The Okefenokee Heritage Center (OHC) hosted the South Georgia Modern Quilt Guild at OHC Fiber Arts Exhibit during the month of March in the Fine Arts Gallery.
One exhibit highlight was a display featuring the handiwork of master tatter and quilter Myrtie Highsmith in the Rotating Exhibits room.
Highsmith grew up on a 96-acre family farm in Pierce County and was a graduate of Blackshear High. Highsmith’s husband of 66 years, Lesley Highsmith, 92, and his twin daughters, Regina King and Tina Maddox, said they were both thrilled and proud to see Mrs. Highsmith's lifelong work honored in the special display. The Highsmiths were married for 66 years. Maddox is the graphic designer responsible for the OHC logo, which features the iconic Waycross locomotive, Old Nine.
A reception for the artists contibuting to the exhibit was held Sunday, March 22.
Present at the special reception were fiber artists Michelle Roundtree, Melsenia Bartlett, Guild Chair Sarah Squires, Sarah Robst, Viki Guggenbickler and Celine
Clark.
