Celebrating the Artistry of Quiltmaking & Mural Painting
Fred Paxton Challenge for Charities
It's that time of year again for the Community Foundation of West Kentucky's Fred Paxton Challenge for Charities. There are currently three quilt murals on the floodwall and three in the studios of Paducah artists. Let's keep the momentum going!
Your financial support in any amount makes a huge difference and helps us fill the floodwall adjacent to the Paducah Convention Center with more quilt murals! Donate online through August 30. For more information, please visit cfwestky.org.
About Quilt City USA® Murals
Quilt City USA® Murals is a privately funded floodwall mural series featuring paintings of actual quilts. The site of this 24/7 public art project is the 332 foot floodwall adjacent to the Schroeder Expo and Carroll Convention Center, at 415 Park Street, the location of Paducah’s AQS QuiltWeek® convention, which draws more than 30,000 visitors to this UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Arts each year.
The mission of Quilt City USA® Murals is to educate both locals and visitors on the relevance and rich history of QUILTMAKING! From the early settlers, to the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, and the Bicentennial Celebration of 1976 and beyond, the history of America can be seen in the history of quilts.
Paducah Quilt Murals Inc, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was created for the Quilt City USA® Murals Project. Your tax deductible contribution will enable us to fill these floodwall panels more quickly and establish educational programs to celebrate this exciting artform for generations to come.
Mary Armstrong Hammond Memorial Quilt Mural
The Paducah Quilt Murals board is pleased to announce that we have reached our goal for a community/worldwide friends’ sponsorship of a QUILT MURAL honoring the life of MARY ARMSTRONG HAMMOND. Stay tuned for upcoming progress posts as Lead Artist Char Downs recreates a painting of one of the vintage quilts from Mary's personal collection.
Donate to the Quilt City USA® Mural Project
The Quilt City USA Mural Project is many things to many different people: it’s a treasure of quilts with historical and educational notoriety, a unique public art display that is free to the public, and resource for combining quilts and local muralists. The Mural Project is entirely funded by private donations and grants.
None of this is possible without the support of the community and those we are privileged to serve. No gift is too small and you can be part of putting more murals on the floodwall in Paducah, Kentucky.
Our Newest Mural
THE CHEYENNE HAS GONE
Denim on Denim by Ian Berry
Paducah Quilt Murals Inc is pleased to announce a third mural in the Quilt City USA® Murals series!
THE CHEYENNE HAS GONE by British denim artist Ian Berry is being painted by Tanya Neitzke, Assistant Professor Painting & FYE at West Kentucky Community & Technical College's Paducah School of Art & Design.
Quilts and the Stories They Tell
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CULTURAL EQUITY
To support a full creative life for all, Paducah Quilt Murals Inc commits to championing policies and practices of cultural equity that empower a just, inclusive, and equitable nation and has adopted the Americans for the Arts Statement on Cultural Equity.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides American Rescue Plan funds to Paducah Quilt Murals Inc with federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
