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Museum of the African Diaspora

March 26 - March 26, 2011

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685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105
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Join master quilter, Marion Coleman, in creating quilts inspired by jazz, memory, family stories, cultural change, and a world filled with color. $35/$30 General/MoAD Members per workshop, includes materials. Advanced registration required. Pay workshop fee at front desk or online at http://marioncolemanquilting326.eventbrite.com Additional dates are Saturday, March 12, and Saturday, March 19. Marion Coleman’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally. She has done artist residencies at the de Young Museum, Parchester Community Center through Richmond Arts Center, Edna Brewer Middle School through the California Arts Council, Manzanita Elementary through ALICE-Arts and Literacy in Children’s Education and Alameda County Juvenile Justice through Community Works/Alameda County Arts Commission. Her work has been presented in numerous publications including American Craft, Quilting Arts Magazine, Alter Couture, Creative Quilting, a book on journal quilting and Textural Rhythms: Quilts in the Jazz Tradition, a book and touring quilt exhibition that opened in 2007 (currently on exhibition at MoAD). She is also featured in Crafted Lives by Patricia Turner that was published January 2009. Coleman received a 2007 Creative Work Fund Grant to collaborate with two other quilt artists and the Bay Area Black United Fund for a project on African American health disparities. These works opened February 2009 as part of the African American Health Expo in Oakland, CA. She has served on the board of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, the African Advisory Council of the Oakland Museum and the board of the Textile Arts Council of the de Young Museum.