These fragile quilts by Black craftspeople need to be preserved — but the federal government has pulled the funds

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June 8, 2025

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Artist Alice Neal made this quilt, <em>Mary Bright Commemorative Quilt (with Dresden Plate, Monkey Wrench, Wild Goose Chase, Fan, Basket of Flowers, Star of Lemoyne, Nine Patch Blocks)</em>, in honor of her mother. It‘/>

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding earmarked to conserve them had been canceled.

(Image credit: Daria Lugina, Courtesy of BAMPFA.)