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  1. Untitled by Marlene Bennett Jones, Image 1.

    Marlene Bennett Jones

    Untitled, 2023

    Corduroy Quilt

    86 x 67 in (218.44 x 170.18 cm)

Marlene Bennett Jones is the daughter of Agatha P. “Cat” Bennett and granddaughter of Delia Bennett, two renowned Gee’s Bend quilters. Marlene remembers that her mother would get up in the morning and start cooking a pot of collard greens and sweet potatoes. She would then go from house-to-house quilting in groups with the other women in “the Bend.” As a child, Marlene was not required to learn to quilt. She took up the artform as an adult after the passing of her mother in 2006 and her father in 2007. She gathered her parents' clothing and made twenty quilts that she shared with family members in their memory.

Quilting is Marlene’s passion, and her work is installed in museums throughout the country.
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