For two weeks only, textiles from the collection of Ann Dunham, President Obama's mother were on view at The Textile Museum. This marked the final stop on a national tour of the exhibition A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth: Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks.

Early in her life, Ann Dunham explored her interest in the textile arts as a weaver, creating wall hangings in earthy shades of brown and green for her own enjoyment. After marrying Lolo Soetoro and moving to Indonesia in the 1960s with her son Barack Obama, Ann Dunham was drawn to the vibrant textile arts of her new home and began to amass the collection from which the exhibition objects are drawn. The wide variation in the batiks reflects the range of colors and of patterns, both classic and contemporary, that captured her imagination, and provides a window into the rich culture from which these fabrics originated.

This exhibition was organized by the Embassy of Indonesia with the support of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board and Maya Soetoro-Ng, on behalf of Ann Dunham's family.

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