So many Black artist go unknown. The National Gallery of Art recently acquired 40 sculptures, assemblages, paintings, reliefs, quilts, and drawings, including the Gee's Bend quilts. Below is a a picture of one of the quilts on display. When I got home, I made my own mini-quilt using scraps of fabric and glued on canvas. This is a great no-sew, simple way to make a quilt on display (also see below).
Learn more of the quilts of Gee's Bend here. The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. ~ JM
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| A quilt of Gee's Bend |
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| My own version of a quilt using scrap fabric, glue and canvas. |
