Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot. But instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches and cloth. Her quilts have graced the covers of magazines, and she created the ...

Bisa Butler quilts vibrant portraits that honor Black beauty, history, activism, memory, and identity into fabric.

Brilliantly colored and full of visual drama, Bisa Butler’s larger-than-life sized quilted portraits are nearly indistinguishable from paintings. Creating works that have appeared on the cover of Time ...

DAVIDSVILLE, Pa. – With a keen eye for detail, this self-taught artist is showcasing her quilt portraits and designs in her first exhibition. Johnstown native Anne Pernell’s quilt art show is on ...