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The
Alliance for American Quilts is dedicated to making high quality
quilt research and information available to everyone. As part
of that effort, The Alliance is working with scholars, curators,
film makers, collectors, and institutions to bring important
contributions to quilt study to the internet. Our Special
Features pages present a variety of resources that we believe
significantly enhance understanding of the quilt's central
place in American history, art, and society.
As
its first Special Features, The Alliance is pleased to present
streaming video of three of the most important documentary
films about quilts ever made:
The
Quilts of Gee's Bend
The Gee's Bend film takes you inside the isolated African-American
community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, and introduces you to a
remarkable group of quiltmakers whose work is taking the museum
world by storm. You will see the women quilting together,
and hear them singing gospel songs and talking about what
quiltmaking means to them. What they say cuts to the heart
of what quilts are all about—family, community, beauty,
creativity, and artistic expression.
The
Alliance is grateful to the Tinwood Alliance, organizers of
the Gee's Bend exhibition, for giving us exclusive use of
their video on the Web.
Films
by Pat Ferrero
Pat Ferrero's two classic quilt films, made in the 1980s,
are still relevant today, and should be seen by everyone who
cares about quilts.
Hearts
and Hands describes the roles women and quilts played
in the great movements and events of the 19th-century—from
the Civil War and the abolition of slavery to Temperance and
Suffrage.
Quilts
in Women's Lives was the first film to document living
quiltmakers and what quilts mean to them.
We
thank Pat Ferrero for sharing clips from her award-winning
films, and BERNINA® of America for sponsoring Quilts
in Women's Lives.
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