joined by quiltmaker artist Loretta Pettway Bennett, who carries on the multi-generational quiltmaking tradition of her family and home community of Gee's Bend, Alabama.

Loretta's work:

https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/loretta-pettway-bennett

https://www.gregkucera.com/bennett-loretta.htm

Soul's Grown Deep: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers

Pashko: https://paskho.com/pages/about-community-made

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