Her efforts included doing extensive genealogical research and trying varied outreach methods, even cold calling the quiltmakers' relatives.

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

The federal government revoked $460,000 in federal funding to a Berkeley, Calif., museum housing historic African-American ...

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

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — The 51st annual Black Hills Quilt Show runs through Saturday in the Rushmore Room at the Monument. More ...

More than 100 works by 80 quilters, many of whom emigrated to the East Bay from the American South in the 1900s, are on exhibit in Berkeley starting June 8.

Importantly, this year’s exhibit expands the art form’s visibility and geographic ... including members of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland. Yau says in an interview that while ...

For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the bridge between function and artistry. "With African American quilts ...

You’re telling untold stories. Rackard: Yes. And that brings in the preserving of the art, this history, the culture, the tradition of African American quilt making. Quilt making is not just for the ...

Her story quilts, including “Tar Beach (1988 ... making the artist the first person to open a gallery for African American art. Savage was born in Florida but worked primarily in New ...

Pieces from the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio have been shared across the city and world in different exhibits. From art to literal comfort made with love, every quilt holds a ...