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Have you seen "Martin Margiela: In His Own Words" yet? The online screening is now exclusively available though SJMQT! Your rental supports the Museum in a big way.
Few names in fashion are as respected as Martin Margiela. For the first time, the iconic designer opens up about his life, work & legacy. Watch at home now via @OscopeLabs! Click the link in our bio to start your screening.
You can also learn more about the film at margiela.oscilloscope.net #MargielaFilm
This September 16, 2020 is #AskACurator Day! SJMQT Exhibitions Curator Amy DiPlacido will be available to answer your questions about the history, care and conservation of quilts and textiles, or anything related to the goings on as a curator at SJMQT! Now is your chance to find out more about that family quilt and how to care for it! All you need to do is tag @SJMQT with #AskACurator to ask your questions on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!
A reminder that SAQA's annual Benefit Auction will take place online starting THIS WEEK, from September 11 through October 4, 2020. With almost 500 pieces of beautiful artwork available for bidding, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
All proceeds help support SAQA's exhibition programs, publications, and education outreach. Plus, your purchase helps increase the recognition for art quilts and the artists who make them. For more details, visit www.saqa.com/auction.
NATIONAL SEWING MONTH
Sewing đź‘Ź is đź‘Ź forđź‘Ź everyone! Featuring artist James Gobel @jamesgobel
To celebrate the art of sewing, we are putting together artist spotlights, a Deeds not Words Textile Talk, technique explorations, workshops, and an at-home Bio Fiber craft for artists of all ages. Sewing is an art form that all can do and enjoy!
Sewing has an ancient history thought to date back to the Paleolithic era. Archaeologists have discovered sewing needles with eyes dating back as far back to 17,500 BCE. Sewing originally was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and shelter. From the Inuit people, indigenous peoples of the American Plains, Zulu weavers, to individuals in the Middle East, the history of sewing is long and from around the world.
Sewing has enabled humans to adapt to new environments, express themselves through clothing, and grow as individuals and communities.
Today, sewing is a vibrant art form. Keep an eye out for our upcoming exhibition Queer Threads scheduled for 2021.
Do you love sewing as much as we do?
James Gobel, “Jeffry the Tailor” 2003, 47 x 57 in. Felt and acrylic on canvas.
#nationalsewingmonth #sewing #contemporarysewing #queerthreads #sewingmonth #artistfeature #bayareamuseum #museumfromhome #fiberart #ancientsewing #historyofsewing #freshmondays #sew #bayareasewing #queerartists #contemporaryqueerartists #LGBQITA
It’s National Sewing Month, so get out your needle and thread and make some cute pocket pal toys!
This simple toy sewing project is perfect for non-sewing adults and children to learn new skills while creating a soft comforting companion. It involves non-fraying felt (the perfect fabric for beginners) and a few stitches that you will learn in no time with a little practice. Happy sewing!
sjquiltmuseum.org/makerspace-blog/national-sewing-month
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Presents: "Martin Margiela: In His Own Words"
Few names in fashion are as respected as Martin Margiela. For the first time, the iconic designer opens up about his life, work & legacy. Watch from home via @OscopeLabs! Your rental helps out small businesses like SJMQT!
Start watching:
ow.ly/suWE50BbkbU
Learn more about the film at margiela.oscilloscope.net #MargielaFilm
Workshop Alert! GET YOUR SH!T TOGETHER:
A Basic Game Plan for Your Artist Career
Sunday, October 4, 2020
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$25 Members/$35 for Non-Members
Gain insight to jump-start your artist career & create a strategic plan, learn about creating a cohesive body of work, titling your work, creating a pricing structure, framing, writing an artist statement, designing your website, building your exhibit history, approaching art galleries, and promoting your events. Presented by Stephen C. Wagner, professional artist, gallerist, & educator. Learn more and register here: https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/events/get-your-sht-together
SAQA's (@saqaart) annual Benefit Auction will take place online from September 11 through October 4, 2020. With almost 500 pieces of beautiful artwork available for bidding, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
All proceeds help support SAQA's exhibition programs, publications, and education outreach. Plus, your purchase helps increase the recognition for art quilts and the artists who make them. For more details, visit www.saqa.com/auction
Our hearts are heavy, as we watch the devastation of the Northern California wildfires. We are grateful for all the brave firefighters for their tireless efforts; we mourn with those who have lost their homes and hope for the evacuees, a quick and safe return. Pictured here is a detail of quilt that was most likely lost in the Big Basin Redwoods State Park fires, created by the #PVQA (Pajaro Valley Quilt Association) for the 2002 Centennial.
Thank you to all who have reached out to the museum in concern. If you would like to help those in need, check out our link (in bio) for donation resources.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Presents: "Martin Margiela: In His Own Words"
Watch the trailer below!
Few names in fashion are as respected as Martin Margiela. For the first time, the iconic designer opens up about his life, work & legacy. Watch from home via Oscilloscope Labororatories! Your rental helps out small businesses like SJMQT!
Start watching:
ow.ly/suWE50BbkbU
Learn more about the film at margiela.oscilloscope.net #MargielaFilm
“I started taking art classes, mostly taught by artists who had become quiltmakers,” Maxine Farkas, an artist who specializes in mixed media says. “I made art quilts for a while, and I found that my best ones were landscape quilts … one of which is in the permanent collection of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. In the making of art quilts, I had to learn to dye my own fabric, then print on it, the paint it … and gradually I went from making quilts to making paintings — abstract landscapes to be exact.”
Farkas’ landscape quilt is 1 of 87 pieces from the Marbaum Collection that SJMQT received in 2017.
Read the full article here:
https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2020/08/20/art-speaks-truth-to-the-soul-and-thats-what-western-avenue-studios-has-been-doing-for-15-years/
(Image:
I Have No Idea, 1998
Linen, Cotton
Hand stitched, hand dyed, applique)
Sue Weil wraps up our Artist interviews on CA-based artists who were accepted into American Tapestry Biennial 13. The exhibition was originally scheduled for Fall 2020 and will be postponed to July 2021. Sue was in the American Tapestry Biennial 11 at SJMQT and will also be in the upcoming exhibition MORE IMPACT: Climate Change in 2021.
What drew you to the fiber art medium over others?
-- When I was a very young child, my mother taught me to knit and crochet. I was fascinated with the ability to make something from nothing. Over the years, I also learned weaving; first making potholders using stretch loops on a peg loom, then I learned the backstrap principle of weaving on a popsicle stick loom. Next I experimented on a frame loom, and finally began weaving on a floor loom. Once I turned to tapestry, I continued working on my floor loom – it was a method comfortable to my practice as well as my design sense. Working with yarn seemed to be hardwired into my being. From the early days, I was drawn to the simplicity involved in working with yarn; it was a warm and welcoming medium, easy to transport and inviting to wear and to adorn my surroundings.
Read the full interview:
www.sjquiltmuseum.org/blog/sue-weil
Tomorrow! Join us on Zoom— 25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee, presented by Surface Design Association
Wednesday, August 26
11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern
Join project founder, Jennifer Kim Sohn (@25millionstitches), with guests Elaine Archibald and Maggy Rozycki Hiltner as they share a snapshot of refugee issues, the process of undertaking this project, and stories about the communities of participants. Begun in May 2019, 25 Million Stitches draws attention to the plight of 25 million global refugees. The stitches visually represent the number of people in the world today who are a refugee from their homeland. Two thousand fabric panels were hand-embroidered by over 2,100 people from all across the globe, with each stitch representing one refugee. Juxtaposing textile media, which evoke feelings of familiarity and belonging, with the hardships of stateless refugees, the installation creates an interactive experience that allows visitors to feel the enormity of the situation. It also seeks to emphasize that each refugee is a unique individual human being. The original goal of 25 Million Stitches has already been reached. Panels will be on display in museum settings starting in Sacramento in June 2021.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l7Js2T_lQymbXtlLl8pwZg
Suffrage Craft!
Did you know the Suffrage Movement used special colors to signify their message? Learn how to make your own suffrage pin using purple, gold & white tissue paper. As you work on this craft with your family & virtual friends, have a discussion about the suffrage movement. Why was it important for women to be able to vote? Were there any women left out of this process? Did you know that for women of color, the 1920 victory did not guarantee voting rights. Despite their fervent participation in the suffrage act, their voting rights were secured only with the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Discuss, craft and learn!
To get started, visit:
sjquiltmuseum.org/makerspace-blog/suffrage
Montalvo Arts Center’s multi-site public exhibition “lone some” appears throughout the Bay Area. Be sure to check out one of the site-specific installations “Hear, There and Everywhere” by Modesto Covarrubias in our SJMQT lobby (from outside, of course) before it leaves!
Montalvo transforms traditional advertising and commerce medium spaces into catalysts for conversation and connection. Seeking to inspire and provoke questions about what it means to experience loneliness, local and national artists and poets were commissioned to create works for presentation on billboards, bus shelters, and more in the East Bay, San Francisco, and the South Bay.
Today is worth celebrating! On this day, in 1920, the decades-long, nationwide struggle ended in Nashville, when the Tennessee House approved – by a single vote – ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to amend the constitution, granting voting rights for women.
#suffrage #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #votesforwomen #trc #suffragequilt #americanstudies #womensstudies #textilehistory #100thanniversaryvotesforwomen
What can be more therapeutic and rewarding than creating something with your own hands?
Finger knitting is an easy way to introduce kids of all ages to knitting. This is a simple stitch that requires no experience or knowledge, no equipment other than yarn and scissors. And no worries if you don’t have yarn, we will show you how to make plarn (PLAstic yARN) from plastic bags and packaging!
If you are in the museum’s neighborhood, check out a yarn-bombed palm tree in front of the museum by Lorna and Jill Watt's and look through the glass of the main entrance to see the work of Modesto Covarrubias from the lone some exhibition!
sjquiltmuseum.org/makerspace-blog/knitting
We're excited to announce our new Fall 2020 exhibition Deeds Not Words: Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, featuring the works of 28 award-winning textile artists in commemoration of the 19th Amendment and American women's right to vote. These dazzlingly varied, sometimes troubling, always inspiring artworks reflect the long and continuing fight for equal rights for all. This exhibition may be in person or online, depending on county regulations. Deeds Not Words is curated by Dr. Sandra Sider, Curator of the Texas Quilt Museum, and Pamela Weeks, Curator of the New England Quilt Museum, and will be on display between October 16 - December 6, 2020. Image: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Unsung Heroines of African-American Suffrage (2019). Photo by Scott Walz.
#suffrage #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #quilt #quilting #suffragequilt #textilehistory
Suffrage Month continues! Trivia question: what state/territory was first to grant suffrage? A: The territory of Wyoming in 1869! California granted suffrage more than four decades later in 1911. (Image featured: Bertha Margaret Boye's Votes for Women poster, created for the 1911 California campaign)
#suffrage #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #votesforwomen #suffragequilt #americanstudies #womensstudies #textilehistory #100thanniversaryvotesforwomen
Back to school or back to the 70s? We couldn’t decide with these macramé projects. Make your own unique macramé bookmark or holder using just a few basic knots!
Visit sjquiltmuseum.org/makerspace-blog/macrame to get started.
Like many crafts, macramé began with a functional purpose. It was used to tie off the ends of threads in hand-woven fabrics so that they wouldn't fray, or to make and mend fishing nets. Knots were also used in sails and were adapted by sailors to make decorative items. Over the years, macramé has been used to make a variety of items including wall hangings, jewelry, etc.
Grab your popcorn and join us and the Women's Vote Centennial for a special virtual film screening! On Friday, August 7th (8pm ET/5pm PT), watch the modern rendition of One Woman, One Vote, a classic PBS documentary with a 21st century message on YouTube Live. This Suffrage film will feature a brand new introduction by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
Register here: https://linktr.ee/sjmqt
Tomorrow!
Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement:
Quilted Swing Coats by Patricia A. Montgomery
Presented by San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
11AM PACIFIC / 2PM EASTERN
on Zoom
Join us for an artist talk with Oakland-based artist Patricia Montgomery, who will discuss her important series Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement: Quilted Swing Coats. The Civil Rights Movement, led by African Americans who used nonviolent civil disobedience actions, transformed the United States and became a catalyst for other national and international civil disobedience protests that followed. This series recognizes and celebrates the many African American women who made major contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the form of story quilts created in African American traditional quilting design and construction techniques. Each quilt is structured in the shape of a swing coat that illustrates these women’s individual stories and historical impact.
Register here:
ow.ly/7J3E50AQyVG
FIBER ART 101: FELTING, Featuring artist Lucy Sparrow (@sewyoursoul on Instagram). Is it felt or food?
Felt is a type of fabric that can incorporate both synthetic and natural fibers. Unlike most fabrics, felt is not woven. Rather, it is compressed at high pressures and temperatures to create a dense fabric of matted fibers.
Felt is one of the oldest textiles; however, felt production through used plastic bottles is a relatively new development. These bottles are often made out of the same material as polyester clothing, known scientifically as polyethylene terephthalate. Thus, plastic bottles can be recycled and processed back into polyester fibers, and this can be used to create felt.
One of our favorite felt artists is Lucy Sparrow. Her creative work is incredible and makes us take a double look.
Are you using felt in your art practice?
We've got you covered for #NationalColoringBookDay ! Put a new spin on quilts from SJMQT's Permanent Collection by adding your favorite colors. Download this coloring sheet and more on our website! Share your creative results by tagging #SJMQT
sjquiltmuseum.org/coloring-book
#ColoringBook #AdultColoringBook #KidsActivities #KidsArtIdeas #ChildrensCrafts
It's National Women's Suffrage Month! We'll be celebrating the 100 year milestone all month long! Historical posts, suffrage activities for the whole family and sneak peeks of our upcoming shows.
#suffrage #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #votesforwomen #womensstudies #textilehistory #100thanniversaryvotesforwomen
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In honor of National Volunteer Week, the Board and Staff of SJMQT would like to thank all of its volunteers. Thank you for your time, care, and dedication. We appreciate you so much! #NationalVolunteerWeek #SmallMuseumBigLove #SJMQT
You know you want one of these groundhog pop-ups!👀 Come to @SJMQT’s Free Winter Community Day: #SeeArtMakeArt on Saturday, February 1, 11am-3pm and bring your family for fun crafts and new art exhibitions! #sjmqt #downtownsanjose
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work at a museum and create exhibitions, apply now to be a fall intern at SJMQT! Learn about installation, design, and more! To apply, please visit sjquiltmuseum.org/jobs #sjmqt #sanjoseinternship #artinternship #museuminternship
Summer’s best live music tradition just got better. With a record 14 stages in Downtown San Jose, @SanJoseJazz celebrates its 30th Summer Fest Aug 9–11 with 100+ artists playing jazz, blues, R&B, and more! @DianneReevesMusic @gregoryportermusic @pinkmartini! More Info & Buy Tickets: https://bit.ly/2blJG81 #sanjosejazz #sjzsummerfest
There’s still time to sign up for our upcoming Soft Sculpture Workshop with Artist in Residence Alexander Hernandez! Alex is a textile artist whose work explores gender expectations, immigration and cultural assimilation through patchwork, quilting, applique and soft sculpture. In this workshop Alex will instruct people in creating soft sculptures and patches that reflect their own identities and how they want to be portrayed in the world. Attendees are encouraged to bring clothing and other textiles they would like to deconstruct to created one of a kind pieces. You may also bring garments to embellish with appliques or patches! $15 Members, $25 for Non-members. Register at tiny.cc/softsculpture (link also in bio)! Hurry as space is limited! #sjmqt #artistinresidence #softsculpture #fiberart #workshop
The Chroma Chronicles is a participatory project by our Artist in Residence, Lisa Solomon (@lisasolomon). Through this project, Lisa will be collecting stories and memories that relate to color. It can be anything from a very significant, formative memory, to something simple where the color is prominent in your mind. Quilts will be made from these stories and colors. Visit SJMQT and share your story! You can also visit the blog, thechromachronicles.tumblr.com and see Lisa document the process. #sjmqt #artistinresidence #thechromachronicles #quiltstories #tw
17 Questions With Ryan Carrington– SJMQT’s August Pop-Up Studio Artist! He will be hosting open studios in the Maker Space from 11-3:30pm every Wednesday this month. Be sure to stop by and see his work!
Artist in Residence Liz Harvey explores themes of loss, displacement, and migration as experienced by people, plant life, and animals. She combines embroidery and performance as a vehicle to address these topics. Residency Hours and New Work on view: Wed. & Thurs. 11am - 3:30pm and Sun. 11am - 2:30pm Stitching as Drawing: Stitch and Repeat Embroidery Workshop SUNDAY, JUNE 10 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Register at www.sjquiltmuseum.org/classes
See Liz Harvey’s “the lost ones” as performed by Lauren Godla at SJMQT right now! Visitors can add their own stitches to the dress during the performance. #sjmqt
KC Rosenberg introduces the new installation in our Maker Space. One half of the collaborative duo RoCoCo (and our new Artists in Residence!), KC talks about their new tapestry's themes of development, urbanization, and rebuilding, inspired by their stay in San Jose. Meet the duo and see the stunning installation during their Open Studio hours, Thurs-Fri 11 - 3:30pm & Saturday 11-2:30pm. RoCoCo will also be having an Experimental Hand Printing workshop tomorrow, Dec. 9 11:30 - 1:30pm. Tickets are available at www.sjquiltmuseum.org/events! #sjmqt
Stamp your way from fabric to paper with experimental hand printing! This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to create their own unique motifs. Participants will be able to print on various surfaces including paper and textiles. The workshop will be facilitated by Artists in Residence, RoCoCo- Modesto Covarrubias & KC Rosenberg. Saturday, December 9 11:30-1:30pm $15.00 Members, $25.00 Non-members (Fee includes admission to the museum) To purchase tickets visit www.sjquiltmuseum.org/events. To learn more about RoCoCo visit www.rococoprojects.com. #sjmqt
Mary Corey March's Identity Tapestry was a big hit at our opening reception. Guests were more than eager to contribute to the participatory installation. As each ball of yarn works through the piece, more and more unique identities form together— a community creating its own portrait through all the ways they are different... and the same. #sjmqt
Modesto Covarrubias talks about “The Hearing”, the current installation in our Makerspace. One half of the collaborative duo RoCoCo (and both our new Artists in Residence!), Modesto shares the power and importance of “The Hearing” as it is shaped by different experiences and contexts. Meet the duo and see the stunning installation during their Open Studio hours, Thurs-Fri 11-3:30pm & Saturday 11-2:30pm. RoCoCo will also be panelists at our upcoming event, Master Your Craft: A Conversation with Artists, Gallerists & Collectors, this Sunday, Oct. 29 1:30-3pm. Tickets are available at http://bit.ly/2kUgYU7! #sjmqt
Heather Deyling takes us on a short tour of her work currently on display in Makerspace. Be sure to stop by and visit Heather during her open studio hours on Thursdays and Fridays from 11 AM to 3:30 PM and Saturdays from 11 AM to 2:30 PM.
Artist-in-residence Heather Deyling talks about her upcoming workshop Drawing Inspiration Through Textiles on Saturday, August 19. Get tickets at https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/events-this-month/.
Join us for an evening of art and champagne at our annual FiberShots Party on Saturday, July 22! Get your tickets at sjquiltmuseum.org/fibershot-challenge-fundraiser.
Our workshop attendees made some great prints with Laurie Shapiro's design. Members get a discounted price on workshops. Visit our website and click JOIN to learn more.
Wait for it.... #werehavingfun #minimalism #SJMQT #modernquiltguild #modernart Quilt by: Amber Corcoran @fancyamber Exhibit up until: July 16.
Wait for it.... #ourhouse #inthemiddleofourstreet #werehavingfun By Kim Eichler-Messmer @kimemquilts #modernquiltguild #modernquilt #sjmqt (Exhibit up until July 16).
Only 15 spots for Laurie Shapiro's screen-printing workshop on June 18th! Much of Laurie's work, even her "Before You Were Born" cave incorporates extensive screenprinting. No, it's not just for t shirts! Mixed-media artists are embracing it and innovating. Get one-on-one time with a professional artist in an intimate setting and meet fellow creatives. Learn something new or expand on your skills. Link in bio or cluck on Workshops and Fiber Talks under Visit on our website. Don't forget to register for the Luana Rubin talk on July 30th, too. We will cap it at 75 seats. Register here: http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/workshops-fiber-talks/ #sjmqt #screenprinting #laurieshapiroart #bayareaartclass #bayareaart #textile #mixedmedia #contemporaryart www.sjquiltmuseum.org @laurieshapiroart
So much fun and learning yesterday at the 40th Anniversary Open House! #sjmqt #dtsj #twentystitches #sjmqt40 @twentystitches
"Made in 1977" 40th Anniversary Open House is so much fun. We are loving the creativity and support from our community. Happy 40th SJMQT! Come on in (yes, today is our REAL birthday!). We are open until 4 pm. #sjmqt40 #sjmqt #dtsj
Tomorrow for First Friday, a mixed-media workshop with Artist in Residence, Laurie Shapiro awaits you. Use colorful designer fabric, a selection of hand-picked materials (like buttons, feathers, yarn, lace) as well as water-based paints. Make a mini-piece of your own or contribute to a piece that Laurie will be working on tomorrow. Free admission. May 5, 7 to 9:30 PM. #artwalksj #artworkshop #sofadistrict #dtsj #sanjosefun #sjmqt
Rock on. If your hair color matches one of the quilts, stitched paintings, or sculptures currently up in SJMQT, make sure you have us snap a photo! This piece is called "Breathe" by Leanne Chahley. See Renee's Zeppelin rocker tee? Did you know Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was the stuff of legend? It was the band's 11th and last concert tour of North America. Why is this a cool fashion coincidence? Because SJMQT was founded in 1977. Celebrate our 40th Anniversary, "Made in 1977" this Sunday, all day, 11 to 4 with a free open house that includes live music, hands-on art activities by professional artists, a performance art piece in @laurieshapiroart's Artist in Residence kaleidoscopic walk -in cave, and gallery and collection tours. We're hoping for some bright hair from some of you for Sunday and tomorrow's first Friday (don't forget we'll have a free mixed media workshop run by Laurie tomorrow night for #ArtWalkSJ!) Rock on. www.sjquiltmuseum.org #museummatch #museumfun #sjmqt #modernquilt #ledzeppelin #TheSeventies #rockertee www.sjquiltmuseum.org
SJMQT will have hands-on activities run by professional artists all day on May 7th. Mel Beach, an incredible quilter and sewer, will sew your quilt piece creations right then and there. Isn't that incredible?! Great for all ages. Come celebrate our 40th Birthday "Made in 1977," with us next Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm! @mbeach128 #sjmqt40 #sjmqt #quilt #artactivities #bayareaart #handsonart www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Laurie Shapiro, our Artist in Residence, showing a part of the costume she is handmaking for the performance art dance+magic piece (on muslin!) inside the "cave" for May 7th's 40th Anniversary Anniversary Free Open House, "Made in 1977." #sjmqt #sjmqt40 #Mixedmedia #diyfashion #fabricart
Laurie Shapiro, SJMQT's Artist in Residence, making a costume for the performance art piece of dance & music in the "cave" on May 7th!
Many of you might not know this, but we protect, preserve, and catalog over 1,000 textiles in our Permanent Collection. Here is a quilt, Nancy, our Curator of Collections, chose for us in honor of spring and the its holidays. Nothing says Spring like a basket of flowers! This is our wish to you for a Happy Spring, happy Passover, and Easter, and any holiday you celebrate. This giant flower basket, surrounded by diamond shapes and flowers, is composed of thousands of 1 ½” hexagons. What many non-quilters don't know is that hexagons are all the rage for quilters right now. Some interesting facts. Ready? Here goes: A quilt with this exact same design was the Nebraska State winner of the 1975 Great Quilt Contest, sponsored by Good Housekeeping magazine, the U.S. Historical Society, and the Museum of American Folk Art. Since there are several known quilts with the same design, but executed in different colors, there was likely a printed source for this quilt pattern. The original designer of the quilt, who uses hexagons like pixels, made the 1975 prize-winning quilt in the mid 1970s, as desktop computers were becoming available. Interestingly, SJMQT was founded in 1977. Quilt details: Hexagon Flower Basket Quilt -Cotton, cotton ployester c. 1980, 75 x 80” Gift of Ada and Robert Loewer #sjmqt #quilthistory #springquilt #easter #spring #passover #hexagonquilt #textilehistory #quilt #museumcollection #springflowers
Bach in Fiberspace today. So soothing. Classical guitarist Irina Kulikova plays has given concerts in 25 countries and has won numerous prestigious international guitar competitions. Thank you to the Noon Arts & Lecture Series and South Bay Guitar Society. Enjoy her full concert at Trianon Theatre tomorrow at 7:30 pm. #SJMQT #classicalguitar #DTSJ
Now imagine this world that our Artist in Residence, Laurie Shapiro, created, with live music. A fiber art fantasy come true. This will occur on May 7th, an interactive art installation + performance for our 40th Anniversary open house, "Made in 1977". Celebrate our 40th and the Summer of Love's 50th in this magical "cave." Also, visit Laurie on her Thursday, Friday, and Sunday Open Studios. #artistinresidence #laurieshapiroart #SJMQT40 #SJMQT #summeroflove50 @laurieshapiroart
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