Intersect Chicago (online) 2020: The Future of SOFA (SAQA Special Exhibition)

Nov 05, 2020

Nov 12, 2020

Intersect Chicago (formerly SOFA, Sculpture Objects Functional Art) takes place annually at Chicago's Navy Pier, and focuses on three-dimensional artworks that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art, fiber arts, and design. SAQA is a Cultural Partner for this event which includes special programming and videos. Plus, twenty pieces of art (selected by juror Jane Sauer) are on display.

View recording of SAQA presentation

Intersect Chicago: The Future of SOFA was live and open to the public from November 6-12, 2020.
A special day dedicated to Fiber Arts was held on November 11 -
Art was available for sale on Artsy from November 6-December 5, 2021

About the Juror

Jane Sauer is an internationally recognized curator, lecturer, and art consultant who now resides in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been a practicing fiber artist for over 35 years with work in over 25 museum collections, including the Renwick Gallery, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the American Craft Museum.

For fifteen years she was the Artistic Director and gallery owner of Thirteen Moons Gallery, later Jane Sauer Gallery, in Sante Fe. Sauer has received two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, is part of the Archives of American Arts Smithsonian Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Craft Council, having served on their Board and as Chair.

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