About the Artist
Award-winning quilter, Ann Seals, was born in Texas and raised in San Francisco, California. Always interested in arts and crafts, Seals started at a young age, sewing clothes, making kid’s costumes, creating greeting cards and flyers, and hosting craft parties. Quilting was the next step.
In 1999 she started making quilts out of various commercial fabrics. It wasn’t long before she incorporated the use of African Fabrics in her patterns. She made he first scrappy quilt out of over 100 different African fabrics. That quilt was her first award-winning creation.
Show and events:
Alameda County Fair – 2004, 2005, 2006
East Bay Heritage Quilt Show – 2005
African American Quilt Show – 2004, 2005
Oakland Public Libraries 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Alta Bates Medical Center Community Gallery, Berkeley, CA – 2005
Feature Quilt for 2004 Pumpkin Seed Quilt Show in Marin County
Quilted Post Card Challenge winner 2005
De Young Museum, San Francisco – Gee’s Bend Exhibit 2006
Display and discussions on quilting
San Francisco Quilt Show – 2007
Alameda County Building Display 2007
Quilts and Art for Living Show, The Spears Gallery, Elk Grove, CA – 2007
Professional Associations
Board member African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, 2004-2008
Current President of African American Quilt Guild of Oakland 2006-2008
Member of the Color Collective Art Quilt Group in Oakland 2004-2006
Member of East Bay Heritage Quilt Guild
Member of the African American Art Quilt Group
