Bettye Kimbrell | |
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 Kimbrell in 2008 | |
| Born | November 22, 1936 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Folk art, Quilting |
| Awards | Alabama Folk Heritage Award (1995) NEA's National Heritage Fellowship (2008) |
Bettye Kimbrell (born November 22, 1936) is a master folk artist for quilting, and one of the charter members of the North Jefferson Quilter's Guild in Mount Olive, Alabama.
In 1995 Kimbrell won the Alabama Folk Heritage Award, the highest honor for the traditional arts in Alabama.[1] Kimbrell received national attention in 2008 when she was one of eleven folk artists to receive the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.[2] Her quilts have been exhibited at the Birmingham Museum of Art (2008), have toured five cities in Belgium in the "Schatten van/in Mensen" exhibit (2010–11), and were displayed in five cities in China as part of an exhibit sponsored by the United States Embassy (2012-2013).
- ^ Quilter Receives State Heritage Award by Anne Kimzey Archived November 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from the Alabama Arts website on December 3, 2009
- ^ National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients May 21, 2008 Archived May 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from the NEA newsroom website on December 3, 3009