This group will resume in June 2024.
Contemporary art from all media often forms the context of our work as art quilters and textile artists. This group aims to provide a casual, supportive, open-minded place for us to actively learn as we discuss and become familiar with contemporary art and artists.
This group provides an important resource for those who want to grow as artists and understand today's art landscape. It is an opportunity for someone not deeply involved in the art world to learn about contemporary artists, discuss them, and hear a variety of opinions about their work.
Each month, a featured artist is selected along with some materials to read and/or watch (usually requires less than an hour of your time). Then, on the 4th Tuesday of the month (1pm ET - time zone converter), you will join a live moderated discussion on the Zoom platform (see Connection Information below).
It’s fascinating to hear other people’s thoughts and so energizing to have thoughtful and engaging discussions about an interesting artist and the broader art world. It’s a simple format - you can join just for one meeting or attend them all.
Want to learn more?
- View the current month's event details on the Event Page
- Watch this video by moderator Dolores Miller who explains more about this group.
- Video of the March 2023 meeting
- May 2023 Resources: Anish Kapoor
- June 2023 Resources: Titus Kaphar
- July 2023 Resources: Cornelia Parker
- August 2023 Resources: Ron Mueck
- September 2023 Resources: Patrick Heron
- October 2023 Resources: James Turrell
- Review materials from the previous sessions
- Join our closed Facebook group just for this SIG to benefit from group discussions and additional content
Dolores Miller lives in San Jose, CA. Her life-long interest in textiles and craft led to the decision to focus on art quilts. She has been a SAQA member since 2009, becoming a Northern (CA/NV) regional co-representative (2013-4) and serving on the regional exhibition committee (2015-17). She currently serves as SAQA board Vice-President and is the former chair of the Education Committee.
Her works have been juried into one global and four regional SAQA exhibitions. Her most recent series of work incorporates needle felting and other techniques to depict galaxies, constellations, and other objects of the night sky. Dolores curated two regional exhibitions at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles' FiberSpace (2014 and 2016). She is retired from a career as a research analytical chemist. Though she has attended many textile seminars and workshops, the last art class she took was in high school...
Questions? Please contact Dolores at dcmiller_215@comcast.net.