MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FREEDOM CENTER PRESENTS GEE’S BEND QUILTERS IN LECTURE AND EXHIBITION 

LEADING AMERICAN ARTISTS OF GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TRADITION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND ARTISTIC LEGACY IN PRESERVING DEMOCRACY LECTURE MARCH 4 AT OAKLAND MARRIOTT, EXHIBITION MARCH 3-25 AT JOYCE GORDON GALLERY IN OAKLAND

Oakland, CA —Members of the famed Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, will give a lecture Saturday, March 4, at 7 pm at the Oakland Marriott, accompanied by an exhibition of 30 quilts March 3-25 at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland. The events are organized by the Oakland- based Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center in partnership with Peralta Community College District and Joyce Gordon Gallery.

Quilters featured will be Ms. Mary Ann Pettway, Executive Director of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective, and Ms. China Pettway and Ms. Julia Pettway. In addition to the lecture and exhibition, the Pettways will give in-school presentations at area high schools discussing the history of quilting and the central role culture plays in preserving and protecting democracy. Admission to the lecture, presented as part of the popular Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series, is free with registration. To reserve your seats for the March 4th lecture, please RSVP by calling 510-434-3988.

Joyce Gordon Gallery is located at 406 14th Street in downtown Oakland, and is open to the public Wednesday through Friday 11 am-6 pm and Saturday 1-4 pm. An exhibition catalog is available. For more information about the Quilters of Gee’s Bend, the lecture and exhibition, visit www.mlkfreedomcenter.org.

Sponsors: Golden State Warriors, IBEW local 595, Northern California Carpenter and Blaisdell's Business Products.

To reserve your seats for the March 4th lecture, please RSVP by calling 510-434-3988.

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