Quilts at an Art Gallery

When I visited Mount Allison in Sackville ,New Brunswick for a book signing in September I also gave a lecture on the History of Quilting in Canada at he Owens Art Gallery , the oldest University Art Gallery in Canada .Is this also the location of the first quilt exhibit in a Canadian Art Gallery ? When I studied Home Economics there ,many moons ago I was lucky enough to be taught a course in Interior Design  at that gallery by Alex Coville. In press release for the lecture participants were encouraged to bring quilts. These quilts were arranged in a gallery featuring the new collection additions. If you look carefully you can see a very early self portrait of my famous professor. Seated on the far right is Marjorie Crawford who chaired the Quilt Exhibit in April 1970 .  We are holding a Grandmothers Flower Garden with names inked  in the center hexagons along with the date 1859, This was the  only quilt that was in the original exhibit. Incidently the name now used for the quilt design was popularized in the 1930's . When it was totally hand made of muslin and turkey red it was probably called a mosaic design.There were over 150 quilts in the gallery in April 1970 and five people at my lecture had attended that original exhibit. Peter Laroque came from Saint John NB where he is a curator at the NB Museum.  John Corey traveled with him and they have since shared some of the pictures that John took at the 1970 show. I hope to find more quilts that were in that exhibit and examine the ones that are at local museums.