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MMA is home to one of the South's largest collections of quilts, from which more than 50 examples were drawn for this ...
"It looks right there at you. I bring you back from the early 1800s, early 1900s, in a life-size format. Basically, I'm ...
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 ...
A significant number of American quilts can be found in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery, the Anacostia ...
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 ...
A celebration of black beauty, the work alludes to both African sculpture and African American quilt making. Art Bridges, Bentonville, AR, AB.2018.3 ©Estate of David C. Driskell. Courtesy DC ...