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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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Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

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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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

Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

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

🪡 Renowned Black artist Bisa Butler Fine Art talks about her artistic process, materials, inspiration, and goals: https://bit.ly/3whLzjM Free article for #BlackHistoryMonth from Scholastic Art. | Scholastic Teachers

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

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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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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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Bisa Butler weaves Black history into art

Nat Geo Photographer Celeste Sloman and textile artist Bisa Butler discuss their approaches to portraiture and the mutual inspiration they find in each other's work. | National Geographic

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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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Brilliant sewn paintings by Bisa Butler | Made in Shoreditch

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Bisa Butler describes the process she undergoes to weave personality, perspective and storytelling in her portrait quilts. Join Bisa live with author Gholdy Muhammad on Thursday, 12/9 @ 1pm ET. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3orgRgm | Scholastic Teachers

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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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Affirmations of the Week: The Art of Bisa Butler — Dear Black Women

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The People of Bisa Butler's Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

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

Bisa Butler: Portraits, an Exhibition Story from The Art Institute of Chicago

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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 Quilted Portraits Glimpse ‘How Black People Would Like to Be Seen’

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

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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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Here is a process video of me sewing Southside Sunday Morning back in 2018! As always, there is no paint on this artwork! Cotton, wool and silk. Quilted and appliqued! #bisabutler #artistsoftiktok #textiles

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

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