Bisa Butler, To God and Truth (detail), 2019. Printed cotton, pieced, appliquéd, and quilted. John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, and Arthur Mason Knapp Fund. © Bisa Butler and Claire Oliver Gallery.
Bisa Butler, To God and Truth (detail), 2019. Printed cotton, pieced, appliquéd, and quilted. John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, and Arthur Mason Knapp Fund. © Bisa Butler and Claire Oliver Gallery.
Artist Talk with Bisa Butler
4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Celebrate the great strides made to diversify the MFA’s collection with an artist talk by Bisa Butler, whose powerful quilt To God and Truth is a signature work in the upcoming exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories” and its accompanying publication. Reimaged in vibrantly colored cloth from historic photographs, Butler’s life-size portraits of Black Americans invite dialogue between the past and present. Co-organized by Curators Circles: Art of the Americas, Black Arts and Artists, and Threads.
Virtual event hosted on Zoom
Closed captioning
Exclusively for members of Curators Circles: Art of the Americas, Black Arts and Artists, and Threads