Photo Flash: Burning Coal Theatre Co Presents GEE'S BEND
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 14, 2010
GEE'S BEND by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder is based on the true story of the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama, whose innovative quilts now hang in our nation's most prestigious art museums. Through family, faith, and quilting, the members of this isolated African-American community survived slavery, the Great Depression, and Jim Crow, in their journey toward becoming great American artists.
The quilts provided for GEE'S BEND are a result of the collaboration between Burning Coal Theatre Company and quilters and quilting guilds from across the state of North Carolina. These quilters have designed and constructed nearly a dozen custom-made quilts for the production. At the April 24th Lobby Lecture (6:15 pm), these artists will display their Gee's Bend-inspired quilts and discuss the process of designing and building these quilts. The panel will include members of the Gate City Quilt Guild in Greensboro, the Capital Quilters Guild and Ebony Raleigh Area Group Stitchers in Raleigh, and the African-American Quilt Circle and the Durham-Orange Quilters' Guild in Durham. The quilts will then be auctioned off on-line. They may be viewed at www.burningcoalquilts.com/quilts/Auction.html.
Meymandi Theatre is located at 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 or $15 for students, Seniors and Active Military. Thursday tickets are $10. Sunday, April 18 at 2 pm is Audio Described for the Hearing Impaired and ‘Pay What You Can' day. GEE'S BAND performs April 16, 18, 22, 24, 30 and May 2, 2010.
Photo by the Right Image Photography, Inc
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