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National
Heritage Award Fellow Mozell
Benson
(1934-2012)
On July 16th Alabama
lost one of its most celebrated quilters.
Mozell Benson was 78 years old when she
died at her home last week in Waverly.
Mrs. Benson’s quilts first gained
national attention in the exhibit
“Signs and Symbols: African American
Quilts from the Rural South.”
Her work has also been displayed at the
Smithsonian Institution and the American
Folklife Museum. |
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Mrs. Benson was honored with a National
Heritage Fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts, our nation’s
highest award for the folk and
traditional arts. The following
program is a rebroadcast of Anne
Kimzey’s 2007 interview with Mozell
Benson and her daughter Sylvia Stephens
in which they discuss their
participation in the State Arts
Council’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship
Program and also the experience of
having a home and quilt studio built for
Mrs. Benson by students in the
Design/Build Master’s program at
Auburn University’s School of
Architecture. |
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This special radio series will air
every Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M., on the
Troy University Public Radio Network
at:
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WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy)
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WRWA 88.7 (Dothan)
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WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix City)
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