Going from aviation engineer to quilter is as extreme a career pivot as it gets. However, 75-year-old artist Carolyn Mazloomi did just that over five decades ago and then cemented a legacy within the world of fiber arts as the founder of the African American Quilters Guild of Los Angeles and the Women of Color Quilters Network. As a Black woman raised in the Jim Crow South, Mazloomi uses her distinct black-and-white quilting practice to portray and honor heroic African American leaders and shed light on historic moments that have been pushed to the margins.
August 25, 2024
