Public Collections

The Obama Presidential Center/Museum, Chicago, IL
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, D.C.
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
Museum of Art Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI
Museum of Spirits, Stockholm, Sweden
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Arco Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta Life Insurance, Atlanta, GA
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Convention Center, Knoxville, TN
City College of New York, New York, NY
Percent for Art, New York, NY
Dept of State Art in Embassies Program/ “Josephine Baker’s Farewell”, U.S. Embassy in Mali
Dept of State Art in Embassies Program/ “ Three Butterfly Quilts”, U.S. Embassy in Rwanda
Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NB

Commissions

City College of New York, New York, NY, 1993
Northwest Folklife Festival, Poster image, Seattle, WA, 1994
Helias Foundation, Quilt to commemorate children who died in the Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, OK, 1996
House of Seagram, New York, NY, 1997
Home Box Office, Quilt, New York, NY, 1997
White House, Washington, D.C., 1998
Percent for Art, New York, NY, 2000
City of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 2002
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003
Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2020

Honors & Awards

American Crafts Council Fellow, American Craft Council, 2024
National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts, 2023
History Makers Member, A National Research and Educational Institution, 2016 
Smithsonian Institution American Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, 2012
Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 2001
Excellence in Design Award, City of New York Art Commission, 2001
Children’s Book of Distinction, Riverbank Review, 2001