![Susana Allen Hunter [1912-2005], Pig Pen Quilt (also called Housetop or Log Cabin), c. 1950-1955, cotton prints and solids, denim with backing from cornmeal sacks, from the Collections of the Henry Ford, 2006.79.25. Image from the Collections of the Henry Ford, THF73651.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5203ff5ce4b0cbada7130140/1629138399139-WP5E41QVC00PPAG1VXEJ/04_THF73651_Pig+Pen+Quilt.jpg)
Susana Allen Hunter [1912-2005], Pig Pen Quilt (also called Housetop or Log Cabin), c. 1950-1955, cotton prints and solids, denim with backing from cornmeal sacks, from the Collections of the Henry Ford, 2006.79.25. Image from the Collections of the Henry Ford, THF73651.
The Improvisational Quilts of Susana Allen Hunter
October 2, 2021 - February 6, 2022
Coe Gallery
An Evening with Jeanine Head Miller
Saturday, October 23 | 7 - 9 PM
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Using her innate flair for abstract design, Susana Allen Hunter (1912–2005) created hundreds of colorful improvisational quilts throughout her lifetime. From the 1930s to the 1970s she lived in Wilcox County, Alabama, and created brightly-patterned quilts that reflected her life in that rural community as well as her experiences as an African-American woman. Hunter turned the “fabric” of everyday life into eye-catching quilts with an abstract, asymmetrical and often modern feel.
For much of their lives, Susana Hunter and her husband Julius made their living farming, growing crops such as cotton, corn and potatoes. Wilcox County, also home to the quilting community of Gee’s Bend, was among the very poorest counties in the US. Susana Hunter’s genius lies in creating beautiful, functional objects from what little was available.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with HMA’s Fall into Folk — a folk art take-over of the Museum.
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This exhibition was supported by the United Arts Council of Catawba County with
funding from the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Benny Carter, Going to New York City, oil on canvas, Gift of Albert Keiser, Jr., 2021.3.j
Recent gifts from albert keiser, jr.
September 18, 2021 – March 13, 2022
Shuford Gallery
A selection of recent gifts to the Museum’s Collection from Albert Keiser, Jr. presented in conjunction with the “Fall into Folk Art” take-over. Artists include Howard Finster, Alpha Andrews, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Minnie Evans, Benny Carter, and more.
Exhibition Sponsor
Annual Sponsors
![Lawrence Lebduska [1894-1966], Wild Cattle at Water Hole in Lush Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas with hand-painted frame, Gift of Albert Keiser, Jr., 2021.4.j](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5203ff5ce4b0cbada7130140/1632571768625-RID6R4DV9NQQU2ERPJBL/lebduska.jpg)
Lawrence Lebduska [1894-1966], Wild Cattle at Water Hole in Lush Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas with hand-painted frame, Gift of Albert Keiser, Jr., 2021.4.j
Collection Doppelgängers
September 25, 2021 - February 6, 2022
Whitener Gallery
In this exhibition we pair painting look-alikes from our collection – matching a folk art painting with a fine art painting. Folk art is work created by a self-taught artist and fine art is work created by an artist with formal art training.
We had fun with the title of this exhibition. The term Doppelgänger may be a stretch in the most technical sense of the word when comparing these paintings, but we liked its meaning of look-alikes that are biologically unrelated. These pairings have strong affinities to each other, yet they were created in different times and / or places.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the “Fall into Folk” museum take-over.
Annual Sponsors
Beaver Family Foundation
Deal Financial Group
Vanguard Furniture
Participating Artists:
Deane Bowers (Seabrook Island, South Carolina)
Liz Brent (Chicago)
Sandy Buffie (Washington)
Nikki Contini (San Rafael, California)
Will Cooke with Jennifer Mildonian and Marcelle VanYahres (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Lynette Driver (Brevard, North Carolina)
Celie Gehring (Richmond, Virginia)
Lynn Karegeannes (Asheville, North Carolina)
Cathy Kleiman (Charleston)
Dayo Johnson (Nashville)
Amy Lauria (Painesville, Ohio)
Rachel McLaughlin (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Debbie Pompano (Hanover, Virginia)
Rebecca Potts (Los Angeles)
Frankie Slaughter (Richmond, Virginia)
Jim Weaver (Florence, Alabama)
Cindy Webb (Statesville, North Carolina)
the Together while apart art project
September 18, 2021 - March 13, 2022
Regal Gallery
19 Artists. 8 States.
This project was organized by artist Deane Bowers and includes 18 other artists from over 8 states representing both coasts. This online community was formed during the pandemic to combat the isolation and loneliness many were experiencing. Each artist contributed a square, a 6" x 6" piece of repurposed cardboard. No two squares are alike and some artists contributed more than one piece. None of the participants knew what the other squares looked like when they created their own work. The mission of this project is to promote hope and healing and to remind others that together, even while apart we can do great things.
The Together While Apart Artwork is on a 10 month exhibition tour and will be permanently installed at The University of Virginia Medical Center in June of 2022. This piece is dedicated to all the frontline and healthcare workers who showed up for work everyday during the pandemic.
The Together While Apart Art Project has been included in The Smithsonian's online exhibit "Stories of 2020."
The project was recently featured on the Take An Art Break podcast hosted by ArtisMoving.org. Click here to listen.
![Minnie Reinhardt [1898-1986], Untitled (Mill), 1983, oil on canvas board, On loan from the Martha & Terry Satterwhite Folk Art Collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5203ff5ce4b0cbada7130140/1632573154400-N6BSYML2FZUJP3T6BTAK/IMG_3691.JPG)
Minnie Reinhardt [1898-1986], Untitled (Mill), 1983, oil on canvas board, On loan from the Martha & Terry Satterwhite Folk Art Collection
Minnie reinhardt
September 23, 2021 - February 6, 2022
Windows Gallery
The memory paintings of Minnie Smith Reinhardt illustrate life in the rural North Carolina farming community where she grew up. Known then as Jugtown for all the clay pottery made there (including by Reinhardt's father), the area is now called Vale. The exhibition features a selection of paintings on loan from the Martha & Terry Satterwhite Folk Art Collection.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the “Fall into Folk” museum take-over.
Photo by Sherrie Wells
Discover FOlk Art:
Unique Visions by Southern Contemporary folk Artists
Entire Third Floor
Ongoing
A unique experience for the whole family to investigate the Museum’s extensive Southern Contemporary Folk Art Collection.
The Exhibition Features:
• Re-creations of Artists’ Working Environments
• Over 200 Folk Art Objects
• Sounds & Smells
• and More!
Free Family Guides for the exhibition are available at the Museum’s check-in desk in the first floor shopHMA. Copies of the children’s book, Discover Folk Art: An Adventure with Artie at the Hickory Museum of Art, are also available in the store for $9.95. In the book, Artie (HMA’s art-loving mascot) takes a group of children on a tour of the galleries and introduces them to work by several folk artists including Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan and Q.J. Stephenson.