Traditional American and Afro-Caribbean Quilts

CANO’S Creative Space in Myrtle Banks Building

 NOVEMBER 24, 2018 – JANUARY 2019

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

Over twenty-four traditional American and Afro-Caribbean inspired quilts are on view by Cecelia Pedescleaux, Susan Charles, and Edith Gross.

The quilt exhibition will be on view through January. Hours for viewing are from 9 to 5 on weekdays and by appointment.

On Small Business Saturday, the Saturday following Black Friday, the public is invited to an exhibition and sale of quilts and quilted bags, placemats, and other accessories and home items available at CANO’s Creative Space at Myrtle Banks Building, above the Dryades Market at 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

An opening celebration of the exhibition and sale will take place from 11am – 5pm. Free parking is available behind the building on Rampart Street.

“In 2012, with the help of grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Creative Capital, the Creative Alliance of New Orleans was able to provide business training for 24 artists. Cecelia Pedescleaux was one of them. We have  followed her career ever since and have been thrilled to learn a quilting group she formed to bring others into this very homegrown but always beautiful art form. We respect the beauty of the work and the fact that it is so homegrown. It comes from the hands of people in their homes who are usually untrained. So it is really a pleasure for CANO to present this exhibition that I think people will be thrilled to see.”, said Jeanne Nathan, Executive Director of the Creative Alliance of New Orleans.

Cecilia Pedescleaux and other quilt artists take inspiration from the past while introducing new techniques. “There are so many new things that even 10 years ago some of these techniques would not have been thought of as quilting,” Pedescleaux said. “There are so many that people do. I’m not exaggerating. There’s a book called ‘1001 Quilt Patterns’.  It’s not your grandmother’s quilting anymore,” said Pedescleaux. She continues “there’s a lot of creativity with people, especially with females. Here we are able to work together in a nonjudgmental way and help each other. If you can’t paint or sculpt, this is something you can do, and it is portable,” said Pedescleaux.

 

Image: Quilted Jacket by Cecelia (Cely) Pedescleaux

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