Bisa Butler’s intricate portrait quilts are often based on found black-and-white photographs of Black people—some famous, some anonymous, some familial. The New Jersey-based artist can spend thousands ...
NEWARK, N.J. -- As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, CBS2's Maurice DuBois met Bisa Butler, an artist who's elevated quilt making to the walls of some of our finest museums. She does it at ...
Black American textile artist Bisa Butler has taken the art of quilting to the next level, bringing the genre from the blankets your granny used to make to an art that only the ancestors could dream ...
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 ...
Inspired by iconic black and white photos, Bisa Butler has created life-size portraits of African Americans in quilts that explode with color. The exhibit is on display at Chicago's Art Institute.
Culture Creators held its highly anticipated inaugural Artistry Unveiled dinner in partnership with Bisquit & Dubouché for New York Fashion Week. “Artisty Unveiled” was a gathering of influencers, art ...
New Jersey-based fiber artist Bisa Butler has had a surprisingly eventful year. The artist, who creates brilliantly colorful, large-scale quilted portraits of African Americans, debuted a solo show at ...
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 ...
Washington Post senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan speaks with textile artist Bisa Butler about her work depicting historical and contemporary figures, her latest piece depicting an all-Black ...
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The Art Institute of Chicago has announced Bisa Butler: Portraits, on view from November 16-April 19, 2021. Showcasing 22 quilts in four galleries, the exhibition engages with themes of family, ...
Maurice DuBois is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in New York, the flagship evening broadcast on CBS News. He brings more than three decades of experience to ...
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