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Artist Bisa Butler on the secret language in the African fabrics that she uses in her quilt portraits. Learn more about Butler in the EAST episode, now streaming on the PBS app, as part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 #africanfabric #BlackHistoryMonth #africanamerican #quilting | Craft in America

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Artist Bisa Butler on the secret language in the African fabrics that she uses in her quilt portraits. Learn more about Butler in the EAST episode, now streaming on the PBS app, as part of

Craft in America. Craft in America · Original audio. Artist Bisa Butler on the secret language in the African fabrics that she uses in her quilt portraits. Learn more about Butler in the EAST episode, now streaming on the PBS app, as part of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 #africanfabric #BlackHistoryMonth #africanamerican #quilting

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Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | La Kisha DeVon Jordan

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | La Kisha DeVon Jordan

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New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making

New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making

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Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

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Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

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WATCH: ‘Our Time Is Now’ Says ESSENCE Cover Artist Bisa Butler | Essence

WATCH: ‘Our Time Is Now’ Says ESSENCE Cover Artist Bisa Butler | Essence

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Jill Scott and Bisa Butler on Staying the Course

Jill Scott and Bisa Butler on Staying the Course

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Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

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Blame the butler - Portuguese police seize art treasure trove

Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

Artist Bisa Butler talks about her “Hold me Close” Los Angeles exhibition

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life | Danièle P.

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WATCH: ‘Our Time Is Now’ Says ESSENCE Cover Artist Bisa Butler | Essence

WATCH: ‘Our Time Is Now’ Says ESSENCE Cover Artist Bisa Butler | Essence

Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

Bisa Butler: Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

🪡 Renowned Black artist Bisa Butler Fine Art talks about her artistic process, materials, inspiration, and goals: https://bit.ly/3whLzjM Free article for #BlackHistoryMonth from Scholastic Art. | Scholastic Teachers

🪡 Renowned Black artist Bisa Butler Fine Art talks about her artistic process, materials, inspiration, and goals: https://bit.ly/3whLzjM Free article for #BlackHistoryMonth from Scholastic Art. | Scholastic Teachers

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Extended version: New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt

Extended version: New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt

Bisa Butler - An In-Depth and Informative Bisa Butler Biography

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Bisa Butler weaves Black history into art

Nat Geo Photographer Celeste Sloman and textile artist Bisa Butler discuss their approaches to portraiture and the mutual inspiration they find in each other's work. | National Geographic

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Bisa Butler creates remarkable quilted portraits that tell stories of African American life, taking inspiration from historical photos and family history. Don't miss her segment in EAST (streaming on the PBS App Nov 24 and premiering on PBS Dec 19) as part of the Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 initiative. If you're in Los Angeles, don't miss her first West Coast solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch #quilting #africanamericanart #africanamericanartist #blackart #blackartists #holdmeclose

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New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making

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Bisa Butler describes the process she undergoes to weave personality, perspective and storytelling in her portrait quilts. Join Bisa live with author Gholdy Muhammad on Thursday, 12/9 @ 1pm ET. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3orgRgm | Scholastic Teachers

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Affirmations of the Week: The Art of Bisa Butler — Dear Black Women

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✂️ The Scholastic Art magazine team partnered with artist and creator Bisa Butler to create a free hands-on project and interactive lesson on portraiture and fiber art for grades 7-12! Link in comments. | Scholastic Teachers

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The People of Bisa Butler's Portraits | The Art Institute of Chicago

In bright colors, at life-size scale, artist Bisa Butler portrays everyday people — on quilts

Bisa Butler: Portraits, an Exhibition Story from The Art Institute of Chicago

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This quilt by Bisa Butler Fine Art is stunning! Such a beautiful tribute to our beloved Chadwick. It will be on display at LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s #BlackAmericanPortraits alongside the #ObamaPortraits, opening November 7th. What an incredible honor for his image to be featured in such an iconic exhibition. Thank you, Bisa. #FanArtFriday | Chadwick Boseman

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Studio visit with Bisa Butler where she explained the process of painting with fabric. @bisabutler “Bisa strategically uses textiles—a traditionally marginalized medium—to interrogate the historical marginalization of her subjects while using scale and subtle detail to convey her subjects’ complex individuality. Together, Butler’s quilts present an expansive view of history through their engagement with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellect

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Bisa Butler created her massive art quilt "Don’t Tread on Me, God Damn, Let’s Go! — The Harlem Hellfighters" after encountering a photograph held by the National Archives during her online research. The original photograph from February 12, 1919, depicts nine Black soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment (known as the Harlem Hellfighters) aboard the USS Stockholm, awaiting arrival in New York City following the armistice that ended the war. Butler finished the Hellfighters quilt in 2021, when th

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Bisa Butler's Vibrant Fabric Portraits: Identity & Legacy — Artsy Chow Roamer

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Bisa Butler Exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago

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Artist Spotlight: Bisa Butler in Conversation - American Federation of Arts

While the museum is closed, artist Bisa Butler offers a glimpse of her exhibition and discusses the inspiration behind her vibrant portrait quilts. | The Art Institute of Chicago

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Bisa Butler’s Beautiful Quilted Portraits of Frederick Douglass, Nina Simone, Jean-Michel Basquiat & More

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To mark this Memorial Day, Nancy Chen spoke to the innovative artist, Bisa Butler who created the remarkable portrait of the “Harlem Hellfighters,” which is being displayed at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington, D.C. | CBS Mornings

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Bisa Butler makes vibrant portraits on quilts! | Localish

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