EASTON, Pa. – The work of Black artists inspired by struggles with American identity, allegiance and belonging is on display at Easton’s Sigal Museum.
“Another American’s Autobiography” is an exhibit that opens Friday, Nov. 19.
A patterned, multicolored cotton quilt is the first thing to catch your eye when the elevator doors open to the Chrin Gallery on the museum’s second floor.
The quilt was sewn by former Lafayette College math professor Chawne Kimber, whose family picked cotton on a Southern plantation at the turn of the 1900s.
Exhibit curator Claudia Volpe said every small stitch on the quilt is intentional, much like the works that are on display. She wanted to set the scene for visitors.