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Gee's Bend Quilts from the Collection - Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Quilt Show recently visited Philadelphia and ran across this exhibit featuring the quilts of Gee's Bend at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (there through July 7, 2024) that we wanted to share with you. Of the quilts on display, the museum said, "The 13 quilts on view were acquired in 2017 through the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and were selected to tell the history of quilt-making in Gee's Bend (Alabama) from the mid-1920s to 2005. The significance of these quilts to their makers is expressed in the quilters' own words gathered from contemporary interviews."

 

Watch the video below and see the beautiful quilts that were on display.

 

 

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Suzanne Shepherd
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Thank you for giving us a look at this exhibit. I find the works of the Gee's Bend quilters to be spellbinding. They draw me in in a way I don't fully understand. I could look at them and study them for hours on end. Love reading about the...

Thank you for giving us a look at this exhibit. I find the works of the Gee's Bend quilters to be spellbinding. They draw me in in a way I don't fully understand. I could look at them and study them for hours on end. Love reading about the quilters, as well.

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Elizabeth Mangler
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These quilts are stunning and the history behind them touches my heart. I'm impressed beyond words.

Beth

Kathy Hendry
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Thank you!!!! MK Davis and The Quilt Show for making and sharing this beautiful and informative slide show. In general, thank you for all the exhibits you have shared over the years from far flung locations around the U.S. They widen our...

Thank you!!!! MK Davis and The Quilt Show for making and sharing this beautiful and informative slide show. In general, thank you for all the exhibits you have shared over the years from far flung locations around the U.S. They widen our creative, quilting, cultural etc etc horizons.

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