No matter where you live, you’ve got something special to look forward to! Our annual SAQA conference "Oceans Apart, Connected by Art " will be held online from April 23-25, 2026. This unique event will focus on fiber art and...
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Through our museum-quality exhibition program, we bring contemporary art quilts to venues across the globe. Our online collection and virtual galleries explore the beauty and diversity of this vibrant art form.
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The Virtual Gallery committee is actively seeking SAQA members to serve as volunteer exhibition curators for the Virtual Gallery program. Every exhibition tells a story and the curator is the author of that narrative.
Congratulations to the following artists who were selected by jurors Ashley Ciricola, Frank Klein, and Jennifer Swope for the SAQA Global Exhibition Pollinators. This exhibition will premiere in November 2026 at Quilt Festival Houston.
Congratulations to the artists selected by curator Margaret Knepper for the Virtual Gallery "Made it Splash". This online gallery will be on display February 1.
Featured Exhibitions
On view at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi
There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. These artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art which resonates in today’s world.
On view at the Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan
This exhibition celebrates the wonder of wildlife and the artistry of concealment. Discover how talented artists bring the fascinating survival strategies of animals to life. Through vibrant patterns, textures, and colors, each piece reveals a story of adaptation, survival, and self-expression.
On view at the South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota
Ever since our earliest ancestors began applying iron oxide to cave walls and their bodies, the color red has played a major role in art, rituals, and spirituality. The use of red can evoke excitement, danger, anger or love in...
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