Black Quilts from the High Museum

 

Black Quilts from the High Museum

 

Interview with China Pettway

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Interview with China Pettway

October 6, 2023

In October 2023, staff from the High Museum of Art traveled to Gee’s Bend (Boykin, Alabama) to learn more about quilts in the museum’s collection from the artists who made them. Here, China Pettway reflects on the family history embedded in her quilt and reveals how the side that is most often exhibited is not the one she most favors.