Mississippi Cultural Crossroads

Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is a local arts agency located in Port Gibson, Mississippi.

Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is a performing arts center, and has been involved in documenting the culture of the community for over 25 years, providing summer and after school art programs, and is where Crossroads Quilters display and sell their hand made quilts. Crossroads Quilters is a group of women who create quilts, celebrating the traditional quilting heritage of their community, while creating educational and economic opportunities for its citizens.

www.msculturalcrossroads.org

Hystercine Rankin, Memories by Hystercine, 1991, Claiborne County, Mississippi, Courtesy of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Rachel Gehlhar photograph

Melissa Banks with a quilt top she made, Courtesy of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads

Patty Crosby, director of the center, talks about the foundation of the Mississippi Cultural Crossroads and segregation in the community.

James Bassler Edwina Bringle Jean Cacicedo David Chatt Judith Content Lia Cook Randall Darwall Arline Fisch Pat Courtney Gold Tim Harding Ana Lisa Hedstrom Helena Hernmarck Lissa Hunter Mary Jackson Louisa Keyser Gerhardt Knodel Jack Lenor Larsen Janet Lipkin Dona Look K. Lee Manuel Mississippi Cultural Crossroads Penland School of Crafts Hystercine Rankin Ed Rossbach Loja Saarinen Joyce Scott Kay Sekimachi Karyl Sisson Billie Ruth Sudduth Timberline Lodge

30 Artists who work with Fiber are represented in an Exhibition visiting eight cities - Learn more about the exhibition HERE > America's important Fiber artists are featured in the Book. Learn more about the Book and where to order HERE > Purchase the DVD here.