Sat, Apr 01
|Civil Rights Memorial Center
EXTENDED!! Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis
Art quilters honor the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis
Time & Location
Apr 01, 2023, 9:00 AM – Apr 28, 2023, 5:00 PM
Civil Rights Memorial Center, 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA
About the event
Good Trouble Quilts - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis is a special exhibit that premeired at the 2022 Atlanta Quilt Festival August 7th - September 2d. It is traveling to other venues during 2023.
The exhibit features approximatley 30 original quilts created by predominantly African American quiltmakers especially for this exhibit. The creativity and the scope of the exhibit will amaze you.
We are especially pleased that this very timely and historical exhibit will be hosted by the Southern Poverty Law Center at its Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, AL during the annual Selma Jubilee celebration scheduled for March 3-5, 2023.
There is a small fee to visit the Civil Rights Memorial Center. Visit splcenter.org for details.