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Largest Private Collection of African American Quilts Donated to a Berkeley Museum

The estate of art scholar and collector Eli Leon donated nearly 3,000 quilts to the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

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YoYos and Half Squares, Contemporary California Quilts

YoYos and Half Squares, Contemporary California Quilts

The YoYos and Half Squares, Contemporary California Quilts exhibition at the Oakland Museum, are all quilts from Eli Leon’s collection. This exhibition highlights the work of Angie Tobias, Arbie Williams, Mattie Pickett, Rosie Lee Tompkins, and Sherry Byrd.

Oakland based collector Eli Leon acquired many of their quilt tops and then turned to a network of local craftswomen including Irene…

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Pieced by Rosie Lee Tompkins, Quilted by Irene Bankhead, from the Eli Leon collection, Yo-Yos & Half Squares: Contemporary California Quilts, Oakland Museum of California September 12, 2015–February 21, 2016