Episode 85: Harriet Powers: Finding Her Voice through Appliques on Quilts
Jun 29, 2020 ·
17m 27s
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Harriet Powers, a slave from Georgia, transformed the traditional communal art of quilting into a free and creative expression. Journey with me through one of two surviving works, "Pictorial Quilt."...
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Harriet Powers, a slave from Georgia, transformed the traditional communal art of quilting into a free and creative expression. Journey with me through one of two surviving works, "Pictorial Quilt."
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Image credit: Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Resources for this episode include: Boston MFA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, writings by Whitney Chadwick ("Women, Art and Society") Samantha Moreno, Michelle Cliff, Cheryl Rivers, Carol Crown and contemporary quilter Peggie Hartwell (peggiehartwell.com)
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Image credit: Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Resources for this episode include: Boston MFA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, writings by Whitney Chadwick ("Women, Art and Society") Samantha Moreno, Michelle Cliff, Cheryl Rivers, Carol Crown and contemporary quilter Peggie Hartwell (peggiehartwell.com)
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