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Carathers Family Quilts

Presented by Tennessee Arts Commission at Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery

April 29-June 21, 2010

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This exhibition honoring the work of five exceptional women spans four generations, three centuries, and two states. Mildred Carathers was born in 1913 to a farming family in Taylor County, Texas, but both sets of grandparents were from Tennessee. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Jane Reeves Forrester, came from Hickman County, while her paternal grandmother, Rebecca Allison McPeak, was from Wilson County. Both were avid quilters. True to her artistic roots, Mildred showed an early aptitude for quilting, learning piecework from her mother, Daisy Forrester McPeake, and quilting skills from the local Munsey Needle Club. Relocating to Nashville in 1941, Mildred has hand pieced many of the estimated 1,000 quilts she has made over her life time. Her children Eugene Carathers and Frances Lewis (who also quilts) brought the family full circle by moving back to Hickman County. Inspired by her mother-in-law, Eugene’s wife Ruth Ann Carathers not only carries on the family quilting tradition, but has also organized a number of quilt exhibitions.

 

 

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    Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery

    401 Charlotte Avenue
    Nashville, TN 37243

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    April 29-June 21, 2010

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    Monday through Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

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