Gee's Bend Quilt Collective

October 6, 2010–October 17, 2010

Thursday, October 6, 2010 through Sunday, October 17, 2010
Exhibition Dates:
10/6/10- 4pm-8pm
10/7/10- 12pm-8pm
10/8/10- 10am-6pm
10/9/10- 10am-6pm
10/10/10- 12pm-6pm (opening reception)
10/11/10- 10am-6pm
10/12/10- 10am-6pm
10/13/10- 10am-6pm
10/14/10- 12pm-8pm
10/15/10- 10:00am-6:00pm
10/16/10- 12:00pm-6:00pm
10/17/10- 12:00pm-8:00pm (closing reception and tea party)

The nationally acclaimed Gee's Bend Quilt Collective will be in Pittsburgh to demonstrate their unique heritage quilt-making skills. The women of the collective, who are virtually self-taught, are carrying on a traditional cultural art form passed down generationally since the 19th century.

Also meet William Arnett the best selling author of "Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts." He will be available for a book signing and to discuss how "The women living in and around the towns of Boykin and Rehoboth along County Road 29 in Wilcox County who first made quilts for warmth" became respected as fold artists.

Gee's Bend Quilts have toured some of the most prestigious Museums in the United States including the Denver Art Museum, Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to name a few.

This is a rare opportunity to view these spectacular quilts, participate in community workshops scheduled throughout the city and meet several legendary women who sustain themselves practicing traditional quilt-making.

Gee's Bend Quilt Collective

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