"It looks right there at you. I bring you back from the early 1800s, early 1900s, in a life-size format. Basically, I'm ...

The free exhibit features generations of Black artists showcasing Altadena’s creative history and endurance, even after the ...

MMA is home to one of the South's largest collections of quilts, from which more than 50 examples were drawn for this ...

Quilts will be draped across trees like clothesline throughout the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Saturday, April 26 from ...

Passing on traditions constructs a special sense of community along with a quilt. Through the lens of African American quilts, explore layers of creativity, diversity, and family history that enrich ...

Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the ...

Lesyslie Rackard says that through her quilts, she was able to pay tribute to George Floyd in 2020 — despite being stuck in her home.

JANUARY 17, 2023 — To coincide with the annual observance of Black History Month, the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) will unveil new content in its African American Texans exhibit including a ...

The National Quilt Collection at the National Museum of American History reveals how a useful practice can represent artistic, cultural, and historic storytelling. A significant number of American ...

It’s part of a new show opening in October at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of 58 quilts and bedcovers spanning 400 years of U.S. history, including masterpieces by African American artisans ...

In 1981, she founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles, and then, in 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network, fulfilling the desire of isolated makers to connect and ...