAFT ART" Exhibition, (National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH; American Craft Museum, New York, NY; African American Panoramic Experience Museum, Atlanta, GA; Museum of African American Life and Culture, Dallas, TX; African American Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA; Smithsonian Institution( Renwick Gallery), Washington, D.C. ), October 1993- June 1995.

"WAR AND PEACE" Exhibition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY, May 4- June 23, 1996.

(SOLO) "LEGACIES IN FIBER: THE QUILTS OF MARLENE O'BRYANT-SEABROOK" Exhibition, City Gallery, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC, September 26- October 31, 1996.

"AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUILTS: A FAMILY TRADITION" Exhibition, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, January 24-February 21, 1997.

"A COMMUNION OF THE SPIRITS" Exhibition, ( Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS: National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN; The African American Museum, Detroit, MI; The Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA; Smithsonian Institution (Arts and Industries Museum), Washington, D.C.; The Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing/Cultural Arts Complex, Columbus, OH; Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA; The San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA; Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY; The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA ), January, 1997- September, 2001.

"GOING PUBLIC: WOMEN OF COLOR PIECE A PAST TO THE PRESENT FOR THE FUTURE" Exhibition, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, May 4-August 10, 1997.

"ROOTS AND REEDS: THE AMAZING GRACE OF THE GULLAH PEOPLE" Exhibition, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, February 3-March 21, 1998.

"SENIOR WOMEN: CREATIVE MENTORS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM" Exhibition, Anderson Arts Council, Anderson, SC, November 19-December 23, 1999.

(SOLO) "LEGACIES IN FIBER: THE STORY QUILTS OF MARLENE O'BRYANT-SEABROOK" Exhibition, Chelsea Gallery - Hinds University Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, January 10 - February 2, 2000.

"CREATIVE MENTORS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: QUILT ARTISTS OVER THE AGE OF FIFTY" Exhibition, University of South Carolina-Lancaster, Lancaster, SC, March 1 - May 8, 2000.

"TESTIMONY THROUGH ART: AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORLD COURT OF WOMEN AGAINST WAR, FOR PEACE", The Castle of Good Hope Museum, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, March 3 - April 13, 2001; The African Eye, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, May 2 - June 30, 2001; National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Republic of Namibia, July 5 - August 4, 2001.

"PIECING A QUILT OF LIFE: CONTEMPORARY ART QUILTS BY SENIOR WOMEN" Exhibition, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC, March 8 - June 3, 2002.

(SOLO) "STORIES IN FIBER: THE QUILTS OF MARLENE O'BRYANT-SEABROOK (A Retrospective)" Exhibition, Avery Research Center - College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, July 31 - October 6, 2003. For the story of this exhibition, click here.

"PIECING A QUILT OF LIFE: WORLD CONNECTIONS" Exhibition, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC, September 6 2003- April 25, 2004. The exhibition includes art quilts by twenty-three women from five continents and eight different countries. To see a slide presentation of opening night, click here . I am seen in Slide 2 and that's my quilt being TOUCHED in Slide 7.

(SOLO) "IN THE SPIRIT OF SANKOFA: THE ART QUILTS OF MARLENE O'BRYANT-SEABROOK" Exhibition, The Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC, January 8 - February 29, 2004. For an article about this exhibition,click here.

"THREADS OF FAITH: RECENT WORKS FROM THE WOMEN OF COLOR QUILTERS NETWORK" Exhibition, The Gallery at American Bible Society, New York, NY, January 23 - April 17, 2004; The Afro-American Museum of Boston,(MA), January 2 - March 31, 2005; The Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA (near Philadelphia), July 15 - October 15, 2005; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, November 19,2005 - February 28, 2006; Tisdale Art Center, Savannah, GA, July 9 - September 15, 2006; Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, WV, October 1, - December 30, 2006.

"I REMEMBER MAMA" Exhibition, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX, October 27 - 30, 2005;Donald Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL (near Chicago), April 7-9, 2006; Cite'Centre De Congres Lyon, Lyon, France, June 22 - 25, 2006. This exhibition was created in 2003 by Karoline "Karey" Bresenhan in memory of her mother and was repeated two more years. My quilt is one of sixty from nine countries in the 2005 show which is the final year for this very popular exhibition.

"CREATIVE SELF-PORTRAITS" Exhibition, International Quilt Festival; Rosemont, IL, April 7-9, 2006; International Quilt Market, Minneapolis, MN, May 19-21, 2006; Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, August 17 -20, 2006; American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI, September 29- October 1, 2006; Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, October 12-15, 2006; International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, November 2-5, 2006. Quilting Arts magazine issued a challenge and received 496 creative self-portraits from all over the world. My self-portrait, "'Muv' Wears Many Hats" is one of 75 selected for their traveling exhibition.

"TEXTURAL RHYTHMS:QUILTING THE JAZZ TRADITION" Exhibition; King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH; February 8 - March 31, 2007; Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History,Baltimore, MD, November 18, 2007 - March 30, 2008;Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History,Detroit, MI. April 20 - August 31, 2008;New York State Museum, Albany, NY, December 21, 2008 - March 1, 2009; American Folk Art Museum,New York, NY, March 24, 2009 - October 11, 2009; Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, January 24, 2010 - March 21, 2010; City of Lake Charles Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 4 - May 23, 2010; National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 13 - August 15, 2010; HUB - Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, September 24 - December 6, 2010; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, January 20 - April 3, 2011.

"JOURNAL QUILTS" Exhibition, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX, November 1 -4,2007;Donald Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL (near Chicago), April 11-13, 2008. In prior years, artists from around the world displayed four 8 1/2" x 11" quilts. The format for this final year is one 17" x 22" quilt.

"QUILTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY: OUR CHALLENGES, CREATIVITY, AND CHAMPIONS" Exhibition, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH, March 8 - November, 2008.

"QUILTS for OBAMA: CELEBRATING the INAURGURATION of OUR 44th PRESIDENT" Exhibition, Historical Society of Washington, DC, January 11 - February 31,2009.

(SOLO)"JAZZ! ART QUILTS in PERFORMANCE" Exhibition,Avery Research Center - College of Charleston; Charleston, SC, June 1 - September 15,2009.

"THE JOURNEY OF HOPE in AMERICA: ART QUILTS INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA" Exhibition, International Quilt Fest, Yokohama, Japan, November 12 - 14, 2009; National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH, December 18 - June 18, 2010.

"MILESTONES:CELEBRATING 70 and BEYOND" Exhibition, The Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC, January 17 - April 25,2010.

"EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION" Exhibition, Highlands Museum & Discovery Center, Ashland, KY, January 15 - April 1,2010.

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