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News BIT pushing for wireless broadband by next year09/09/10 - 7:31 am
Supervisors heard a brief report Tuesday evening from Mickey L. Sims, General Manager of Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative (BIT), who discussed the company’s push to extend wireless broadband throughout Halifax…
Passenger in pick-up injured09/09/10 - 7:30 am
A 19 year old passenger in a pick-up truck was injured and transported for treatment early Tuesday morning after the driver of the 2004 Ford F150 ran off the right…
Highway safety better over holiday09/09/10 - 7:29 am
Virginia’s highways proved to be considerably safer over the 2010 Labor Day weekend than in 2009. Last year over the holiday weekend 14 people lost their lives in traffic crashes…
Sports Richmond critical to Hamlin’s Chase bid09/08/10 - 1:51 pm
Denny Hamlin will walk through the gates at Richmond International Raceway Friday morning locked into NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup title and currently 10th in the standings.
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Quilting as art at Prizery
SoVaNow.com / March 12, 2010
“North Halifax Quilting Ladies: Hand-quilting at its Finest,” a exhibition of beautiful hand-sewn quilts sponsored by the Parsons-Bruce Art Association, opens at The Prizery arts center this coming Sunday, March 21, with a free reception just prior to the performance by the Rainier Piano Trio. It will remain hanging through May.More than just quilts hanging in the Robert F. Cage Art Gallery, the exhibit is the brainchild of designer Ralph Wileman, who wanted to showcase gorgeous, meticulous handiwork while also telling the compelling story of the “quilting ladies” of the North Halifax Fire Department. Wileman, a retired University of North Carolina professor who has retired to Vernon Hill, stumbled upon the group of quilters at Heritage Days a few years ago. A craftsman and needlepointer himself, Wileman was cleaning his house one day and found unfinished quilt tops; he later delivered these and three carloads of cloth pieces to his new friends and began learning their story: The “quilting ladies” began stitching back in the 1960s; they meet weekly (all day every Tuesday) to quilt, and they donate their proceeds to support the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department. Over the years: a whopping $50,000-plus. “I love the fact that they do this for charity,” said Wileman. Today, North Halifax has a modern facility, a helipad for emergency flights in and out of the remote region – and a room dedicated exclusively to the use of the quilters. Wileman was inspired to showcase their well-done handiwork, the history of quilting and the quilters’ substantial contribution to their community. Moreover, quilting was traditionally a craft (or duty) of women, often rural ones. Quilting bees not only got the work done, they provided a social outlet and news network for the housekeepers of bygone eras. This lent it a nice affinity with Minds Wide Open, a statewide celebration of women in the arts across Virginia in 2010. Wileman enlisted volunteers (Buddy East, Andrew Bohanon, Sylvia Bohanon, Mary Rowland, Tom Stutts and Roberta Munske) to document the process, raise funds and research the craft. With a career in design, Wileman fashioned the exhibit to spotlight both quilts (new and antique) and the individual women doing the sewing. Most of the women hail from Nathalie and Republican Grove. While the quilts are displayed as art, the exhibit includes information about individual quilters, the many types of quilts, a brief history of the craft and a tableau of a quilting bee: frame set among chairs – the show arranged with Wileman’s signature flair. Among the Quilting Ladies is 92-year-old Jettie Waller of Nathalie, the group’s matriarch, who’s not sure where she learned the art but suspects it was as a child frolicking beneath her mother’s quilt frame. Waller has no time for modesty when asked if their quilts are exceptional. “I will vouch for that,” Waller said. “We do an excellent job, I think.” The Prizery receives support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The exhibit is on display during regular business hours, Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. There is no admission fee. |
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