Ajanku has been an artist for her entire life. “I sat at the knees of my quilt-making grandmother,” Ajanku said. “My other ...

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California at BAMPFA, 2155 Center St., Berkeley. One block from BART. June 8-Nov. 30. Free entry June 8. See website for a list of related ...

To many Americans, quilts are valued only for their practicality - they keep us warm. But in African American culture, quilts tell stories of sadness, love and violence. Students explored this ...

Benberry, Cuesta. Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts. The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.: Louisville, 1992. A selection of quilts and with chapters that include slave-made ...

African American quiltmaking is an art that stretches back as far as our forced presence on this country’s soil, and even further than that; African textiles, like the Democratic Republic of the ...

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, $38.5… ...

The DuSable show is drawn from the collection acquired by the Michigan State University Museum (also home of the Great Lakes Quilt Center). DuSable exhibition unpacks collection of African ...

“Kuumba Connections: Quilts by Contemporary African American Artists” continues through April 2 at the Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 W. Fifth Ave. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays ...

Quilts by Black craftspeople need to be preserved — but funds have been pulled The federal government revoked $460,000 in federal funding to a Berkeley, Calif., museum housing historic African ...

Like many African-Americans, Kim Taylor of Baldwin was overcome with emotion when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. She expressed her joy in an unconventional way — with no previous ...

The group effort quickens the project’s pace and creates space for sharing skills and stories, sorrows and celebrations. Passing on traditions constructs a special sense of community along with a ...