Angela Fuller, assistant curator at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, said she and her colleagues thought this would be a perfect time for a quilt exhibition.
Artist Faith Ringgold sits before her quilt "Tar Beach" in 1993. The artwork also inspired a children's book of the same name. Artist Faith Ringgold, well known for her story quilts depicting African ...
Auburn, N.Y. – A green line flows through a field of pink in Italian artist Paola Machetta’s art quilt: “River gone green,” one of many artworks in Schweinfurth Art Center’s new exhibit that ...
If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it’s thanks in no small part to Carolyn Mazloomi, a self-taught quilter who has been a champion ...
In this winter of hunkering down at home, there’s a trend that's just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently on a wall, thrown over a couch, ...
Auburn, N.Y. — Canadian fiber artist Fuzzy Mall and at least 10 other artists featured in “Quilts=Art=Quilts 2024” at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn use reclaimed fabrics — thrift store clothes ...
Quilting may still be seen as more of a craft than an art, but don’t tell that to Terry Lee. The Carbondale woman has been creating fabric landscapes with Grand Junction’s Art Quilt Association (AQuA) ...
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 ...
SHEBOYGAN – A hidden owl peaks between the leaves of a birch tree. A buck stands in the valley of two hills near a lake. Two horses nuzzle together in a reaching sunflower field. These are several ...
In this winter of hunkering down at home, there’s a trend that’s just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. “Quilts bring warmth, depth and texture to any room,” says Suzy Williams, a ...