DATE: 2 August 2011
CONTACT: Stephanie Turnham
PHONE: 254.933.5243
EMAIL: stephanie.turnham@co.bell.tx.us
PARTNERSHIP TO PRODUCE THE GREAT
BELL COUNTY QUILT CRAWL
A group of diverse cultural and
tourism partners invites the public to visit pieces of
history through the county-wide Great Bell County Quilt
Crawl. The project's goals are to promote the rich
artistic and historic nature of quilts throughout the
county, and to promote tourism in Bell County and
Central Texas.
The quilt crawl will be held January
14 through February 18, 2012, at the following
facilities: Cultural Activities Center, Temple;
Railroad and Heritage Museum, Temple; Czech Heritage
Museum, Temple; UMHB Museum, Belton; Bell County Museum,
Belton; Salado Historical Society at the Robertson
Plantation, Salado; and Killeen Arts & Activities
Center, Killeen.
Other partners are Killeen Civic and
Conference Center, Salado Chamber of Commerce, Village
of Salado Tourism Department, Belton Area Chamber of
Commerce, the Central Texas Tourism Council, and Temple
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Each facility will host a quilt
exhibit for six weeks. Each Saturday during the
time period, one of the sites will have a special
activity that relates to quilts and quilting. For
example, the Bell County Museum will have a textile
preservation workshop on January 21, and the Czech
Heritage Museum will host a bobbin lace activity on
January 28. A quilt square contest will be held at
the Killeen Civic and Conference Center on February 18,
and the Railroad and Heritage Museum will host a bed
turning activity on February 11. Each partner will
have its own designated Saturday, except for the Bell
County Museum and UMHB Museum, which will be held on the
same day.
At each site, visitors can purchase,
for $2, our uniquely shaped magnet. If visitors
attend each exhibit and purchase a magnet at each site,
they will have a complex 4 X 6 inch quilt magnet in red,
white, and blue.
Stephanie Turnham, Bell County
Museum director, said, "We are all happy to be working
together on a fun project like this. Everyone
loves quilts because of their artistic, as well as
historic, nature. Hopefully, acquiring the magnets
will encourage visitors to attend each venue."
For more
information, log onto our individual websites, or log on
to
www.quilt-crawl.org.
