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WorldBeat Cultural Center's Juneteenth celebration features the unveiling of a community quilt and honors the artistry, history and deeper meaning behind African American quilting traditions.
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is home to one of the world's largest collections of African-American quilts — some 3,000 of them. Bequeathed to the museum in 2019 by ...
The quilts, bundled back into acid-free paper and boxes after the viewing, are among 100 from 80 artists soon to be included in “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in ...
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 ...
"Black women have been quilting forever," said Deborah Harris. Deborah Harrison is a founding member of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio. "I've been sewing since my grandmother ...
The African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio was created in 2017 as a non-profit founded by four women. US Jobs Growth Explodes in Major Win For Trump Kurt Russell delights fans as he reunites ...
The gallery shows 11 quilts honoring African American women with Wake County Roots — their legacies memorialized through stitches and needles. Some of the women whose likenesses have been put on ...
A stunning quilt installation created by an African Nova Scotian artist has found a permanent home at Dalhousie, unveiled late last year at a celebration marking the release of the latest annual ...
Founded by Nigerian designer Mariam Afolabi, Mazelle effortlessly merges West African, Victorian, and contemporary influences in her designs. Her latest collection, "Marie In The City," is a ...
ALINE — The Sod House Museum is selling tickets for two sampler quilts, one with a patriotic theme and another with a pinwheel design, that will be awarded during a quilting workshop in July.