SAQA Events

The Spotlight Auction will be an online event taking place April 15-25, 2026. This is an opportunity for all SAQA members to have their work showcased to a world-wide audience.

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...

See what’s hidden in plain sight! 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...

Imagine an existence where you pull one string and reality unravels. Twenty-seven artists from the U.S., United Kingdom, France, and Canada have interpreted the riotous creativity and far-out fusions of punk (Steampunk, Biopunk, Atompunk and more) to tell their own...

This exhibition explores fire not just as a destructive force, but as a symbol of renewal, power, and transformation. Many pieces address themes of climate change, deforestation, and the renewal that comes after devastation, adding a thoughtful and timely narrative to the visual feast.

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 the West. The color red is associated with purity in India, and in China it traditionally symbolizes luck. Red is also a primary color, crucial to the creation of other hues.

There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to...

Life might be described as a ride through time and space, so what better theme for an exhibition than one that invites work depicting facets of life in motion! From literal rides (bicycles, horses, trains, planes, surfboards) to figurative rides...

AI: Artistic Interpretations unites the creativity of fiber artists from across the globe with the algorithms, data, and machine learning of Artificial Intelligence. This exhibition showcases the boundless creativity that emerges when human artistry combines with the potential of technology...

Emiko Fujimoto has been making quilts in the Satsuma region of Japan for over 40 years. She mainly uses Japanese vintage fabrics. Her work reflects a deep love for the region and for her materials. "When there's a beautiful pattern...

Join us on February 18 at 2PM EST as we celebrate the winter publication of The Surface Design Journal: Traditions & Persistence. Highlighting makers and writers across Latin America, the journal explores the art practices of one of the “most...

"Boro" is a Japanese term associated with the cycle of use and reuse — of wearing something out and mending it, over and over. In rural communities across Japan, mainly before World War II, boro was a way of life...

Order. Simplicity. Harmony. Minimalism is line, shape, form, and color combined to simply highlight the very essence of the medium and materials used to create art. Erasing the distinctions between mediums to call attention to the artwork itself, without expectation of emotion or deep meaning. In the words of Frank Stella, “What you see is what you see.” A pure form of beauty.

Earth, from space, looks like a shimmering gem suspended in an inky, infinite expanse. But this serene image masks the magnificent and volatile interior forces that make life possible on the surface. A diverse group of artists from 11 countries around the world present their views of the universe in this fascinating collection of contemporary artwork.

Birds are found all around the world. They remind us of ourselves yet are also able to fly up in the heavens. Artists around the globe respond to the birds they admire in myriad ways using a wide variety of materials and techniques.

Wind is the movement of air; you cannot see it or hold it in your hand, but it provides a powerful source of energy essential to our planet. From a light breeze to natural hazards like hurricanes or tornadoes, wind...

‘Urban Rhythms’ invites artists to immerse themselves in the dynamic energy of city life. From the constant movement of people and traffic to the interplay of light and shadow across architectural landscapes, cities are alive with patterns and movement that...

See it, touch it, hear it. Let your artwork engage the senses in this no-theme exhibition that will allow viewers of all ages to experience textile art in ways not usually allowed. Embrace the challenge to create art that is appealing not just visually, but also through sound, touch, or interactive components.

Imagine an existence where you pull one string and reality unravels. Twenty-seven artists from the U.S. (including three from Florida), United Kingdom, France, and Canada have interpreted the riotous creativity and far-out fusions of punk (Steampunk, Biopunk, Atompunk and more)...

Every day we use pathways to take us from one place to another place. They are places that our feet travel, essential but transitional spaces that take us where we want to go. Which pathways do you use and how...