L'Merchie Frazier
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| Born | 1951 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Known for | Fabric artist |
| Website | lmerchiefrazier |
L'Merchie Frazier (born 1951 Jacksonville, Florida)[1] is an American artist, educator, and poet.[2] She is best known for fiber art.
Frazier studied at the City College of New York, the University of Hartford, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.[3]
Frazier is a past director of education at the Museum of African American History, Boston/Nantucket and the artist in residence for the city of Boston.[4] As the Art Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, she is part of the Massachusetts Senate Art Committee.[5] She is also the Executive Director of Creative and Strategic Partnerships at SPOKE Art.[6] Her work was included in the 2020 exhibition We Are the Story presented by the Textile Center and the Women of Color Quilters Network in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as the 2021 exhibition Freedom Rising: I Am the Story at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.[7]
She has taught at Pine Manor College, Wesleyan University, Bunker Hill Community College and MIT.
Frazier was the 2024 artist-in-residence at the Mississippi Museum of Art.[8] The same year her work was included in the exhibition Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women at the Renwick Gallery.[1]
In 2025 her work was included in We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists at the Renwick.[9]
Frazier's quilts are in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art[10] and Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "L'Merchie Frazier". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "National Day of Racial Healing - Lecture by L'Merchie Frazier: "Reparations: Is There a Black Aesthetic?"". Rutgers University-Newark. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston's Art Museum". www.mfa.org. Archived from the original on 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "L'Merchie Frazier". Boston.gov. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Press Room". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Art gallery located in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA". Spoke Art. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Freedom Rising: I Am the Story / L'Merchie Frazier". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Artist Talk: L'Merchie Frazier". Mississippi Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Barricades: I Am The Story (CAUTION/CUIDADO), L'Merchie Frazier". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- images of Save Me from my Amnesia series at Black Earth Institute
- Lacing Together Humanity Through Fiber Art SAAM Stories
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