Henry John Drewal has served as Curator of African Art at the Neuberger Museum-SUNY-Purchase (1986), The Cleveland Museum of Art (1988-90), and Curator of African Art at the Toledo Museum of Art (1989). Since 1991 He has been theEvjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studiesat theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madisonand Adjunct Curator of African Art at […]
African fabrics are bright and bold; some with large motifs and others with small designs. Typically used for African clothing, but lets see how it looks in a quilt. I never thought of quilting with African prints until I received a request from a friend who wanted quilts for her daughters. She knew she wanted […]
Harriet Powers (1837-1910) was an American folk artist and quilt maker. She was born into slavery in rural Georgia in 1837. At 18, she married Armstead Powers and they had nine children. Armstead Powers identified himself as a ‘farmhand’ in the 1870 census; Harriet is listed as ‘keeping house’, and three children, Amanda, Leon Joe […]
This is a guest blog post presented by @Publiclibraryquilts www.publiclibraryquilts.com Chaos and quilts might not appear as a likely combination, but when it comes to communities going through hardship there is nothing quite so joyful as a quilt fundraiser! While most of us probably make quilts on our own in the private space of our […]