Gee's Bend Quilt Collective Exhibit

***Special Event***
Please note separate ticket price for the UMOJA event when checking out.

UMOJA African Art Company presents African-Caribbean Night
in collaboration with Balafon West African Dance Ensemble featuring Kadiatou Conte’. Special performance by Nia Youth Steel Pan Drum Ensemble under the direction of Jonnet Solomon-Nowlin.
Time: 6p-8p
Cost: $15


The nationally acclaimed Gee's Bend Quilt Collective will be in Pittsburgh to demonstrate their unique heritage quilt-making skills. The women of the collective, who are virtually self-taught, are carrying on a traditional cultural art form passed down generationally since the 19th century.

Gee's Bend Quilts have toured some of the most prestigious Museums in the United States including the Denver Art Museum, Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to name a few.

This is a rare opportunity to view these spectacular quilts, participate in community workshops scheduled throughout the city and meet several legendary women who sustain themselves practicing traditional quilt-making.


Exhibition Dates:
10/6/10- 4pm-8pm
10/7/10- 12pm-8pm
10/8/10- 10am-6pm
10/9/10- 10am-6pm
10/10/10- 12pm-6pm (opening reception)
10/11/10- 10am-6pm
10/12/10- 10am-6pm
10/13/10- 10am-6pm
10/14/10- 12pm-8pm
10/15/10- 10:00am-6:00pm
10/16/10- 12:00pm-6:00pm
10/17/10- 12:00pm-8:00pm (closing reception and tea party)