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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.

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.

Presented by SAQA​: "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 piece and the impact that a single idea can have on an artist's trajectory.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the 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.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join us for a special Textile Talk with Tulsa-based textile artist Rachel Hayes! Hayes will give a behind-the-scenes tour of her studio and discuss her career and latest installation — a colorful, aerial textile sculpture at the International Quilt Museum." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by SAQA​: "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, and Lauryl Rose.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by SAQA​: "Natalya Khorover is motivated by plastic pollution and overconsumption. She strives to use materials that would be condemned to the landfill and uses stitching and sewing to bring her artwork to life. Let’s talk about how to start creating a brand new artwork and exploring working in a series. There are so many approaches to this for traditional artists, but what if you are a repurposed media artist like us? What can help you start off on the right foot?" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Quilt Alliance​: "Join us on Wednesday, June 19 (Juneteenth) at 2pm EDT for a panel discussion led by Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi, artist and founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network. Artists L'Merchie Frazier, Ed Johnetta Miller and Lauren Alisa Austin will show samples of their work and talk about their experience as featured artists in the exhibition Mazloomi curated "And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations.”​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.