Presented by SAQA: "Yoshie Tokutake uses repurposed indigo fabrics in her strip-pieced art quilts. In this Textile Talk, we visit her studio and gallery in Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan. “I never imagined this life for myself," she says. "I just couldn't waste the fabric, so I kept creating with it, and here I am today." Yoshie is interviewed by Naomi Ichikawa, chief editor of Yomiuri Quilt Time Magazine. This interview was recorded in Japanese and will be shown with English subtitles." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join the Quilt Alliance for a fresh batch of Go Tell It quilt documentation videos. This time, the spotlight is on our members. Come see how much you can learn about one quilt and one person in three minutes or less. Want to document your story with a Go Tell It video? We'll also give an overview of how you or your group can participate in this grassroots project." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Learning about and working hands-on with global textiles while collaborating with compatriots from another country is an ideal way for college students to gain an appreciation of fabric art, museum work, and cross-cultural communication." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Spanning across media and disciplines, the Surface Design Association (SDA) is proud to present our Spring 2025 online workshop series! Join us as we hear from four of our workshop instructors, Lisa Klaulak on wet felting, Theda Sandiford on incorporating found and upcycled materials into textiles, Maggie Hensel-Brown on lacemaking, and Youngmin Lee on bojagi. Help us celebrate the many techniques and materials used in the field of fiber arts and get a sneak peek at our 2025 workshops!" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join the Quilt Alliance for another educational Textile Talk. This program is for anyone who wants to document the special quilts, people, activities, and causes dear to your community. QA staff will demonstrate and discuss how your quilt guild, group, or community can get started documenting your own story. We’ll show you how a few simple activities and basic equipment can set your guild on a path for growth and activation." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join us for a screening of Go Tell It quilt documentation videos recorded by Quilts of Valor Foundation volunteers in 2023. QOVF executive director Lexie Millikan and board president Lauri Leirdahl will join QA director Amy Milne for a follow-up discussion about why documentation is important to the QOVF." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join the International Quilt Museum for a special Textile Talk with Lynn Setterington! Setterington is a major British textile artist known for her hand-stitched quilts and embroideries. She creates tactile social history documents working with groups and communities to celebrate the overlooked and interrogate social injustices. Her research draws on popular culture, folk and textile history and she has undertaken many large-scale commissions with museum and galleries. Setterington’s work is in many museum collections including the V&A, Terrance Higgins Trust, Denver Museum of Art and the IQM in the US." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Spanning across media and disciplines, the Surface Design Association (SDA) is proud to present our Spring 2025 online workshop series! Join us as we hear from four of our workshop instructors, Jenine Shereos on knotless netting, Erin Fletcher on bookbinding, Radha Pandey on papermaking and encaustics, and Robin L. Bernstein on yarn painting. Help us celebrate the many techniques and materials used in the field of fiber arts and get a sneak peek at our 2025 workshops! Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join us for an hour of diverse quilt stories from across the country! Dive into bite-size videos from the Quilt Alliance’s Go Tell It! project, featuring one person sharing one quilt for three minutes. We’ll hear from quilters throughout the United States, and learn about documenting and sharing your own quilt story in a Go Tell It! video." Register today and watch when this episode airs TODAY, October 9, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join us for a special gallery talk with artist and guest curator Christine Martens related to "Yorgan: The Art of the Turkish Quilt" — an exhibition showing at the International Quilt Museum through Feb. 15." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "For some, the universal themes of memory, trauma, and suffering inspire work that considers how we mourn and memorialize our dead. Through stitches, color, textures, and shapes, we give voice to and honor those whose lives were cut short. Join us for Dignifying the Dead: Memorialization through Fiber Art with Caren Garfen, Robin Bernstein, and Mirka Knaster - three fiber artists who translate memory and loss into physical objects, giving voice to individuals for whom no physical memorial may exist." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "When the prolific quilt collector Eli Leon died, he left instructions for his massive collection of 3,000 quilts and tops to be donated to the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. His collection is like no other collection in the world – all 3,000 quilts were made by African American quilters, including the famed artist, Rosie Lee Tompkins. When the quilts eventually made their way to BAMPFA, it became Associate Curator and Academic Liaison Elaine Yau’s job to oversee the collection. Author and quilt historian Teresa Duryea Wong will interview Elaine about the collection and the inside story of how one mid-size museum became a major holder of thousands of African American quilts seemingly overnight." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by SAQA: "Join us for a Textile Talk with Emily Tull and Nikki Parmenter, two artists with a shared passion for storytelling and stitch." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Three artists from the Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles exhibition will discuss their work. Using various techniques and materials, these artists transform fabric-based prints into meditations on personal, political, and social conditions. Their work expands notions of what a printed textile is and can be within a fine art context, revealing the possibilities for conceptual expression and meaning that uniquely exist in the overlap between media." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join us for an engaging conversation with Isabelle Fish, founder of Rue Pigalle, as she takes us on a journey through the history and inspiration behind her craft and women centered organization. Learn about the inspiration behind its inception, the story behind its evocative name, and what sets The Club apart as an international hub for crafts." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
From SAQA: "The countdown to SAQA’s 2024 Benefit Auction has begun! Get ready now to bid on the more than 440 art quilts offered in this annual fundraising event, which takes place from September 13, 2024 - October 6, 2024." Click through to find out more about the auction and how to get registered to participate.
Presented by SAQA: "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" Chalmers will be your host. He's British, he's sometimes funny, and he's still not used to writing about himself in the third person." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Many makers today do an excellent job of labeling, photographing and writing down the important details of the quilts they make. But often quilts made or received as gifts or purchased are not labeled because less is known about them. Emma Parker and Amy Milne of the Quilt Alliance will introduce you to three quilts with no label at risk of becoming Anonymous. We’ll demonstrate the steps of quilt documentation, from documenting your own process, to an inherited quilt with a rich history, to a mystery quilt." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "In the spirit of the Paris Olympics, join the International Quilt Museum for an extraordinary episode of Textile Talks with artist and Olympian Grace Latz. As part of the Olympian Artist program, Latz traveled to Paris in 2023 to create a one-of-a-kind contemporary quilt with local senior citizens. Titled “Full Circle,” the quilt is informed by t-shirt quilts often used to commemorate achievement in sport. It features upcycled sports fabrics sourced from a French recycling center in addition to personal textiles from Latz’ Olympic experience." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Join us as we celebrate three exhibitions highlighting the very best contemporary fiber art. We’ll hear from Interplay award winners Lyndsi Schuesler and Ji Young Kim, along with exhibition juror Annet Couwenberg. Interplay honors the diverse range of approaches within fiber art and looks toward a future informed by the past while bringing together ideas for fresh reflection, reinterpretation, and deeper understanding." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.