SAQA Events

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.

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...

Get ready to Pollinate + Create at our next SAQA in-person conference, April 29 - May 1, 2027 SAQA’s conference will be hosted near Detroit, Michigan, a city where art, innovation, and creativity are woven into its rich history and...

This new, exciting exhibition is a collaboration between Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute and SAQA. The museum seeks to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the (Sonoran) Desert.

In the past, many traditional quilts reused and repurposed worn clothing as a practical necessity. In a modern world that is both inundated with textiles and increasingly environmentally aware, many fiber artists have made a conscious effort to return to...

A threshold marks the place where one space or condition gives way to another, be it physical, metaphorical, or metaphysical. Taken collectively, a threshold exists not as a simple dividing line, but as a charged and dynamic space - a...

Remember passing the local travel agency when you were growing up and seeing all the posters of the most amazing places in the world? Let’s see the place you always wanted to travel to or the poster that inspired you...

This exhibition celebrates dragons as creatures of fantasy, folklore, and wonder. We welcome artwork inspired by mythology, religion, literature, historical art, or original imagination—including, but not limited to, majestic celestial dragons, tiny whimsical drakes, and fearsome wyrms. Let your imagination soar, and bring your own vision of these legendary creatures to life!