Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum recently announced the acquisition of “Pine Burr Quilt,” a colorful textile created in 1995 by artist Lucy Mingo in the rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The quilt was ...

“Black American culture can be understood as an interwoven tapestry of dialects, foodways, spiritual systems, and community-based customs that have endured for hundreds of years. Like jazz, hip-hop, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. An exhibition on African American male quilt makers organized by Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry and exhibited at Anacostia Community Museum from January ...

Kindred Spirits conference director Kimberley Pierce Cartwright with one of her quilts. Photo by Brett Villena. Some of the nation’s finest practitioners of the African American quilting tradition ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum recently held a celebration of African-American quilts, which was part recognition of local quilt historian Cuesta Benberry and part education seminar on the subject. The ...

The African American Museum Dallas is opening “Sunday Call to Church”, an exhibition featuring 22 works by self-taught ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Quilting has been an ...

Georgia Williams’ “Happy People” evokes a smile. In each of the 13 bright orange diamonds, a figure dances -- each individual locked in their own box but determined, nonetheless, to express themselves ...

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. If ...