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Conversations with the Artists

Cecilia Koppmann is an award-winning artist based in Argentina who is known for her striking, modern quilts, as well as her generous teaching style. Throughout her adult life, Cecilia believes the art of quilting has rescued her multiple times, specifically...

Conversations with the Artists

Through sumptuous, colorful embroideries and quilts, this creative duo plays with themes of gender, culture, queerness, and domestic life. Join Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone on a tour of 20 years of creative collaboration, along with their son-pet-dog, Piolin. They...

Conversations with the Artists

Chiaki Dosho’s fiber art is created from antique kimono, cut and reformed into uniquely dimensional and textural pieces. Her original approach leads to fresh and exciting art. Each series focuses on natural themes, life, and death. During this Textile Talk...

Conversations with the Artists

Join Cindy Grisdela to explore her solo show "Abstractions in Color" on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum. Cindy will be joined by VQM Executive Director Alicia Thomas to discuss how Cindy's work has evolved over time and what has...

Conversations with the Artists

Join artists Jim Hay, Rivka Hamdani, and Connie Rohman for an hour of art and conversation. These exhibiting artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Connections will share their art, process, and inspiration followed by a Q&A session moderated by Martha Sielman...

Conversations with the Artists

Becky Glasby, Director of Education at the National Quilt Museum (NQM) in Paducah, KY talks with Louisville-based quilt artist Audrey Esarey. Audrey's exhibition, "Contemporary Curves," was at the National Quilt Museum in 2022. This exhibit is a collection of...

Conversations with the Artists

Now in its 17th year, the annual SAQA Benefit Auction is a highly-anticipated art quilt sales event. In this Textile Talk, SAQA Executive Director Martha Sielman is joined by 12 participating artists. We'll hear about their artwork, process, and inspirations...

Conversations with the Artists

We had a great time talking with selected artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Ebb & Flow. We heard from Meredith R Grimsley, Carol Anne Grotrian, Marisa Márquez, and Lynne Seaman about their work, process, and inspiration. Many things in life and...

Professor Susanne Goetz (FIT)

In this Textile Talk, Professor Susanne Goetz (FIT) will provide an overview of emerging textile materials, including fabrication, availability, and design challenges. If you ever wondered what all the talk about mushroom leather and algae yarn is about, this is...

Conversations with the Artists

This Textile Talk features an hour of art and conversation with three artists from our SAQA Global Exhibition: Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins. We'll be speaking with Cindy Richard, Sara Sharp, and Lulu Moonwood Murakami all about...

Conversations with the Artists

This Textile Talk features an hour of art and conversation with three artists from our SAQA Global Exhibition: Gastronomy. Martha Sielman hosts artist talks with exhibiting artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Gastronomy! Lisa Walton, Jeannie Palmer Moore...

Gio Swaby is a multidisciplinary artist whose textile-based practice explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood.

Her embroidered portraits are anchored in the connections she forges with her subjects: each portrait begins with a photo shoot in which her sitters...

Conversations with the Artists

In 2021, Greg Climer completed an animation project using quilts for each frame of a short video. We'll delve into the creative process and learn what led to this artwork. Climer will focus on the technical aspects of creating the...

Conversations with the Artists

Artist talks with three artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Haven!

Words and communication continue to be Jette Clover’s primary source of inspiration. Instead of writing with a pen or printing text segments, she is ‘writing’ with a needle...

Join art quilt collector Frank Klein on a tour of his collection, recorded live at International Quilt Festival 2022. Frank is joined by SAQA board member Lilo Bowman. They discuss several of the pieces in his collection, and what each...

A World in Denim

"Like Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, and Chuck Close before him, Berry is pushing the boundaries of Textiles as a medium," writes Fiona McCarthy of the Sunday Times. Denim is Ian Berry's medium for seeing the world. 

Join us as we step into the captivating world of World of WearableArt (WOW). Presented by Sarah Nathan, Head of Competition at WOW, she will take us behind the scenes of this globally renowned creative phenomenon. Learn about the intricacies...

Presented by the Virginia Quilt Museum

This Textile Talk features the exhibition Inspired by Endangered Species curated by Donna DeSoto and on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum. Enjoy a walk-through of the galleries and interviews with curator Donna DeSoto and artists Laura Robertson and Ricki...

Conversations with the Artists
In this edition of Textile Talks, listen to three incredible artists from our Intersect Chicago 2021 special exhibition: Clara Nartey, Maggie Dillon, and Sarah Catherine Blanchette all about their work, process, and inspiration.
Conversations with the Artists

In this edition of Textile Talks, listen to three incredible artists from our Intersect Chicago 2021 special exhibition: Nancy Billings, Michael Ross, and Donna Deaver.

Ephemeral Land Art
Join Judith Content on a tour of Northern California as she recounts her recent explorations of ephemeral land art.
Considerations for Experimentation and Innovation in Textile Practice

Contemporary artists are pushing the perceived boundaries of textile practice. They are creating challenges to tradition and dynamic new possibilities. The collaborative work of artists, researchers, and museum professionals demonstrates this shift and engages the public. Keidra Daniels Navaroli is...

Conversations with the Artists

Trading fabrics for worn wooden planks, split doors, cracked cabinets, and broken dressers, Laura Petrovich-Cheney still considers her work to be quilts. Her wooden scrap materials were collected after surviving a hurricane. Combining quilt making with woodworking, her sculptures are...

Conversations with the Artists
In this Textile Talk, we'll be hearing from exhibiting artists Valerie Goodwin, Michael James, and Katie Pasquini Masopust about their work, process, and inspiration.
Conversations with the Artists

Join us for artist talks with three exhibiting artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Light the World. We'll be hearing from Maya Chaimovich, Ruby Horansky, and Lena Meszaros about their work.

Light is our primary tool for perceiving and understanding...

The Max Berk Textile Collection in Heidelberg was founded in 1978 as a private museum. It has been part of the city of Heidelberg since 2002. The long-standing curator, Dr. Kristine Scherer, introduces the museum and its exhibition activities from...

Conversations with the Artists

Join us for artist talks with three of the artists from Microscape! We'll be hearing from June Horwich, Margaret Abramshe, and Bob Mosier all about their work, process, and inspiration.

About the exhibition: Our known world stretches far beyond...

Conversations with the Artists
This Textile Talk included artists from the SAQA Global Exhibition Musica!, moderated by Rachael Baar, Museum Curator of the National Quilt Museum. Our participating artists were Susan Bianchi, Sarah Entsminger, Susan Sherman, and Carolyn Skei.
Conversations with the Artists

SAQA Global Exhibition Opposites Attract explores contradictions and affinities: Yin and Yang, the irresistible force versus the immovable object, black and white, and other types of opposites. We had a great time talking to exhibiting artists Claire Passmore, Maria Shell, Maggie...

Conversations with the Artists

Join us for artist talks with three exhibiting artists from SAQA Global Exhibition Primal Forces: Earth. We'll be hearing from Paula Rafferty, Kit Vincent, and Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry about their work.

Primal Forces: Earth is the first in a...

Growing a grass-roots collaborative art project

Four years ago, Tracey Lawko decided to create a large textile artwork celebrating Canada’s rich cultural heritage. She sought broad participation from across the country, with diversity represented in techniques, materials, age, economic means, social status, and more. Over 100...

Lisa Ellis discusses this unique exhibit that explores textile artists' most personal stories of healing, grief, spirituality, peace, joy, and inspiration. Hear the moving story of how founder Vikki Pignatelli created Sacred Threads. View some of our favorite artworks over...

Art can play a powerful role in healing environments, such as hospitals, by reducing stress, promoting relaxation, and offering emotional support for patients and their families. By encouraging artists to share pieces that reflect their inner journeys, Sacred Threads supports...

Conversations with the Artists

Our lives are measured in seasons. Not just the familiar quarterly divisions of a year: spring, summer, fall, and winter, but with each new day we move among a variety of seasons. Some seasons have no set time of arrival...

Conversations with the Artists

Join Sharon Peoples on her path from wall-hung fiber art to sculptural work shown on a plinth. Sharon shows how she works to create small, stitched individual fragments that build up into larger three-dimensional pieces. 

If you’re interested in machine...

Excellence in Fibers artists, Adrienne Sloane, Tony Williams, and Gray Caskey talk about their artworks featured in the Schweinfurth Art Center's exhibition. With titles like, Truth to Power, Black Gold, and Dissenting these artworks provide a snapshot of the current...

Conversations with the Artists

Diana Baumbach will share artwork that tells the story of her childhood, experience of motherhood, and life as a single parent living abroad. Her interest in personal narrative is rooted in the belief that shared experiences foster empathy and connectedness...

Over the course of ten years, Stitch Buffalo grew from an experimental weekly embroidery meetup for refugee women into a comprehensive textile arts center—graduating from borrowed community rooms to a 4600 sq. foot retail space and studio along the way...

Conversations with the Artists
Emily Tull and Nikki Parmenter are two artists with a shared passion for storytelling and stitch. 
Conversations with the Artists

Join us for a discussion with three artists from SAQA Global Exhibition StitchPunk! From hoverboard cozies to steampunk goddesses, the artists in this exhibition bring us into their imagined futures. Our presenting artists are Shannon Conley, Kate Crossley...

Mary Savig will provide a sneak peek at the Renwick Gallery's upcoming exhibition, Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women. This project draws on archival and oral history recordings to amplify the voices and personal backstories of participating artists. All...

Conversations with the Artists

Argentinean-American artist Tamara Kostianovsky will discuss 15 years of work and reflect on the inspirations, techniques, and concepts that make up her elaborate textile sculptures. Starting with the political intentions of her early works that responded to the dictatorship she...

This talk presents the evolution of the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)'s fiber collection alongside the history of the museum's exhibitions about textiles and fiber art. It is presented by Elissa Auther, MAD's Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and...

Conversations with the Artists

Join us for an engaging discussion with three artists creating with fiber in 3D!

Salley Mavor will discuss her journey as an artist who tells stories with sculptural needlework. The presentation will cover various creative endeavors, including picture book illustration...

Conversations with the Artists

Combining fashion, fiber art, and storytelling, these cosplayers express themselves and find community through their artwork.

Casey Renee is a cosplayer and sewing educator who creates intricate, touch-worthy designs with a variety of materials. Casey will explore how texture can...

Join us for a whirlwind tour of some of the best contemporary embroidery and needlework on the planet. It will showcase artists who push the boundaries of the textile art form. It's guaranteed to inspire you! Jamie "Mr X Stitch"...

Conversations with the Artists

Repurposing used materials is one of the most effective solutions there is to deal with today's environmentally devastating waste issues. Fiber art also has a rich tradition of incorporating elements that would otherwise be discarded by turning them into compelling...

We Gather at the Edge: Black Women and Contemporary Quilts is an exhibition that celebrates Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi's collection acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2024. The exhibition is organized around themes that reveal why Black women gather...

Conversations with the Artists

Travel to Yoko Sekita's rich interior world. Interviewed by Naomi Ichikawa, Sekita showcases complex imagined and autobiographical scenes. Images from Japanese culture, Sekita's travels, and children's literature are hidden in the details of her work. The interview is a...

Conversations with the Artists

"The way we live is in all the fabrics we use," says Yoshie Tokutake. "Fabric leaves a history of each person who wore it.”

Yoshie Tokutake uses repurposed indigo fabrics in her strip-pieced art quilts. In this Textile Talk, we...

SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)
Hollis Chatelain talks about color from an emotional point of view because she believes that we react emotionally to art, and color is what pulls us in or repels us. 
SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)

In this video, Marjan Kluepfel is interviewed by Clara Nartey about "The Role of Art Organizations in an Artist's Career". Marjan is a fabric artist, teacher, lecturer, and writer.

Educational Video
Lyric Kinard shares tips and experiences from her years on the teaching circuit. She covers everything from communicating with guilds, developing exciting workshops, arranging travel and lodging, inspiring students, and selling products as part of your teaching business.
SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)

In this video, Laura Wasilowski is interviewed by Jeanne Marklin about her career as a travelling teacher. Laura is a textile artist and creator of hand-dyed threads and fabrics. She has also written several books.

Educational Video

Three SAQA members share their art quilts and discuss how their creative lives are influenced by the places they live. Alicia Merrett was born and raised in Argentina and lives in the United Kingdom. Barbara Lange and Uta Lenk live...

SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)
Heather Pregger gives us a peek into her comprehensive sketchbook and explains how she tracks her creative process with notes and photographs in this video conversation with Deborah Boschert.
Educational Video

Wen Redmond, a mixed media artist, delights in creating dialogue, changing perspectives and perceptions of fiber. ​She works intuitively, encouraging ‘flow’, and experimentation. Please enjoy this 2-part presentation where Wen discusses her digital printing techniques for surface design and answers questions from...

Video Portfolio of the SAQA Europe/Middle East regional exhibition Wide Horizons VI

SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)
Sue Stone shares examples of her hand-embroidered work that often feature fish. Sue is also known for her portraits and often includes extensive textural stitching.
Educational Video

Juried Artist Member panelists Sue Bleiweiss, Lorie McCown, and Judy Kirpich discussed their experiences working in a series while using their art to support their points of view. 

Working in a series is a way to create a related, recognizable...

SAQA Seminar (Video Conversation)
Pat Pauly shares her work and the way she uses shapes, color, lines and contrast. Three different series show how she repeats elements for maximum effect while masterfully combining her hand painted fabrics with commercial fabrics.
Educational Video
An artist statement is a way to communicate with viewers so they understand why you make your art. Learn more from teacher and author Vicki Amorose who has helped many artists feel more comfortable expressing themselves in words.
Educational Video

In 2019, the SAQA Education Committee worked to bring you a series all about critique. In this special session, the audience critiqued the work of three SAQA volunteers. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for artistic growth...

Educational Video

The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Diane Núñez, Johnnie McKenzie, Daniela Tiger, and Teresita Leal. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for...

Educational Video

The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Gay Bitter, Ellen Isaacs, Tracey Cameron, and Judy Crotts. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for...

Educational Video

The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Susan R. Michael, Agnes Minnebach, SueEllen Romanowski, and Dorothy Raymond.

Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful...

By Jayne Gaskins

In this What Works Video, Jayne Gaskins shares how the Florida Region has overcome long driving distances by the formation of local "pods" so members can meet in person frequently.