A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts
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Nov 14, 2009 11:00 am (Saturday)
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Age Group: All AgesVenue: Boise Art MuseumAddress: 670 Julia Davis Drive | Boise, Idaho 83702Phone: 208-345-8330 A Survey of Gee's Bend QuiltsOctober 10, 2009 January 17, 2010Hail...
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Event details: A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts
Description
Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Boise Art Museum
Address: 670 Julia Davis Drive | Boise, Idaho 83702
Phone: 208-345-8330
A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts
October 10, 2009 January 17, 2010
Hailed by the New York Times as some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced, the abstract quilts from the tiny, isolated African-American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, prompted a rethinking of commonly accepted artistic categories. Throughout much of the twentieth century, making quilts was considered a domestic responsibility for the African-American women in Gee's Bend, an area of Rehoboth and Boykin, Alabama. As young girls, many of the women trained or apprenticed in their craft with their mothers, female relatives, or friends. Women with large families often made dozens upon dozens of quilts over the course of their lives. Organized by Tinwood Media and the Boise Art Museum, the exhibition will feature 25 quilts created between 1940 2006, as well as 20 contemporary prints inspired by the quilts created by several of the Gee's Bend artists.
Venue: Boise Art Museum
Address: 670 Julia Davis Drive | Boise, Idaho 83702
Phone: 208-345-8330
A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts
October 10, 2009 January 17, 2010
Hailed by the New York Times as some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced, the abstract quilts from the tiny, isolated African-American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, prompted a rethinking of commonly accepted artistic categories. Throughout much of the twentieth century, making quilts was considered a domestic responsibility for the African-American women in Gee's Bend, an area of Rehoboth and Boykin, Alabama. As young girls, many of the women trained or apprenticed in their craft with their mothers, female relatives, or friends. Women with large families often made dozens upon dozens of quilts over the course of their lives. Organized by Tinwood Media and the Boise Art Museum, the exhibition will feature 25 quilts created between 1940 2006, as well as 20 contemporary prints inspired by the quilts created by several of the Gee's Bend artists.
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