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Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

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Artist Bisa Butler on the secret language in the African fabrics that she uses in her quilt portraits. Learn more about Butler in the EAST episode, now streaming on the PBS app, as part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 #africanfabric #BlackHistoryMonth #africanamerican #quilting | Craft in America

Artist Bisa Butler on the secret language in the African fabrics that she uses in her quilt portraits. Learn more about Butler in the EAST episode, now streaming on the PBS app, as part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 #africanfabric #BlackHistoryMonth #africanamerican #quilting | Craft in America

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Helen Butler finds joyful creative expression with a sewing needle in hand, and has blue ribbons to show for it. We stopped in to see how She Makes It. | Studio 5

Helen Butler finds joyful creative expression with a sewing needle in hand, and has blue ribbons to show for it. We stopped in to see how She Makes It. | Studio 5

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FINAL Days to see this quilt by Bisa Butler, on view courtesy of an anonymous loan. "Black Star Family, First Class Tickets To Liberia" is on view through May 5. This piece highlights the way she blends colors, design, and fabrics that speak to her African American heritage, to tell stories that have been forgotten. Don't miss your chance to see this stunning quilt in person! | The National Quilt Museum

FINAL Days to see this quilt by Bisa Butler, on view courtesy of an anonymous loan. "Black Star Family, First Class Tickets To Liberia" is on view through May 5. This piece highlights the way she blends colors, design, and fabrics that speak to her African American heritage, to tell stories that have been forgotten. Don't miss your chance to see this stunning quilt in person! | The National Quilt Museum

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Extended version: New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt

Extended version: New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt

New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making

New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making

Step inside the studio of quilt artist @bisabutler as she discusses her myriad influences and her art education at Howard University. | Colossal

Step inside the studio of quilt artist @bisabutler as she discusses her myriad influences and her art education at Howard University. | Colossal

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Butler - Memory Lane Quilting

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Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

This quilt by Bisa Butler Fine Art is stunning! Such a beautiful tribute to our beloved Chadwick. It will be on display at LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s #BlackAmericanPortraits alongside the #ObamaPortraits, opening November 7th. What an incredible honor for his image to be featured in such an iconic exhibition. Thank you, Bisa. #FanArtFriday | Chadwick Boseman

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Butler Robotics - Memory Lane Quilting

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Bisa Butler created her massive art quilt "Don’t Tread on Me, God Damn, Let’s Go! — The Harlem Hellfighters" after encountering a photograph held by the National Archives during her online research. The original photograph from February 12, 1919, depicts nine Black soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment (known as the Harlem Hellfighters) aboard the USS Stockholm, awaiting arrival in New York City following the armistice that ended the war. Butler finished the Hellfighters quilt in 2021, when th

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Exploring Bisa Butler's 'The Equestrian' Quilt

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#BlackHistoryMonth Bisa Butler (American, born 1973) Nina, 2016 Quilt/Textile art Cotton, Silk, Quilted and Appliquéd 42 × 36 in (106.7 × 91.4 cm) Private collection Harriet, 2021 Medium cotton, silk and velvet Dimensions H x W x D: 90 3/4 × 64 1/2 × 1/4 in. (230.5 × 163.8 × 0.6 cm) Caption The artist, Bisa Butler, expands on her use of symbolism in the portrait: “I used cool blues to communicate that Harriet Tubman was a person who had to hide, blend in, and escape detection in order to emancip

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Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

Artist Spotlight: Bisa Butler in Conversation - American Federation of Arts

Bisa Butler - An In-Depth and Informative Bisa Butler Biography

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Bisa Butler creates remarkable quilted portraits that tell stories of African American life, taking inspiration from historical photos and family history. Don't miss her segment in EAST (streaming on the PBS App Nov 24 and premiering on PBS Dec 19) as part of the Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 initiative. If you're in Los Angeles, don't miss her first West Coast solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch #quilting #africanamericanart #africanamericanartist #blackart #blackartists #holdmeclose

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In bright colors, at life-size scale, artist Bisa Butler portrays everyday people — on quilts

Studio visit with Bisa Butler where she explained the process of painting with fabric. @bisabutler “Bisa strategically uses textiles—a traditionally marginalized medium—to interrogate the historical marginalization of her subjects while using scale and subtle detail to convey her subjects’ complex individuality. Together, Butler’s quilts present an expansive view of history through their engagement with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellect

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Bisa Butler Uses Quilting to Tell Stories About the African Diaspora

Bisa Butler's Vibrant Fabric Portraits: Identity & Legacy — Artsy Chow Roamer

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Over 100 local artists’ work on display at The Butler for 85th annual exhibition

Butler Settings Training

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Lisa Hinkemeyer Art Quilter

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Longarm Quilting with My Quilt Butler from Quilt EZ

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Butler - Computerized Quilting that Serves You

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Butler Tutorial 02 - How to Import, Add, and Remove Patterns

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Bisa Butler on Instagram: "Hello Nashville! Please go see my quilt, To God and Truth, 2019 a portrait of the Morris Brown College 1899 baseball team. It is featured in the Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Series on display from June 27th-October 12th, 2025 at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee 💙🩵💚💛 along with 50 other fantastic quilts! Thank you Samuel Dunson @dunsonart - an incredible artist himself- for these on site images. #bisabutler #quilt #fabri

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Tips for Making an Art Quilt

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