HIGHLIGHT: ALABAMA
Montgomery: A group of historic treasures has a new home, with five pieces by African American artists from the state joining the permanent collection of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. The works were acquired through a partnership with the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. One of the largest works is “Lost Americans,” a 2008 mixed media piece by the late Thornton Dial Sr. of Emmelle. Dial’s works used many found objects, which he often found beside train tracks. Another new earthy piece is “Wheel at the Fairground,” from 1988 by the late Jimmy Lee Sudduth of Fayette. The artist came up with his own medium by combining clay and sugar and using that to paint pieces of plywood. The three other new pieces are quilts by the famous Gee’s Bend quilt makers of Wilcox County.