According to the National Gallery of Art, unlike the organized, precise patterns that many quilters made from Dutch and ...

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California, the second BAMPFA exhibition drawn from the Leon collection, after the transcendent Rosie Lee Tompkins show in 2020, demonstrates ...

Fabric of a Nation opens on June 27 and continues through October 12 in Nashville. Find more and plan your visit on the ...

Big Jim: African-American quilt design. Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star Feb 25, 2014 Feb 25, 2014 Updated Apr 20, 2016; Mrs. Ella May ... Another take on the "bow tie" pattern.

The stories she refers to are about intricate quilts hung from fences, or around homes to indicate to slaves that a house was a safe one. According to the National Gallery of Art, unlike the organized ...

ROCKFORD -- The history of quilting in African American culture is often overlooked. The powerful works of art tell the stories of slavery, freedom, and family. "Each block is unique within itself ...

They're members of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio For founding members, Cynthia Vaughn and Deborah Harris, it was another way to put their sewing skills to work. "I started ...

The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is opening The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition Feb. 14 through March 3. The gallery showcases quilting as a medium to honor African American women with ...

Joan Hodges' 54-by-60-inch quilt, which began with the idea of exploring Black women in the civil rights movement, will feature more than 20 women "who have made a difference," she told Newsday.

For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the bridge between function and artistry. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay ...

NEWTONVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A new quilt showcase at the African-American Heritage Museum of Southern Jersey is telling stories that go back generations. Ralph Hunter, of the African-American ...