NEWARK, N.J. -- As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, CBS2's Maurice DuBois met Bisa Butler, an artist who's elevated quilt making to the walls of some of our finest museums. She does it at ...

Inspired by iconic black and white photos, Bisa Butler has created life-size portraits of African Americans in quilts that explode with color. The... Bisa Butler's Quilts Feature Designs So Realistic ...

Her pieces meld old and new, past and future, history and hope. She transforms the traditional craft of quilting into a mosaic of fabric creating... Bisa Butler weaves the Black diaspora together in ...

The renowned artist’s exuberant portraits celebrate Black history and take the form to a new level By Jacoba Urist Photographs by Celeste Sloman Bisa Butler’s portrait of Harriet Tubman began with a ...

Bisa Butler, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (2019) Minneapolis Institute of Art; Promised gift on long-term loan from a private collection (© Bisa Butler. Photo by Margaret Fox) CHICAGO — Bisa ...

Her dynamic quilts that reimagine old portraits will be on display in New York in her first solo exhibition Liz Logan - Contributing Writer Bisa Butler, I Am Not Your Negro, 2019. Cotton, wool and ...

Bisa Butler’s new show translates both photographs of Black figures and hip-hop lyrics into intricate textile art. Credit... Supported by Text by Joshua Needelman Photographs and Video by Sasha ...

At the top of the Grand Staircase at the Art Institute of Chicago hang massive, colorful banners announcing the art work of Bisa Butler. Butler's specialty is fabric, specifically quilts. And the bold ...

Maurice DuBois is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in New York, the flagship evening broadcast on CBS News. He brings more than three decades of experience to ...