Andrews visits an expert modern pleater, George Kalajian of Tom’s Sons International Pleating, a family-run store in New York ...

When life gives you lemons, you may make lemonade, but when life gives you oranges, you can make a quilt. If your quilting time is less fruitful, visit the Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum on Terrace ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Originating from Ghana, Kente cloth is perhaps one of the most recognizable African textile. Traditionally, it is woven with ...

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

Women are wearing local fabrics in western designs; men are wearing western fabrics in local designs. This reflects the ...

We’re excited to announce the fifth edition of the ‘Made by Africa, loved by the world’ campaign in celebration of Africa Day on May 25. This year’s ...

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

Each square of every quilt in the Traveling Stitches exhibition depicts the stories, memories, dreams, ideas and hopes of the ...

Khadejha McCall was a rising design star in New York before her life changed course.

Here we highlight seven works of art discussed in papers in the special issue – from stories of childhood sexual experiences to bold fashion shows, musical films to maverick lesbian novels. They show ...