MMA is home to one of the South's largest collections of quilts, from which more than 50 examples were drawn for this ...

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.

Members of the group also attend the yearly “airing of the quilts” in Gee’s Bend, Ala., where the Gee’s Bend quiltmakers are celebrated as some of the most significant contributors to ...

The brilliance of this category of home decor is that textiles can be swapped out or rearranged at a moment's notice, unlike ...

President Trump’s order specifically targets the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and there is a lot of Alabama in that museum, more than in many Alabama museums I’ve been to, ...

Extra-special textiles, such as vintage suzani or Gee's Bend quilts can even be hung as tapestry or undergo custom framing to bring more texture and beauty to your walls. Call us biased ...

music by W.C. Handy and art by the Gee’s Bend quilters. Trump’s order says, “Under this historical revision, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights ...

During the Civil War, quilts throughout the South were used to send coded messages to help slaves escape to freedom in the North. Additionally, in Alabama, the Gee’s Bend Quilts have become an ...

Andalusia’s Cotton Street Gallery and AIR Artists, Inc. hosted an exhibition of Gee’s Bend Quilts Thursday at the Andalusia L&N Train Depot, with four members of the group on hand to talk about the ...

In addition to the corduroy-covered Bendolph bed—named after Gee’s Bend, Alabama, quilt maker Mary Lee Bendolph—newcomers include the pink velvet–upholstered Solange modular sofa and the ...

Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend is a group exhibition featuring the work of African American women from a small Alabama community whose work have become symbols of Black empowerment and cultural ...