[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DR. MYRAH BROWN GREEN

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 12, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Dr. Myrah Brown Green, who is currently an Adjunct/
Assistant Professor of Art History at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, 
New York. She is an Art Historian, Fiber/Surface Designer and a 
Professional Quilt Artist and has been the Program Director of the 
Crown Heights Youth Collective in Brooklyn for the past thirty years.
  Her quilts are in a number of private collections including the homes 
of personal collectors and academic institutions. ``At the Cross'' has 
been acquired by the Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum in Washington, DC. 
Myrah's quilt exhibitions include one woman shows at the Cacciloa and 
Back Room Galleries in New York. Other shows include the national 
traveling exhibit, Textural Rhythm: Constructing the Jazz Tradition, 
Threads of Faith, at the American Bible Society, Open House at the 
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Parallel Threads at the New England Quilt 
Museum, Six Continents of Quilts through the American Craft Museum at 
the Payne Webster Gallery in New York.
  In addition to her remarkable career in quilts, Myrah teaches both 
art and history along with quilting techniques within a variety of art 
programs and academic institutions. Her tenure as a docent at the 
Brooklyn Museum of Art from 1999-2006 afforded her the opportunity to 
perform tours in galleries of Africa, Native America, 18th and 19th 
Century period rooms and American and European paintings. Her quilts 
appear in a number of quilt publications including Fiber Art Magazine, 
Spirit of the Cloth: Contemporary African American Quilts, Threads of 
Faith and Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition. She is 
also the author of African Rhythms, a chapter included in the book, 
Rodale's Successful Quilting Library: Choosing Quilting Designs. 
Currently, Dr. Green has written a book entitled, ``Pieces of a World: 
Foundation Pieced Symbols From Around the Globe'' that is due to appear 
on book shelves later this year.
  Myrah's PhD. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Art History 
is themed: The Presence of African Symbols in Modern Art. She created a 
lecture entitled, The Presence of World Symbols in Quilt Making, which 
was presented at the Storytellers in Cloth Conference, Connecticut, the 
Museum of the American Folk Art, Pratt Institute, New York and the 
Cheik Anta Diop Conference in Pennsylvania. Dr. Myrah Brown Green is a 
member of the Quilter's Guild of Brooklyn, the American Quilt Study 
Group, the Studio Art Quilt Association, Chairperson of Women of Color 
Quilters Network, Inc. Finally, she is the Director and Co-Founder of 
``Tell Mama Now'' a mentoring program for girls interested in Art and 
Art History.
  Madame Speaker, it is important for us to recognize the successful 
endeavors of Dr. Myrah Brown Green and her talented gifts as an 
inspirational quilter. I am pleased to congratulate her today.

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