Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter toggle caption National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. "We all know what happened to these kids who went to the boarding schools," Hudson said. "Every one of us Natives, we're descendants from boarding school survivors," said Hudson. The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, has …
Remembering acclaimed artist and quilter Faith Ringgold Ringgold, who died April 12, portrayed themes of Black life and culture through her quilts, paintings, dolls and books. The acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold portrayed themes of Black life and culture through her quilts, paintings, dolls and books for children. And - but it wasn't until the '70s, when we women artists were …
Last week, I was walking through the streets of Brooklyn, when I saw a cardboard box thrown out on the sidewalk. Book 1 of 4: Essays Book 2 of 4: A cult book “As we waited at that street corner in the vivid, fiery air of late October, we stared dumbly through the windows at the autumn we’d forgotten, living …
One of the more straightforward pleasures of reading A Patchwork Quilt, the 82-year-old director Sai Paranjpye’s memoir which releases later this week, is discovering what she was like as a child. Recalling how Sheikh and Naseeruddin Shah wanted each other’s roles in Katha initially, Paranjpye says, “Farooque said that he had such a squeaky clean image and how could he …