one person who saw the quilts on exhibition back then was sanford biggers. tion, which owns five gee's bend quilts, wanted biggers to explore and address them through his own work. >> first thing i see is rhythm. there's a visual movement through the color and a retinal type of pacing that happens when you look at them, which are, was one of the hallmarks of a well- composed painting, is how the eye can move and dance around it. and these do that immediately. >> brown: biggers constructed a three-dimensional quilt sculpture, and, having studied buddhist culture in japan, decided to find his rhythm in a mandala sand ¡quilt' painting. he was helped by museum assistants trained in this unusual al. add it up and it's an endless kind of ¡play'... especially when you have all of art history to play with. >> i think that's once again what artists do. the trick is to find your voice within that. within the realm of possibilities, how do you find a voice and what are you saying with that voice? >> brown: and have you foundt? >> i have multiple voices. i have a chorus.

an exhibit by artist sanford biggers highlights the intersections of history and art.much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: funding for the federal government is due to run out tomorrow at midnight. today, house democrats passed a short term measure to keep the government funded through february, but a group of republican lawmakers in the senate are threatening to force a shutdown to fight president biden's vaccine mandate. to help break all this down, i'm joined by our congressional correspondent, lisa desjardins. lisa, we are right up on the deadline. where does everything stand? lisa: we have had some stormy days, but i'm here to report in the last few minutes, a rainbow may be forming above the senate. in the past few minutes, multiple sources tell me it looks like there is a deal to get past the problems in that body. let me back up with what we know. let's talk about the temporary funding deal. we are talking about a continuing reso