{"id":3513,"date":"2022-01-05T01:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artnsketch.com\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:38:49","slug":"harriet-powers-what-do-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artnsketch.com\/harriet-powers-what-do-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Powers – What Do You Need to Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Harriet Powers was an African American folk artist, known for her quilts<\/strong>, a cultural trade made of woven cloths. She was born into slavery in 1837 in Athens, Georgia and she managed to become one of the best-known African American quiltmakers<\/strong>. However, only two of her quilts survived, named Bible Quilt<\/strong> and Pictorial Quilt<\/strong>. These works reflect her belief, astrological events, and local legends of the era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although her private life is not much known, there is a small life story. She was married young and had nine children. They become the landowners some time after the Civil war. Her husband left her in 1895 and she managed to support her family by working as a seamstress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harriet Powers passed away on January 1, 1910, and was buried in the Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in her hometown, Athens, GA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n