All Events

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Tiny Pieces, Vast Visions brings together four extraordinary contemporary quilters (Deb Cashatt, Susan Lapham, Niraja Lorenz, and Irene Roderick) whose work commands a strong visual impact when viewed together. Seen from a distance, they provide vast visions for the viewer...
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Without light there is no vision. Light is our primary tool for perceiving and understanding the world around us. Light allows us to appreciate the world through shape and form and evokes emotions. Common qualities of light are intensity, quality...
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The Quilted Canvas IV is the final exhibition in a series that began in 2017 at the New England Quilt Museum to recognize and celebrate America’s pioneering art quilters. This fourth installment features the works of Ruth McDowell, Jude Larzelere...
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Our known world stretches far beyond what we can see with the unaided eye. Microscopes, magnifying glasses, and virtual imaging techniques reveal a world of great beauty and complexity.
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20 Crossroads members received an envelope with a bundle of surprise fabrics.16 quilts (some made by SAQA members) are on view in the gallery of Bieke Paternoster. Viewers can interact by looking for the vintage Belgian linen towel (Marleen) and...
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Call for Entry Deadline:
Open to all current SAQA Oregon primary and secondary region members.
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Yvonne Porcella started working as a fiber artist in the early 1960s. She started with hand weaving and dressmaking, especially folk costumes, for which she developed patterns. She pieced fabrics for her garments and eventually made art quilts. In 1989...
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Jonathan Shannon was the first male winner of the American Quilter's Society Best of Show Award in 1993 with his quilt, Air Show (1992). The artist, now deceased, had a long and varied career in textiles, fashion, and interior design...
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Wind is the second in a three-part series of Primal Forces exhibitions (Earth, Wind, Fire) premiering at the National Quilt Museum. Wind is the movement of air; you cannot see it or hold it in your hand, but it provides...
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People and animals are distinguished by their individual personalities- We’ve all known shy children and extroverted adults. Additionally, our dogs often look at us in a quizzical fashion, horses radiate kindness out of their huge eyes, and cats sometimes turn...
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Traditional fibre arts and textiles at home began out of necessity and resourcefulness. There is abundant and complex research available on the relationship of women with craft: about craft as a message carrier, a keeper of cultural knowledge and traditions...
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The Red Dress, conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod, provides an artistic platform for women around the world to tell their personal stories through embroidery. From 2009 to 2022, pieces of the Red Dress traveled the globe, the focus of...
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Realistic portraits, beautiful cyanotypes, and colorful abstracts will fill the gallery, showing a good sampling of modern-day textile art. These artists borrow from traditional quilt-making techniques but also use updated procedures such as sun printing, hand dying, and computer design...
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Our faculty offers exciting, entertaining, educational and inspirational five-day workshops. Join us as we continue to offer the ultimate quilting retreat experience at the renowned “Refuge by the Sea” – Asilomar! Session 1: February 25 - March 1, 2024 Jan...
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Dissent in art is a powerful and compelling expression of resistance, a means by which artists challenge the status quo, question authority, and provoke critical thought. Throughout history, visual art has served as a medium for dissent, allowing individuals to...
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Throughout the Denver Art Museum’s history, textile arts have played a fundamental role in the development of its collecting philosophies and exhibition programs. The first textile entered the museum almost one hundred years ago, and since that time, textile arts...
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Call for Entry Deadline:
Open to SAQA Europe and Middle East primary or secondary region members
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Karin Täuber’s international background inspires her award-winning fiber art and helps her create. She has always been intrigued by color, fibers, and the imaginary world. Painting with thread brings these passions together and allows her to tell a story with...
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Exhibition of contemporary fiber artists making autobiographical work about their identities, family histories, and cultural traditions. The artists included in this exhibition research, collect, combine, reimagine, reuse, and revisit historical and contemporary textiles and fiber techniques. The materials and objects...
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Tales from a Ghost Town is a collection of works created over the last 12 years based on Joanne Alberda's photographs of the drama of decay in the stories of lives and materials in a western gold mining site. Reception...