Black quilters of 'Routed West' stitched proof of what lasts

Black quilters of 'Routed West' stitched proof of what lasts

At the end of the press preview, I was curious. We gathered journalists had just spent the last half-hour-or-so observing the decades-old—in some case, over a century-old—quilts made of every conceivable material, from cotton and silk to old newspaper, of Routed West: 20th Century African American Quilts in California (runs through November 30 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive). Some of them are still strong enough to be pulled in …