Fabric Artist Bisa Butler's Technicolor Quilts Celebrate Black Lives The artist's life-size images explode with color and are inspired by iconic black and white photos. Her work is on display at ...

Gayle Anderson wrapped up our series of Black History Month reports at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, where visitors will find the exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt ...

Think of it as painting with cloth. Artist Bisa Butler talks about her unique quilted portraits — life-sized pieces that honour the accomplishments of Black Americans.

New Jerseyans keep quilting alive for future generations of Black Americans 02:36. JERSEY CITY, N.J.-- The generations-old tradition of quilting in African American heritage is celebrated as a one ...

Every piece of fabric on Marie Bachman’s “One World” quilt tells a story. Unassuming dark blue and black fabric pieces hail from Haiti, where piles of plastic bottles are turned into ...

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 ...

“I quilt because I love it, and it’s a passion of mine,” said Stephanie Brown. She is currently making a quilt she entitled “Madea”, a tribute to the lives of her foremothers.