Palatine Library District is unveiling a new 8-by-7-foot freedom quilt that was completed in the library's makerspace, The Workshop. Members of the community came together in a big way to complete ...

When Nancy Shell walked through the door of the Johnson House something indescribable came over her. She was there to discuss the possibility of becoming a member of the historic site’s team, teaching ...

Ravin Lovett created the exhibit, titled “Codes to Freedom,” to honor enslaved people who used quilts as secret maps to guide ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A one-day installation on the National Mall brought this year’s WorldPride theme — “the fabric of freedom” — to life, as hundreds of hand-stitched quilt panels created by trans artists ...

LA PLUME — Keystone College will welcome the Glass Artisans Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and the Center for Anti-Slavery Studies for a lecture and exhibit on the Freedom Quilt at ...

"We Who Believe in Freedom" offers detailed imagery of the African-American experience through quilts. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will welcome a months-long exhibit beginning ...

MARION — As the husband of a woman who makes quilts for veterans, Ron Kruse says he has witnessed many emotional — often tearful — ceremonies in which the quilts are presented as a way of saying ...