Harriet Powers, a slave from Georgia, transformed the traditional communal art of quilting into a free and creative expression. Journey with me through one of two surviving works, “Pictorial Quilt.”
Resources for this episode include: Boston MFA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, writings by Whitney Chesnick, author of the seminal book, “Women, Art, and Society,” Samantha Moreno, Michelle Cliff, Cheryl Rivers, Carol Crown and contemporary quilter Peggie Hartwell (peggiehartwell.com)