PeaceQuilts

PeaceQuilts

Edgartown, MA - Massachusetts

Original folk art quilts, handmade by women in Haiti.

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Patience To Raise the Sun

Visions Art Museum - San Diego, Ca - On Site Exhibition
My Kenep Tree Will Bear Fruit - Kenèp mwen an ap donnen by Rose Marie Agnant
My Kenep Tree Will Bear Fruit - Kenèp mwen an ap donnen by Rose Marie Agnant
My Kenep Tree Will Bear Fruit - Kenèp mwen an ap donnen by Rose Marie Agnant

My Kenep Tree Will Bear Fruit - Kenèp mwen an ap donnen

The tree of life is an image which is frequent subject in Haitian quilts. In this work by Rose Marie Agnant, she has personalized it by drawing inspiration from a kenep tree (also known as Spanish lime) next to her house. Small garden patches and backyard fruit-bearing trees are often an important source of food for families.

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