I’m a folklorist, not an historian. My kind typically uses the past to help understand the present, rather than treating the past as subject matter in its own right. So I find myself turning Black ...

Pecolia Warner of Yazoo City, Miss., could give you a mood for every color she quilted. White, she once explained, is for peace. Yellow expresses love. Brass means trouble, mainly because it can turn ...

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, ...

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 ...

The collector Eli Leon left almost 3,000 quilts by African-American artists to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest. By Peter Libbey Almost 3,000 quilts by African-American ...

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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 ...

Quilts have played an important role in the lives of African-Americans. During slavery, most blacks were unable to read or write, so quilts became a message board of sorts. The slaves stitched ...

Inspired by iconic black and white photos, Bisa Butler has created life-size portraits of African Americans in quilts that explode with color. The exhibit is on display at Chicago's Art Institute.

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 ...