TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- In Trenton, there's a new exhibit that stitches together stories with art and culture in the African American community. Inside the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie ...
Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the ...
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 ...
Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...
Brilliantly colored and full of visual drama, Bisa Butler’s larger-than-life sized quilted portraits are nearly indistinguishable from paintings. Creating works that have appeared on the cover of Time ...
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 ...
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 ...
UC Berkeley Art Museum was recently gifted the world’s largest collection of this type of art, all of it created by black women. Much like certain perspectives have historically been shut out from the ...
Nubian Heritage adopted the African Adinka symbol Sankofa and took its meaning, “Learning from the past, in building for the future” as its mission statement. They celebrate the legacy of African ...
The federal government revoked $460,000 in federal funding to a Berkeley, Calif., museum housing historic African-American quilts. The funds were to be used to conserve the quilts. The Berkeley Art ...
See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...
Phyllis Stephens 'My Life is a Bed of Roses' (2021) Quilt with sustainable fabrics 52 x 82 in; 58 x 88 in (fr) A woman reclines on her side, one arm props up her torso as the other arm reaches toward ...