Black Excellence: Bisa Butler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisa_Butler
Bisa Butler (born Mailissa Yamba Butler in 1973) is an African American fiber artist[1][2] who is credited with creating a new genre of quilting, using photographs, sketches, and vivid traditional textiles to create vibrant life-size portraits in fabric.[3][4][5] She is known for celebrating Black life and identity, portraying both everyday people and notable historical figures.[6][7][1] Although quilting has long been considered a craft, Butler’s use of interdisciplinary methods to create elaborate quilts that look like paintings is bringing recognition both to her work and to the medium of quilting as a whole, as a fine art form.[4][8]