Exhibition Lecture: The Quilts of Gee's Bend with Raina Lampkins-Fielder
13 February | Doors open 6:15pm | Talk starts 7pm
To coincide with the launch of special exhibition Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Raina Lampkins-Fielder, chief curator for the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, will give a talk on the unique quilt making tradition of Gee’s Bend, a community of over five generations of Black American quiltmakers located on the banks of the Alabama River.
Image credit: Ana Bloom
About Raina Lampkins-Fielder
Raina Lampkins-Fielder is a Paris based curator and cultural programmer. She currently serves as chief curator for Souls Grown Deep, the Atlanta based non-profit that documents, preserves, and showcases art by African American artists of the American South. Raina Lampkin-Fielder’s distinguished career in major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City which mounted the seminal The Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibition in 2002 and Brooklyn Museum, has now led her to focus on the preservation and presentation of art by African-American artists of the American South. As curator for Souls Grown Deep, Lampkins-Fielder advocates for artistic recognition of Black artists from the American South, promoting visibility, scholarship, and education about their contributions to art history while fostering economic development and racial and social justice in the communities that gave rise to these artists.
About the exhibition
Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee's Bend
14 Feb – 21 June 2026
The Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers are a group of African American women from a small Alabama community whose work became symbols of Black empowerment and cultural pride. This stunning collection of textile works celebrates African American culture and heritage. In recent years, the quilts have been shown in art museums and galleries internationally, celebrated for their striking geometric compositions and improvisational approach to shape, texture, and colour.
Tickets
13 February
Things you need to know
Doors will open at 6:15pm.
The lecture will begin at 7pm and is due to end by 9pm.
We are pleased to offer free parking. If the main car park is full, please follow our signs to the additional parking, just a short distance up Claverton Hill from the main car park.
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