African American Art Quilters - Collaboration Quilts

Collaboration Quilts I: An Exploration in Color, Design, and More

In 2004, members of the African American Art Quilters Listserve began creating a series of Collaboration Quilts. Several of the finished works can be seen in the gallery below.

Our Collaboration Process:

A group of nearly 20 African American ArtQuilters formed groups of 3 or 4 members each. Each member of the team began an artquilt piece. This may have been a "center" or the beginning may have taken other forms, such as strips or blocks. There were no restrictions on approach. Then, each member sent her/his piece to the next person on the list, and that artist added her contribution, and then sent that piece to the next person in the group. Finally, the completed art quilt circles back to the originating artist who then may have made additional changes to complete the piece.

Each group member also created a journal page and forwarded it to their group as they made their contribution to the artquilt.

For information about this project, please contact Carole Lyles Shaw, Curator, at carole@lyles.net or by phone at 410-913-8539.

Collaboration Quilt Gallery:

(click on the preview image to see the full-size photo and journal page)


Yemaya Juju ©2006 Teresa Vega Primary Artist: Teresa Vega Collaborators: Winifred Sanders, Catherine Lamkin	Soular Flair ©2006 Sandi Howell Primary Artist: Sandi Howell Collaborators: Angela Flowers Moore, Juanita Lanaux


I Remember Mama ©2006 Dietta Carter Primary Artist: Dietta Carter Collaborators: Marion Coleman, Michele David, Rosalind Adgers	Symphonic Convergence ©2006 Angela Flowers Moore Primary Artist: Angela Flowers Moore Collaborators: Sandi Howell, Juanita Lanaux


Invisible Threads ©2006 Rosa Tellis Primary Artist: Rosa Tellis Collaborators: Carol Garrett, Marilyn Handis	Cotton Eyed Joe for Nina Simone ©2006 Catherine Lamkin Primary Artist: Catherine Lamkin Collaborators: Winifred Sanders, Teresa Vega


Hair, Hair, Maybe Knot ©2006 Winifred Sanders Primary Artist: Winifred Sanders Collaborators: Catherine Lamkin, Teresa Vega, Olaitan Callendar Scott	Shaded Beauty ©2006 Juanita Lanaux Primary Artist: Juanita Lanaux Collaborators: Sandi Howell, Angela Flowers Moore


Conjuring Beauty in the Garden of Life ©2006 Marion Coleman Primary Artist: Marion Coleman Collaborators: Michele David, Rosalind Adgers, Dietta Carter	Ancestor Mask 2005 ©2006 Carole Lyles Shaw Primary Artist: Carole Lyles Shaw Collaborators: Edna J. Patterson-Petty, Sherry Whetstone-McCall


Make Me a Channel of Your Peace ©2006 Edna J. Patterson-Petty Primary Artist: Edna J. Patterson-Petty Collaborators: Sherry Whetstone-McCall, Michele Howard-Harrell & Bertie Howard, Sharon Irving, Carol Lyles Shaw