Multiple times throughout the year, the SAQA Education Committee offers a series of online discussions and artist panels that serve to educate and inspire our members. Some of these take place live and include a participant Q&A portion. Other webinars include prerecorded content.
Check the online calendar for upcoming events.
In this video, Jane Dunnewold shares expert advice with artists Merran Phillips, Martha Phair Sanders, and Ree Fagan. Dunnewold's critiques focus on specific technical advice and offer wisdom on how to push successful pieces even further. She also emphasizes the...
Lightning Talks are always a highlight of the annual SAQA conferences. Each speaker creates a presentation of 20 slides and speaks about each slide for 20 seconds resulting in a fast-paced informative talk that around six minutes and 40 seconds...
Selling Art Quilts with Wen Redmond, Roxane Lessa, and Frieda Anderson
Three SAQA members share their art quilts and discuss how their creative lives are influenced by the places they live. Alicia Merrett was born and raised in Argentina and lives in the United Kingdom. Barbara Lange and Uta Lenk live...
Wen Redmond, a mixed media artist, delights in creating dialogue, changing perspectives and perceptions of fiber. She works intuitively, encouraging ‘flow’, and experimentation. Please enjoy this 2-part presentation where Wen discusses her digital printing techniques for surface design and answers questions from...
Juried Artist Member panelists Sue Bleiweiss, Lorie McCown, and Judy Kirpich discussed their experiences working in a series while using their art to support their points of view.
Working in a series is a way to create a related, recognizable...
In 2019, the SAQA Education Committee worked to bring you a series all about critique. In this special session, the audience critiqued the work of three SAQA volunteers. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for artistic growth...
The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Diane Núñez, Johnnie McKenzie, Daniela Tiger, and Teresita Leal. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for...
The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Gay Bitter, Ellen Isaacs, Tracey Cameron, and Judy Crotts. Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful tool for...
The SAQA Education Committee hosted a live critique opportunity where attendees were offered the opportunity to give feedback to our critique volunteers: Susan R. Michael, Agnes Minnebach, SueEllen Romanowski, and Dorothy Raymond.
Getting and giving critiques can be a powerful...
Formerly a painter, Sharon McCartney is full time artist who now works with mixed media to create her layered textile constructions. Sharon incorporates hand-stitching, found objects, and printed fabrics in her pieces.
Hollis Chatelain joins us for Unit 1: Dye and explains her process of creating beautiful dye-painted artworks. See more of her work at hollisart.com.
Carol Anne Grotrian explains her unique process of creating whole cloth pictorial quilts using shibori, indigo and dye. Also included below is a great list of books and other resources.
Camille Hawbaker is a printmaker and fiber artist interested in using silk and thread to create fine art. This video conversation leads the viewer through her techniques in various works in the order that she made them. Along the way...
Keidra Navaroli shares "A Curatorial Perspective" in this video conversation. Navaroli is the Assistant Director and Curator at the Ruth Funk Center For Textile Arts in Melbourne, Florida. She encourages fiber artists to take risks with their work and create...
In this video, Ginni Fleck is interviewed by Jeanne Marklin about "Creating a Textile Art School". Ginni is the founder of DIY Textile School in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
In this video, Sue Benner is interviewed by Clara Nartey about "Navigating the Commissions Process". Sue Benner is a textile artist who lectures and teaches workshops nationally and internationally in the areas of surface design, textile collage, fused quilt construction...
In this video, Marjan Kluepfel is interviewed by Clara Nartey about "The Role of Art Organizations in an Artist's Career". Marjan is a fabric artist, teacher, lecturer, and writer.
In this video, Laura Wasilowski is interviewed by Jeanne Marklin about her career as a travelling teacher. Laura is a textile artist and creator of hand-dyed threads and fabrics. She has also written several books.
Luana Rubin, co-owner of eQuilter.com, explains how the Color Marketing Group operates and how forecasting predicts color changes in all aspects of your life: clothes, cars, hotels, appliances, and more.
