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Bisa Butler

Quiltmaker

  West Orange, New Jersey, United States    

Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

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Many institutions and museums have acquired Butler’s work including:
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
The Perez Museum of Miami,
The Art Institute of Chicago,
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston,
The Nelson-Atkins Museum,
21cMuseum Hotels,
The Kemper Museum of Art,
The Orlando Museum of Art,
The Newark Museum,
The Toledo Museum of Art,
The Minneapolis Institute of Art,
The Hunter Museum of American Art,
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
The Michigan State University Museum.

Was the maker a woman, man or a group?

Female

Educational background:

Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Howard University; Master's in Art, Montclair State University; Honorary Doctor of Letters from Bloomfield College

Occupation (if retired, former occupation):

High School Art Teacher; artist

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