SouthTalks: Photography and Textiles by Coulter Fussell

Quilter and textile artist Coulter Fussell will present a slideshow surveying the development of artworks she sews at her Water Valley, Mississippi studio. Her public-facing art studio is supplied entirely by community clothing and textile donations. She will focus on her latest developing series, combining crowd-sourced textiles and photography. Fussell’s works compare historical and current global conflicts with interpersonal psychodramas—all while documenting rural landscapes.

Fussell was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, an old textile town. She is the youngest family quilter, hailing from generations of seamstresses and quilters. She has exhibited at galleries across the country, and her works are in the permanent collections of the Columbus Museum of Art and the Mississippi Museum of Art.

SouthTalks is a series of events, including lectures, performances, film screenings and panel discussions, exploring the interdisciplinary nature of Southern Studies, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. All events are free and open to the public.