Valerie C. White - Quilt Artist & Educator

	I'm currently exhibiting "Ohio River Blues Man" in Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition. This nationally touring show will be opening at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan in April 2008 and continue touring the country through 2010. The quilts also appear in the book by the same name (available through Amazon.com or Paper Moon Publishing.
	I'm also exhibiting "Guardian" at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio for a show called Quilting African American Women's History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions. The show opens March 8, 2008 and runs until November. This quilt is also in the book by the same name.
	"Bobby McFerrin" will be exhibited at Sisters In Cloth; an exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden Colorado, highlighting quilts made by African American artists. The show will cover a wide range styles, from the traditional to more contemporary pieces, and will showcase work in a variety of design, style, inspiration and message. May 6 - August 2, 2008
	"Rejoice" will be shown at A Tear in the Fabric, at the California Polytechnic State University Art Gallery in San Luis Obispo, California. Exhibition dates are May 9 - June 14, 2008. This show reveals the layered nature of these narratives. Many times there is a social and political message that underlies the beauty of the piece and operates as a covert resistance or challenge to the social constructs of the time. Alternately, a quilt might contain a playful double entendre or ambiguity that lends itself to more than one interpretation that causes one to pause and adjust one’s thinking patterns. Through the display of these quilts, the exhibition hopes to inspire viewers to pause a little longer, dig a little deeper, and look for meaning that may lie beneath the surface of public discourse, first glances, and initial judgments.