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Pictorial Quilt 1898. Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) [1] was an American folk artist and quilter born into slavery in rural northeast Georgia. Powers used traditional appliqué techniques to make quilts that expressed local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events. Powers married young and had a large family.
The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. The quilting tradition can be dated back to the nineteenth century and endures to this day. The residents of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are direct ...
Butler's quilts are featured in art books such as Journey of Hope: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama (2010) [42] and Collaborations: Two Decades of African American Art : Hearne Fine Art 1988-2008 (2008), [43] and on websites such as Blavity [14] and Colossal. [28] In 2019, she was a finalist for the Museum of Art and Design's Burke ...
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Baltimore album quilts originated in Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1840s. They have become one of the most popular styles of quilts and are still made today. These quilts are made up of a number of squares called blocks. Each block has been appliquéd with a different design. The designs are often floral, but many other motifs are also used, such ...
June 30, 1949 (age 74) New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. Occupation (s) Artist, educator, author and lecturer. Known for. Leader of the quilt art movement. Michael Francis James (born 30 June 1949) is an American artist, educator, author, and lecturer. He is best known as a leader of the art quilt movement that began in the 1970s. [1]
Friends, family members, or loved ones. The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt or AIDS Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS -related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, [1] it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, as of 2020. [2]
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, [1] inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad to communicate messages to slaves seeking freedom. [1] Her quilts have been shown in China ...