While a video of quilters singing Negro spirituals softly plays in the background, the coal-black and fire-engine red quilt made from scraps of cotton and corduroy hangs still at the Missouri History ...
The quilters of Gee’s Bend are collaborating with British brand Marfa Stance on a collection of wearable art and blankets that will be on view in Los Angeles, California, from Thursday to Oct. 27, at ...
An authentic Gee's Bend quilt typically costs anywhere from $500 to $13,000, but thanks to a new, nationwide collaboration with Target, interested buyers have a few more attainable options to support ...
Straight out of Gee's Bend, where the Alabama River in a looping turn isolates a small peninsula of farmland, come the Afrocentric quilts that leave all others in their wake. The intricate designs of ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Souls Grown Deep has announced that the annual Gee's Bend Airing of the Quilts ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The festival will feature the unveiling of the first phase of the Gee's Bend ...
It’s been a Gee’s Bend spring here in Denver: The Denver Center Theatre Company toasted the multi-generational Alabama quilt-making community with a theatrical stage bow earlier this year, and the ...
SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — What began as a method of survival in a remote Alabama community has evolved into some of the most distinctive textile art in the country — and now, it’s on view at the Spencertown ...
The route to Gee’s Bend, Alabama winds through forests of young longleaf pine and oak trees, and past acres of cotton planted in red earth. Buildings few and far between dot the road: low-slung homes, ...
A summer show in Columbia County features the bold and expressive designs crafted by the next generation of quilting artists from Gee’s Bend. Spread out over two sites, the show brings together more ...