Heritage Hall Museum and Art Center in Talladega announced its newest exhibit, “Tradition to Innovation: Art Quilts by Nancy ...

It’s part of a new show opening in October at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of 58 quilts and bedcovers spanning 400 years of U.S. history, including masterpieces by African American artisans ...

According to NMAI curator Ann McMullen, these quilts—many bearing a central octagonal star—functioned as both ritual and practical replacements for Plains Indians buffalo robes. Bison hides ...