Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, by Louise Silk

July 16 – September 5, 2026

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:

Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, is a solo exhibition by Pittsburgh fiber-artist Louise Silk. Following up from her retrospective at the Heinz History Center in 2024, Dayenu is a career capstone exhibition featuring an all-new body of work being shown together for the first time. The exhibition features hand-sewn works, including art quilts, scrap quilts, flags, kaftans, portraits, and pillows, all made from repurposed fabrics. By working with both her own scraps and found textiles, Silk “brings together separate events and recollections that all contribute to a meaningful visual expression of my life.”

The exhibition reflects on Silk’s spiritual practices, including themes from Judaism and Zen Buddhism. The title, Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough, comes from the Passover Seder song, expressing gratitude for the gifts that God gave the Jewish people. Each quilt in the exhibition is an expression of this gratitude.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Louise Silk has been creating art quilts for over 50 years. She has exhibited throughout the US and has had seven solo exhibitions, including Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life, a career retrospective at the Heinz History Center in 2024. Silk lives and works in the South Side, and was recently included in our exhibition, Art of Pittsburgh’s South Side.