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

A significant number of American quilts can be found in the collections ... Black Uncle Sam pieced miniature quilt Smithsonian American Art Museum Crazy Quilt National Museum of African American ...

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.

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 ...

It’s part of a new show opening in October at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of 58 quilts and bedcovers spanning 400 years of U.S. history, including masterpieces by African American artisans ...

“It’s African-American centered, but it’s for everybody,” Jackson said. “Some of these quilts are really thought provoking.” Jackson went online, typed in “African American quilters ...

They're members of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio For founding members, Cynthia Vaughn and Deborah Harris, it was another way to put their sewing skills to work. "I started ...

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 ...

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 ...