Tina Williams Brewer

Tina Williams Brewer is an American quilting artist, recognized for story quilts about African American history. Brewer was born in Huntington, West Virginia. She graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design. Much of her older works focused on the Middle Passage and her ancestors arriving to America on slave ships, but she also focuses on African American contributions to history and society, such as Jazz. Her quilts are displayed at the U.S. Embassy in Ghana. Her work was included in that program's exhibitions in Accra, Khartoum (2009), and Dhaka (2011). Brewer describes her design process as using the mandala concept.

Personal life Brewer lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, John Brewer. She has two children, John Emery and Kristine, and four grandchildren.

Awards 2008 Award for Service to the Arts

Exhibitions Her work has been displayed in more than 50 major venues in the United States, some of which include: Tampa Museum of Art and Science, Tampa, FL Heinz Regional History Center, Pittsburgh, PA Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville, IN African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA African American Museum, Dallas, TX Reginald Lewis Museum of African American Art in Baltimore, MD Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV