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PIECE OF MY SOUL: Quilts by Black Arkansans
Cuesta, Benberry, Benberry, Cuesta
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Description for PIECE OF MY SOUL: Quilts by Black Arkansans
Hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 885.
Arkansas is well known for its rich tradition of upland folk arts. Little, however, has been reported from the lowland areas, particulary on African American contributions to the state's cultural heritage. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans seeks to rectify that oversight by drawing attention to the extensive, important collection of African American quilts in the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. Over seventy-five individual pieces of patchwork art are presented in this publication in full-color plates, each with a commentary by the exhibit's guest curator, Cuesta Benberry. The book details the importance of quilting ... Read more
Arkansas is well known for its rich tradition of upland folk arts. Little, however, has been reported from the lowland areas, particulary on African American contributions to the state's cultural heritage. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans seeks to rectify that oversight by drawing attention to the extensive, important collection of African American quilts in the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. Over seventy-five individual pieces of patchwork art are presented in this publication in full-color plates, each with a commentary by the exhibit's guest curator, Cuesta Benberry. The book details the importance of quilting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286208
SKU
V9781557286208
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Ref
99-15
About Cuesta, Benberry, Benberry, Cuesta
Cuesta Benberry, who for over thirty years has researched and studied quilts, is internationally known for her scholarship on quilts. She has most recently authored Always There: The African-American Presence in American Quilts (1992, The Kentucky Quilt Project) and Patchwork Pieces of Long Ago: An Anthology of Quilt Fiction (1993, Collector Books).
Reviews for PIECE OF MY SOUL: Quilts by Black Arkansans
Benberry clearly articulates the story behind each quilt and quiltmaker . . . in the finest Benberry tradition. We are all invited to see the quilts for the material culture that they are and to be inspired." —Raymond Dobard, author of Hidden in Plain View: The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad "Benberry clearly articulates the story ... Read more