On View January 16 through April 27, 2024

The Quilted Canvas IV is the final exhibition in a series that began in 2017 at the New England Quilt Museum to recognize and celebrate America’s pioneering art quilters. This fourth installment features the works of Ruth McDowell, Jude Larzelere, Tafi Brown and Jo Diggs. Some of these artists received formal training in art school in the 1950s and 1960s, but chose to explore fabric as their primary creative medium at a time when this was unusual.

Exhibited nationally and internationally, their work is included in private and corporate collections, and they are featured in numerous publications. The innovative works of these four artists continue to demand our attention and influence new generations of textile artists.