O ver the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was ...

When adidas tapped the Quilters of Gee’s Bend for its 2025 Honoring Black Excellence campaign, the women behind the iconic quilts were stunned — not because their work lacked value ...

On view in The Quilts of Gee's Bend de Young, San Francisco 15 Julyâ 26 November 2006 Collection of the Tinwood Alliance MARY LEE BENDOLPH: "Most of my ideas come from looking at things.

“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...

Descending from several generations of quiltmakers, Lucy Mingo learned to quilt at an early age and today at age 83 is considered one of the finest second generation Gee's Bend quilters.

The Quilts of Gee's Bend is a group exhibition featuring the work of African American women from a small Alabama community ...