Thursday, March 10, 2011

Stitched Ballads with Dr. Patricia Turner - MOAD in San Fran

If you are in the San Francisco area Saturday, March 12, 2011, visit the Museum of the African Diaspora to hear Dr. Patricia Turner's presentation "Stitched Ballads." The presentation is free with museum admissions. Dr. Turner is the author of Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters. Additionally, there will be a quilting workshop with master quilter Marion Coleman on the same day. The exhibit Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts is currently at the museum. Click here for all events and times. Enjoy!

3 comments:

Angie said...
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Angie said...

TYPO FIX: Dr. Turner's book "Crafted Lives" is such a valuable point of ethnographic scholarly research, from someone who is a quilter too no less! Great Foreword in the book too Kyra :)

Kyra said...

Angie, Thanks - yes, Crafted Lives is a wonderful book. I love that it has two major parts: profiles of individual quilters and discussions about topics in the field (e.g., Underground railroad quilts, Black History Month and quilts).