Current SAQA Exhibitions
These exhibitions were either juried or invitational, selected from among all SAQA members.
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Several current and future SAQA exhibitions are available to travel. Contact William N. Reker or call 860-487-4199 for more information.
Future Exhibitions
Seasonal Palette
Premiere at International Quilt Festival - Houston, November 1-4, 2012
Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas, January 10 - March 31, 2013
International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2013
International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, California, July 2013
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky, September 12 - December 2, 2013
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Images at the International Quilt Festival - Houston
Video at the International Quilt Festival - Houston, courtesy eQuilter.com
A Sense of Scale
Premiere at International Quilt Festival - Houston, November 1-4, 2012
International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2013
International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, California, July 2013
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Images at the International Quilt Festival - Houston
Juror – Ulysses Grant Dietz
Curator – Anne Hiemstra
SAQA Showcase
International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
August 3, 2012 - February 24, 2013
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Images at the International Quilt Study Center
Jurors: Judith Content and Carolyn Ducey
Managing Curator: Leni Levenson Wiener
Carolyn Ducey, curator of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, has posted a series of videos discussing each of the artists in the SAQA Showcase exhibition:
Introduction
Jan Myers-Newbury
Gay Lasher
Wen Redmond
Deidre Adams
Michael Cummings
Susan Shie
I'm Not Crazy
World Quilt Show - New England X, August 16-19, 2012, Manchester, New Hampshire
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XIX, September 13-16, 2012, Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania
Pacific International Quilt Festival XXI, October 11-14, 2012, Santa Clara, California
World Quilt Show – Florida IV, November 8-10, 2012, West Palm Beach, Florida
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XIX, February 21-24, 2013, Hampton, Virginia
The Quilt Fest of New Jersey IX, Feb 28-March 3, 2013, Somerset, New Jersey
Denver Natl Quilt Festival VIII, May 2-5, 2013, Denver, Colorado
Additional venue locations to be determined
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Juror: Sue Reno
Curator: Kathy Nida
Sightlines
image courtesy Alexandria, LA Museum of Art
International Quilt Festival-Houston, November 4 - 7, 2010
International Quilt Festival-Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2011|
Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Golden, Colorado, April 15 - June 30, 2011
International Quilt Festival-Long Beach, California, July 2011
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, Dec. 2, 2011 - Feb. 25, 2012
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, April 26 - August 12, 2012
Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 27 - December 31, 2012
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri, January 11 - March 11, 2013
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon, May 28 - July 26, 2013
William and Florence Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, Illinois, August 22 - October 15, 2013
Invitational Curator: Virginia Spiegel with advice from Jenny Bowker
Curator's statement
Managing Curator: Clairan Ferrono
Quilts available for purchase
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Further information for venues interested in hosting this traveling exhibition
Images at Alexandria Museum of Art
Images at Morris Museum
See the Creative Force section below for a video review at International Quilt Festival (Houston), courtesy of Luana Rubin of eQuilter.com. Sightlines is the second half of the video
Masters 2
International Quilt Festival - Houston, November 3-6, 2011
International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2013
International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, California, July 2013
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, U.K., August 16-19, 2012
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, January 15 - April 15, 2013
Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, Florida, May 18 - August 24, 2013
An invitational exhibit of one work each by 37 of the 41 artists featured in the new book Masters: Art Quilts, Volume 2 by Martha Sielman (Lark, August 2011). Buy the book
Images and details about each artwork (PDF format)
Interview with Martha Sielman, filmed at Festival of Quilts 2012 by Luana Rubin
Video, filmed at the 2011 Houston International Quilt Festival
Further information for venues interested in hosting this traveling exhibition
Beyond Comfort
Premiere Location: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, United Kingdom, August 11-14, 2011
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 19 - September 16, 2012
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, January 20 - March 10, 2013
Texas A&M University, J. Wayne Stark Galleries, College Station, Texas, May 23 - August 18, 2013
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Quilts available for purchase
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Juror: Marci McDade
Curator: Eileen Doughty
Further information for venues interested in hosting this traveling exhibition
Images at the Butler Institute of American Art
Festival of Quilts:
- images
- Video (second half), courtesy Luana Rubin of e.Quilter.com
"This is a Quilt!"
Trunk B at Sookmyung Women's University Museum & Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum. Seoul, Korea
SAQA’s second Trunk Show was designed to showcase SAQA’s diversity of talent and its mission to “promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, and documentation.” Learn more about these quilts and how to bring a trunk show to your area.
View all the Trunk Show artworks and booking schedules
American Sewing Guild, Cameron Park, CA
Image courtesy Bobbi Bullard