Our president is a member of the 2024 Advancing Racial Equality Speakers Bureau of Indianan Humanities. Her topic about Black quilters and how they use the artform to discuss tough topics, most focused on how African Americans have survived the American Chattel Slavery system, will be featured at libraries across Indiana. Dr. …
2022 Spirit and Place Festival
This year’s 2022 Spirit and Place Festival will be held November 3 – November 13, 2022. Akoma Ntoso and INFiber will again partner together to create a fiber extravaganza! Partnering with Trusted Mentors, members of the groups will create pieces that help to celebrate the individuality of those persons who may not have had others support them through their life’s …
Fantastic Opening of Exhibit at James Museum in St. Petersburg
Our founder and president was exciteed to be a part of a new exhibit at the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art chronicles the contributions of Black people to the historical American West, and beyond. Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West is a collection of unique pictorial quilts, each hand-fashioned by members of the national Women of Color Quilters …
Happy 4th Anniversary!
Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild was born out of the desire to form an association with like-minded Sisters who could come together to explore the exciting world of quilting! Born on April 7, 2018, the guild has explored all forms of quilting genres from modern to cultural gems throughout the African Diaspora. We have formed wonderful community partnerships with other …
2022 Hoosier Women at (Work) Play History Conference
Update! After polling past Hoosier Women at Work conference attendees, it has become clear that respondents prefer an online conference this year. So the 2022 Hoosier Women at Play Conference will be a free week-long series of lunch hour talks via Zoom. Please submit your paper and session proposals as you would for an in-person conference. See below to learn how …
Discovering Kawandi
Discovering Myself in the Kawandi Quilts By Dr. Tony Jean Dickerson, January 6, 2022 I started quilting because of my mother. I have sewn all of my life, receiving my first working sewing machine at the age of 6 years old. Having been brought up in Central Indiana, I was the product of my home, 4H, and Home Economics. My …
National African American Quilt Guild!
Dr. Tony Jean Dickerson made 10 postcards that were donated to the Harriet Tubman Museum’s “We Walk with Harriet” movement. These three depict Harriet Tubman, the map of her 116 mile trek, and the muster of her 2x great grandfather Jim Shanklin a Private in the Union Army from Kentucky. Find the full article about the inaugural National African …
Sew Purple Day 2021!
Sew Purple Day 2021! The Longest Day is the day with the most light – the summer solstice. It’s also the day the Alzheimer’s Association calls on everyone to fight Alzheimer’s disease by raising funds and awareness for care, support and research! Join the Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild’s team for The Longest Day Activity! Donate $20 (or more) …
Spotlight On: Anna B Brown!
It’s always a good day to celebrate our members! This month we celebrate Anna B Brown! Anna B Brown, a 2018 founding member of Akoma Ntoso MQG, is the 4th child (right smack in the middle) of Roosevelt and Anna Brown from Hollandale, Mississippi. Anna is the fourth “Anna” in her family. Her maternal grandmother, nicknamed Sis, and her mother …
In Honor of World Book Day 2021
On Monday, April 19, 2021 the members of Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild visited Rosie’s Tiny Tots Ministry in Indianapolis with the intention of gifting twenty-three 4 and 5 year olds with book pillows in honor of World Book Day! The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April in 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day. Members …