Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts will be showing two textile-based exhibits in the Annex Galleries from November 18 through December 20. We will feature an installation of multi-media work by artist Aaron Sanders Head as well as entries in the Shoals Piecemakers Quilt Guild’s Annual Challenge. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, November 18th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Aaron Sanders Head lives and works out of his studio in Greensboro, Hale County. His textile installation will include quilted wall hangings, hand stitched artwork and upholstered furniture, all dyed using locally foraged plant materials. Some of the beautiful plants materials that Aaron uses to dye textiles will be included in the installation.

The Shoals Piecemakers Quilt Guild: 33rd Annual Quilt Challenge. The guild has new rules for their Quilt Challenge each year and the creative way the rules are followed by each member makes this exhibit and exciting adventure. This year the shape and size of the quilt was decided by each individual quilter and the quilt was required to be completed entirely by each artists within this calendar year of 2021. Quilters were required to choose any shade of purple and any shade of gild or yellow for their fabric choices; a neutral (white, gray, beige, cream) could be added into the color scheme. Techniques to be used were appliqué, piecing or whole cloth quilting. Quilts must be the traditional three-layer top, batting and backing, with quilting and binding.

The Guild members judge their peers work at the initiation of the exhibit, they choose awards for :best machine piecing best hand appliqué, best hand quilting, best embellishment, best machine appliqué, best machine quilting, “my favorite quilt”, best use of color, best use of theme, and most innovative. The public chooses the People’s Choice Award by voting for their favorite quilt by marking ballots available in the display area.