Opening Celebration

Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts + Some American Dreams

May 1, 2026
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

A split image showing two artworks. On the left is a quilt featuring a dark eagle perched in front of a central star. A red phone and red chair balance the picture, one on each side of the bird.; on the right is an artwork hanging on the wall with colorful ribbons flowing downward from the top and onto the floor.
At left: Jesse Krimes, Red Eagle, 2020. © Jesse Krimes. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; At right: Tim Rollins and KOS, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (After Harriet Jacobs) (installation view), 1999. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

Be among the first to experience two new exhibitions that address the complexities of American life:

Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts features selections from the artist’s ongoing body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. This show debuts Riverside, a newly commissioned quilt informed by Krimes’s work with Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Restorative Justice program.

Some American Dreams explores a polyphony of American experiences and histories shaped by hybridity, friction, and affinity. Featuring works by 20 Artists-in-Residence, the projects reimagine symbols of nationhood and belonging, critique ongoing legacies of inequity, and offer expansive visions of kinship and community.

Light refreshments served.

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Event Information

May 1, 2026
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

First and Second Floor Galleries

Free | Suggested donation of $10
RSVP encouraged

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Support

Support for Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts is provided by David and Hallee Adelman, The Howard Family Gift Fund, and Julia and David Fleischner.

Major support of FWM is provided by the Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Foundation. Additional support is provided by Cynthia Stroud, the National Endowment for the Arts, E. Belinda and Ferrell Roll, John Alchin and Hal Marryatt, Sarah Jackson, the Locks Foundation, Nike, Katie Adams Schaeffer and Tony Schaeffer, and the Board of Directors and Members of The Fabric Workshop and Museum.