The Glorious Quilts of Gees Bend

Haptic & Hue by Jo Andrews

Feb 5, 202634:47Arts

An extraordinary new exhibition has just opened in the small Alabama township of Gees Bend, and it gives us some clues as to why this community of world-famous quilters became home to one of America's greatest creative l...

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