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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events June 21, 2024 - 3:31 pm

African American quilt convention in Lawrence reveals quilt from Georgia plantation; exhibit open at Watkins Museum

by Maya Hodison

“To me, it symbolizes freedom – how they broke out like birds,” Lawrence quilter and historian Marla Jackson said of an 1800s quilt believed to be made by a Black person who was enslaved.

Arts & Events April 19, 2024 - 11:47 am

In KU exhibit, Kansas quilt artists piece together story of racial violence from Emmett Till to today

by Lawrence Brooks IV, Kansas News Service

A pair of exhibits at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence are inspired by the life and death of Emmett Till, which helped launch the civil rights movement. The work of area textile artists helps connect the 1955 killing to contemporary violence against Black people.

Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events January 20, 2023 - 1:48 pm

Lawrence quilter and historian lives in purpose through visual storytelling, projects to come

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence quilter and historian Marla Jackson believes her calling is to unfold neglected stories of Black history. Heading into the next few years, she plans to do that and much more.

Carter Gaskins / The Lawrence Times
Arts & Events February 20, 2022 - 6:00 am

Quilter Marla Jackson preserves African American history in Lawrence through art and education

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence quilter and historian Marla Jackson tells powerful stories of Black resistance and freedom through textile art with vibrant colors, patterns and pieces of history.

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Arts & Events July 23, 2021 - 1:51 pm

Lawrence team’s documentary on African American quilting receives grant of almost $10K

by Mackenzie Clark

An upcoming short-form documentary project, “Queen Bee: African American Women Stitching Freedom,” will tell the stories of well-known Lawrence quilter Marla Arna Jackson and her contemporaries.

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