Michael A. Cummings
African Jazz #5, 1990. Series of 12. Machine-sewn quilt, cotton fabrics, and found objects, 72 x 108 inches.
Photo Karen Bell
Haitian Mermaid #4, 1996. Series of 4. Machine-sewn quilt (quilted by Bonnie Eng), silk-screened cotton, found objects, sequins, African fabric, hand-dyed cotton, satin, and antique quilt blocks, 60 x 84 inches.
Private collection. Photo Karen Bell
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Los Angeles, 1945
Resides: New York
Education: State University of New York (B.A., 1980); The Art Students League of New York (1972)
Solo Exhibitions:
2000
"Stories in Cloth," 171 Ceder Arts Center, Corning, New York.
1998
"Storyteller," HBO Headquarters, New York.
1998
"Michael A. Cummings: Quilts," Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.
1995
"Michael A. Cummings," Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, Missouri.
1994
"African Jazz," Flushing Council on Culture and Arts, Queens, New York.
1994
"Recent Works by Michael A. Cummings," Hugh Hill Gallery, Kent, Connecticut.
1994
"Art Quilts by Michael A. Cummings," St. Peter's Church, New York.
Group Exhibitions:
2001
"Parallel Threads," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts.
2000
"Piano 300," Smithsonian International Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2000
"European Quilt Expo VII," Strasbourg, France.
2000
"Quilt Show 2000-The World Visits," Sydney.
2000
"Our New Day Begun," Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.
1999
"Spirits of the Cloth," American Craft Museum, New York. Traveled.
1999
"Recent Works," UFA Gallery, New York.
1999
"Art Quilters," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.
Selected Bibliography:
2001
Rohrlich, Marianne. "In the Ateliers of Harlem."The New York Times (June 14).
2000
Chace, Nan. "African Allusions." Americanstyle (winter).
2000
McGill, Alice.In the Hollow of Your Hands (Slave Lullabies). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
1999
Tobin, Jacqueline L., and Raymond G. Dobard.Hidden in Plain View. New York: Doubleday.
1998
Mazloomi, Carolyn.Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary American Quilts. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers.
1997
Shaw, Robert.The Art Quilt. Southport, Connecticut: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates.
1995
Kessler, Jane Q. "The Role of the Curator." Fiberarts (January-February).
1995
Rozensztrock, Daniel. "La Gloire de Harlem." Marie Claire Maison (France, March).
1992
Benberry, Cuesta.Always There: The African-American Presence in American Quilts. Louisville, Kentucky: The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.
1992
Raynor, Vivien. "A Quilter's Hand with Dazzling Images."The New York Times (August 23).
1989
Grudin, Eva Ungar.Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts. Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art.