member connection achievement artist-activist faith ringgold presented marla arna jackson with the anyone can fly foundation celebrated artist lifetime achievement great african american artists ringgold noted "quilts are marla's history that we can share with our children and with the world for generations to come."-imt quilt queen master narrative quilter marla arna jackson's exquisitely detailed and executed exhibited in the smithsonian anacostia art museum and more than 35 other venues worldwide artist uses each of her narrative quilts to africans and americans some sight recently restored through more than 695 sites in the national park service's national underground railroad network to freedom clockwise marla arna jackson at marla quilts american quilt museum and textile academy; an image of nina simone
