Please join us for an opening reception for our new Special Exhibition, Wall Power: Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum, complemented by Power of Remembrance: AIDS Memorial Quilt Panels.
DATE: Thursday, October 15, 2026
TIME: Reception from 5 – 7 PM, Remarks at 5:30 PM
LOCATION: Shaw Gothic Cloister
EXHIBITION SPONSORS
Wall Power! Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum
ORGANIZER
This exhibition was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, and is supported in part by the Bresler Foundation, the David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions and the Council for Traditional Folk Art.
2026 SPECIAL EXHIBITION SEASON ENERGIZED BY
AES Ohio Foundation
FOUNDING
Linda Black-Kurek Family Foundation
Linda Lombard & Paul Marshall
BENEFACTOR
The Wyse Family Foundation
DIRECTOR
The Berry Family Foundation
Carolyn Brethen
Charles D. Berry Foundation
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
The Bach Society of Dayton
MEDIA SPONSOR
Discover Classical
ONGOING SUPPORT
Ohio Arts Council
Montgomery County
Culture Works
Power of Remembrance: AIDS Memorial Quilt Panels
PROMOTING
Premier Health in partnership with Compunet and Fidelity Health Care
In Memory of John G. Whelley, Jr.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Dr. Bob Brandt, Jr.
Rainbow Elder Care of Greater Dayton
Linda Lombard & Paul Marshall
The Rubi Girls
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The Contemporary Dayton
David Criner
Have A Gay Day
Michael Knote
PFLAG Dayton
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Colin Altman
Alice, Bee, Kate & Steve Edstrom
John Fabelo
The Graul Chair at the University of Dayton
The Greater Dayton LGBT Center
The Human Rights Campaign of Greater Cincinnati
Michael Kammer
Robert Klaben
Dora Lawson
Edward Lehman
Chad McCoy
Edward McGatha
Steven Nutt
Ohio Health Modernization Movement
United Church Homes and the Longfellow Commons Community
University of Dayton College of Arts & Sciences
University of Dayton College of Visual & Performing Arts
Kaytee, Emily, & Parker Yantis-Houser
ONGOING SUPPORT
Ohio Arts Council
Montgomery County
Culture Works