Quilts are often passed down through generations and come to represent a shared history. Although quilting can be considered a lost art due to the ease of just going to the store and buying a blanket, modern artists are still making quilts, using them to construct a history while also reflecting on their own past. For modern fiber artist and art teacher Bisa Butler, quilting is a mode of storytelling and of autobiography.
Delicately put, the world is in chaos. The Coronavirus threatens to take our family, friends, and neighbors from us. Statewide stay-at-home orders across America have secluded people in their homes if they're fortunate enough to have one. Healthcare workers fight this battle on the frontlines with minimal federal support. Essential workers are being forced back into work prematurely, or risk losing their income and health insurance if they’re fortunate enough to have it.
Around 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment claims in the last five weeks. The world is lacking beauty, joy, security, community, but certainly not inspiration. Since COVID-19 arrived in the United States, all sorts of artists are using this pandemic as their muse, documenting history with creativity and resilience.
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