Claire Oliver Gallery in Central Harlem opens We're Still Here: Quilted Works Curated by Carolyn Mazloomi on Friday, November 13, 2026, with an artists reception that evening from 6 to 8 PM. The show runs through January 7, 2027 at 2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
Fifteen quilt artists are in the show: Alita Aldridge, Lauren Austin, Gwendolyn Aqui Brooks, Donna Chambers, Carolyn Crump, Renee Fleuranges-Valdes, L'Merchie Frazier, Myrah Brown Green, Sylvia Hernandez, Viola Burley Leak, Cynthia Lockhart, Ed Johnetta Miller, Rosy Petri, Josie Love Roebuck and April Anue Shipp.
Mazloomi founded the Women of Color Quilters Network in 1985 after placing an ad seeking other Black quilters working in isolation. The network grew to as many as 1,700 members nationwide, and this exhibition surveys its 40-year arc.
Her statement for the show is direct: Black history cannot be erased, and the work will always show the triumphs, suffering, creativity, courage and genius of her people. For COZART, quilting as record keeping and pattern as language is core territory. Harlem is in our priority region, and opening night is this Friday.