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Bisa Butler shares her fascinating journey with fiber art, African<\/strong> textile traditions, and historical portraiture in an interview with Laura Staugaitis.<\/p>\n

Drawing from university training with both AfriCOBRA<\/a> artists and feminist fiber artists, Butler<\/span> has carved her own path as an exhibiting artist with vibrant and evocative quilts. I\u2019m working on a small group of eight pieces that are going to be debuted in Harlem in March, when I have my first solo show at Claire Oliver Gallery.<\/p>\n

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Blue Girl by Bisa Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I\u2019m crunching right now. I\u2019ve finished putting them together and then the sewing I do after. Putting them together takes about 200 hours. It\u2019s just really slow and painstaking. The sewing I can do in two days, about sixteen hours total. That part is so rewarding and so much faster. I\u2019m working on eight small pieces debuted in Harlem in March, when I have my first solo show at Claire Oliver Gallery.<\/p>\n

Bisa Butler <\/span>shares her fascinating journey with fiber art, African textile traditions. Historical portraiture,<\/span> in an interview with Laura Staugaitis. Drawing from university training with both AfriCOBRA<\/a> artists and feminist fiber artists.\u00a0 Butler has carved her own path as an exhibiting artist with vibrant and evocative quilts. I\u2019m working on a small group of eight pieces that are going to be debuted in Harlem in March.<\/span> When I have my first solo show at Claire Oliver Gallery. Bisa Butler <\/span>shares her fascinating journey with fiber art, African textile traditions, and historical portraiture in an interview with Laura Staugaitis.<\/p>\n

Drawing from university training with both AfriCOBRA<\/a> artists and feminist fiber artists. Butler has carved her own path as an exhibiting artist with vibrant and evocative quilts. I\u2019m working on a small group of eight pieces that are going to be debuted in Harlem in March, when I have my first solo show at Claire Oliver Gallery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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