A major force as an artist, Carolyn Mazloomi’s quilts have been exhibited extensively in venues such as the Mint Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, American Folk Art Museum, National Civil Rights Museum, Museum of Art and Design, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Her pictorial narrative quilts focus on personal themes: family life, women’s rights, political freedom, and musical legacy, and can be found in many private,corporate and museum collections.

Mazloomi has published twelve books highlighting African American-made quilts. She has been the recipient of many state and national honors, among them the 2003 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award, the first such award for any Ohio citizen. In 2014 she was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest award given in the United States for traditional arts. In 2021 Mazloomi won the United States Artist Fellowship.