Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

Routed West” expands on a previous display of Black diaspora works from the 1940-to-1970 Second Migration period.

quilting is one of the many art forms emerging from this rich heritage.” Imani Bashir, “How Quilts Became a Canvas for Black American Artists to Preserve History” As the winter chill sets in ...

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. They were ...

(This professor's persistence gave birth to Black History Month ... explaining their meaning. Her quilts survived not only because they are remarkable works of art but because she spoke about ...

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 ...

If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it’s thanks in no small part to Carolyn Mazloomi, a self-taught quilter who has been a ...

Thursday night’s Juneteenth inspired opening, at the Chester County Art Association, of “African American Quilting Art Show: Hidden Messages in the Material” revealed that quilts directed ...

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 ...

Deborah Harrison is a founding member of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio. "I've been sewing since my grandmother gave me a needle and a piece of fabric to keep me busy, so we don't ...