Haywood County Quilters will pay memorial tribute to one of their own when the Shady Ladies Quilting group holds its show ...

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 ...

More than 100 beautiful, fascinating quilts of widely varied styles made primarily by African American women with Bay Area ...

The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

Crafters and artists find camaraderie and build skills through the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland.

She founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles and the Women of Color Quilters Network and is credited ... all of the bright colors and patterns,” she said. After the fashion show wrapped ...

Faith Ringgold dies at 93; pioneering Black artist created quilts that told stories UC BAMPFA’s chief Rinder looking forward to next chapter Around East County: Antioch woman has sewn ...

That, and the preference many of the women show for organizing their patterns into strips, reminiscent of some West African woven cloth, suggest that these quilts are organized according to a set ...

In 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network to connect artists ... Brown Green reinvents the traditional American-style flying geese quilt pattern by infusing it with African symbolism to ...

“I love the fact that women cared enough to do things to the best ... Depression-era double wedding ring quilts, mid-century African American quilts in improvisational patterns, and antique mosaic, ...