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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Louisiana Bendolph) Mayday
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Louisiana Bendolph) Triangles (After Annie E. Pettway) 2005
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Lousiana Bendolph) American Housetop (For the Arnett's) 2005
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Mary Lee Bendolph) Housetop Blocks/Purple 2005
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Mary Lee Bendolph) Lonnie Holley's Freedom 2005
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Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
(Mary Lee Bendolph) Mama's Song 2005
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Biography |
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The women of the Gee's Bend Quilters Collective all live in the area of Rehoboth and Boykin, Alabama. Member quilters include Arlonzia Pettway, Louisiana Bendolph, Lucy Pettway, Allie Pettway and Lucy Mingo. |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009 |
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"Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond", Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; The Missouri Historical Society Museum, St. Louis, MO; Flint Art Museum, Flint, MI; Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO |
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2008 |
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"Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt", Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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2006 |
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA |
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2005 |
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Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University |
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2005 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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2005 |
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA |
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2004 |
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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2004 |
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
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2003 - 2004 |
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
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2003 |
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Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art |
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2002 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
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Literature |
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2006 |
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Gees Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt |
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2002 |
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Gee's Bend: The Women And Their Quilts (Tinwood) |
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2002 |
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Quilts of Gee’s Bend |
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