The Clara Ford Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation, promotion and celebration of African American quilting.
The Clara Ford Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation, promotion and celebration of African American quilting and quilting in general. It co-sponsors the Atlanta Quilt Festival with Hammonds House Museum the first two weeks in August at the South Fulton Arts Center.
The Clara Ford Foundation showcases African American quilts and the women who make them on its web site. It also publishes general information about the quilting industry. It also regularly shares quilts with senior centers in Atlanta.
An amazing opportunity to see so many of Faith Ringgold’s work.
Faith Ringgold was one of the most important Black artists during the Civil Rights movement era. The iconic 90-year-old, who is also an author and...
The Clara Ford Foundation was delighted to sponsor the “Church Lady” exhibit at the 2021 Atlanta Quilt Festival. quilts show are by Karen Robinson and Sandra Harris.
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The “Freedom Quilts” exhibit opens 6/17 at the Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Rd Atlanta, GA 30331. Mark your calendar and plan to be there at 6 pm ready to celebrate Juneteenth!! The quilt shown is by Yvonne Bernal Little.
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The “Freedom Quilts” exhibit opens 6/17 at the Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Rd Atlanta, GA 30331. Mark your calendar and plan to be there at 6 pm ready to celebrate Juneteenth!! The quilt shown is by Nina Moore.
You may want to put this on your bucket list.
GWWO Architects combines thoughtful interior design with a sensitivity to landscape in honoring Tubman's legacy.
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(Minneapolis, MN) – We Are the Story is now entering its final phase in the Twin Cities with the seventh and final quilt exhibition Racism: In the Face of Hate We Resist at Textile Center. This juried show, featuring 63 quilts, opened March 26 and runs through June 12, 2021. The exhibition is free...
A must see exhibit.
Glenstone Museum will be the only US museum to host a major monographic exhibition of more than 70 works by the American artist Faith Ringgold.
The "milestone" acquisition includes works by the Gee's Bend quilters, Thornton Dial, Nellie Mae Rowe and James "Son Ford" Thomas
Timeline Photos
Today, January 18th is observed as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born the second child of Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor and Alberta Williams King, a former school teacher. A gifted student, at the age of 15 King attended Morehouse College where he studied medicine and law. During his tenure at Morehouse, King decided to pursue ministry. After his graduation in 1948, King attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity. Following this, King attended Boston University where he earned a doctorate in systematic theology in 1955. It was in Boston that he met Coretta Scott, a singer from Alabama who would later become his wife. The couple married in 1953 and eventually settled in Montgomery, Alabama.
It was in Montgomery where King first became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1955, he was named the official spokesperson and protest leader for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After the Supreme Court ruled segregation in busing was unconstitutional, King gained national attention for his activism. In 1957, he helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with other civil rights activists and served as the organization's President—a role that would allow King to spread his message of nonviolence activism throughout the country and the world.
In 1960, King moved his family to his native city of Atlanta, GA where he joined his father as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. King continued his activism and on April 12, 1963 was arrested for his involvement in the Birmingham Campaign, where he and other civil rights activists used boycotts, sit-ins, and marches to protest segregation, unfair hiring practices and other injustices in Birmingham, Alabama. It was while in jail King wrote one of the most important documents from the civil rights era, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Later in 1963, King worked to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is estimated that around 200,000 to 300,000 people participated in the march designed to raise awareness for the many injustices facing Black Americans.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the evening of April 4, 1968 by white supremacist James Earl Ray. In the years after his death, Coretta Scott King along with activists, members of Congress and others worked to create a federal holiday honoring the life and legacy of King. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill officially designating Martin Luther King Day as a federal holiday.
A good read.
Laverne Brackens and her family carry on the interwoven legacy of Black quiltmakers in East Texas.
Always good when African American quilters get recognition.
Members of the national Women of Color Quilters Network draw on personal experiences of injustice, turning their needlework into symbols of liberation, resistance and empowerment.
A good read.
They made quilts to keep the cold at bay. And their bold creations ended up being hailed as masterpieces – the visual equivalent of jazz and blues, tokens of solace and defiance in tragic times
A good read.
Tompkins’s quilts are at turns abstract beauties, political statements, faith-based texts, and textile craft.
Weekend reading about an amazing African American quilter. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/26/arts/design/rosie-lee-tompkins-quilts.html
A triumphal retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum confirms her standing as one of the great American artists — transcending craft, challenging painting and reshaping the canon.
Quilters all over the world are stepping up to help during the corona virus pandemic. Here is one story.
The women of the remote community of Gee's Bend have been producing hundreds of quilts for generations. Now in the age of the Gee's Bend Quilters are using their skills to sew face masks. Check out the story: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gees-bend-masks-1831854?fbclid=IwAR1DxzvXkdt0B9P_wULp2sX5r5nmk-3ybManqHPoM0Zq55gWIGaQhqDC8nQ via
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Proud to have been a member of the Brown SUgar Stitchers since the beginning. Not it is 20 years later! https://www.gpbnews.org/post/meet-brown-sugar-stitchers-quilt-guild-atlanta
Over these cold winter months, many people curl up with a cozy quilt. From patchwork or crazy quilts, which are salvaged from old clothes and fabrics, to
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A bequest of nearly 3,000 quilts, all designed and produced by African American artists, was announced Wednesday,…
Wishing the quilters of Gee’s Bend much success.
A series of initiatives spearheaded by the Souls Grown Deep foundation aims to transform Gee's Bend into a tourist hub.
Georgia Council for the Arts
There will be a Project Grant training webinar today at 1:00 p.m. To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fy21-project-grant-workshop-tickets-86551655331
Airing on PBS tonight in Atlanta.
Featured in the QUILTS episode, self-taught quilter Michael A. Cummings brings years of painting and collage skills to his quilt making. Inspired by jazz and working in the narrative tradition, Cummings and his sewing machine tell stories of the African American experience across historical, cultural, philosophical and mythical realms.
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QUILTS premieres on PBS 12/27/19 (check local listings).
1. Michael A. Cummings, James Baldwin: Born into a Lie
2. Michael A. Cummings, African Jazz #10
3. Michael A. Cummings, Martin Luther King Jr.
4. Michael A. Cummings, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Ode to Romare Bearden
5. Michael A. Cummings, A Young Obama
A quilter’s blessing.
An amazing African American quilt artist.
AUBURN — Ellen Blalock has been sewing since she was a child, and even sewed her own prom dress. Sewing, and later quilting, became an artistic medium to tell her
Check out this wonderful exhibit if you are in the Savannah, GA area.
The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation Announces the Grand Opening of a New Art Exhibit
AFRICA AND ITS GULLAH GEECHEE CONNECTIONS
Join us for the grand opening of “Africa and Its Gullah Geechee Connections.” This exhibit showcases the personal collection of Willis Hakim Jones, a local historian, and collector of Gullah Geechee artifacts and memorabilia, and features work by Gullah Geechee artists Jerydine Bennet Taylor and Aleathia Chisolm. The Beach Institute is proud to celebrate the cultural and historical nexus between Africa and Gullah Geechee culture through this impressive collection of cultural artifacts, photographs, books, art, and memorabilia.
The Gullah Geechee people are denoted as descendants of Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations along the Sea Islands of the lower Atlantic Coast. Their geographic isolation enabled them to develop a unique culture that retained much of their African roots. The Gullah Geechee community to this day has a distinct language, foodways, music and art which links directly to the trans-Atlantic movement of captive Africans from Sierra Leone, the Senegambia area, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, and other West African countries.
Aleathia Chisolm, the Chief Financial Officer of the is part of this exhibit. It runs until January. Check it out if you are in the Savannah , GA area.
Thank you for your support.
Support the Atlanta Quilt Festival by selecting it as your preferred charity on Amazon. A portion of your purchases will benefit the Atlanta Quilt Festival. Thank you so much! 🙏🏾Here is the link. https://www.amazon.com/gp/f.html?C=CWZK0AZZZD4W&K=2YAE4G082F9FV&M=urn:rtn:msg:20191102212953a93a41125e2d4a24a72f94d2a6b0p0na&R=YBFS9WJWG00M&T=C&U=https%3A%2F%2Fsmile.amazon.com%2Fch%2F82-4775357%3Fref_%3Dpe_1723670_203812010&H=HDLWS1KBUHGOTUM7DUR8AXMMGQIA&ref_=pe_1723670_203812010
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/design/african-american-quilts-eli-leon.html
The collector Eli Leon left almost 3,000 quilts by African-American artists to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest.
Meet a pioneering art quilter.
Dindga McCannon helped pioneer art quilting, a fresh approach to a traditional medium.
Showcasing the vastness of African American talent through quilts. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Mary Wright won the 1st Place Ribbon for her quilt “Feathered Star” in the Best of Show voting by the public. Congratulations, Mary!
Showcasing the vastness of African American talent through quilts. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Patricia Batine won a 2d Place Ribbon for her quilt “Marriott the Iguana” in the Best of Show voting by the public. Congratulations, Patricia!
Preserving African American History through quilts. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Janet Saboor won a 3d Place Ribbon for her quilt “They Could Have Cuffed Us, Instead they...” in the Best of Show voting by the public. Congratulations, Janet! #
We must tell our stories. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Aisha Lumumba says “Scrap Easy” is her most popular book, but she has self published over 10 books. She will teach you how to publish your book for almost no money in her class “How to Publish Your Book”. It doesn’t have to be a quilt book. It could be the next great American novel,your family recipes, a children’s book or your specialized how-to book. The class is Saturday, 8/24 from 10:30 - 12:30 p.m. at , 503 Peeples Street, Atlanta, GA. $35. Get tickets on Eventbrite or AtlantaQuiltFestival.com. Seating is limited. Get your ticket early. #
We must tell our stories. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
“Hope Blossoms” is one of Marquetta Bell Johnson’s quilts that is currently part of the 2019 Atlanta Quilt Festival exhibit at South Fulton Arts Center. Marquetta will share her inspiring story during a trunk show of her quilts Saturday, 8/24 at 11 a.m. at Aviation Community Cultrural Center, 3900 Aviation Circle, Atlanta, GA. Admission $5. Get tickets on Eventbrite or AtlantaQuiltFestival.com. Seating is limited. Get your ticket early. #
Preserving the art of quilting. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
The Beginning Quilting class taught by scheduled for Saturday, 8/24 at is SOLD OUT!! The Atlanta QUilt Festival is thrilled to pass on the art of quilting to new quilters. If you missed the class this year, we will be back next year.
Preserving African American History through quilts. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Jan Hollins won a 1st Place Ribbon for her quilt “Hand of Gold” in the African American Heritage Quilt category. The judges have voted. Now it’s time for you to vote for Best of Show. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily. Closed Sundays. Ends 8/28. South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA. Free and open to the public. #
Preserving African American History through quilts. Proud to be a sponsor of the Atlanta Quilt Festival.
Odessa Huff won a 2d Place Ribbon for her quilt “Ready For Sunday School” in the African American Heritage Quilt category. The judges have voted. Now it’s time for you to vote for Best of Show. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily. Closed Sundays. Ends 8/28. South Fulton Arts Center, 4645 Butner Road, College Park, GA. Free and open to the public. #
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