Patty and David Crosby, founders of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, The Alliance's Newest Quilt Treasures
November 9, 2005
Louisville, Kentucky, November 9, 2005 — Patricia and David Crosby, founders of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads in Port Gibson, Mississippi, are the subjects of a new Quilt Treasures , a project of The Alliance for American Quilts. This online multi-media web-based portrait explores the Crosby's work to bridge racial boundaries through community-based arts, education and economic development efforts. Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is a unique and award-winning center that has been recognized as a national model for quilt-related documentation, interpretation, education, marketing, economic development, and community building.
Quilt Treasures is a collaborative program of The Alliance for American Quilts, Michigan State University Museum and MSU's MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online, to document the stories of notable individuals in the late 20th century American quilt revival through multi-media presentations combining video, sound, photographs, testimonies, and sometimes even poetry. The Alliance has an adjudicated list of individuals to be interviewed and several additional portraits are already currently in various stages of production. To see more completed portraits visit www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/treasures/
The interview with the Crosbys was made possible by generous donations to The Alliance for American Quilts from Jinny Beyer and from Lake Mills Studios. Completion and presentation of this portrait was made possible by a grant from the Rock River Foundation. Completion of the series of Quilt Treasures was made possible also by contributions from RJR Fashion Fabrics in honor of Judy Sabanek; from Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes in loving memory of their mother and aunt, Jewel Pearce Patterson; and with in-kind support from Michigan State University Museum and MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU. The Alliance is still seeking support to underwrite this important quilt history documentation and education activity and welcomes contributions towards the Quilt Treasures project.
The Alliance for American Quilts, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, uniquely joins people who love, study, collect, and make quilts to ensure that our nation's great quilt heritage is documented, preserved and shared at the Center for the Quilt Online. For information on The Alliance for American Quilts, visit the Center for the Quilt Online, or contact The Alliance (502/897-3819 Mon- Fri 9-6 Eastern).
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