Decipher African American quilting traditions and history at 'Coded Vernacular' workshop

The SCAD Museum of Art’s Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies presents Coded Vernacular, a discussion and quilting workshop presented on the occasion of conceptual artist Sanford Biggers’ exhibition Contra/Diction, on view through Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.

The program centers on Biggers’ use of antique quilts, leveraging the artist’s work as a point of departure to examine the African American tradition of quilting and quilts’ history as signs of freedom and safety along the Underground Railroad. The in-person event includes a gallery talk with SCAD MOA curators and a workshop with artist and scholar Deimosa Webber-Bey.

Established by SCAD in 2011, SCAD MOA’s Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies celebrates the imaginative breadth and expressive legacy of African American art and literature.

Questions? Email Joël Díaz, Evans Center director, at [email protected].