Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South

Project: Exhibition Design and Installation Management

Client: Mississippi Museum of Art

Exhibition on view November 16, 2024–April 13, 2025

Of Salt and Spirit is guest curator Dr. Sharbreon Plummer’s love letter to Black quilters of the South, showcasing fifty-one quilts and twelve portraits in the Mississippi Museum of Art’s permanent collection, and research from Roland L. Freeman’s archives now housed at the Museum. The exhibition represents decades of community building, intergenerational relationships, and a care for Black life and history. Exhibition design foregrounds the quilters and underscores the timeless and universal artistry of quilting. Bright colors, natural materials, candid photos of quilters, expressive fonts, and pattern exude a celebratory spirit. Interactive and interpretive components are interwoven throughout the galleries and feature pattern play, touch labels, a community “quilt” made from individual contributions, a wall to honor women, and a space dedicated to local contemporary quilters who demonstrate monthly during the run of the exhibition.

Of Salt and Spirit Title Wall
Of Salt and Spirit Entry Area
Of Salt and Spirit Intro
Of Salt and Spirit Pattern Activity and Quilts
Of Salt and Spirit Section 1
Of Salt and Spirit Section 2
Of Salt and Spirit Section 3
Of Salt and Spirit Section 3
Of Salt and Spirit Section 3
Of Salt and Spirit Family Corner
Of Salt and Spirit Family Corner
Of Salt and Spirit Roland Freeman Archival Process
Of Salt and Spirit Section 4
Of Salt and Spirit Touch Label Example
Of Salt and Spirit Section 4
Of Salt and Spirit Honor Wall Intro Station
Of Salt and Spirit Portraits
Of Salt and Spirit Local Quilter Feature and Demonstration Space
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