Stephen Towns
Special Child
2016
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Stephen Towns
Special Child
2016
Physical Qualities
Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, metallic thread, Thermoweb, cotton/polyester blend batting, crystal glass beads, resin and metal buttons
, 36 1/2 × 28 1/4 in. (92.7 × 71.8 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
Quilt no. 1 from the series "Story Quilts"
Credit Line
Alice and Franklin Cooley Fund
Object Number
2017.144
The Baltimore Museum of Art 2017 by purchase from the artist
"The Magic and Mystery of Nat Turner New Works by Stephen Towns," Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD, November 5, 2016 – February 18, 2017.
"Interdisciplinarium," Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, June 24-October 1, 2017.
Cecilia Wichmann, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning, March 7, 2018 — September 2, 2018.
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, "Stephen Towns: Declaration and Resistance" January 30, 2022 to April 24, 2022.
"Interdisciplinarium," Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, June 24-October 1, 2017.
Cecilia Wichmann, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning, March 7, 2018 — September 2, 2018.
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, "Stephen Towns: Declaration and Resistance" January 30, 2022 to April 24, 2022.
BMA Today, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Winter-Spring 2018, cover illus.
Callahan, Maura. "Recharting America’s Origin Story Through Quilts." Hyperallergic," April, 26, 2018. 0uiltshttps://hypoallergic.com/ 439778/recharting-americas-origin-story-through-quilts.
BMA Today website, April 30, 2018
Inscribed: Embroidered in black threads on white fabric representing a page of the Bible:: "Psalm 23/The LORD is my/ shepherd. I shall not/want./He restoreth my Soul." Hand printed in black ink on fabric label sewn to reverse of quilt: "STEPHEN/TOWNS 2016/ "Special Child"
