Renowned author and scholar Dr. Jessica B. Harris has dedicated her career to the study of foods across the African Diaspora. With the opening of African/American: Making the Nation's Table, an ...

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 ...

Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning, a group of African American women banded together with purpose: support one another as quilt artists and capture and promote the culture of their community ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ten years ago, Sandra Noble of Warrensville Heights bumped into a friend, Gloria Kellon, at a Jo-Ann Fabric store, and the two realized they share a passion for quilting. Noble and ...

A statewide search is underway for African American family quilts to be included in a quilt documentation project. A’donna Richardson of Tacoma is coordinating the project. She created Fabrics of ...

Quiltmaking among African-Americans has a richly textured history. In a new book called “Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook” (MacFarland & Co., 260 pages, $38.50), author Kyra E.

CHICOPEE –An exhibit of 14 mixed-media collage quilts--most illustrating African-American history—will be on display from Tuesday, Feb. 3, to Monday Feb. 23, in the Borgia Gallery of the Mary A.

A quilt commemorating African-American history in Dauphin County debuted at Fort Hunter Day Sunday. It was created by the African American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg, in collaboration with local ...

Renowned quilter and textile artist Marla Jackson stands with her quilt “First Born,” part of the “One History, Two Versions” exhibit currently on display in the Spencer Museum of Art. The hand- and ...

During the short dark days, many fight the urge to hide under the covers. An exhibition of quilts, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, could provide needed comfort.