June 1, 2022
Patrick Woodtar, Co-founder Africa International House USA, Inc. with Needles, and Threads Quilt Guild of Chicago members (l to R) Jean Cobbs, Cheryl Tolbert, Jean Chaney and Anita Scott. (photo: Kaye Cooksey, CAAAP- Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers)
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Africa International House USA, Inc. Launches 33rd annual African Festival of the Arts with Juneteenth weekend Black Quilt Making Symposium and Exhibitions
ART & AGENCY: Exploring the African American Quilting Tradition
Quilts made from remnants of discarded fabric may also hold remnants of histories that reveal how a craft art bonds Africans of the diaspora and continues to provide social, economic, and cultural agency for Black people globally. The Juneteenth 3:00pm symposium, ART & AGENCY: Exploring the African American Quilting Tradition at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, will examine the possibility of a cross-cultural exchange between African and African Americas during the trans-Atlantic slavery experience and later through the back to Africa movements of the 1800’s.