Blocks — Aolar Carson Mosely

Blocks


Aolar Carson Mosely (1912 - 1999)

Découvrez les quilts uniques d'aolar carson mosely et l'héritage de Gee’s Bend ! Explorez sa résilience, son art communautaire et son héritage dans l'histoire du patchwork américain.

Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, États-Unis)

Découvrez Souls Grown Deep : un musée dédié à l'art afro-américain du Sud ! Admirez les quilts de Gee’s Bend et les œuvres innovantes de Thornton Dial et Lonnie Holley.

Born in 1912, Aolar Carson Mosely was one of eight children in the Gee’s Bend family of Elizabeth Pettway Carson and Sim Carson. At a young age, she was taught to quilt by her mother. Unlike many of her neighbors, she used a machine that had been purchased by her father.