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The Toledo
Links-Nathan Hale School Quilt
Special to The Truth
In 1996, the Toledo Chapter of The Links, Inc., a local
service women’s organization, approached a consultant from
The Quilt Foundry of Maumee and
students of the former Nathan Hale Elementary School to work
on a quilt project together. The
quilt is on exhibit now through the end of February at the
Tatum Gallery, located inside the Kent Branch Library, 3101
Collingwood Blvd.
Through the quilt project, The
Links sought to demonstrate to the
students the old African proverb, “It Takes a Village
to Raise a Child.”
“Our organization has long worked with young people through
our key programs, which seek to enrich our community’s youth
through exposure to cultural, civic, arts and educational
ventures. A quilting project was the perfect solution to
symbolize this famous proverb,” said
Links member Marianne
Payne. Links member Janelle
Butler Phifer and Payne led The Links’ International Trends
Committee to spearhead the quilt project.
Last year, funding for Nathan Hale, a former Toledo Public
School, was cut, and the school closed.
“That was 14 years ago when we made the quilt. The Links
hope that through this exhibit in the Tatum Gallery some of
those same students who worked on the quilt project will
recognize their work and know that our organization still
believes that it takes take an entire community ‘to Raise a
Child,’” said Payne.
For more exhibit details, please call the Art Tatum Center
at 419.259.5392 |
