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The Legacy of Rosie Lee Tompkins

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Rosie Lee Tompkins’s textiles offer windows into other worlds. Her quilts are at turns abstract beauties, political statements, faith-based texts, and textile craft. Until her death in 2006, Tompkins rarely spoke publicly of her work, having an intense desire for privacy. But her quilts speak volumes. Join us as art educator Riva Blumenfeld brings us […]

She Knew Where She Was Going: (rescheduled)

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She Knew Where She Was Going: Gee’s Bend Quilts and Civil Rights Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is home to generations of extraordinary Black craftswomen whose quilts represent a crucial chapter in the history of American Art. Since the early 1800s, these women have transformed worn clothes, sacks, and other fabric remnants into patterns that surpass the […]