The Modern Quilt Guild
The Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) was born out of the thriving online community of modern quilters and their desire to meet in person. The guild was founded in Los Angeles in October 2009.Thanks to blogs and the internet, the news spread quickly, and modern guilds began popping up everywhere.QuiltCon is the annual event of the […]
SAQA Europe & Middle East
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote art quilts, « a visual art creation that is formed of layers or stitches that mimic the shape of a sewn layer ». SAQA is dedicated to showcasing avant-garde, beautiful, and thought-provoking art around the world.SAQA members, with access to […]
SAQA
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote art quilts, « a visual art creation that is formed of layers or stitches that mimic the shape of a sewn layer ». SAQA is dedicated to showcasing avant-garde, beautiful, and thought-provoking art around the world.SAQA members, with access to a museum-worthy […]
Quilt Art
The first group of its kind in Europe, Quilt Art was founded in Great Britain in 1985 to develop the quilt as an artistic medium and promote its recognition as an art form. Its members are leading practitioners who exhibit nationally and internationally. Many of them have won significant awards and have been selected to […]
Fifteen by Fifteen
Fifteen by Fifteen is an international group of 15 artists sharing the same passion: textile art. Spread across the world, their meetings are mostly virtual.Each year, one or more themes are chosen, and the artists create six quilts.The photos and explanations of each artist’s approach are posted on the group’s website every 8 weeks.The size […]
Deutsch-Afghanische Initiative
Guldusi, the Afghan hand embroidery program of the German association Deutsch-Afghanische Initiative, was launched in 2004, 20 years ago! Afghan women from 3 villages were encouraged to resume hand embroidery, an activity they had abandoned during the long years of war, with other priorities.It is this long journey of exchange between embroiderers and Europeans that […]
20 Perspectives
20 Perspectives was founded in early 2022 by a group of 20 international artists from four continents and nine countries: France, Hungary, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, and Australia. They create three to four collections per year for exhibitions, each based on a theme chosen by the members. Members contribute […]