Join SAQA artists Linda Anderson, Charlotte Bird, and Marty-O for this week's Textile Talk all about the changes and shifts they have experienced within the last three years and the opportunities it has brought them "to test where they have been and where they want to go." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Change is usually a good thing. It helps us switch up our routines and expand our horizons to better ourselves in different ways. There has been a lot of change in the last couple of years and we've all handled it in different ways. For artists Charlotte Bird and Marty-O, "they each have had significant solo installations at the Oceanside Museum of Art, a regional art museum in San Diego County. The installations stretched both out of their comfort zones in different ways." This week's Textile Talk is a discussion with both artists about those changes and the new directions they may be taking them in. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
Every time you decide to make a quilt you are taking a creative risk that you can execute the quilt the way you want to. All quilters face this issue, and in this week's Textile Talk QuiltFolk's Mike McCormick and Mary Fons (a past guest of the show) "discuss risk and intuition vis a vis the global quilt community" and share "their thoughts on the future of the industry". Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
The Textile Talk this week features a very special guest in addition to the special guest that they already have. That's right, The Quilt Show's own Lilo Bowman, a SAQA board member herself, speaks with quilt collector Frank Klein as they view his collection. Recorded live at Houston 2022, "They discuss several of the pieces in his collection, and what each piece means to him." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Textile Talks return for the new year and begin with a focus on another wonderful quilt exhibition. The exhibit, Forecast//Recast, "brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting". We are led through the exhibit by juror Tanya Aguiñiga, "as she walks us through the exhibition and provides insights to her own art practice." Register today and watch when this episode airs TODAY, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Go Tell It at Textile Talks is the last Textile Talks presentation of 2022. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
Join the Surface Design Association (SDA) in this week's Textile Talk for Learn & Make with SDA and get a preview of their "inaugural online workshop series starting in early 2023." You will get a sneak peek of their "workshop instructors and learn more about their personal art practice." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
On this week's Textile Talk, the Sacred Threads Exhibition founded by Vikki Pignatelli is shared. Hear Lisa Ellis discuss "this unique exhibit that explores textile artists' most personal stories of healing, grief, spirituality, peace, joy and inspiration." Plus, get a glimpse of some of the artwork shared "over the twenty years and hear some first hand video recordings of artists sharing their stories." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
The Quilt Alliance is featuring another Quilters' Save Out Stories interview as part of their weekly Textile Talks. This week's subject is Bonnie K. Hunter, who has been a guest of The Quilt Show and is "the head, heart and hands behind Quiltville.blogspot.com and the new retreat center Quiltville Inn." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
For this Wednesday's Textile Talk, "Join the International Quilt Museum for a discussion with Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi about her outstanding collection of quilts featured in the newly opened exhibition, Uncovering Black History: Quilts From The Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
Coming up in this week's Textile talk is a conversation between Pat Kroth, Linda Kim, and Deborah Boschert (who's been a guest right here on The Quilt Show). Join these three artists from the SAQA Global Exhibition sustainABILITY for an hour of art and inspiration! Register today and watch when this episode airs thisWednesday, November 9, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
This week's Textile Talk is all about Crafting The Vote. "Sponsored by Surface Design Association (SDA), Crafting the Vote presents three different approaches to thinking about voting, elections, and the legislative process." Register today and watch when this episode airs thisWednesday, November 2, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
Have you been following along with the Quilters' Save Out Stories segments in our Sunday Newsletters? Whether you have or haven't, now is the perfect time to jump in as the Quilt Alliance is featuring one as part of this week's Textile Talks. The interview will be with Suzy Williams, founder of Suzy Quilts, who "is rooted in a deep love for the heritage and tradition of quilting and a desire to craft unique, contemporary textiles." Plus, stick around afterward for a live Q&A. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
This week's Textile Talk is an overview of Laura Petrovich-Cheney's work and her combining of two mediums, quiltmaking and woodworking. Learn how even though her designs may be different from the traditional quilt or sculpture, the "result is the same - an object of beauty and comfort, a pieced-together whole from scraps that tells a story of hope and resilience." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
This Wednesday's Textile Talk is a conversation with Argentinean-American artist Tamara Kostianovsky who "will discuss 15 years of work and reflect on the inspirations, techniques, and concepts that make up her elaborate textile sculptures." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
The Textile Talk this week spotlights a new exhibit at the International Quilt Museum of the quilts collected by Jack Walsh entitled Water FEATURED. The exhibit "includes pieces commissioned by Walsh to celebrate his love of water, inspired by his career in water utilities and the proximity of Lake Michigan in his childhood and later, by the waterfalls of Watkins Glen, New York." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
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 are Chiachio & Giannone, a couple in art and in life. They live and work in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
Jenny Bowker's exhibition, Pack and Follow - The Quilts of Jenny Bowker, is ending its run today at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery in New South Wales. If you missed out on this wonderful presentation of Jenny's quilts have no fear, because the past president of SAQA, and former guest of The Quilt Show, Lisa Walton made a video documenting the exhibit in all its glory. Give it a watch and be in awe of all the amazing work that Jenny has made.
The 2022 SAQA Benefit Auction opens this Friday, September 9, 2022, at 2 pm EDT (US/Canada). Get ready to bid in this exciting fundraiser featuring 423 art quilts. All of the pieces were made and donated by SAQA members from around the world.
You may have seen Audrey Esarey's quilts featured on our site a time or two. There is a reason for that, as her quilts, often circular in nature, are stunning examples of the Modern Quilt movement. In this Wednesday's Textile Talk, you will get a glimpse of those quilts and more as the National Quilt Museum presents Contemporary Curves, "a collection of quilts exploring circular shapes and dynamic, high-contrast colors made by Audrey Esarey. The quilts featured in this exhibit are primarily from three ongoing series: Radial Quilts, Watercolor Quilts, and Aura Quilts." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.