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ALLYSON ALLEN - Los Angeles
Allyson Allen is a traditional African American quilt artist and teacher. Ms. Allen’s participation in the Traditional Arts Development Program will support her travel and workshop fees to attend and participate in quilting workshops and conferences that will feature African American quilt artists as presenters and/or instructors. She originally learned to sew from her mother and older sister and continues to create traditional African American quilting, which is often distinguishable by the use of bold colors, asymmetric designs, and appliqué. Ms. Allen has taught quilting in many settings including women’s shelters, public and private schools and in as many as three different prison institutions for the California Youth Authority. She has also taught her apprentice and niece, Krysta Wright in ACTA's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program where Ms. Allen served as a master artist. The quilting workshops and conferences she attends through the TAD program will allow her to take classes in fabric dying and painting, machine quilting, and fabric manipulation from other African American quilt artists. These new techniques will be re-presented by Allyson to her own students.
©Allyson Allen
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