Passing on traditions constructs a special sense of community along with a quilt. Through the lens of African American quilts, explore layers of creativity, diversity, and family history that enrich ...

In 1981, she founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles, and then, in 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network, fulfilling the desire of isolated makers to connect and ...

Lesyslie Rackard’s bold and expressive quilts tell the incredible and often overlooked stories of Black history — particularly the lives and contributions of African American women. Lesyslie joined ...

Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the ...

The National Quilt Collection at the National Museum of American History reveals how a useful practice can represent artistic, cultural, and historic storytelling. A significant number of American ...