LINKS
Quilts and Quilt Studies
Homepage of the collector of the Quilts of Gee's Bend web site
The Quilts of Gee's Bend: A Collective History. Includes photographs of the quilts, quilters, and significant text on the history of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Also includes information on the Tinwood Alliance. web site
NPR article on The Quilts of Gee's Bend including audio and photographs. web site
NPR article on the Women of Gee's Bend including an interviewby Kathryn Tucker Windham with Arlonzia Pettway, Allie "Ma" Pettway and Luc yMarie Mingo. web site
PBS Online Newshour: The Quilts of Gee's Bend from July 2003. Includes streaming video. web site
Washington Post article on the quilts and quilters. The quilts are in Washington DC from February 14 - May 17, 2004 article
International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska. web site
A web site devoted to the diverse work of ethnic quilters. web site
Art quilter Faith Ringgold web site
Useful Sites for Teachers
The PBS Series: Race the Power of an Illusion web site
Artifacts We Don't Dig Up, Using quilts made by African American women to teach history web site
Museum and other Sites
New York Historical Society web site
International Center of Photography web site
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library web site
Architect Site on the Rural Studio
American Visionary Art Museum web site
Asante Kente from Ghana: cloth samples web site