Kith & Kin: the Quilts of Gee’s Bend Exhibition
Schedule
Sat Feb 14 2026 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
American Museum & Gardens | Bath, EN
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Kith & Kin: the Quilts of Gee’s Bend ExhibitionOpen from 14 February – 21 June 2026
Kith & Kin: the Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibition celebrates the extraordinary work of a group of African American women from a remote river island community in Alabama which embodies a 200-year tradition of making quilts that hold both profound artistic and political significance.
Co-organised by the Irish Museum of Modern Art/IMMA, Dublin and Souls Grown Deep, USA (a non-profit organisation dedicated to the recognition and empowerment of Black artists from the American South) this is the only showing of the exhibition in the UK.
With skills and traditions passed down primarily from mother to daughter, the women of Gee’s Bend have created quilts that are renowned for their improvisational style, bold colours, and abstract designs, often compared to modernist art movements like abstract expressionism.
Plan your visit:
www.americanmuseum.org/exhibitions
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Where is it happening?
American Museum & Gardens, Claverton Manor,Bathampton, Bath, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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