Art critics have compared Mary Lee Bendolph's quilts to abstract masterpieces by Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko and Paul Klee. She and fellow quilters from Gee's Bend, an isolated Alabama community of 800 ...

Drysdale, who wrote her master’s thesis on Hudson’s quilts, said the idea of “survivance,” as described by the scholar Gerald ...

Navajo/Diné quilt artist Susan Hudson featured in the QUILTS episode Navajo/Diné artist Susan Hudson's pictorial quilts honor her ancestors and the proud history of the Navajo people using a crossover ...

No offense to Granny, but San Jose’s Museum of Quilts and Textiles is pushing the boundaries of the fine art world. These are not quilts made to lie at the foot of the bed. Two new exhibits juxtapose ...

The Vermilion Sit and Stitch Quilt Guild will meet at 7 p.m., Sept. 27 in the pavilion at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3747 Liberty Ave. in Vermilion. The program for the evening is an explanation of the ...

Dec. 22—This year, two of the ten 2024 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships were presented to a dance troupe and a quilter with ties to the Land of Enchantment. The Zuni Olla ...

IGNACIO, Colorado — Susan Hudson is not afraid to use her quilts to convey her point of view about Navajo history or social issues facing Native American communities. Ask Hudson about a quilt that ...

When she took up sewing at age 9, Susan Hudson did so only because she was forced to — not to indulge her sense of creativity and certainly not because she enjoyed it. “My mom thought it was time for ...

A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists.

Quilts honoring Navajo ancestors that endured the Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo in 1864. Susan Hudson, member of the Navajo Nation, shares stories about her quilts made to honor and pay tribute to ...

Susan Hudson's studio near Ignacio, Colorado, is often a chaotic mess of brightly colored fabrics and half-finished projects. "I'm disorganized/organized," she said ...