The Saint Louis Art Museum recently announced the acquisition of “Pine Burr Quilt,” a colorful textile created in 1995 by artist Lucy Mingo in the rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The quilt was ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Quilts have been around for centuries, and in black history, they have strong symbolism. “Anytime we can uplift the arts and show diverse voices and tell our American ...

The African American Quilt Guild of Gaston County takes pride in maintaining Black history in quilting and supporting the community with their work. Barbara Hart, 80, started the quilt guild in April ...

African Americans carried many things with them when fleeing the South’s oppression and poverty in the middle of the 20th Century – a movement of millions called the Second Great Migration. Among the ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum recently held a celebration of African-American quilts, which was part recognition of local quilt historian Cuesta Benberry and part education seminar on the subject. The ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- The generations-old tradition of quilting in African American heritage is celebrated as a one-of-a-kind form of expression, which stemmed from necessity. CBS New York's Kristie ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, or BAMPFA, collaborated with local artists to showcase 20th-century African American quilts in its new exhibition. The exhibit, titled “Routed West: ...

Eli Leon, a psychologist, writer and collector and self-taught scholar of African-American quilts, who helped bring attention to the field and especially the quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins, died on ...

SAN ANTONIO — Quilts of family, black leaders, and names of those no longer with us line the walls at Central Library and Our Lady of the Lake University. "Black women have been quilting forever," ...

ROCKFORD -- The history of quilting in African American culture is often overlooked. The powerful works of art tell the stories of slavery, freedom, and family. "Each block is unique within itself. If ...

The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition will be displayed at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro through March 3, with an opening ceremony scheduled on Feb. 14. The gallery shows 11 quilts ...