Renowned author and scholar Dr. Jessica B. Harris has dedicated her career to the study of foods across the African Diaspora. With the opening of African/American: Making the Nation's Table, an ...

Art and history will converge in Cambridge, MD, when the National African American Quilt Guild (NAAQG) launches its inaugural national convention at the Dorchester Center for the Arts (321 High Street ...

Much like certain perspectives have historically been shut out from the mainstream, certain art forms have, too. Quilts are one such medium, often pushed outside of the traditional fine art world and ...

The Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild, based in Essex County, was established to promote, preserve and document the importance of African American quilting. Fiber artist Glendora Simonson and quilt ...

A statewide search is underway for African American family quilts to be included in a quilt documentation project. A’donna Richardson of Tacoma is coordinating the project. She created Fabrics of ...

The Saint Louis Art Museum recently announced the acquisition of “Pine Burr Quilt,” a colorful textile created in 1995 by artist Lucy Mingo in the rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The quilt was ...

MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The African American Quilt Conference of Appalachia is being held in Morristown next month to highlight the cultural significance of quilting and quilt preservation in the African ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Quilts have been around for centuries, and in black history, they have strong symbolism. “Anytime we can uplift the arts and show diverse voices and tell our American ...

Eli Leon, a psychologist, writer and collector and self-taught scholar of African-American quilts, who helped bring attention to the field and especially the quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins, died on ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Books weren't the only things visitors were able to check out the last few days at a popular Mid-Michigan library. The African American Quilting Guild just wrapped up its 34th ...

NEWTONVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A new quilt showcase at the African-American Heritage Museum of Southern Jersey is telling stories that go back generations. Ralph Hunter, of the African-American ...