Bisa Butler's presentation of "Wangari Maathai", Orlando Museum of Art

Bisa Butler (American, b. 1975) is an acclaimed fiber artist who portrays mostly unknown African American subjects entirely in quilt, giving them a quiet nobility, a voice and a place in American history. Her piece, "Wangari Maathai," was commissioned for the cover of March 2020 TIME magazine. In honor of Women’s Month, the magazine selected women who should have been on the cover of TIME but were not, then found the most influential women artists of the moment to depict those women. To celebrate the July 2020 acquisition of this piece by Orlando Museum of Art, Butler joined members of Acquisition Trust via ZOOM in February 2021, to explain her body of work and why she chose Wangari Maathai, a renowned Kenyan social, environmental and political activist as the subject. This video is Butler's presentation from said event. Learn more about the acquisition of this piece at https://omart.org/news/news_detail/om...