# @mdhistory on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CzZYXa8J5WT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19779945-mdhistory-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-11-08T19:20:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

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Thank you to afronews for an engaging look at a recent landmark acquisition at the Maryland Center for History and Culture--see link to the full story in our bio. 

 "Abstract #1" by textile artist Elizabeth Talford Scott (1916 - 2011) is the first known piece attributed to a Black maker to join our world-renowned quilt collection. Stay tuned for more details on a February 2024 exhibition exploring Scott's artistic legacy in dialogue with Maryland's rich tradition of "crazy quilts" and new challenge works created by members of the African American Quilters of Baltimore....

"'Her quilts were unbound,' [Joyce Jane Scott] added. 'They were stories and they were reckonings about dreams, happenstance and things that may or may not happen. And they were done in a way that was not always figurative or uber-realistic. She believed in the realm of prayer and she believed that she could shape the viewer’s ideas by the way she laid down shapes and forms, hues, how dynamic they were, and her use of materials that were seen by others to be uncommon– like rock, button, beads and stone.'"

Pictured VP of Collections and Chief Curator Catherine Rogers Arthur and Professor Deyane Moses observe "Abstract #1" with students in the Maryland Institute College of Art's Exhibition Development Seminar. 

#marylandhistory #quilts #elizabethtalfordscott #textileart #MICA

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