Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts"

Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot – but instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches and cloth. Her quilts have graced the covers of magazines and she created the striking illustration for the soon-to-be-released book "Unbound," the memoir of activist and Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke. Nancy Chen reports. Each weekday morning, "CBS This Morning" co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil deliver two hours of original reporting, breaking news and top-level newsmaker interviews in an engaging and informative format that challenges the norm in network morning news programs. Subscribe to “CBS This Morning” on YouTube:    / cbsthismorning   Watch CBSN live: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7c​ Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8​ Follow "CBS This Morning" on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Q7NGnY Like "CBS This Morning" on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1LhtdvI Follow "CBS This Morning" on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1Xj5W3p Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T​ Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life
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Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life

Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
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Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview

See some of the quilts filmmaker Ken Burns has collected since the 1970s
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See some of the quilts filmmaker Ken Burns has collected since the 1970s

Artist Bisa Butler on her Process and Using Materials with Meaning
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Artist Bisa Butler on her Process and Using Materials with Meaning

I'd never sewn a stitch, now my quilts are in galleries
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I'd never sewn a stitch, now my quilts are in galleries

Famed Gee’s Bend Quilters are now on the runway and online
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Famed Gee’s Bend Quilters are now on the runway and online

Artist Titus Kaphar on depicting loss and finding purpose
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Artist Titus Kaphar on depicting loss and finding purpose

A Look at Bisa Butler’s Quilted Portraits at Art Institute
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A Look at Bisa Butler’s Quilted Portraits at Art Institute

Nike Davies-Okundaye: Meet the artist preserving Nigeria’s textile heritage | Tate
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Nike Davies-Okundaye: Meet the artist preserving Nigeria’s textile heritage | Tate

Bisa Butler: In the Studio (Quilting for the Culture)
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Bisa Butler: In the Studio (Quilting for the Culture)

How a Group of Women in This Small Alabama Town Perfected the Art of Quilting | Op-Docs
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How a Group of Women in This Small Alabama Town Perfected the Art of Quilting | Op-Docs

Improv Quilting - Things are Kind of Batty in the Studio!   Garment 1 Part 1
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Improv Quilting - Things are Kind of Batty in the Studio! Garment 1 Part 1

Artist Danielle Scott on Ancestry, Trauma and History | In The Making | PBS
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Artist Danielle Scott on Ancestry, Trauma and History | In The Making | PBS

I was born to be me | How Cynthia Lockhart went from designing bags to sewing quilts for the Renwick
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I was born to be me | How Cynthia Lockhart went from designing bags to sewing quilts for the Renwick

Bisa Butler on Portraits and The Black Experience
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Bisa Butler on Portraits and The Black Experience

The couple behind one of the largest African-American art collections in the world
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The couple behind one of the largest African-American art collections in the world

College Basketball Star Now Making Moves in the Art World
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College Basketball Star Now Making Moves in the Art World

Women Who’ve Made Gee’s Bend Quilts Are Finally Receiving Their Due | Sunday TODAY
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Women Who’ve Made Gee’s Bend Quilts Are Finally Receiving Their Due | Sunday TODAY

Bisa Butler's Portraiture Quilts | Brooklyn Made
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Bisa Butler's Portraiture Quilts | Brooklyn Made

How Faith Ringgold's Quilts Blend Painting & Textiles
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How Faith Ringgold's Quilts Blend Painting & Textiles