BMA Hosts Elizabeth Talford Scott Community Celebration on Sunday, February 4
Event kicks off No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative, a reunion of the artist's work at five museums and four university sites across Baltimore City.
BALTIMORE, MD (January 5, 2024)—The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced the Elizabeth Talford Scott Community Celebration and kick-off for the No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative will be held at the museum on Sunday, February 4 from 2 to 5 p.m. The event is held in conjunction with the BMA’s exhibition Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott and celebrates the art, life, and legacy of the late artist. Highlights of the afternoon include a live musical rendition of Floating on a Thread, the exhibition’s music commission produced and performed by Bashi Rose and Adam Holofcener, with performers Michele Blu, Akilah Divine, Scott Patterson, and Cheyanne Zadia. Hear from MICA’s Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) instructor Deyane Moses and former program participant and educator Mygenet T. Harris as they share the impact, process, and history of the EDS program, and meet artists, educators, students, community leaders, and innovators during a reception catered by Xquisite Catering.
The No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative brings together five museums and four university sites across Baltimore City for a reunion of Talford Scott’s work from February through May 2024. Each venue had students from the participating colleges—Coppin State University, Johns Hopkins University, MICA, and Morgan State University—working on a presentation of the artist’s work for their gallery spaces and organizing a free public program. Under the guidance of 2023-24 EDS Instructor Deyane Moses, the students met with the artist’s estate at Goya Contemporary Gallery to learn about Talford Scott’s legacy and met with staff from each location to determine the curatorial direction of their presentation and draw out connections to each organization’s collection, space, history, and/or audience.
Exhibition titles and dates are below. Read full press release for descriptions.
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott
November 12, 2023–April 28, 2024 | Baltimore Museum of Art
Transcending Tradition: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott and the MICA Quilt Group
January 25–March 10, 2024 | Decker Gallery at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
BLACK WOMAN GENIUS: Elizabeth Talford Scott—Tapestries of Generations
February 1–September 30, 2024 | Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (RFLM)
Reverberations: Disruption and Healing Through the Hands of Elizabeth Talford Scott
February 1–April 18, 2024 | George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
Kaleidoscope: Changing Perspectives
February 1–May 19, 2024 | The Peale
American Africanisms: The Musings of Elizabeth Talford Scott
February 2–May 9, 2024 | JELMA, James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University
Material & Memories: Elizabeth Talford Scott and the Crazy Quilt Tradition
February 4–Fall 2024 | Maryland Center for History & Culture (MCHC)
Elizabeth Talford Scott: ’98 til Infinity
February 4– April 27, 2024 | Cary Beth Cryor Gallery at Coppin State University
Stitched Memories: Celebrating Elizabeth Talford Scott
February 7–May 12, 2024 | The Walters Art Museum
Image: EDS Students and Community Partners at the BMA, November 2023. Traci Archable-Frederick ©2023 Baltimore Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Installation photos: Mitro Hood for the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD.
