Jubilee Quilt Circle
Circle Members from Left: Hastle Murray, Pat Chandler, Leslie Abrams, Michelle Barnes, Sakeenah Mubashshir, April M. Frazier, Alyce Coffey, Lady Trish Henderson and Daniel Williams. Member Mike Wicklander not pictured.
The Jubilee Quilt Circle, one of Community Artists’ Collective’s signature programs, has embarked on a partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Glassell School of Art, to bring the JQC quilters into residence.
Participants meet weekly on Thursdays at Glassell to share ideas and create new works within the foundation of quilting and will also collaborate with other artists on new projects across diverse disciplines.
Michelle Barnes, Executive Director of The Collective, commented on the new program, “We are immensely grateful to MFAH and Glassell for offering this opportunity to our quilters to become artists in residence. We look forward to sharing the art of quilting with a broader audience and to displaying the interconnections of quilting and sewing with other artists during our time in residence.”
Leslie Abrams, lead quilter, and April M. Frazier, assistant director of The Collective, are facilitating the program at Glassell. The JQC Quilters in Residence program runs through 2027 with a culminating exhibition of participants' work, Patterns of Liberations runs August - September 2025.
Circle in Residence
Quilting Workshop
January 31st 10am - 12pm | Freedmen’s Town Conservancy
Programs and Events
Learn the traditional art of quilting with Michelle Barnes. This workshop will focus on adding sashing to your quilt blocks to see your creative pieces come together and expand! Have a quilt block you’ve been working on?
Bring it along to build on our work! Materials are provided.
2nd Thursday Workshops and Free 3rd Fridays
The Jubilee Quilt Circle hosts a series of free monthly workshops within their artist residency at the Glassell School of Art.
