l’dor vador: from generation to generation
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L’dor vador: From Generation to Generation. Quilts: The Stories of Generations Ilene Goldis Grayev [email protected] PSLA Conference April 30, 2009. Communities share culture through the creation of quilts. How is the culture of a society depicted in its textiles? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
L’dor vador: From Generation to Generation
Quilts: The Stories of Generations Ilene Goldis Grayev
[email protected] Conference
April 30, 2009
Communities share culture through the creation of quilts
• How is the culture of a society depicted in its textiles?• What features of a quilt enhance our understanding of
a time and place?• Why is this type of artistic expression valued?• What do we learn about the community through
quilts?
GEE’S BEND: THE ARCHITECTURE OF
THE QUILT
AND AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTMAKING TRADITIONS
*Note: The first six quilts in this slideshow are from the exhibition, Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. The last four quilts are from the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and are not always on view.
Gee’s Bend Quilts
• Located in Wilcox County, Alabama• Land that was once all plantations • Owned by emancipated slaves after the Civil War• Tradition of quilting connected generations• Early quilts made from used textiles• Believed that the love and spirit of the people who
wore the clothes remained in the cloth• Used this form to tell the stories of who they were
and where they came from
Quilts tell stories…
…stories about a person’s life
…stories about family history
…stories of someone’s hopes and dreams
Mary Lee Bendolph gets ideas for her designs from the world around her - including clothing, her barn, others’ quilts, and the way the land looks when she’s high above it in an airplane.
What do you think she saw that inspired some of the designs in this quilt?
The quilt on the left was made by Pearlie Posey. The quilt on the right was made by her daughter, Sarah Mary Taylor.
What similarities do you notice about their quilts?
How would you describe each artist’s unique style?
Faith Ringgold based this quilt on her children’s book, Tar Beach, which is about Cassie, a young girl, who imagines that she can fly.
Here, Cassie, her family, and friends are enjoying a summer evening on the roof of their building in New York City.
Ringgold based this part of the story on her own childhood memories.
Curriculum Tie-Ins
• K-3 Storytelling, Language Arts• 4th States/Regions• 7th Civil War• 11th U.S. History, World War II• 9th/10th Geometry• 11th/12th Textiles/Fine Arts
Bibliography:
Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt and African American Quiltmaking Traditions. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008.
Krinitz, Esther and Bernice Steinhardt. Memories of Survival. New York: Hyperion Books, 2005
McKissak, Patricia. Stichin’and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt. New York: Radom House, 2008.
Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. New York: Aladdin Books, 1988.
Online Sources:
The Alliance for American Quilts http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.orgA Century of Quiltshttp://www.pbs.org/americaquilts International Quilt Center and Museumhttp://www.International Quilt Study Center & Museum Discover The Collections Quilt Explorer.mhtQuilt Ethic
http://www.Quilt Ethnic, Resources on Antique Quilts, Native American Quilts, Quilt Fabrics and much
more.htm