84. Quilt-Making As a Feminist, Political Act

In this week’s mini, we’re exploring the work of contemporary fine artists Faith Ringgold and Bisa Butler, whose quilts are inspired by a rich African-American quilting tradition, and Adeline Harris Sears’s 19th century signature quilt with autographs by notables including Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. 


Discussed in this episode: 

“In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” 

Met Gala 2022

Adeline Harris Sears

Charles Dickens

Jacob Grimm

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Washington Irving

Julia Ward Howe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

William Makepeace Thackery

Abraham Lincoln 

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Sarah Josefa Hale

Faith Ringgold

Bisa Butler

“Street Story Quilt” by Faith Ringgold

Maya Angelou

Frederick Douglas

Josephine Baker

Nina Simone

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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