Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers
Forthcoming: American Museum & Gardens, Bath
14 February – 21 June 2026
Qunnie Pettway, Flying Gee’s, 1982, © Qunnie Pettway / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London; photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio, Rockford, IL / Art Resource, NY
The American Museum & Gardens announces Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend, celebrating the extraordinary work of a group of African American women from Alabama, which embodies a 200-year tradition of making quilts that hold both profound artistic and political significance.
Co-organised by the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and Souls Grown Deep, USA this is the only current exhibition showing Gee’s Bend in the UK. The Gee’s Bend quiltmakers’ expressly modern work is deeply rooted in African American textile traditions and showcase unique creativity in geometric patterns.