The Collection

Enhancing the intersection of advocacy and art

The first quilts of the collection were completed in 2015 and exhibited in Selma and Montgomery. Since then, the quilts have been showcased in various settings. Sometimes the quilts are shown a few at a time, but the collection has been exhibited in full, growing in size year after year.

The following is an incomplete list of exhibitions by year and location.

2015 - Selma, AL + Montgomery, AL (TMQ1 community quilts) Selma Public Library + AL Department of Archives

2015 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1, all four quilts + quilts made by partners in the project) Bridgestreet Gallery

2018 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ4) Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2018 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1 through TMQ4) UAB Medical Center, North Pavilion

2018 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1 through TMQ4) Homewood Public Library

2019 - Minneapolis, MN (TMQ1 through TMQ5)

2020 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1 through TMQ5) Hoover Public Library

2020 - Huntsville, AL (TMQ1 through TMQ5) Lowe Mill

2021 - Gadsden, AL (TMQ1 through TMQ6) Gadsden Museum of Art

2021 - Montgomery, AL (TMQ1 Members' Quilt + TMQ3) Alabama State Council on the Arts Gallery

2022 - Hoover, AL (TMQ5 through TMQ7) Hoover City Hall Gallery

2022 - Pickensville, AL (TMQ1 Members' Quilt, TMQ2, TMQ4 Tree Quilt, smaller TMQ5) Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School

2023 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1 - TMQ8) Birmingham Public Library

2024 - Tuscaloosa, AL (TMQ2 + both TMQ5) Kentuck Arts Gallery

​Click the images below to learn more about each year of the project and to see the resulting quilts.