Read more about the Gee’s Bend quilt exhibit at Atlanta’s High Museum by “The Enlightened Hillbilly”. He attended the preview of the show and met some of the amazing women of Gee’s Bend Alabama who created these treasures.
He also posted a “camera phone video” of some of these women singing and dancing during the exhibit.
“The Enlightened Hillbilly” also gives a brief his account of his wife’s weekend spent hanging out with the Gee’s Bend quilters…she says the quilts look like “jazz come to life” of fabric.
“The magnificent women of Gee’s Bend turn their scraps and their necessities into things we need—like music and beauty and a nice warm cover on the bed at night,” states the Hillbilly on his blog. “Let’s learn from them. We’ve got to. Because, in today’s world, Lord knows we’re gonna need cover.” (Photo courtesy of the High Museum of Art.)
He also posted a “camera phone video” of some of these women singing and dancing during the exhibit.
“The Enlightened Hillbilly” also gives a brief his account of his wife’s weekend spent hanging out with the Gee’s Bend quilters…she says the quilts look like “jazz come to life” of fabric.
“The magnificent women of Gee’s Bend turn their scraps and their necessities into things we need—like music and beauty and a nice warm cover on the bed at night,” states the Hillbilly on his blog. “Let’s learn from them. We’ve got to. Because, in today’s world, Lord knows we’re gonna need cover.” (Photo courtesy of the High Museum of Art.)
