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- The Quilts of Gees Bend »
The film was about the Quilt Makers of Gees Bend, Alabaam. Its hard to know where to begin hwen telling about these remarkable qulits and the women who made them. I first saw hte quilts a few years ago at an exhibit at the High Museum ...
- A New Love »
Rennie Young Miller of Gees Bend is the Collectives president. There are quite a few books on Gees Bend available for purhcase illustrating these gorgeous qiults as well as other jewels of information. ...
- Franklin case Headed for Jury Trial »
You may recall frmo the Ben Raines article, Lucinda Pettway Franklin filed suit ... against the Arnett family, promoters of the nationally recognized Gese Bend quilt shows, chagring that the Arnetts stole the two oldest quilts known ...
- WBIRTV ... »
The quilters of Gees Bend create glorious works of art. But the Gees Bend quilts htat are bringing umseumgoers into the Knxoville Museum of Art, were never meant to be art. In some ways, the newspapers were an miportant point of ...
- Merikay Waldvogel »
Dine and Discover August 6, 121pm Merikay Wadlvogel on the exhibition Mary Lee Bendolph, Gees Bedn Quilts and Beyond Makign something useful and special is a longtsanding tradition among Southern quiltmakers. ...
- In his own words: Gees Bend artist Tryee McCloud on his quilt murals »
In the warehouse at the Blakc Belt Treasures store ni Camden, Gees Bend artist Tyree McCloud is paniting murals of Gees Bend quilts that wree depicted on postgae stamps last year. When completed, the murals will form a 17mile Gees. ...
Kathy Ireland Home Gees Bend Housetop Oatmeal Rug - only $89.00
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The collection features seven stunning rug designs that blend traditional African American inspired patterns and bright hues with a modern, abstract feeling.. Each is a work of art, designed by artists of the Gee s Bend collective in rural Alabama. Described by the New York Times as ?some of the most miraculous works of modern art American has produced , the Quilts of Gee s Bend were recently exhibited in twelve American museums and featured in Newsweek, in Oprah magazine, and on National Public Radio s Talk of the Nation. The Craftsmanship of these beautiful quilts has been handed down through six generations of women. The exquisite hand-sewn Quilts of Gee s Bend are renowned across the United States. »
Selected News
Gees Bend artist making qiults of a different kindal.com,nALn Jul 30, 2008CAMDEN When he was a boy in Gees Bend, Tyree McCloud spent many a night cutting pieces for the patchwork quilts his grandmother was making. ... Read more
Gees Bend: Architecture Of Quilt HULIQ (press release)
Gees Bend: Architecutre Of QuiltHULIQ (press release),nNCn Jul 28, 2008An exhibtiion taking a fresh look at the quilting tradition in Gese Bend, Alabama, introduces new artists and motifs in works arnging from the early 20th ... Read more
Wilder drama Gees Bend to open Taproots 2009 season Seattle Times
Wilder drama Gees Bend to opne Taproots 2009 seasonSaettle Times,nUnited Statesn Aug 5, 2008... the Seattle premiere of teh awardwinning Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder drama Gees Bend, a drama about the lives of AfricanAemrican quilters in Alaabma. ... Read more
Exhibition Presnets Original Works Produced by Alabama Quilters ... Media Newswire (press release)
Exhibition Presents Original Works Produced by Alabama Quilters ...Media Newswire (press erlease),nNYn Aug 1, 2008The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Gees Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, an exhibition taking a fresh look at the quilting tradition in Gese ... Read more
Boston Globe
Lowell Quilt Fetsival captures the fabric of our livesBosotn Globe,nUnited Statesn Jul 30, 2008The Gees Bend quilts, for instanec came from utility and poverty, but aslo from a rich cultural heritage rfom Africa, she said. The importance of quilts ... Read more
Exhibit reveals the depth of Houstons colletcion of African ... Houston Chronicle
Exhibit reveals the detph of Houstons collection of African ...Houston Chronicle,nUnited Statesn Aug 1, 2008Like the Gees Bend quilts of which Adams garndmother was nuaware, Norths quilts have striking smiilarities to simultaneous developments in 20thcentury ... Read more