Her spiritual path has lead to a couple of quilts that show her charkas and their alignment. JoAnne has completed a meditation quilt that is used daily to connect to God and to heal her soul. A Manala was revealed to her in a dream that has evolved into a very spiritual quilt. Prayer, meditation, and my faith assist me in the creative process of quilt making. She has participated in a number of quilt shows and has been involved in three one-woman shows. JoAnne is constanly learning new methods of quilting by attending quilt classes, quilting retreats, and symposiums. Her lecturing has taken her to a number of local guild and also a guild in Winston-Salem North Carolina. She has spoken in area museums, private functions, libraries and elementary schools.
JoAnne was a workshop instructor at the Summer Institute for Educators at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. The 5440 African-American Quilters of Virginia was featured in Roland Freeman’s book “Communion of the Spirits”. JoAnne is listed in the African-American Art Directory. She had the pleasure of becoming a first time grandmother in March 1999 and is very pleased to announce another grandchild in August 2001 and a third grandchild in Dec 2002.The first grandchild has attended quilt shows and lectures with her and they often “quilt together”. I will teach my grandchildren when the opportunity presents itself. That will be my contribution to the continuous art of quilting. Her prayer to you is that you continue on your creative journey and may one day our paths cross to quilt together. It would be a blessing to share space with you.
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