The Resource The quilts of Gee's Bend, Susan Goldman Rubin
The quilts of Gee's Bend, Susan Goldman Rubin
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- Summary
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- Explores the history and culture of a group of African American quilters from Gee's Bend, Alabama, offering details on the community and their traditions
- In the rural community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, African American women have been making quilts for generations. Taught by their mothers, grandmothers, and aunts, these women use scraps of old overalls, aprons, bleached cornmeal sacks - anything they can find. The mere scraps are then transformed into spectacular works of art, each one displaying a unique pattern with vibrant colors and complex geometric composition. Over the years, the women made quilts to keep their families warm and comfortable, never imagining that someday their work would hang on museum walls. Much to their surprise, many of the quilts were featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2002, which then traveled to the Whitney Museum in New York City. Soon enough, the whole world became acquainted with the quilts and the amazing women who created them. In this look at the close-knit community of Gee's Bend, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin explores the history of an extraordinary group of women and their unique art. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The quilts of Gee's Bend
- Title
- The quilts of Gee's Bend
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Goldman Rubin
- Title variation
- quilts of Gees Bend
- Title variation remainder
- piecing them up
- Subject
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- African American quiltmakers -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American quiltmakers -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American quilts
- African American quilts
- African American quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- African American women
- African American women -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American women -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAlabama
- Alabama -- Wilcox County
- trueHandicraft
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Art | General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Family | Multigenerational
- Juvenile works
- truePatchwork quilts
- Picture books
- trueQuilting
- Quilts
- trueQuilts
- Quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- History
- Quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American
- African American quiltmakers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Explores the history and culture of a group of African American quilters from Gee's Bend, Alabama, offering details on the community and their traditions
- In the rural community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, African American women have been making quilts for generations. Taught by their mothers, grandmothers, and aunts, these women use scraps of old overalls, aprons, bleached cornmeal sacks - anything they can find. The mere scraps are then transformed into spectacular works of art, each one displaying a unique pattern with vibrant colors and complex geometric composition. Over the years, the women made quilts to keep their families warm and comfortable, never imagining that someday their work would hang on museum walls. Much to their surprise, many of the quilts were featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2002, which then traveled to the Whitney Museum in New York City. Soon enough, the whole world became acquainted with the quilts and the amazing women who created them. In this look at the close-knit community of Gee's Bend, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin explores the history of an extraordinary group of women and their unique art. -- from dust jacket
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book, 2017.
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- 10566751
- Cataloging source
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- Rubin, Susan Goldman
- Dewey number
- 746.4609761/38
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 970L
- Intended audience source
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- 6
- 12
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- African American quilts
- African American quiltmakers
- Quilts
- African American women
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- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- African American quiltmakers
- African American quilts
- African American women
- Quilts
- Alabama
- African American quilts
- African American quiltmakers
- Quilts
- African American women
- Target audience
- juvenile
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- piecing them up
- Label
- The quilts of Gee's Bend, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Control code
- ocn953738109
- Dimensions
- 26 x 26 cm
- Extent
- 56 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419721311
- Lccn
- 2016029253
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953738109
- Label
- The quilts of Gee's Bend, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
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- txt
- sti
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn953738109
- Dimensions
- 26 x 26 cm
- Extent
- 56 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419721311
- Lccn
- 2016029253
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953738109
Subject
- African American quiltmakers -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American quiltmakers -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American quilts
- African American quilts
- African American quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- African American women
- African American women -- Alabama | Wilcox County
- African American women -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAlabama
- Alabama -- Wilcox County
- trueHandicraft
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Art | General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Family | Multigenerational
- Juvenile works
- truePatchwork quilts
- Picture books
- trueQuilting
- Quilts
- trueQuilts
- Quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- History
- Quilts -- Alabama | Wilcox County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American
- African American quiltmakers
Genre
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- trueDepression Era, 1930s : Nonfiction for Grades 3-5
- trueThe Great Depression : Nonfiction for Grades 6-8
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books: 2017
- trueRead-Alouds for Grade 5 Nonfiction
- trueAfrican American History (Tweens)
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