Black Quilts from the High Museum

 

Black Quilts from the High Museum

 

Scenes from Airing of the Quilts Festival

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Scenes from Airing of the Quilts Festival

October 6, 2023

In October of 2023, High Museum staff traveled to Gee’s Bend to attend the second annual Airing of the Quilts festival and interview quilters in the High’s collection. Katherine Jentleson, Senior Curator of American Art and Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, shares her experiences from that trip.