Next Textile Talk (Wed June 18, 2pm Eastern, free, Zoom): Muscogee Journey: An Exploration of Identity, Belonging, Home and Heritage – Melinda Schwakhoferk, Presented by: SAQA
"...the story of how Schwakhofer has used art quilts and textile art to map her re-connection with her Native American roots."
Preregister here: https://www.saqa.com/events/muscogee-journey-exploration-identity-belonging-home-and-heritage-melinda-schwakhofer
Next Textile Talks (free, over Zoom, Wednesday June 4, from 2:00 Eastern): Song Quilts with Eliza Hardy Jones
International Quilt Museum
"Featuring quiltmaker and musician Eliza Hardy Jones, who will talk about her methodology behind her Song Quilts project, her latest exhibition of those quilts at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, and new pieces she is working on."
Preregister at: https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/textile-talks
The next Textile Talk (free, Zoom, April 9, from 2:00-3:00 PM EDT (GMT/UTC -4): Redwork with Stefania Gomez
"Join the International Quilt Museum for a conversation with poet and IQM fellow Stefania Gomez for a discussion on her poetry and redwork quilts in the museum's collection."
Preregister at https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/textile-talks
#TextileTalks #Quilting #Redwork #Poetry
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Tomorrow's TExtile Talks (free, over zoom, April 2, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT (GMT/UTC -4)) : Yvette Molina: Art, Community, and Care
Tang Museum in partnership with Surface Design Association
"Curator Rebecca McNamara presents on the work of Mexican-American artist Yvette Molina[...] Breaking rules of the traditional gallery, it is both an art installation and a community hangout space"
Preregister at: https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
#TextileTalks #FiberArt
Next Textile Talk (free, over zoom, Wednesday March 26, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT GMT/UTC -4): We Gather at the Edge: Black Women and Contemporary Quilts, presented by SAQA
"[This] 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."
Preregister at https://www.saqa.com/events/we-gather-edge-black-women-and-contemporary-quilts-presented-saqa
#Quilts #Quilting #TextileTalks #ContemporaryQuilts #BlackArtists
The next Textile talk (tomorrow February 19, 2:00 PM EST (GMT/UTC -5) Intertwining Identities:
SDA Symposium Keynote Speaker, Verónica A. Pèrez, community artist, on their personal artistic practices. Using [..] braiding, weaving, and crocheting, combined with sculptural techniques [...] Pèrez addresses themes of erasure, empathy, and ambiguity as a member of the Puerto Rican diaspora.
Preregister here:
https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/events/textile-talks/#upcoming
Next Textile Talks (Wed, 2:00 PM EST (GMT/UTC -5), free over Zoom):
QuiltCon for All: Karen Cooper on the Impact of QuiltCon (International Quilt Museum)
Director of the Modern Quilt Guild Karen Cooper will discuss the conference's history as well as what's next, and show some of the fabulous works that have been shown over the years.
Register here:
https://www.saqa.com/resources/textiletalks
The next Textile Talks (free, over Zoom, February 5, 2:00 PM EST, GMT/UTC -5): African American Quilt Guilds: Uncovering Lost History with Quilt Documentation, presented by Quilt Alliance
"A’donna Richardson, founder of the African American Quilt Documentation Study Group, will present her research and recent fieldwork with African American quilt guilds."
Register at
https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
Next Textile Talk (free, over Zoom, Wed. Nov. 20, 2pm Eastern): Learn & Make with SDA! Part 2 (Surface Design Association). Highlighting upcoming workshops in a variety of techniques and media (felting, upcycling, lace, bojagi).
Preregister at https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/events/textile-talks/
The next Textile Talks (free, over Zoom, 2pm eastern, Wed. Nov 6): Go Tell It: Quilt Stories from the Quilts of Valor Foundation, presented by Quilt Alliance. Documentary of 3 min interviews with quilters, with a follow-up discussion about why documentation is important to the QOVF.
Preregister here: https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
The next Textile Talk (free, over zoom, 2pm Eastern October 9): Quilt Story Road Trip, by Quilt Alliance.
"... bite-size videos from the Quilt Alliance’s Go Tell It! project, featuring one person sharing one quilt for three minutes [...] learn about documenting and sharing your own quilt story in a Go Tell It! video."
Preregister at https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
Today's Textile Talk (free, over Zoom, 2pm Eastern): Yorgan: The Art of the Turkish Quilt.
"A special gallery talk with artist and guest curator Christine Martens related to an exhibition showing at the International Quilt Museum through Feb. 15."
Registration link https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/textile-talks-enduring-turkish-quilt-christine-martens
Got to the lecture late, but the works are intensely gorgeous and very different, and the three artists are thoughtful about process and meaning. This is one of my recent favorite ones. I'll put in the link when it hits YouTube. #TextileTalks
Tomorrow's Textile Talk (free, Zoom, Sept. 4, 2pm Eastern): Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles, presented Surface Design Association. (Artwork by Krystle Lemonias)
Preregister at (you may need to scroll)
https://www.saqa.com/resources/textiletalks
Honestly, not sure how long these will continue. I can't find better links from most groups presenting the lectures.
Tomorrow's Textile Talk (Wed, Aug 28, 11 am Pacific, free, Zoom): Stitching Stories: A Global Craft Journey with Isabelle Fish of Rue Pigalle, presented by International Quilt Museum.
Preregister at https://www.saqa.com/events/stitching-stories-global-craft-journey-isabelle-fish-rue-pigalle-presented-international
Today's Textile Talk (free, Zoom, July 31, 2pm Eastern): Interplay: Limitless Connections with Rena Wood, Lyndsi Schuesler, Ji Young Kim, juror Annet Couwenberg, and moderator Nora McGinnis. Surface Design Association.
"Celebrate three exhibitions highlighting the very best contemporary fiber art. We’ll hear from Interplay award winners and juror." (It's a curated exhibit, I think?)
Registration at:
https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/events/textile-talks/
The next Textile Talk (free, Zoom, Wed. Jul 24, 2pm Eastern, GMT/UTC -4) is: Greg Climer - Quilted Animation and "Impossible" Projects, presented by SAQA
#TextileTalks #FiberArts #Animation #Quilting
"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."
Registration & info at https://www.saqa.com/events/greg-climer-quilted-animation-and-impossible-projects-presented-saqa
The next Textile Talk, free, over zoom, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 2pm EDT: presentations by the 2024 Ardis James QSOS Scholars, by Quilt Alliance.
Ashley Jane Lewis, Carey Flack and Stephanie Dyke will present educational and creative projects that use the Quilters’ Save Our Stories archive of more than 1,200 recorded oral histories with quiltmakers.
Registration at:
https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
The next Textile Talks (free, Zoom, Wednesday, July 3, 2pm Eastern, gmt/utc-4) is: Coversations with the Artists: StitchPunk, presented by SAQA.
Pre-register at
https://www.saqa.com/resources/textiletalks
Next Textile Talks (free, Zoom,
Wednesday, June 12, 2pm EST):
Professor Teri Walker will discuss her research on environmental activism in the world of quilts.
Presented by: International Quilt Museum
Registration here
https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/textile-talks
