WWII-era, they could make the difference between sleeping or freezing for the Black families who moved out of the South ...

Her afro-centric quilts layer images and text that emerge from Black history, culture and religion. She sees quilting as not only a profession, but part of her spiritual practice and calling to teach.

And for now, I want to share with you our region’s exciting African-American quilting traditions as I encountered them in the early 1980s, when I did the fieldwork that produced these photos.

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 ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding ...

(all images courtesy Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art) The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson has acquired 131 pieces reflecting the long tradition of quilt-making among Black women ...

Ted Fitzgerald / MediaNews Group / Boston Herald via Getty Images According to Mazloomi, while this deep Southern heritage is vital to understanding quilting in Black history, too much emphasis on ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, or BAMPFA, collaborated with local artists to showcase 20th-century African ...

Hodges said she will also sew images of local women ... began with the idea of exploring Black women in the civil rights movement. The 54-by-60-inch quilt will feature more than 20 women "who ...

NEWTONVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A new quilt showcase at the African-American Heritage Museum of ... The different pictures depicting my family's history speaks volumes so the children that ...