{"id":1456,"date":"2017-09-29T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2017-09-29T16:11:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:11:43","slug":"baia-talks-sonie-ruffin-artist-and-former-visiting-curator-for-the-american-jazz-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"BAIA Talks: Soni\u00e9 Ruffin, artist and former visiting curator for the American Jazz Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BAIA Talks: Sonie Ruffin<\/p>\n

Soni\u00e9 Ruffin, artist and former visiting curator for the American Jazz Museum. Ruffin a self-taught fabric artist and story teller, has carved out a niche for herself in the Kansas City, MO arts community.<\/p>\n

Sonie has lectured and led workshops on her work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum\u2019s Renwick Gallery, the Kansas City Museum of Art, the University of Missouri-Kansas City African-American Culture House, and Lincoln University. She has exhibited her work at the Leedy-Volkus Art Center, the American Jazz Museum, Portfolio Gallery and International Quilt Festival 2006.<\/p>\n

Sonie\u2019s art quilts can be found in permanent collections at galleries, museums, private and corporate collections such as the Portfolio Gallery, Leedy-Volkus Art Center, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Sprint corporation. Her tote bag collection appropriately named \u201cSonie\u201d can be found at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art gift shop. Her Andover fabric collection \u201cMy African Village\u201d is available in retail quilt stores across the country. Listen in as Najee Dorsey talks with Soni\u00e9 about art, life and inspiration.<\/p>\n

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