The quilts of Gee’s Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee’s Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. Continue reading Profile: Quilts of Gee’s Bend
Noah S. Purifoy was an African-American visual artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Watts Towers Art Center, and creator of the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum. He lived and worked most of his life in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California. Continue reading Profile: Noah Purifoy (1917-2004)
Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
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“Missionary” Mary L. Proctor is an American artist, best known for her visionary paintings, collages, and assemblages. Continue reading Profile: Missionary” Mary L. Proctor (1960-)
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