MEET THE ARTISTS
Fiber Artist, Jacqueline Jenkins
Category: Person Jackie Kennedy at Greenwood
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Jacqueline Jenkins is an accomplished interior and architectural designer in Jacksonville, Florida, with three decades of experience. Her distinctive blend of design expertise and educational insight sets her apart in the industry. Jenkins is a first-time quilter, and it is the style of the Gee’s Bend quilters, distinguished by abstraction, often created from scraps of everyday clothing due to scarcity, that has inspired her to participate in this competition. Jacqueline Kennedy’s visit to Thomasville in search of a private retreat after the assassination of John F. Kennedy peaked Jenkins’ interest about uncovering the story of her visit, and became the obvious choice for her narrative quilt subject. Learning about the history of Thomasville, Georgia has been equally rewarding.
Fiber Artists, Bobbi Zagrocki and Mary Bone
Category: Place Paradise Park during Resort Era
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Mother and daughter team up for their first- ever narrative quilt! Bobbi is an emerging artist specializing in cyanotype - incorporating local botanicals and flowers, as well as her own photography. Mary is a seamstress with over 40 years of experience in garment sewing and quilting, as well as managing her own alteration business for many years. Paradise Park has been a cornerstone in the history of Thomasville for more than 140 years. During the city’s resort era, travelers came from across the country to experience its beauty and the health-promoting benefits of its forest. It served as a meeting place for civic groups, politicians, and schoolchildren, as well as a source of entertainment, featuring fairs, picnics, watermelon cutting contests, and cake walks. On the weekends, the longleaf pines rang with music from local bands and musicians. Bobbi and Mary are excited to take you for a walk through the park’s history with their narrative quilt.
Fiber Artist, Tracy Foutz-Hunt
Category: Thing Railroad Comes to Thomasville
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Tracy Foutz-Hunt is a signature member of the Georgia Watercolor Society, a founding member of the American Society of Railway Artists, and, most recently, a member of the Wall Dogs, an international mural community comprised of thousands of artists. Tracy has paintings in private collections across the country and has had the honor of exhibiting in the Georgia Governor’s Office at the Capitol in Atlanta. Foutz-Hunt has a strong passion for history and a particular enthusiasm for railroad history. The impact that the railroad had on Thomasville’s growth, especially during the 1800s, and the historic 1914 railroad depot, which remains standing today, is a story that interests her. Having the opportunity to transfer and interpret the story through fabric is a fascinating challenge that she is eager to dive into.
Fiber Artist, Sara Malave
Category: Person Jack Hadley
Sara Malave is a lifelong seamstress who recently moved to Thomasville, Georgia. She ran an alteration and custom clothing business out of her home in Sarasota, Florida, since 1989. She began sewing at an early age and started wearing her own garments in high school. Having exhausted all sewing-related courses at local sewing shops, junior colleges, and through various types of collaboration projects, she found her way to The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She graduated from there in 1989 with the highest honors. Choosing Jack Hadley as the subject for this quilt was inspired by a trip to the Jack Hadley Museum in Thomasville, Georgia. The more she read about Jack Hadley, the more she wanted to learn about him. The images of Jack Hadley were very compelling to her. His wedding picture, for example, was a fabulous shot, as was the photo of him driving a convertible with three beautiful girls in amazing dresses—what a great story to tell!
Fiber Artist, Leslie Slade Cohen
Category: Places B'nai Israel, est.1913, Thomasville Shomrei Torah est.1986, Tallahassee Jewish Synagogues
Leslie Cohen has spent much of her life as a creative. Quilting, basketry, weaving, and sculpture are her favorite fiber art disciplines. Leslie also enjoys working with color and texture. In 2013, after retiring from 30 years of teaching art in Leon County, Cohen began working on narrative quilts. Her love of storytelling is a passion that became evident in this work. Today, she remains very active in her community as a teacher, learner, and maker. After visiting B'nai Israel Synagogue in Thomasville, she felt moved by the similarities between her Synagogue Shomrei Torah, and B'nai Israel. Inspired by the work of the living Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, Cohen chose to adopt his style for her quilt, which allows her to demonstrate how both places of worship are different yet still interwoven by ritual objects.
Fiber Artist, David Junker
Category: Place Broad Street Past
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Thomasville artist David Junker has a wide variety of talents in his toolbox. Sketching, illustrating, painting, mixed media, and sculpture - to name just a few. However, he has become quite famous in the last few years and is well-known for his work as a papier- mâché artist. His ability to sculpt a possum or other wildlife creature life-like enough to make you jump is quite impressive. You may also remember those cute orange squirrels. All handmade by David - with creative embellishments in hand. A first-time quilter - David doesn’t let that scare him. In fact, that’s what makes him tick. David is drawn to historical architecture and stories from the past. Victorian life, with its horses and buggies, detailed clothing, and streets filled with northern tourists who came to enjoy our laid-back Southern living, is a story worth telling.
Fiber Artist, Missionary Mary Proctor
Category: Person My Grandmother’s Quilt
Mary began painting in 1995. By 1996, she had amassed an extensive collection of her own paintings. One day, she said, “Lord, why am I out here doing all this?” And in her spirit, the Lord spoke, saying, “You are on a mission to get a great message out into the houses and hearts.” Mary paints messages to help glorify women and wants men to search their hearts, learn to respect women, and treat them with proper respect. Her work has been featured in the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and has been featured on the cover of Raw Vision, the international magazine of contemporary folk art. It is also included in museums and collections across the country. In 2005, she was included in the "On Their Own - Selected Self-taught Artists" exhibit at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum. Her grandmother was the person who raised her with such tenderness and care. Mary sat next to her grandmother and watched her sew and quilt from the time she was a little girl. This quilt is to honor her.
Fiber Artist, Erika Zambello
Category: Place The Big Oak
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Erika’s work has been featured in Parade Magazine, The New York Times, Piecework, Spin-Off, and more. Her pieces have been exhibited throughout the region. She combines fiber art, memoir, and nature exploration to tell stories through quilts, fiber, and textiles. Although she uses traditional techniques, she embraces improvisation and experimentation. Erika chose the Big Oak for her quilt subject. “Live Oaks are amazing trees, not only with wide canopies but also strong root systems. Their roots can even intertwine with those of other trees around them. To me, Live Oaks are wonderful representatives of community, and I look forward to participating as part of the Thomasville arts community”, says Zambello.
Fiber Artist, Mardi Howell
Category: Thing The Game of Life
Mardi’s creative journey started long before she can remember. From drawing at a very young age to sewing at the age of nine, she would become completely lost in whatever she was creatively doing. Today, her journey continues along a parallel road filled with fabric and paint. This narrative quilt project showcases Mardi’s love for fiber and art. It is the best of both worlds. Mardi’s narrative quilt tells the story of her journey living in various places around the United States and then landing in the perfect blend of southern hospitality and creative hub; she has craved this her entire life. The application of this journey is illustrated through the popular Game of Life, a 1960s version, which takes the viewer on a journey through texture and color, ending up in the beautiful place I now call home: Thomasville, Georgia.
Fiber Artist, NED Stacey
Category: Person Thomasville Characters
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NED worked in acrylics for many years - simply because he hated spending so much time cleaning brushes and enjoyed that his paintings dried within hours. Now, he loves being able to work the next day with wet paint, and the brushes are no longer a bother to him. He loves the big, massive clouds, marshes, swamps, and wild places in Florida, as well as what may be hidden within. At the Gasparilla Festival of Art, he was accepted as an "emerging artist", where there was a lot of interest in his portraits; that is currently his focus. NED is still trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. NED’s quilt will incorporate portraits of various people, living and dead, from the Thomasville area, who may be anyone - from an unknown kid on the street to a vital individual with some fame.
Fiber Artist, Pamala Doffek
Category: Places It’s All So Familiar
This Air Force veteran retired as a Major, was recognized with the Airman of the Year award, followed by the Air Force Commendation Medal and two Silver Oak Leaf Clusters. She is a retired librarian, an art teacher, a philanthropic artist, and a natural- born leader who often finds herself at the front of the pack. In 2023, Doffek was named to the list of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know. She enjoys sewing, crocheting, knitting, ceramics, beading, jewelry making, sculpture, and community work. Born in Wisconsin and living in Northwest Florida since 1983 and Tallahassee since 2005, Doffek was struck by the similarities in flora and fauna across these areas, with many of the same birds and trees found in these regions. Doffek marvels on her drives from Tallahassee to and through Thomasville. Her quilt will incorporate the general colors, animals, and foliage of the two areas, and celebrate their beauty.
Fiber Artist, Jennifer Vanderbeek
Category: Thing Rose Show and Festival
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Jennifer Vanderbeek is a self-taught mixed- media artist living in Thomasville, Georgia. Well-versed in illustration, painting, and textiles, her current work focuses on endangered species and incorporates upcycled fabrics to highlight the growing issue of textile waste. She is a versatile creator, author, and illustrator, with her sketches recently published in award- winning THOM magazine. She received second place in ‘Stop & Smell the Roses!’ - a public art exhibition & competition in Spring 2025. Jennifer’s narrative quilt will incorporate elements inspired by Victorian crazy quilts as she depicts her favorite time of year in Thomasville: the Rose Show and Festival. She became a Thomasville homeowner just before the 2014 festival, has celebrated her birthday during festivals, and sees the tradition as showcasing the best of the Thomasville community coming together in celebration.
Fiber Artist, Hannah Glaser
Category: Person Joanne Woodward
@h.glaser.art
Hannah Glaser is currently a finalist for the 2025 HSF Graduate Student Excellence in the Visual Arts award at FSU, a former Presidents of the League of Graduate Artist, and coauthored a paper presented at the European Network of Qualitative Inquiry (ENQI) in Scotland. She is proud of her medium exploration, embracing fiber art radical craft. Hannah is an artist deeply inspired by feminist history. She celebrates overlooked figures with her vibrant works in print and fiber. Fiber is an important element of her practice as an artform so often disregarded as "women's work" to be presented in high art contexts. Hannah’s quilt will highlight the acting career of Joanne Woodward, an actress from Thomasville, Georgia who's career spanned from 1952 all the way to 2013. Woodward is known for playing complex roles of nuanced women, and is currently the oldest living winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. Utilizing the format of classic film reels, Hannah will use fabric to build scenes from her most iconic roles.
Fiber Artist, Erin Wood
Category: Place Thomasville Skyline
Erin Wood is a mom and preschool teacher with an interest in artistic pursuits. She learned to sew at the age of 12 with her stepmother, who, like the other women in her family, is a quilter. They have spent many happy times sharing their love of sewing and knitting, laying the foundation for Erin’s lifelong love of creating. In Spring 2025, Erin received an Honorable Mention award in ‘Stop & Smell the Roses!’ - a public art exhibition and competition in the Creative District. Her red bouquet showcased our City of Roses. Erin’s quilt focuses on the iconic downtown Thomasville, Georgia, skyline — particularly the water tower — which is familiar to people from all over the region. “Many of the collaged elements will be recognizable in the final product, says Wood. “Thomasville has given me an appreciation for its history and how it is celebrated in this Southern town. I look forward to sharing my vision with the community”.
Fiber Artist, Sara Simmons
Category: Thing Dirt Roads/Red Clay
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Sara is a self-taught artist based in South Georgia. She is inspired by nature and the nostalgia of growing up in the South. Sara attended Valdosta State University and has won awards for her artwork throughout the region. She is a member of Thomasville Center for the Arts’ regional THOM Collective and a member of the local Pines & Palms Artist Collective. In 2025, Sara placed first in the public art experience, "Stop and Smell the Roses!" with her fiber art rose vase. Her work has been featured in the award-winning THOM magazine, with a feature about the influence of taxidermy on art, and in 2025 in Southwest Georgia Living. The dirt roads and Red Clay of Thomas County inspire her, and she wonders how many of Thomasville's residents explore and enjoy them regularly. To Sara, they are like church. It's where she goes to recharge her soul. The wildlife, the plants growing on the steep banks and ditches, the colors, with so much green foliage and red clay. Dirt roads are healing to Sara -and so many others. Dirt roads are home.
Fiber Artist, Kabuya P. Bowens-Saffo
Category: People Four Thomasville Women
@ kabuyapamelabowenssaffo
Born in Richmond Heights, Florida, and currently living and working in Tallahassee, printmaker and internationally recognized artist Kabuya Pamela Bowens-Saffo received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University, where she studied under founding members of the AfriCOBRA movement, Jeff Donaldson and the renowned artist Lois Mailou Jones. Bowens-Saffo continued graduate studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and received MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. A recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, she is a master printmaker who studied with Robert Blackburn. Her current art processes and materials involve mixed-media constructions, often exploring American social and political human relationships, with an emphasis on the black experience. The history of black women in Thomasville, Ga, is an interesting focus in the quilt of Bowens-Saffo. The identity of these black women is highlighted through the musical achievements of the Hadley sisters, Marie, Agnes, and Rose, as well as the first black woman to model for Pepsi, Nicola Chisley.
Fiber Artist, Darlene Crosby Taylor
Category: Place The Bottom Creative District
Taylor is the creative director and visionary behind My Side of the Story, bringing 15 years of experience in public art, along with a strong background in community building, partner relations, and designing impactful programs. She earned a Bachelor of Design and a Master of Architecture from the University of Florida and has practiced architecture and lighting design in Europe, California, and New York, working alongside notable figures such as Howard Branston, responsible for the lighting of the Statue of Liberty, and Annie Chu, who worked with Frank Gehry. Although she is not eligible to compete for an award in the competition, she has won numerous awards in public art, believing that architecture and art can enhance both spaces and lives. Taylor is excited about the opportunity to create her first quilt. Most of her career as a public art director has been spent activating spaces in the Creative District, and she plans for her 'map' quilt to reflect that spirit of the past she is working to preserve in the present.
Fiber Artist, Cora Nimtz
Category: Thing Southern Ephemera
coranimtz@gmail.com
Cora Rose Nimtz (b. 1991) is a textile artist based in New Orleans. Her work employs generational quilting, embroidery, and appliqué skills to capture intimate still-lifes and local atmospheres of her Southern upbringing. She expanded her knowledge of composition and portraiture by adapting a technique called “thread painting,” a method that combines techniques she learned from loved ones, in which she recreates familiar faces, gestures, and objects using thread against ornamental quilt blocks. Drawing inspiration from the world around her, Cora is drawn to the mundane and the weight that objects carry in our lives. Objects become imbued with feelings and memories. ‘Things’ become totems of our lives, and I choose to elevate them through hyper- realistic embroidery and quilt blocks with names that carry their stories.
Fiber Artist, Margina Gabriel
Category: Place Glen Arven Country Club
Margina Gabriel is a creative artist who has dedicated many years to painting, creating mosaics, and expressing her thoughts through various mediums, such as printmaking, quilting, painting, and sculpture. She finds inspiration in landscapes and enjoys incorporating vibrant colors, as well as curves and straight lines, into her compositions. As a member of the THOM Collective at Thomasville Center for the Arts, Margina regularly showcases her work throughout the community. For this competition, she drew inspiration from Glen Arven Country Club. Founded over a century ago, Glen Arven is nationally recognized as one of the oldest and most beautiful country clubs in the South. Her quilt pays tribute to notable Thomasville golfers, including the most recent standout, Mason Howell, who ranked in the US Golf Open in 2025. Margina uses sewing, embroidery, and beadwork to enhance her quilt image.
Fiber Artist, Tim Hobbs
Category: Thing Thomasville’s Live Oaks
Tim Hobbs is serious about nature and preservation. He spends a lot of time with his family, particularly with his daughter, cleaning up the river. Hobbs was born and raised in Thomasville and has been doing art his entire life. The water, wildlife, and scenery of the surrounding area provide a constant source of inspiration for the creation of his art. His mediums include pottery, woodworking, drawing, painting, sculpture, and lately, foundry casting. Music influences his work. The inspiration for his quilt was the Big Oak; however, he believes that the Live Oaks are part of what makes Thomasville so beautiful. Drawing from his mother’s extensive knowledge and confidence in quilting, Hobbs is the kind of artist who believes he can conquer any artistic task.
Fiber Artist, Emily McKenna
Category: Place Imperial Hotel
Emily is a fiber and collage artist located in Thomasville, GA. She graduated with degrees in Economics and Math, but it was her creative parents who encouraged her from early childhood, giving her a sense of self and confidence that led her to return to art to feel grounded and present regularly. In 2014, Emily opened YOU’RE MAKER, a sewing and art studio for children, allowing them to learn skills and gain the confidence she found in making as a child. After selling her business in 2021, Emily took the plunge and is now a full-time artist. She is inspired by street art, architecture, feminism, antiques, and double entendre to create art that primarily explores the idea of identity and belonging. Emily chose The Imperial Hotel as the subject for her quilt because it was the only hotel in the area listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book, which listed services and establishments safe for black travelers to patronize. The Imperial Hotel had 8 rooms, a cafe, and a barbershop that served travelers and residents of the Bottom.
Fiber Artist, Sara Malave
Category: Thing A Day at the Museum
Sara Malave is a lifelong seamstress who recently moved to Thomasville, Georgia. She ran an alteration and custom clothing business out of her home in Sarasota, Florida, since 1989. She began sewing at an early age and started wearing her own garments in high school. Having exhausted all sewing-related courses at local sewing shops, junior colleges, and through various types of collaboration projects, she found her way to The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She graduated from there in 1989 with the highest honors. Sara Malave was deeply inspired by her first visit to the Jack Hadley Black History Museum. One image in particular captured her full attention. She was so moved by this image that as soon as she heard about a quilt competition, she immediately knew what she wanted to do. She wanted more people to see this image, and the quilt competition seemed like the perfect way to achieve that.
Fiber Artist, Linda Tucker
Category: Place To Do in Thomasville
Tucker is a retired K-5 teacher with 39 years of experience. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University, a Master’s from the College of Mt. Saint Joseph, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maine in Augusta. She has spent her entire life creating in all kinds of media. She is currently a 7-year member of the Cotton Pickin’ Quilters, a local Thomasville quilting group, but it was sixteen years ago that she decided to make her first quilt. Basic ½ square triangles - and she was self-taught. Since then, she has probably made close to 40 quilts. She enjoys volunteering and is very involved in making charity quilts for the Tree House and Halycon Home. During COVID, she made over 2,000 masks for Archbold Memorial Hospital, independent doctors, neighbors, friends, and family. Her quilt reflects her love of Thomasville and how much it has to offer. She plans to use 38 different fabrics and an appliqué process to tell her story.
Fiber Artist, Edi McConnell-Gonzalez
Category: People Self-portrait - My heritage
Born in the early 1980s in Austell, Georgia, Edi’s imagination was shaped by the magic of shows like David the Gnome and the wonder of exploring creeks for crawdads. These early encounters with fantasy and nature laid the groundwork for her creative drive. Edi uses that inspiration in her job as a textile designer and in her personal work. She currently lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and her lovely husband. A hand-dyed, stitched profile grounds her quilt, a self-portrait shaped by a lifetime of memories. Within this silhouette, she has woven mementos of her life as a first- generation Mexican-American growing up in Georgia, intertwining two distinct histories into a single shadow. Hidden flaps reveal intimate, cherished places and moments. A tapestry of stitched names of loved ones, favorite streets, coordinates, and expressions in Southern and Spanish dialects surrounds the quilt. It is a testament to the people and places that have shaped Edi’s journey.
Fiber Artist, Lindajo Haythorn
Category: Place Archbold Oncology
Lindajo has been an art educator since 1982, specializing in art and dance therapy. She designs original pieces for Ancient Hands, her husband’s pottery studio, and paints Calusa interpretive mask reproductions inspired by the early-twentieth-century watercolors of Wells M. Sawyer, created during Frank Cushing’s archaeological excavations. In 2013, she became a nationally registered art therapist, helping individuals use the arts to process emotions, develop self-awareness, and address unresolved emotional conflicts. Her choice to produce a community quilt will allow emotionally resonant symbols, shapes, and patterns to produce a visual diary of a journey through a cancer diagnosis and how it has affected their lives. This quilt will be a multi-media piece created by survivors, staff members, families, and caregivers from the Archbold Cancer Center. The individual pieces will be combined to tell a story of faith, resilience and love.
Fiber Artist, Jane Junker
Category: Thing Iconic Downtown Churches
Jane Junker attended Valdosta State University and has a background in administration. She has been sewing for over 40 years and enjoys making rag rugs from discarded clothing or fabric, as well as creating home decor items. Jane proudly states, “God gave me a wonderful gift to bring joy to others, and I am so very thankful!” Jane has chosen to highlight the churches in historic downtown Thomasville because they are architecturally interesting and symbolize how different yet connected our community is. These churches date back to the early 1800s, and they are full when you pass by them on Sunday. “What a blessing!” she says. Churches have long been vital to Thomasville’s history. They fulfill a spiritual need and serve as places of cultural and social importance.
Fiber Artist, Deana Coyner
Category: Place Cleaver Brooks
Deana attended Florida State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Finance and Accounting at American Intercontinental University in Buckhead, Georgia. She is a fiber artist who is relatively new to quilting and loves the generational continuity that quilting provides to communities and families. Her Mom and Grandma were both self-taught and worked in garment construction, tailoring, and mending. She picked it up in high school and began structured learning in Home Economics. “Thank heavens for YouTube, she says. This is where I picked up knitting, and the love of tactile fiber art began to develop.” Walking into a local yarn store with vast quantities of color, texture, and smell piqued her curiosity to create for herself and others. Knitting stitch by stitch and weaving a story for the person she is making for was appealing. The dichotomy of that and quilting is the same: fabric selection, color choice, patterns - all with someone special in mind. From working as a controller in Tallahassee and then interviewing for a job at Cleaver Brooks, the impact of this change and the people of Thomasville on her life inspired her to document it.
Fiber Artist, Margaret Hobbs
Category: Thing Historic Buildings & Houses
Margaret graduated from Thomas University and Thomas Tech with an Associate’s degree in physical therapy and has been a physical therapy assistant since 1998. She has been married to her husband for 46 years. They have three children and 10 grandchildren (3 in Heaven). Margaret started quilting in her early 20s when her mama gave her grandma’s quilting squares. She is now almost 64 years old and has lost count of just how many quilts she’s made, but she has made at least one quilt for each child and grandchild. Margaret did not start photographing her quilts until just a few years ago, so she has very few photos of them. However, the act of making them is what she enjoys most. Margaret grew up in Thomasville and has lived here her entire life. She loves the small- town feel of our community, even though it continues to grow. Her quilt will focus on her eight favorite historic structures, which play an essential role to her connection to Thomasville.
Fiber Artist, Sissy Ledbetter
Category: Thing Sunbeam Bread
Sissy has a background in photography and fine arts, which evolved into mixed media. She studied at UGA, Ga State University, and Georgia Southwestern for her BFA, and also studied abroad in both Italy and France. She is a mixed-media artist who uses upcycled and found materials, often inspired by her family and friends. “Our stories intertwine—my grandmother, a creative spirit, is a recurring character. She sewed clothes for me while I made clothes for my dolls. She loved flowers in the garden and on the table. She cooked meals that brought loved ones together. She crocheted and quilted with her mother and grandmother—always busy with her hands”, she said. Her quilt will honor the homegrown tomato sandwich on Sunbeam bread, a staple of summer in the South, a connection to her grandmother’s kitchen and her grandfather’s vegetable garden, and all the love that that humble sandwich represents. Her grandfather’s tomatoes. “He had one every single day. Homegrown tomatoes, mayo, salt, and pepper on Sunbeam bread. The flavor of summer in the South.”, she says.
Fiber Artist, Tenee’ Hart
Category: Thing History Center 1885 Quilt
Tenee’ Hart is an ‘unconventional’ fiber sculpture artist whose work explores feminist themes, including beauty, anatomy, and injustices against women. She was born in Virginia, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Mary Washington, and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University. She has been teaching at the college level since. Hart is currently the Lead Fibers Instructor and Co-Head of the Online Distance Learning (ODL) program for the FSU Department of Art. Beyond her role as an educator, Hart is the sole Graduate Advisor + Coordinator for the Department of Art at Florida State University. Inspired by Thomasville's own Sara Davis Peters and her 1885 crazy quilt, part of Thomasville's History Center's permanent collection, Hart will combine nostalgic visual languages with the psychological weight of the 'discarded'. Together, these fragments form a contemporary “crazy” quilt that rejects the legacy of madness imposed on women’s experiences. Instead, it becomes an embodied archive of emotional survival, a testament to the strength that persists beneath the surface, and a material reclamation of agency that hysteria sought to silence.
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