The Mississippi Museum of Art has "announced its 2022 acquisitions which include a significant collection of quilts by crafters from Mississippi and beyond, along with works by Randy Hayes, Shani Peters, Edgar Praus, and Willie White. The 131 quilts generously gifted through the Kohler Foundation, Inc. greatly enhance MMA’s holdings of quilts by African Americans." Find out more about these wonderful pieces of history that will now be preserved forever.

From The Mississippi Museum of Art:

"MMA Director Betsy Bradley said, “We are thrilled to be the beneficiary of the Kohler Foundation, Inc.’s extraordinary generosity—receiving this major gift of works assembled by Roland Freeman puts MMA at the national forefront of African American quilt collections. This expands and enriches our already important collection of quilts from Port Gibson and Gwendolyn Magee, among others.”"

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(Quit Photo: Crossroad Quilters, Strings in Diamond Quilt, 2000. Quilted fabric. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. 2022.9.4.)