african american quiltmakers

"... explores the history and culture of ... group of women [from southern Alabama] and their unique quilting traditions"--Amazon.

A biography of Harriet Powers, an African American slave who told her life stories in her quilts because she was not allowed to learn to read or write.

A profile of African-American painter Faith Ringgold's work which depicts the twelve cultures that reside in Crown Heights.

Since the early nineteenth century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. This photo-essay book explores their history and culture.

A biography of Harriet Powers, an African American slave who told her life stories in her quilts because she was not allowed to learn to read or write.

An illustrated biography of the African-American quilter who made quilts of her favorite Bible stories and folk tales.

An illustrated biography of the African-American quilter who made quilts of her favorite Bible stories and folk tales.

The exhibition focuses on the quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph, and includes quilts by her mother Aolar Mosely, daughter Essie Bendolph Pettway, and daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph, found-object sculpture and assemblage by Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley, and intaglio prints by Mary Lee and Louisiana Bendolph.