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

A significant number of American quilts can be found in the collections ... American History and Culture Pink and yellow pinwheel quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith National Museum of African ...

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 Paul Family Quilt (1830-35), on display in "Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories," was made for a four-poster ... including masterpieces by African American artisans in the rural South ...

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 ...

Chorus for Paul Mooney, 2017, made of antique ... Most of the quilts used in Biggers’ works were donated or came from thrift stores. Courtesy Sanford Biggers According to African American ...

Quilts of family, black leaders, and names of those no longer with us line the walls at Central Library and Our Lady of the Lake University. "Black women have been quilting forever," said Deborah ...

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 ...