EXHIBITION THEME
This exhibition explores the beauty, diversity and significance of pollinators and their impact on our future. Join us in raising awareness of pollinators and their importance through art. Selected pieces highlight the crucial role pollinators play in sustaining Earth's ecosystems.
Detroit Zoological Society will be providing education materials for this exhibition.
EXHIBITION BENEFACTOR: Frank Klein
International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas: November 12-15, 2026
Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan: April - September 2027
Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth, Texas: November 1 - December 20, 2027
This exhibition will travel until December 2029
Jennifer Swope is the David and Roberta Logie Associate Curator of Textiles and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A recipient of a Lois F. McNeil Fellowship, she attended the Winterthur Program in American Culture, receiving a Master’s Degree in American Material Culture from the University of Delaware. Swope co-authored and curated Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection, a catalog and exhibition that opened at the MFA Boston in 2014. She also co-authored and curated Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, a catalog and exhibition that opened at the MFA Boston in 2021.
Ashley Ciricola is the Curator of Fine and Performing Arts for the Detroit Zoological Society. She oversees the permanent art collection at the Detroit Zoo, curates exhibits in their permanent and temporary exhibit galleries, and cares for the outdoor sculptures across the 125 acre Zoo. Pollinators is the third SAQA exhibit hosted at the Detroit Zoo. Ashley holds a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Syracuse University and enjoys nature, reading, and a good cup of tea.
Frank Klein is a renowned Texas rancher, photographer, and conservationist. He purchased his first art quilt in 2014 when he visited the SAQA "Celebrating Silver" exhibition at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Since then, his collection of art quilts has grown to over 200 pieces. His love of family, photography, and nature has developed a collection of fine art quilts that inspires the nature lover in all of us.
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
For purchase inquiries, please contact William Reker, Director of Global Exhibitions at exhibitions@saqa.art or 937-912-5009.
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