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= Article evaluation = The article was relevant to the topic but does not have enough citations for the information provided. Some information is out of place or needs to be reorganized. Some of the information is unnecessarily repeated.

The article's tone is mostly neutral but is a tad persuasive in same areas. Some of the sources are biased causing some of the information to represent some views over others.

The links to the citations work and direct the reader to relevant information. Many of the sources are neutral, though the ones that are biased are not noted when cited.

There are questions about definition of the movement as well as specific aspects of the movement in the Talk page. It has been rated as C-Class and is part of multiple WikiProjects including "WikiProject Feminism" and "WikiProject Women's History." The article touches more on its foundation and locale specificity, whereas in Contemporary we've touched more on how it relates to art and women artists during the movement. hi Christina! Cloud.UCM (talk) 17:07, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Information:
-African American artist interested in fibers/textiles

-curator and author

-African American Artists Collective

-goal- creating a way for African American and Black artists around Kansas City area to get their work shown as well as helping with artistic development

-founding group (artists, poets, educators, musicians): Nedra Bonds, Gerald Dunn, Diallo Javonne French, Glenn North, Jason Piggie, Michael Tombs

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-curator at American Jazz Museum 2009-2017

-quilts and textiles as social commentary about the history of African American women's social clubs in Kansas City and social activism

-she curated the "All Hail to Hale" exhibit at AJM in the fall of 2015

-put together an exhibition consisting of works by Harold Smith in 2011

-creative partner- Glenn North

-collaboration with David C Driskell Art Center at the University of Maryland on "Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts" exhibition 2014

-"Revolutionary Awakening" 2017 includes several of Thompson-Ruffin's works alongside pieces by Glenn North and a documentary by Rodney M. Thompson

-"The Price Has Already Been Paid" 2015 at the Black Art In America Fine Art Show, September 14-16, 2018 in Philadelphia- artwork inspired by Michael Brown's murder and her own experience with the police

-first shown in exhibit "Hands Up Don't Shoot" at the Portfolio Gallery in St. Louis

- www.blackartinamerica.com to hear her speak about her work

-mediums: kenti cloth, mud cloth, korhogo cloth (African Fabrics) with American fabrics

-lecture and quilting workshop at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery "High Fiber Exhibition 2005"

-signed with Andover Fabrics in New York- fabric line introduced in fall of 2006

-The Journey: "Imani" Feb 3-24, 2006 at the Carter Art Center Gallery, part of MCC-Penn Valley's Black History Month celebration

Intro
Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin is a nationally recognized African American artist, curator and author interested in fibers and textiles. She is known for her socially-engaged quilts depicting patterns and imagery dealing with social activism and African American history. She has mounted several exhibitions as well as creating her own work. She also helped found the African American Artists Collective.

Exhibitions and Curatorial Projects
Thompson-Ruffin's work has been displayed in several exhibitions such as "The Journey: Imani" at the Carter Art Center Gallery, part of MCC-Penn Valley's Black History Month celebration February 3-24 in 2006.

In addition to creating her own artwork, Thompson-ruffin has curated several shows and worked as a curator at the American Jazz Museum from 2009-2017. Shows that she has curated include an exhibition featuring works by Harold Smith in 2011 and collaborated with David C Driskell Art Center at the University of Maryland on "Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts" exhibition in 2014. She also mounted the "All Hail to Hale" exhibit while working at the American Jazz Museum in the fall of 2015. One of her more recent exhibitions from 2017 "Revolutionary Awakening" includes several of Thompson-Ruffin's works alongside pieces by Glenn North and a documentary by Rodney M. Thompson.