Artist

L’Merchie Frazier

born Jacksonville, FL 1951
Born
Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Works by this artist (2 items)

L'Merchie Frazier, Robert Smalls: Wheeling Freedom, 2015, organdy, tulle, and cotton batt, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, 2023.40.10, © 2023, L'Merchie Frazier
Robert Smalls: Wheeling Freedom
Date2015
organdy, tulle, and cotton batt
Not on view
L'Merchie Frazier, From a Birmingham Jail: MLK, 1996, silk, photo transfer, gel medium, dyes, and beads, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of L'Merchie Frazier in memory of Watty and Alberta Frazier and James and Merchie Dooley (grandparents), 2002.41
From a Birmingham Jail: MLK
Date1996
silk, photo transfer, gel medium, dyes, and beads
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2019.15 - SAAM-2019.15_1 - 137377
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 31, 2024January 5, 2025
The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks.

Related Posts

Detail of a quilt featuring images of Martin Luther King Jr.
Education01/14/2022
While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was a pivotal moment in U.S. history, there’s more to his life and legacy than that single story. Smithsonian educators share approaches to expand classroom lessons and student understanding of this great civil rights leader.
A photograph of Phoebe Hillemann
Phoebe Hillemann
Teacher Institutes Educator
Candra Flanagan
Eden Cho
Detail of fiber art with a silhouette of woman. Her arms and one leg are raised as if mid-jump.
Women Artists06/13/2024
Artists and visitors mingled at the Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art Open House
A photograph of a woman.
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
Detail of a quilt featuring images of Martin Luther King Jr.
Artist L’Merchie Frazier threads thoughtful parallels to centuries of fiber art traditions.
A photograph of a woman.
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist