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Elizabeth Talford Scott (1916-2011) learned quilting from both parents growing up in South Carolina. After a career as a domestic worker, she expanded on those childhood lessons, developing a unique, mixed media style. Later in life, she often partnered with her daughter, artist Dr. Joyce Scott, on collaborations

Representative work:
My Dreams
Mixed media
71”x57”
1987-88

More info: https://www.goyacontemporary.com/artists/elizabeth-talford-scott-estate/biography

Photo credit: Goya Museum

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Quilt consisting of alternating tan and white wonky fabric rectangles, thickly encrusted with colorful appliques. Many of the overlapping appliques are vaguely star or floral shaped and almost all are outlined with strings of beads or trim. The individual blocks are outlined with beads and trim, as well. Nearly every bit of the quilt is outlined with beads and trim! Though I’m not sure it’s what the artist intended, the quilt feels beachy and celebratory to me, like if an oyster bed invited all the neighboring starfish over for a Mardi Gras party.

Elizabeth Talford Scott [Estate] - Artists - Goya Contemporary

Goya Contemporary Gallery and Goya-Girl Press, Baltimore, focuses on Post War and Contemporary Art in both primary and secondary markets with a robust exhibition schedule, also pushing the boundaries of printmaking.

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@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · last year

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Carolyn Mazloomi (1948-) started quilting in the 70s, but was for years best known as a quilt historian and mentor to other Black quilters, founding the Women of Color Quilters Network in 1986. Now retired from a career as an aerospace engineer, she recently opened her first solo gallery show in Harlem

Representative work:
Ruby’s Courage
Cotton/Paint
68”x67”
2024

More info:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/quilt-artist-carolyn-mazloomi-2534710

Photo credit: Claire Oliver Gallery

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Black and white quilt describing the story of Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black children to integrate white schools in the United States. In the quilt’s center, Ruby walks through the entrance of the school building, accompanied by United States Marshals. Outside the door are angry white people holding signs protesting integration. At the bottom of the quilt are National Guardsmen with guns are holding back an angry white protestor. The border of the quilt is a series of patchwork blocks alternating between sawtooth stars, apples and an “A+” (symbolic of Ruby being a great student.)

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Quilt Artist Carolyn Mazloomi on a Lifetime of Weaving Narratives

At age 76, Carolyn Mazloomi has her first New York gallery show, after decades of promoting other African American women quilt artists.

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@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · last year

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Marla Jackson (1952-) was initially scorned by traditional quilters for her unique style and desire to call out historical injustices with her art. She founded the African-American Quilt Museum and Textile Academy, offering unique programs for youth and people on parole, so no one else need feel the sting such rejection

Representative work:
Became
Cotton/Paint
55” x 33”
2019

More info: https://lawrencekstimes.com/2022/02/20/quilter-marla-jackson/

Photo credit: Don Jackson

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