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2 Separate Galleries PLEASE check individual gallery as open times vary. Also note, the exhibit says open every day, but the individual galleries appear to be closed MondaysDescription
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Event Description:
Tarleton State University and the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council (CTFAC) present “A Quilter’s Day Out,” April 6th through May 25th, with two exhibits, one at the W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in the historic ghost town of Thurber and the other at CTFAC in Stephenville. Come see 5 generations of Orr quilts at the W.K. Gordon Center, and also visit CTFAC’s national, traveling exhibit of Hmong quilts “Cloth as Community" at our River North Gallery!
If Quilts Could Talk: Orr Family Quilts Across Five Generations
Showcases 30 traditional Southern quilts created, handed down, and cared for by five generations of Orr family quilters beginning circa 1870 in Silver Run, Alabama. In 1898 the family brought 19th century quilts to Brandon, Hill County, Texas where they created quilts for several more decades. This exhibit displays iconic patterns including, Flower Basket, Crown of Thorns, Stamp Quilt, Dove at the Window, Grandmother’s Fan, Magic Vine, and a variety of other classics.
Visitors will also see notions from the family’s sewing cabinet and observe the nature of hand piecing and hand quilting, evident in fabric scraps that appear in multiple quilts. Handwritten postcards, excerpts from family journals, and photographs of the quilters capture the essence of the family’s rural farm life. A video shows restoration and conservation completed by the fifth-generation caregiver of the quilts, Sue Goodman.
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Tarleton State University
W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas
65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367
Mingus, Texas
254-968-1886
Directions
W.K Gordon Center Website
Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America
Showcases 28 flower cloths and embroidered story clothes created by Hmong women in the U.S. that connect their experiences in America with the Native culture. The exhibit highlights needlework skills and cultural knowledge that had been passed down in cloth for generations.
Hmong flower cloth (or paj ntaub) is one of the world’s great textile traditions and an excellent example of cloth as community. Despite its deep roots in Hmong culture, this complex art was not widely known outside Asia until after the Vietnam War, when Hmong refugees arrive in the United States. The works illustrate the profound relevance of textiles as infrastructure in the Hmong culture, an art form that shifted as it adapted to fit new realities.
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Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council
204 River North Blvd.
Stephenville, Texas
254-965-6190
Directions
Visiting Stephenville Information
Cross Timbers Website
Admission (Tarleton)
Adults (12 years and older): $5.00
Seniors and Military: $4.00
Children (5-12 years old): $2.50
Free Admission for Children 5 years & under and Tarleton State University Students, Staff and Faculty.
Active and Retired Military Members: The W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas is happy to announce that we will once again be participating in the Blue Star Museum program along with museums across the country! From May 18 through Labor Day we will be offering free admission to military members and their families.
This program is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families.
About the River North Gallery
River North Gallery is a space dedicated to bringing the visual art experience to life by creating an atmosphere for expanding ideas related to the creative process through a variety of visual exhibits, enrichment programs, and classes.
It is the vision of CTFAC that we seek out a wide variety of artists in all areas of production that we might bring new and different ideas to our community and thereby better understand and appreciate the world around us.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
