In the Spring of 2026, Thomasville Center for the Arts will launch “My Side of the Story” with multiple public art activations during the Center’s Due South Music, Food, & Art Festival and continue through the 105th Rose Show and Festival. This experience promotes Southern quilting and showcases makers and artists across the South, providing them with a platform to showcase their artistic talents. From April 2 to June 2, 2026, the community can view and experience these public art installations in Downtown Thomasville. This column highlights the storytellers, historians, artists, and quilters involved in this public art experience. Alongside the narrative quilt competition, the project includes a community “Airing of the Quilts,” featuring quilt flags created from the quilts of Thomasville residents and groups. The stories behind these quilts are as powerful as the artwork itself. This week’s feature: 6 Quilts from The Sewing Seed of Kindness Quilters This Eastside Baptist Church group officially started when they decided to make quilts for “Quilts of Valor”. They did this from 2013 to 2020, donating more than 400 quilts to veterans of war. After COVID, their mission changed to making quilts for the foster children in Thomasville. To date, this group has donated over 135 small, medium, and large quilts to the DFACS director, Samantha Rutherford.
Through public art, Thomasville Center for the Arts continues its mission to make lives brighter through the arts.
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