Skin Quilt Project

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This is an excerpt from the documentary, "The Skin Quilt Project," that focuses on skin color representation. The documentary features scholars, writers, and quilters from across the country, who discuss issues of skin-color politics in the African-American community. Through the stories of African-American quilters we are able to understand how the fellowship and practice of quilting has enriched peoples lives, and given them a sense of pride in their cultural heritage.

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1 video, (4 min., 47 sec.): col.

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Cross, Lauren E. 2010.

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This is an excerpt from the documentary, "The Skin Quilt Project," that focuses on skin color representation. The documentary features scholars, writers, and quilters from across the country, who discuss issues of skin-color politics in the African-American community. Through the stories of African-American quilters we are able to understand how the fellowship and practice of quilting has enriched peoples lives, and given them a sense of pride in their cultural heritage.

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  • Artist interviews and revisionist art history: women of African descent, critical practice and methods of rewriting dominant narratives, ark:/67531/metadc1863640

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Artist interviews and revisionist art history: women of African descent, critical practice and methods of rewriting dominant narratives (Article)

Artist interviews and revisionist art history: women of African descent, critical practice and methods of rewriting dominant narratives

Article reflecting on over ten years of conducting and collecting interviews with and by women artists of African descent in a variety of formats (e.g. narrative arts writing, academic research and documentary film/video) to note the specific ways that artists’ interviews help to rewrite art-historical narratives.

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Cross, Lauren E. Skin Quilt Project, video, 2010; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1725758/: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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