The Petaluma Quilt Guild was founded in 1993 when quilting was enjoying a renewed heyday. Its purpose is to preserve the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Looking at an American folk quilt is like being engulfed in a starburst of swirling shapes and vibrant colours. "Unfolding Stories: Culture and Tradition in American Quilts," an ...

The National Quilt Collection at the National Museum of American History reveals how a useful practice can represent artistic, cultural, and historic storytelling. A significant number of American ...

Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...

When Catherine Arthur, vice president of collections and chief curator at the Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), first laid her eyes on “Abstract #1,” a quilt made by African-American ...

Azubuike African American Council for the Arts proudly announces Story Keepers: African-American Legacy in Cloth, a story quilt exhibition featuring community quilts from The Strongest Threads project ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of ...

Standing on opposite sides of a roughly 9-by-12-foot table in a work room at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Collection Specialist Laura Hansen wears gloves. Joining to ...

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 ...

This nostalgic list explores twelve once-beloved American traditions slowly disappearing, highlighting cultural shifts, ...