Former Educator Celebrates the Black Experience, Becomes In-Demand Quilter With a Show at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Bisa Butler earned a BFA from Howard University, then her MA from Montclair State University, but she later shift her focus to quiltmaking.
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Art can teach, inform, inspire or soothe a troubled soul. It can elicit a gamut of emotions. A world with no art would be a world void of excitement, full of dullness. But for some art forms, such as quilting, an additional purpose was tied to a visual aspect. A Chicago Tribune article written years ago reminds us that the history of African American women in quilting is almost as old as the U.S. Therein, it was stated that quilts were made from scraps of fabric, and crafted for everyday use, during and after the Civil War.