Sally Mae Pettway Mixon (born 1965) is an American artist. She is associated with the

Gee's Bend Boykin, also known as Gee's Bend, is an African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The te ...

quilting collective, alongside her mother,

Candis Pettway Candis Mosely Pettway (November 25, 1924 – May 22, 1997) was an American artist. She is associated with the Freedom Quilting Bee and the Gee's Bend group of quilters, alongside her daughters Qunnie Pettway, Sally Mae Pettway, and Edwina Pettw ...

, and her sisters

Qunnie Pettway Qunnie Pettway (1943–2010) was an American artist. She worked for the Freedom Quilting Bee and is associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters. Her mother, Candis Pettway, taught her to quilt, and she passed the skill on to her daughter Lore ...

and Edwina Pettway. Her wor
''Blocks and Strips'' (2003)
is in the permanent collection of the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

, where it was featured in the exhibition
Called to Create: Black Artists of the American South
' (September 18, 2022 - March 26, 2023, curated by Harry Cooper). Her work was also featured in the
Assembly: New Acquisitions by Contemporary Black Artists
' exhibit at The Blanton Museum of Art (December 11, 2021 - September 4, 2022).

References

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