"We Are the Story is a visual survey by textile artists of racism and police brutality in America, in response to the murder of George Floyd." -- PUBLISHER
Lexicon
Search Terms
african american quiltmakers, african american quilts, art--political aspects, quilts--exhibitions, quilts--united states, racism--united states
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalog
Book Details
Author
Carolyn Mazloomi, Women of Colour Quilters Network, Textile Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Publisher
Paper Moon Publishing
Place Published
City
West Chester, OH
Date Published
2021
ISBN
9781736971802
Notes
Length: 249
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Artists include:
Enee Abelman ; Allyson Allen ; Dianne D. Gates-Anderson ; Gwendolyn Aqui-Brooks ; Linda Asbury ; Ellen M. Blalock ; Sharon V. Buck ; Dorothy Burge ; Annie Chen ; Tambra Chisolm ; Ora Clay ; Holly Cole ; Donnette A. Cooper ; Cheryl M. Coulter ; Laura M. Croom ; Carolyn Crump ; Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy ; Gloria Gammage Davis ; Norma J. Dixon ; Eileen Doughty ; Jacqueline Dukes ; Deborah Fell ; Michelle Flamer ; Renée Fleuranges-Valdes ; Jeanette Floyd ; Zinda Foster ; L'Merchie Frazier ; Marjorie Diggs Freeman ; Lynette Gallon-Harrell ; Mimi Goodwin ; Gwen Gordon ; Edith Gross ; Maude Wallace Haeger ; Deborah A. Moore Harris ; Peggie Hartwell ; Sylvia Herández ; Cheryl Willis Hudson ; Ingrid Humphrey ; Marilyn Hamilton Jackson ; Christina E. Johnson ; Maureen O. Johnson ; Gloria Kellon ; Sharon Kerry-Harlan ; Beverly Kirk ; Susan Brubaker Knapp ; Evelyn Oliver Knight ; Angela Lanier ; Carol Larson ; Zoe Lautz ; Betty Leacraft ; Viola Burley Leak ; Cynthia Lockhart ; Lisa Longacher ; Tomasita Louviere-Ligons ; Penny Mateer ; Ann Baldwin May ; Ed Johnetta Miller ; Clara Nartey ; Sandra Noble ; Bobbe Shapiro Nolan ; Mary D. Pinckney ; Ellaree Pray ; Susi Ryan ; Gwen Triay Samuels ; Lorrin Arrington Savage ; Gwen Schagrin ; Jill Slipper Scholtz ; Marlene Seabrook ; Barbara Sferra ; Ruth Smith ; Carole Gary Staples ; Jane Hill Stokes ; O Jean Thomas Richmond ; Felecia Tinker ; Deanna Tyson ; Mary Vaneecke ; Dixie L. Walker ; Brenetta Ward ; Kathy Weaver ; Georgia Williams ; Trish Williams ; Janice Willis ; Sauda A. Zahra.
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Contents
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Preface / Karl Reichert --
Introduction: Quiltmaking for social justice / Carolyn L. Mazloomi --
Racism: In the face of hate we resist --
Gone but not forgotten: Remembering those lost to police brutality --
Protest series: Quilts by Penny Mateer --
Sacred invocations: Quilts by Sylvia Herández --
I wish I knew how it feels to be free: Quilts by Dorothy Burge --
Freedom rising: I am the story by L'Merchie Frazier.
