The Collection
Preserving Civil and Human Rights Through 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, not the member quilt) 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
2023 - Birmingham, AL (TMQ1 - TMQ8) Birmingham Public Library
Coming soon: Click the images below to learn more about each year of the project and to see the resulting quilts.
