Fiber artists showing their creations in the “Beyond the Canvas” exhibit this month have found a way to express themselves as ...
Quilts are as American as apple pie, but these traditional bedcovers are often overlooked by the general public. Typically considered a craft, the art world has only recently begun to give quilting ...
If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it’s thanks in no small part to Carolyn Mazloomi, a self-taught quilter who has been a champion ...
What do you do? “I make T-shirt, memory, baby, Christmas, any type of quilt for any occasion,” Tracy Husch-Lissak said. What is quilting? “It’s three layers of fabric. The backing, the batting and the ...
A unique quilt exhibit is coming to the Sioux City Art Center. Starting March 6, lasting until mid-June, quilt works from Sioux City-native Heather Akerberg will be on display. She’s known for making ...
Four Centuries of Quits by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey (Image courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Yale University Press) Does quilting count as art? In Four ...
Rennie Zulu, “Twelve Squares of Traditional Culture in South Africa" (1999) and Crossroad Quilters, “Sacred Animals II Quilt” (2000) (all images courtesy Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art) ...
Loved for their beauty, appreciated for the industry behind their making, and cherished as links to the past, some 1,000 people passed in and out of a recent three-day quilt show in Abita Springs to ...
LEWISBURG — The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University will display its latest exhibit, "Star Gazing: Pennsylvania Quilts Revisited," at the Samek's Downtown location at 416 Market St., Lewisburg, ...
Quilts, says Wanda Eash, "are a language of love." "They represent comfort and warmth. They connect people across the generations, along with the memories of the people who made them." But ...
Green has been Ben Millett's favorite color since childhood. It appears on him in vibrant pops, from his wire-frame glasses to his fading fingernail polish and bright neon sneakers. It also shows up ...