Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition
Carolyn L. Mazloomi is an artist, author, historian, and curator acknowledged being among the most influential African American quilt historians and quilting artists in America.   Widely exhibited in the United States and internationally, her quilts can be found in numerous important museums and corporate collections, such as the Museum of Art and Design (New York City) and the Smithsonian Institution. She has appeared on television shows such as CBS Morning Show, Reading Rainbow, The Today Show, CNN, and has been the subject of several film documentaries.     In 1985 she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network which has been a major force in fostering the fiberart works of African American people.  She is a frequent consultant for art exhibitions, authors, and historians. Mazloomi is also author of the book Spirits of the Cloth and Threads of Faith. She has been involved in the economic development of women through the arts for over twenty years.  Visit her website at: www. carolynlmazloomi.com.