Rennie Zulu, “Twelve Squares of Traditional Culture in South Africa" (1999) and Crossroad Quilters, “Sacred Animals II Quilt” (2000) (all images courtesy Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art) ...
I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...
When Chandler resident Pamela Howard sits down to stitch a quilt, she draws inspiration from her black ancestors, former slaves who used the codes hidden in the cloth to find freedom in the North and ...
The African American Quilt Guild of Gaston County takes pride in maintaining Black history in quilting and supporting the community with their work. Barbara Hart, 80, started the quilt guild in April ...
On a Sunday morning in February, Michael C. Thorpe crouches in his mother’s living room with a mallet, hammering together the corners of a massive wooden frame. A YouTube video of Thelonious Monk ...
Olivia Joseph can spot the stories in the stitches in their work as a quilt research fellow for the Mingei International Museum at Balboa Park. The fabrics, the patterns, the designs all reveal ...
The MSU Union Art Gallery, in collaboration with the MSU Museum, The Quilt Index and the MSU African American and African Studies (AAAS) Department, has created an exhibition dedicated to Afrofuturism ...
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