According to the National Gallery of Art, unlike the organized, precise patterns that many quilters made from Dutch and English designs, African American quilts were often raw and vibrant.

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 ...

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 ...

Some 700 blankets fill a timber-frame barn attached to her 18th-century York farmhouse.

It’s part of a new show opening in October at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of 58 quilts and bedcovers spanning 400 years of U.S. history, including masterpieces by African American artisans ...

The National Quilt Collection at the National Museum of American History reveals how a useful practice can represent artistic, cultural, and historic storytelling. A significant number of American ...

Most of the quilts used in Biggers’ works were donated or came from thrift stores. Courtesy Sanford Biggers According to African American oral tradition, people escaping slavery via the ...

Walking into the Renwick Gallery’s latest exhibition, We Gather at the Edge, the first thing that strikes visitors is not ...

JANUARY 17, 2023 — To coincide with the annual observance of Black History Month, the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) will unveil new content in its African American Texans exhibit including a ...

But hurry — some performances have already sold out. Learn about the rich tapestry that is the quilt-making tradition in African American culture Saturday when Tony Jean Dickerson, founding ...