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Quilt Exhibit at Berkeley Museum Chronicles Black Lives in California

2025/6/10
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Alexis Madrigal
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Elaine Yau
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Lonnie
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Ora Clay
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Wanda
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Alexis Madrigal: 作为主持人，我强调了展览“扎根西部”的重要性，它不仅仅是艺术品，更是历史、韧性和家庭的物质体现。我描述了展览中被子风格的多样性，从规则到不规则，从柔和到鲜艳，每件作品都充满了能量，体现了制作者的辛勤劳动和作品的持久性。我强调了这些被子不仅仅是简单的纺织品，它们承载着深厚的文化意义和历史记忆，是连接过去与现在的桥梁。通过展览，观众可以更深入地了解非裔美国人在迁徙过程中所经历的挑战与奋斗，以及他们如何通过被子这种艺术形式来表达自己的身份和情感。 Elaine Yau: 作为策展人，我阐述了被子对于艺术家和使用者双重意义。对于艺术家而言，被子提供了一个灵活的创作空间，可以随时进行创作，讲述故事，并融入日常生活。对于使用者而言，被子不仅提供温暖和舒适，还承载着记忆，成为一种情感的寄托。我解释了展览的主题“扎根”的含义，强调了被子在非裔美国人大迁徙中的重要性，它们是家园的象征，伴随着人们从南方迁徙到加州，并在新的环境中建立根基。展览旨在展示被子制作的多样性，以及它们如何反映出不同时代和地区的文化特色。 Ora Clay: 作为参展的绗缝者，我分享了自己与被子的个人故事。我讲述了自己16岁时独自一人从阿拉巴马州乘坐火车前往加州求学的经历，以及母亲给我的被子如何成为家乡的象征。我的作品中融入了对普尔曼搬运工的敬意，他们在大迁徙中为黑人提供了支持和帮助。我还详细介绍了被子的制作过程，从种植棉花到缝制完成，每一个环节都充满了劳动和情感。我强调了被子不仅仅是实用品，更是艺术品，它们可以讲述故事，传递文化，并连接不同世代的人们。通过我的分享，观众可以更直观地感受到被子在非裔美国人生活中的重要性和意义。

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The episode begins by discussing the Great Migration of Black families to Northern California and how quilts represent cultural innovation and continuity. The discussion then delves into the physical composition of a quilt, highlighting its three layers: the top layer for design, the middle layer for warmth (batting), and the backing. Different fabrics and their properties in quilting are also mentioned.
  • The Great Migration of Black families to Northern California
  • Quilts as material manifestations of history, resilience, and family
  • Three layers of a quilt: top, batting, and back
  • Various fabrics used in quilting and their properties

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Old jeans. Worn shirts. Scraps from flour sacks and homemade dresses. Nothing is too humble for a quilt. In BAMPFA’s new exhibit “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California,” quilts tell the story of resilience, family, and cultural continuity. The exhibit highlights the quiltmaking skills that many migrants brought with them in the Second Great Migration from 1940-1970—and passed on to their children and other kin, spurring the creation of a new wave of African American quiltmaking. We’ll talk to the curator and a contemporary quiltmaker in Oakland about the exhibit.

Guests:

Ora Clay, member, African American Quilt Guild of Oakland

Elaine Yau, associate curator and academic liaison, BAMPFA – Yau curated the exhibit "Routed West: Twentieth Century African American Quilts in California"

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