Episode 85: Harriet Powers: Finding Her Voice through Appliques on Quilts

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.".Image credit: Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Resources for this episode include: Boston MFA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, writings by Whitney Chadwick ("Women, Art and Society") Samantha Moreno, Michelle Cliff, Cheryl Rivers, Carol Crown and contemporary quilter Peggie Hartwell (peggiehartwell.com)