SAQA

Presented by the SAQA, "In 2014, Maria Shell was an artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina. There, she worked weekly with a formerly chronically homeless community now living in Moore Place. She developed a relationship with the Moore Place residents by teaching them basic sewing skills." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Surface Design Association and WMQFA: ""This presentation features three artists who incorporate film into their fiber art practices. Nirmal Ra-ja, Jennifer West, and Holly Wong recast film as fabric that can be stitched, layered, or manipulated. The presence of the artist’s hand and an attention to the process of making is felt in each of the artist’s work as they explore the physicality of film and expand the medium conceptually." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Quilt Alliance: "Join us for a Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) interview with artist, longarm quilter, art historian, author, arts consultant, lecturer and independent curator and agent, Myrah Brown Green. Janneken Smucker, host of Running Stitch: a QSOS Podcast, will conduct the QSOS interview with Myrah." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Take a walk through a fabulous pop-up exhibit of Native American quilt history inside the archives at the International Quilt Museum. Our speakers are author, lecturer, and historian Teresa Duryea Wong and Carolyn Ducey, International Quilt Museum Ardis B. James Curator of Collections." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA): "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." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA): "Join us as we celebrate the release of The Surface Design Journal’s Summer 2023 Issue: Traditions & Techniques in Knit & Crochet. We’ll hear from hand knit designer, writer, and author Jeanette Sloan, founder of BIPOC in Fiber on her making process and the importance of visibility. Aynsley Grealis, also known as Knotted Neon, pushes the boundaries of her practice and creates pieces that weave together the joys of creativity, nature, color, and playfulness." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

For this week's Textile Talk, join Casey Renee, a cosplayer and sewing educator who creates intricate, touch-worthy designs with a variety of materials, along with Michael Burson and Janelle Santner, as they each respectively discuss "how texture can elevate the textile arts", "how cosplayers adapt, paint, and weather fabrics to recreate the details of movie studio-quality costumes on a cosplayer's budget", and "how upcycled and thrifted materials can elevate a cosplay into something that stands out and reduces waste.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by the Quilt Alliance, "Join the Quilt Alliance for a conversation with quilt maker and designer Libs Elliott, creator of code-generated quilts that are randomly designed by computer processing languages. Libs will be interviewed by professor and quilt historian Janneken Smucker for the fourth season of Running Stitch, a QSOS oral history podcast produced by the Quilt Alliance. Tune in for an exciting talk about the intersection of technology, handmade craft, and of course, quilts!" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

This week's Textile Talk, presented by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, features Akiko Ike and her stitching style she calls “chiku-chiku.” "“Chiku-chiku” is the onomatopoeic word Ike has coined to describe the sound her broad needle makes as it runs into and out of the cloth. Now, nearly twenty years later, she has amassed a significant collection of vintage textiles laced with her own thread in her characteristic running stitch. Ike will present her studio, farm, and samples of her chiku-chiku work.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

​In this week's Textile Talk, presented by the International Quilt Museum, "Marin Hanson, Curator of International Collections at the International Quilt Museum (IQM), will talk about the carefully crafted cloth environments represented in the IQM’s current exhibition, “Placemaking: Quilts and the Creation of Special Spaces,” including those formed by Egyptian khayamiya (appliquéd tent panels), Kyrgyz tush ki’iz (yurt hangings), and prayer rugs from across the Muslim world." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

In this week's Textile Talk presented by SAQA and the National Basketry Organization, join Pam Morton, NBO Executive Director, Martha Sielman, SAQA Executive Director, and "two exhibiting artists: renowned fiber artist Irene Roderick and basket maker Cael Chappell" as they discuss the collaborative process of creating Art Evolved: Intertwined, a first-of-its-kind exhibit "featuring the best in art quilts and basketry." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

For this week's Textile Talk, "The Surface Design Association is proud to present Safekeeping, the 2023 SDA Member Show. This exhibition explores ideas around safeguarding both body and land, for seeking refuge through ritual and narrative, and for defending precarious boundaries and issues." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Presented by SAQA, "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 for you!" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

You may have seen some of Thomas Knauer's quilts at shows before. They stand out because they feature numbers, barcodes, and all manner of things that you wouldn't necessarily expect to be on a quilt. This week's Textile Talk is just about those eccentricities featured and more. It "will explore some implications and possibilities of placing text on quilts" and "examine what it means to speak/write through the medium of quiltmaking and how words on quilts create voices unique to quilting, distinct from other more typical materials." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

In this week's Textile Talk, meet artist Diana Baumbach who "uses materials such as paper made from her children’s worn clothing, fragments of her mother’s wedding dress, and flax gathered and processed with her children. She is fascinated by transforming materials and the rich histories embedded in fibers. Her work relies on slow, repetitive processes. These processes can calm the nervous system and self-soothe." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Join Textile Talks this Wednesday as, "The International Quilt Museum presents quilt collector and curator Roderick Kiracofe in a discussion with US artist Basil Kincaid about his work -- a combination of quilting, collaging, photography, installation, and performance--done with found, salvaged, and donated materials." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

SAQA and Textile Talks present at look at multi-talented artist Gio Swaby's first solo show of embroidered portraits, Fresh Up, now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Join Melinda Watt, co-curator of the exhibit and chair and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Curator of Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago, for a discussion on the show and how Gio's "textile-based practice explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Join the Surface Design Association in conversation with artist and designer Kaffe Fassett during The Power of Pattern Textile Talk. The talk will include a discussion about his latest exhibit Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern, draws on original artworks from Kaffe and Brandon Mably as well as invited makers, exploring Fassett’s world, with textile works, photographs and archival material to illuminate the work of this distinctive, influential artist and designer. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.

Join Nancy Crow and Schweinfurth Program Director Davana Robedee as they discuss Nancy's upcoming exhibition SEQUENCES, RIFFS AND DRAWINGS at the Schweinfurth Art Center for this Wednesday's Textile Talk. During the interview, they will explore the topics that inspired Nancy's most recent quilts, including the language of geometric elements, beauty, and anxiety. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.