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Side Effects of an Artist: Bisa Butler

Smart Funny & Black Productions

Amanda Seales

Kids & Family, Performing Arts, Arts, Education For Kids, Visual Arts

4.89.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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This week, we talk to visual artist and quilt maker Bisa Butler, weaving together her journey from teacher to master.IG @bisabutler
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0:56.9

So, to dance, Maldosis, we continue our artist series. I am just giddy because I feel

1:14.4

like being somewhat famous is annoying, but the perks are that I get to talk to people

1:20.7

that I really respect and are incredible at what they do. One of those people is Ms.

1:28.9

Bisa Butler. I was exposed to your work through a book that my mom got me of your portraits.

1:36.9

I got to tell you, I was taken already just because I love color. From the Caribbean

1:43.4

and color is just my jam. So, your whole Zoom setup right now is just like, yeah, this

1:49.8

is the, you see what's going on? Look at all the color on this Zoom right?

1:53.5

I'm all about color. It's insane all the time. So, I was already just like blown away by

2:00.0

that and then I love pattern. I love pattern. But then when it was brought to my attention,

2:07.7

which is basically like the tagline for all your pieces, there is no paint involved in

2:13.3

the making of this piece. That's when I was like, oh, we're dealing with a whole other level

2:19.5

of brilliance that this, I mean, you got like a rec line from the ancestors level brilliance.

2:26.3

You got some tap dancing. Something is definitely tapped in. I'm also anyway. So, I'd love

2:38.1

to just talk first about how did you even discover this medium, right? Because there's quilt

2:45.8

and then there's what Bisa Butler does. There's quilt and then there's what Bisa Butler does.

2:50.6

Because faith wringled is faith wringled. She's the queen. She's the queen. And you, it's

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