Why Quilts Matter - Episode 5 - Gee's Bend

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is a nine-part documentary series that takes a fresh look at quilts and spreads the word about their unique position at the center of a startlingly broad grid of topics, ranging from women's studies to the contemporary art market.

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is coming to PBS stations this fall, and is available on DVD in August 2011. It is independently funded and produced by The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.

"In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined up around the block to see them, and the critic from The New York Times gushed as, for the first time, the quilt became the subject of a museum blockbuster. Join us as we trace the journey of the quilts of Gees Bend from the clotheslines of the South to the exhibition walls of the country's greatest museums."

Please visit www.WhyQuiltsMatter.org for more information about the series.

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