The Center for the Humanities presents Gladys-Marie Fry, professor emerita of folklore and English at the University of Maryland, College Park, who will present the 2004 Daphne Harrison Lecture, entitled From the African Loom to the American Quilt. Professor Fry will speak at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery.

One of the leading authorities on African-American textiles, Gladys-Marie Fry has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her book Stitched from the Soul was the first to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context, as it provided insight into the lives and creativity of slave women. She has also curated more than a dozen exhibitions at institutions such as the American Folk Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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