Smithsonian

Fabric of Their Lives

"All I know is that the museum's a better place because of the Gee's Bend exhibitions," says Peter Marzio, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (shown here). "They expand the sense of what art can be." The new show (quilts are by Loretta P. Bennett) opened in Houston in June.

John F. Ficara; Collection of the Tinwood Alliance

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Photos from: "Fabric of Their Lives" »