Contemporary Filipino Textile Collection at The Southeast Quilt and Textile Museum in Carrollton, GA
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This January the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum will open three new exhibits that will run from through April of 2025. Each of these unique exhibits will highlight a different type of textile art providing for a multifaceted museum experience. The third exhibit brings a taste of Filipino heritage to West Georgia with Chiara Cox's exhibit “Contemporary Filipino Textiles.” This exhibit serves to link Filipinos in the USA and Filipinos in the Philippines by showcasing their shared culture and heritage through a visual display of a variety of fabrics and a discussion of weaving traditions still found in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao today. By exhibiting different Philippine weaves, this collection aims to preserve Filipino cultural heritage, keep the legacy of traditional Filipino weavers alive, and educate the diaspora of Filipinos about their cultural inheritance. This exhibit will be on display from January 8 - April 5 of 2025 and is sponsored in part by the Philippine Textile Council: Habi and Arthaland.
