AIR Artists, Inc./Cotton Street Gallery, in collaboration with the Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy (FQBL), is hosting an exhibition of Gee’s Bend quilts on March 27 at the Andalusia Train Station. The ...
As part of the celebration, adidas Purpose commissioned the Quilters of Gee’s Bend to create five handcrafted 7ft x 7ft quilts for its HBCU partners—Alabama State, Alcorn State, Grambling ...
Also, adidas HBE also donated a community grant to Sew Gee’s Bend Heritage Builders, the Quilters' non-profit organization, and the Quilters created five handcrafted 7ft x 7ft quilts for Alabama ...
Etsy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ETSY), the renowned online marketplace for handmade and vintage items, finds itself at a crucial juncture as it navigates through a challenging economic landscape while ...
At the unveiling, Sherald said the dress “resembles the inspired quilt masterpieces made by the women of Gee’s Bend, a small, remote Black community in Alabama where they compose quilts in ...
In the United States, quilting originated in Gee’s Bend, Alabama where enslaved women in the 1800s crafted them to keep warm in unheated shacks. Over time, these quilts took on a deeper purpose as ...
Ben Luke talks to Raina Lampkins-Fielder, chief curator for the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, and the organiser of the exhibition Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend at the Irish Museum of ...
Here, artisans from Greenville and the surrounding areas sold goods, and attendees could see the Gee’s Bend Quilt Exhibit set center stage in one of the rooms. Some of the goods sold on Saturday and ...
Etsy is losing active buyers and sellers, which calls the health of its business into question. Advertising is helping the company make the most of it but some core metrics needs to improve in ...
How many customers are repeat buyers on Etsy? 40% of Etsy buyers are repeat customers, 8.9% are what Etsy call “habitual buyers”. What is the most popular category on Etsy? Homeware & Home Furnishings ...