Coulter Fussell: The Proving Ground

Mississippi Museum of Art
Jackson, Mississippi
March 20–June 14, 2026

Featuring over 40 works from five series created since 2020, this exhibition reveals the evolution of Fussell’s practice from traditional quilting formats to increasingly sculptural, mixed-media works incorporating upholstery techniques, photography, and digital projection. Fussell uses quilting techniques to collage together materials donated by friends, family, neighbors, and strangers in her rural town of Water Valley, Mississippi. Primarily textiles, these materials range from bed linens and used clothing to bric-a-brac and discarded objects. Fussell’s newest series integrates these materials with an archive of cellphone video stills and photographs taken by family members, creating works that, as she said, “compare global conflicts, both historical and current, with interpersonal psychodramas.”