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The Ray of Hope: Aaron Douglas
Inspired Quilts and Murals
Spencer Museum of Art in the Lobby Gallery
through September 16, 2012
In the spring term of 2012 Marla Jackson, a
Lawrence, Kansas, quilt artist, worked with Liberty Memorial Central Middle
School 8th graders, in Michel Loomis' English class, and Topeka area 4th
graders to produce a number of painted and quilted works inspired by artist
Aaron Douglas and the Harlem Renaissance. This exhibition features two large
paintings, made by the 8th-graders, and 18 individual quilts made by the
4th-graders in Topeka on similar themes. The 4th-grade students are all from
the Williams Science and Fine Art Magnet School in Topeka.
The project is sponsored by the National Park
Service, the Brown v. Board of Education National Park Service Site, Topeka,
Accessible Arts, and the Spencer Museum of Art.
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