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The museum will be closed Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30th for the college holiday. Open to the public Wednesday - Saturday, 12pm - 5pm through May 24, 2024 Instagram Facebook Twitter Vimeo About An Introduction Staff FAQ Press Room Exhibitions Current Exhibition Silver Linings on Tour Past The Collection About The Collection Recent Acquisitions Story of the Collection Collection Highlights Plan Your Visit Support Become a Friend Volunteer Curatorial Studies Menu About An Introduction Staff FAQ Press Room Exhibitions Current Exhibition Silver Linings on Tour Past The Collection About The Collection Recent Acquisitions Story of the Collection Collection Highlights Plan Your Visit Support Become a Friend Volunteer Curatorial Studies The Spelman Museum is closed Friday, March 29th and Saturday, March 30th for the college holiday. Threaded February 2, 2024 – May 24, 2024 Threaded at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presents a selection of quilts and contemporary artworks created by Black women working in textiles. This show is spun from seven newly-conserved quilts from Gee’s Bend, Alabama in the Spelman College permanent collection, and one from Clark Atlanta University’s collection. Threaded places Gee’s Bend quilts and prints in conversation with contemporary artworks made from materials and techniques that expand beyond the category of quilt.” This exhibition features tapestries made of cotton, kente cloth, silk, wool, sateen, corduroy, chiffon, pima cloth, polyester, lace, velvet, and hand-dyed fabrics – adorned with cowrie shells, beads, broaches, and floating on wall paper. The works are united by materials, and a legacy of women using fabrics from around the house to keep loved ones warm, and to bear witness to our stories. Artists featured in Threaded Louisiana Bendolph Mary Lee Bendolph Polly Bennett Willie Ann Benning Bisa Butler Helen McBride Richter Flora Moore Ruth Pettway Mosely Ebony G. Patterson Loretta Pettway Bettie Bendolph Seltzer Phyllis Stephens Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin Qualeasha Wood Billie Zangewa HIGHLIGHTS Play Video The Black American Portraits Symposium opening conversation moderated by author Naima Keith and featuring artists Bisa Butler, Calida Rawls, and Amy Sherald. The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art partnered with the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective to host Black American Portraits: A Symposium” on Mar. 2-3 in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D., Academic Center Auditorium. Play Video The Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative exhibition opened with an artists talk between Harmonia Rosales and Spelman Professor Emeritus, Arturo Lindsay . In this conversation about art and the African diaspora, they discuss art-making, identity, and the influence of the orishas. Originally filmed August 18, 2023 in front of a live audience in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center Auditorium. Play Video Spelman alumna, Ming Joi Washington, C’22 recites her poem, which was debuted at the Black American Portrait Symposium in March 2023. The poem is an ekphrastic ode to the exhibition which references 44 artworks on view. Ming Joi Washington is a Chicago-born poet, curator, and communications strategist passionate about Black feminist aesthetics, performance and personal narrative. She is a graduate of the AUC Art Collective at Spelman College in 2022. UPCOMING PROGRAMS No data was found IN THE NEWS Forbes: Highlights From Spelman College Museum Of Fine Art Collection Embark On Nationwide Tour Read More » October 15, 2023 CNN Style: Afro-Cuban artist reimagines Renaissance art with Black people at the center Read More » September 18, 2023 Essence Magazine: Harmonia Rosales Challenges History’s Perceptions With ‘Master Narrative’ Read More » September 2, 2023 WABE: ‘Master Narrative’ exhibition challenges Eurocentric perceptions at Spelman Museum of Fine Art Read More » August 29, 2023 What Our Visitors Say From our "Tell Us What You Think" wall. Running into good friends and inspiring people, amongst extraordinary art! - Museum Visitor I enjoy celebrating blackness!! - Museum Visitor I could have stayed forever by the following work of art because...Calida Rawles Thy Name We Praise because I felt immersed in the deep blue water myself... - Museum Visitor I thoroughly enjoy witnessing Spelman students experiencing these images for the first time. The invitation to interact has also elicited glee, smiles, laughter, and sustained interest and attention, which is a rarity these days. It is a Balm in Gilead. - Museum Visitor I enjoyed the paintings, they were very vibrant and they made me feel like I was at home, comfy, cozy, and creative. The artwork persuaded me that art is not just colors, shapes, and lines but it is a feeling. - Museum Visitor You learn a lot about history, but also the present and future through each work. - Museum Visitor Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. MISSION To inspire and enrich the Spelman College community and the general public primarily through art by and about women of the African Diaspora. Exhibitions Programs The Collection CONTACT SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART in the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center Mailing address: 350 Spelman Lane, Box 1526 Atlanta, GA 30314 29201 Phone: 404.270.5607 Email: museum@spelman.edu HOURS February 2 – May 24, 2024 Wednesday – Saturday 12pm – 5pm The Museum is Closed Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Holidays and Spelman campus breaks. TWITTER UPDATES Tweets by spelmanmuseum © 2020 Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Facebook-f Twitter Vimeo...