African American Narrative Quilts
Now exhibiting in the NC Arts Incubator’s PAF Gallery
"Through Her Hands"
11 African American Narrative Quilts by artist Heather Williams
Quilts by Heather A. Williams have been exhibited in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In North Carolina she has had exhibitions at the Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery at UNC Chapel Hill, and the National Humanities Center. Her commissioned quilts are exhibited in the American Studies Department (and on their website) at Yale University; the Kahn Institute at Smith College; the School of Social Work at Smith College; and the Stone Center at UNC Chapel Hill.
Williams is an associate professor in the Department of History at UNC Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 2002. Before that, she practiced law in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Through all of it, she has quilted. Her historical work has become a part of her quilts and the quilts have become part of the scholarship. One of her quilts is featured on the cover of her first book, Self Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom, published by UNC Press in 2005 and she has just completed a new quilt for her forthcoming book.
An artists's reception will be offered on Friday, February 19 from 6-9:00p.m. during the 3rd Friday ArtWalk. The exhibition runs through March 15, 2010.
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Student and group tours are welcome. Please contact sue@ncartsincubator.org for available dates.
The PAF Gallery is located at #223 N. Chatham Avenue in Siler City open 9-5 weekdays and Saturday.