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.
Textile Talks: Emerging Materials - Biotextiles (Fashion Institute of Technology), presented by SAQA
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.
In this week's Textile Talk, join your host (and BOM leader) Quilt Alliance co-president Laura Hopper and project manager Emma Parker in meeting some of the talented creatives participating in their 30th Anniversary Block of the Month project, featuring unique blocks designed by nine incredible partners, including past guests of The Quilt Show and our very own Ricky Tims. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Join Sharon Peoples on her path from wall-hung fiber art to sculptural work shown on a plinth in a riveting new Textile Talk. In this week's talk, Sharon shows how she works to create small, stitched individual fragments that build up into larger three-dimensional pieces. If you’re interested in machine stitching, using soluble fabrics, bonded fabrics, and thinking “outside the square,” this Textile Talk is for you! Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Join International Quilt Museum Curator of International Collections Marin Hanson for this week's Textile Talk as she talks with Geeta Khandelwal about her ambitious garment project, to make miniature versions (approximately one-eighth of their original size) of the lavish robes of the 16th to 19th-century Mughal rulers of northern India in various styles, and her experiences as a quilt maker, researcher, and documenter of quilts from her home state of Maharashtra. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
This week's Textile Talk brings us Tracey Lawko, who will discuss creating “Reflections of Ourselves” and the new-to-her task of producing a documentary. The documentary showcases her collaborative work, a large textile artwork celebrating Canada’s rich cultural heritage that 100 Indigenous, settler, and immigrant Canadians created a textile leaf for to honor their cultural heritage, its exhibition, and interviews with the artists. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Celebrating the creative work of student artists, designers, and makers, this week's Textile Talk features the Surface Design Association’s (SDA) Future Tense 2023, which offers a glimpse into the future of contemporary fibers by presenting the best work made by students in the field today. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.