Carolyn Mazloomi, I am my Brother's Keeper, 2016, cotton, India ink, textile paint, cotton thread, and cotton batt, 73 × 61 in. (185.4 × 154.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carolyn L. Mazloomi, 2023.20.1, © 2024, Carolyn L. Mazloomi
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Artwork Details
- Title
- I am my Brother’s Keeper
- Artist
- Date
- 2016
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 73 × 61 in. (185.4 × 154.9 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2024, Carolyn L. Mazloomi
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carolyn L. Mazloomi
- Mediums Description
- cotton, India ink, textile paint, cotton thread, and cotton batt
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape
- Figure group — male
- Object Number
- 2023.20.1
Artwork Description
Carolyn Mazloomi taught herself to quilt in the 1980s. Her quilts often narrate the strength of family in its many expressions. I am my Brother’s Keeper depicts the artist’s young grandchildren.
As Mazloomi sewed her own story quilts, she also tirelessly expanded the universe of African American quiltmaking. In 1985 she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network to convene and support thousands of fiber artists. Together, Mazloomi’s art and scholarship illuminate the diversity, spirit, and ingenuity of the American quilting tradition.