Upcoming events.
Onyx Patchworks Opening Reception & Artist Talk
On January 29, Berea College Special Collections and Archives hosts the opening reception for Onyx Patchworks: Exploring Black American History in the Berea College Archives at Hutchins Library. During this event, Dr. Jaleesa Wells shares how family quilt traditions, archival research, and game‑based learning shaped this series of quilted memory games and art quilts focused on Julia Britton Hooks, Henry Allen Laine, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Guests are invited to explore the exhibition, view the original quilted games and wall quilts, and play printed game sets in the gallery alongside students, archivists, and community members.
Onyx Patchworks: Exploring Black American History in the Berea College Archives
On view January 29–February 26 at Berea College Special Collections and Archives in Hutchins Library, Onyx Patchworks invites visitors to “play through history” with quilted memory games and new art quilts drawn from underexplored Black histories in the Berea archives.
Onyx Patchworks is an interactive exhibition at Berea College’s Hutchins Library that turns Black American histories in the Berea archives into quilted memory games and symbol‑rich art quilts, highlighting figures like Julia Britton Hooks, Henry Allen Laine, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Visitors can handle printed game sets, explore wall quilts, and reflect on how Black Kentuckians sit at the heart of American and Appalachian history.