The Quilters of Gee’s Bend Are Using Their Sewing Skills to Make Facemasks
Taylor Dafoe, Artnet
April 2020
From creating visuals to promote public health tips, to producing posters that celebrate hospital workers, artists of every ilk are using their skills to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Even down in Gee’s Bend—the tiny Alabama hamlet formally known as Boykin that has nurtured three generations of quiltmakers—artists are lending a hand, using their skills to make masks for members of their community. […]