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.
Selected Artists:
Victoria Rowe Berry (Missouri, USA) - Wonderful Whirled of Butterflies and Bees
Deborah Boschert (Texas, USA) - Breezes, Birds, and Bugs
Vicki Conley (New Mexico, USA) - Unseen Heroes of the Sonoran Desert
Janet Davis (Colorado, USA) - Save the Pollinators
Tina N. Davis (Oregon, USA) - Helping Hand
Kathy DeVries (Wisconsin, USA) - Bombus auricomus (Black and Gold Bumble Bee)
Maggie Dillon (Florida, USA) - Velvet Gardeners
Gabriele DiTota (Florida, USA) - Godly Food and Pesky Midges
Christie King Eckardt (Qatar) - Amidst Crimson and Scarlet
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry (Washington, USA) - Lepidopteran #4
Dianne Firth (ACT, Australia) - Windbourne
Julie M. Garcia (Manitoba, Canada) - A Match Made in Heaven
Rebecca A. Haley (California, USA) - David's Wasp
Deborah Hampton (Kentucky, USA) - Pollinating the Flowers
Laurel Izard (Indiana, USA) - Mad Bee
Allison James (United Kingdom) - Hard At Work
Margaret Ray James (North Carolina, USA) - A Living Thread
Diane Kearney (Florida, USA) - Sunday Afternoon in the Garden
Kathy Knapp (Ohio, USA) - Where Have All The Pollinators Gone?
Lori W. Kruse (Arizona, USA) - Symbiosis - Monarchs & Milkweed
Tracey Lawko (Ontario, Canada) - Honeybee
Zwia Lipkin (California, USA) - March to Oblivion
Rachael Logsdon (North Carolina, USA) - Flower Power
Marjorie Madsen (New Mexico, USA) - Pollinator Fluffinator
Ruth E. Manny (Texas, USA) - Monarch Magnified
Anne Rosalie Moats (Arizona, USA) - Precious Desert Oasis
Claire Passmore (Mauritius) - Pollinating Paradise
Karen Peters (Washington, USA) - No More Chocolate?!
Gabrielle Pentz Ryan (Arizona, USA) - Here Comes the Night Shift
Robin DeMuth Schofield (Connecticut, USA) - Choices
Susan Selby (Manitoba, Canada) - Dandelion Season
Carolyn Skei (Texas, USA) - Imperiled Pollinator
Jennifer Solon (Connecticut, USA) - Swarm
Mieko Washio (Japan) - Wind carrier
Laura Wasilowski (Illinois, USA) - Disappearing
Serap Whitmer (Washington, USA) - Pollinated & Plated
Dorinda Wiersma (Michigan, USA) - Flutter & Flourish
Zara Zannettino (South Australia, Australia) - Travel Bug
** artists were notified via email 01/21
