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Faith Ringgold
American, born 1930

Church Picnic Story Quilt, 1988
Tie-dyed and printed fabrics; acrylic
on cotton canvas

Gift of Don and Jill Childress through the
20th Century Art Acquisition Found, 1988.28

This quilt was commissioned by the High Museum of
Art. The setting is Atlanta's Piedmont Park in 1909.
Mama, the narrator of the story, sits in the upper right
hand corner. She tells the bittersweet love story of
Reverend Stillwood and Molly Mason, who embrace in
the center of the quilt, to her daughter Aleathia, who
is also in love with the Reverend.



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