Joanna Pettway Explained

Joanna Pettway
Birth Place:	Gees Bend, Alabama
Death Place:	Gees Bend, Alabama
Nationality:	American
Field:	textile artist

Joanna Pettway (1924 - 1993) was an American quilt artist and daughter of Gees Bend quilter Martha Jane Pettway.^[1]

Biography

Pettway was born in 1924 in Gees Bend, Alabama.^[2] She was one of twelve children of Martha Jane and Little Pettway, living her whole life in Gees Bend.^[3] She is associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters.^[1]

Joanna Pettway's work is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art,^[4] the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gee's Bend : the women and their quilts . 2002 . Tinwood Books . Atlanta, Ga. . 9780971910409 . 233 . 1st.
2. Web site: Joanna Pettway . Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts . 4 February 2022.
3. Web site: Joanna Pettway . Souls Grown Deep . 4 February 2022.
4. Web site: Joanna Pettway, American, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1924 - 1993 . Birmingham Museum of Art . 4 February 2022.
5. Web site: Joanna Pettway . Philadelphia Museum of Art . 4 February 2022.