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Open to all current SAQA NJ + NY primary and secondary regional members

Open to all current SAQA NJ + NY, SAQA PA, and SAQA CT primary and secondary regional members.

This juried exhibition features the current work of the finest national contemporary quilt artists, June 25– August 22, 2025. Included Art quilts exemplify innovation in quilting and surface design techniques as well as excellence in artistic composition and craftsmanship. The...

Focusing on slow stitch practice, Sashiko style embroidery, and visible mending, students will learn to repurpose or repair beloved, un-used, worn-out or simply interesting textiles and small found objects into artwork. Topics will additionally include incorporating photographs and text into...

Earth, from space, looks like a shimmering gem suspended in an inky, infinite expanse. A diverse group of artists from 11 countries around the world present their views of the universe in this fascinating collection of contemporary artwork.

Fiberart International is a triennial exhibition that seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. The exhibition is recognized around the world as a benchmark...

Birds are found all around the world. They remind us of ourselves yet are also able to fly up in the heavens. Artists around the globe respond to the birds they admire in myriad ways using a wide variety of materials and techniques.

Open to all current SAQA members with Florida, Georgia or South Carolina as primary or secondary region

Ever since our earliest ancestors began applying iron oxide to cave walls and their bodies, the color red has played a major role in art, rituals, and spirituality. The use of red can evoke excitement, danger, anger or love in the West. The color red is associated with purity in India, and in China it traditionally symbolizes luck. Red is also a primary color, crucial to the creation of other hues.

See what’s hidden in plain sight! This exhibition celebrates the wonder of wildlife and the artistry of concealment.

In this workshop, students will learn the finer points of David Taylor’s animal quilts that are adapted from photographs. Topics include his unique pattern drawing method, a layered freezer paper, turned-edge appliqué technique, background ideas, construction, and quilting. A strong...

Bojagi are traditional Korean wrapping cloths used to wrap, cover, carry, or store objects in daily life, on special occasions, and in religious rituals. Koreans believe the labor of love and the good wishes felt while hand-stitching the bojagi imbue...

~ A collaboration between Sacred Threads and The Healing Arts Program at UChicago Medicine. Sacred Threads is very pleased to offer a call for art quilts to be exhibited in several locations within the hospital setting at UChicago Medicine. There...

Learn the element of design of Kawandi and the background of the African Diaspora of India who inspired this hand sewn art form. The focus of this workshop will be on being spontaneous while selecting scraps and using colors and...

Creating an improv medallion quilt is a super fun way to learn about improvisationally piecing within a structure. Students will learn the following things and more—how to piece improv units so that they are approximately the same size, how to...

The emphasis of this workshop is on experimentation. Using your own voice, you will make mini works of map art. You will make beautiful surfaces that will form canvasses for fiber art maps using a number of processes, including mixed...

Do you love to be surrounded by vibrant colors? Voltron will push your imagination in design. Come join Irene Roderick in a workshop in which we will construct 12-15 strip sets of varying colors and widths, cut them into triangles...

Abstract art uses the pure elements and principles of design to create emotions and thoughts in the viewer. Because it is so free and unbounded from the real world, the diversity of abstract art is truly stunning. In the way a poem distills a novel into a few words, abstract art offers the essence of an idea using the vocabulary of line, shape, rhythm, texture, color, value and composition.

All living creatures need a safe place to heal, regroup, rest, or retreat. Do you nurture your loved ones in a special place? Do you create a haven for others in need? What is your haven? Artists were asked to...

Open to SAQA Oregon 1st and 2nd region members.