Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot. But instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches and cloth. Her quilts have graced the covers of magazines, and she created the ...
Cross-stitched images of racial violence victims over the decades can be seen on quilts at Mississippi's Jackson State University as a part of the Stitch Their Names Memorial Project. A group of about ...
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 ...
On a Sunday morning in February, Michael C. Thorpe crouches in his mother’s living room with a mallet, hammering together the corners of a massive wooden frame. A YouTube video of Thelonious Monk ...
Riche’ Richardson was raised by a close-knit Montgomery family, full of hard workers. Their lives, she said, were busy. In the midst of working as educators and nurses and construction workers, they ...
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2-3 Where: A Middleville location to be announced Cost: $93.50 More information: To register, visit thornappleriverrippers.com. FARMINGTON HILLS, MI -- There is no end to ...
Each of the portraits is a quilted collage made out of pieces of cloth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The 50th woman to fly ...
Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955: A 100-Year-Photographic History by Janet E. Finley (Schiffer) In years past, women were not encouraged to pursue the fine arts. So they put their artistry into ...
Inside the maximum security prison in Licking, Missouri, a group of men spend eight hours a day, five days a week, sewing quilts for local foster kids. "They may not be going home" from prison, says ...