This thesis presents an overview of my current work in context with my entire body of painted quilts created over a span of twenty-eight years. From its foundation in Feminism, my work reflects the quilt as an art form and a metaphor for my life...
Rosie (possibly Rosie Day), left and Elizabeth Flatt, right, unfurl a quilt created to honor the Allied victory in the Second World War in front of Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Rosie (possibly Rosie Day), left and Elizabeth Flatt, right, unfurl a quilt created to honor the Allied victory in the Second World War in front of Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
An unidentified woman, left, holds a quilt created to honor the Allied victory in the Second World War as Jean Thomas, right, in coat and tam, watches from the steps of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied...
Close-up of a quilt displayed, partially folded, on the ground outside. Part of a series of photographs documenting personal belongings of Jean Thomas taken by University of Louisville Curator of Photography Donald R. Anderson in August 1968. Title...
Frankie McCoy displays a quilt celebrating the Allied victory of the Second World War. She stands in front of a log cabin (probably the Traipsin' Woman Cabin near the Mayo Trail, Boyd County, Kentucky).
Nevada Sue (Vade) Preston (right), mother of Blanche Preston Jones, and Priscilla (Pricy) Preston Burgess (left), aunt of Nevada Sue and great aunt of Blanche, hold up a quilt bearing a repeating triangle pattern in front of a log cabin (probably...
A woman, identified by Jean Thomas as Blanche Preston Jones but by Jones' ancestors as Priscilla (Pricy) Preston Burgess, great-aunt of Blanche Preston Jones, holds up a quilt bearing a repeating triangle pattern in front of a log cabin (probably...
A quilt or blanket documenting the history of the United States in squares with images and dates and the words Government of the People By the People And For the People Shall Not Perish From the Earth across the top and bottom borders. Title...
"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
