Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
A True Gift of Art
![Photo of Quilt by Peg Fairbrook [Click photo to enlarge]](/images/quiltstarL.jpg "Quilt Art by Peig Fairbrook [Click on photo to enlarge]")
On display at Maya Angelou Branch through December.
On December 10, 2004, the Library was honored to receive the first of two decorative display quilts for the Children's Section of the Chavez Library from local artist Peig Fairbrook.
The two quilts featuring themes from children's books will reflect the heritages and ethnicities of the local area.
Ms. Fairbrook was awarded a grant from the Stockton Arts Commission to produce the quilts, which will travel during the next year among the various Stockton Branch Libraries and eventually be housed permanently at the Cesar Chavez Central Library.
This first quilt's design was based on the book Draw me a Star by Eric Carle (Philomel, 1992). The quilt can be seen through March 2005 in the Chavez Central Library Children's area.
Peig Fairbrook's quilt art and her work for the Library were feature in this article from The Record, January 27, 2005.
Peig Fairbrook with her decorative quilt
See quilt close up.
Article Update! The second quilt donation was received in March 2005.