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Langston Hughes: Pioneer Poet moves onto the Stark Museum of Art

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The quilt I created for the show Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West, moves onto it’s 4th show venue the Stark Museum of Art in Orange, TX on March 2, 2024.

Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet (2021), pieced and quilted by Tierney Davis Hogan

If you’d like to read the Artist Statement for this quilt that provides the background for my inspiration, it is in this post Update on the Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet Quilt as well as on my Portfolio page (which I need to revamp someday) but you have to scroll a lot of find it on the Portfolio page. (Someone asked me at the first show opening why was Langston Hughes included in this show when he was known for the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s…well he was born in Joplin, Missouri so I am guessing that is why he was included. I never asked the curator when we were giving a list of historical figures to select from for our quilt from the show, I was just so excited to do a Langston Hughes quilt!)

The postcard for the show came in the mail yesterday:

I’ve attended two of the four show openings already and I do not plan to attend this one as the travel to Orange, Texas involves a bit a driving from major airports. Here are my blog posts on the two other show openings I attended: Black Pioneers Exhibit Celebration, California Museum, Sacramento, CA , Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West show opening weekend, Part I , Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West show opening weekend, Part II , and Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West show opening weekend, Part III.

Here is a summary of the four venues this quilt has shown in, from my Events/Publications page:

  • Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet – Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West, Stark Museum of Art,  Orange, TX – March 2, 2024  – June 22, 2024. 
  • Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet – Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West, California Museum,  Sacramento, CA – June 10, 2023  – October 1, 2023. 
  • Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet – Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West, The Booth Museum,  Cartersville, GA – January 28, 2023  – May 21, 2023. 
  • Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet – Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West, The James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL – September 3, 2022 – January 8, 2023.

I will however plan to check the museum’s website and social media when the show opens to see if there are any walk through videos or photos to share with you on how my quilt is hung in the show.

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