$35 per person, 5pm - 8pm

Join us for an intimate reception celebrating the museum and Counting Threads exhibition. Enjoy appetizers, provided by Miss Molly’s Catering. Senior Curator Emily Schlemowitz will provide a guided tour at 6pm.

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Please note, WMQFA will be holding a virtual auction. We invite you to preview the items in person this evening and bid on the online virtual auction. Bidding Opens August 4 at noon. Click here to view auction.

Cover Image Credit: Caroline Hadley, Fanfold, 2020; cotton; 65 x 65 in. Courtesy of the artist.

$65 per person

Celebrate WMQFA’s 10th Anniversary! Join us for a socially-distanced outdoor, tented picnic. Pick up a delicious boxed picnic dinner from Shully’s and a celebratory cupcake. You may dine at the museum or bring your dinner home if you prefer. Enjoy beer, wine, soda, and water as you stroll the grounds. Exhibit Curator Emily Schlemowitz will also provide special tours of the museum’s anniversary exhibition.

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Please note, due to Covid, WMQFA will not be holding a formal program at a set time for this event. Instead, we invite you to enjoy the open house and bid on the online virtual auction (https://WMQFA2021.givesmart.com).

Tuesday, July 20, 3pm-5pm

Join curators from the world's largest quilt collection for a virtual tour of the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. See the exhibitions, including "Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50," and go behind the scenes of the museum's state-of-the-art collections storage.

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This tour is available through a special collaboration between IQM & WMQFA. Members of both IQM & WMQFA are eligible for the discounted rate of $25.

https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/

Please note, this is a LIVE virtual tour and behind-the-scenes program with IQM staff via Zoom webinar. You will need a code/link to access the program, which will be sent to your registered email address approximately one week prior. The program will be recorded. After the program, all registered attendees will be given a link to view the program for up to 30 days.

Join artist Kathy Weaver as she explores the intersection of humanity and technology through robots and organic macro-worlds. She’ll share her work, incorporating fiber to express these connections.

This is a free, virtual program, but donations are appreciated. Click here to make a donation.

Click here to watch via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81292520787

For more information about the artist: www.kweaverarts.com

Weaver has exhibited both nationally and internationally including at the International Triennial, Poland, Art Market, Stockholm, Platforms Art Fair, Athens, Dubuque Museum, Rockford Museum, Vision Museum, San Diego, Ukrainian Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Art and Design, NYC. Solo shows include The Art Center of Highland Park, Illinois, Vision Art Museum, Womenmade Gallery, Chicago, Chicago State University, Gorden Center for Integrative Art, University of Chicago, Concordia College, Olympia Centre, Chicago and Goshen College, Indiana.

Honors include an Illinois Arts Grant, National Endowment for the Arts studio grant, Quilt National Emerging Artist Award, Juror’s award at the Evanston and Vicinity show, Dubuque Museum acquisition award, Rockford Museum Juror’s Award, Mayor Award for the Arts, Highland Park, Il. Weaver worked as an art educator in the public schools. She received an MA from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Join Martha Sielman, Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), for a fascinating tour of art quilts telling the history of the Art Quilt Movement from 1960-today. See works by Nancy Crow, Michael James, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Ricky Tims, and more! Learn how art quilts have changed over the past 60 years with innovations in surface design and technology. An hour of inspiration and gorgeous art quilts!

This program is FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated! Click here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82511811923

Join WMQFA on Friday, October 2 at noon CDT for a discussion with Navajo Master Weavers Lynda Pete and Barbara Jean Ornelas for discussion about Navajo weaving work, their families, and a bit about Navajo culture.

This program is free via Zoom or the museum’s Facebook page, but donations are appreciated! Click here to make a donation: https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/products/dine-navajo-weaving-virtual-chat

Click here to join the Zoom program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82818332048

Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are the premiere Navajo Tapestry Weavers. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaver Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are Tabaaha (Water Edge Clan) and born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Lynda and Barbara were raised there along with their siblings at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Her mother demonstrated weaving and attracted a constant flow of tourists. Indeed, Ruth Teller’s rugs were so prized that tourists often purchased them right off the loom. Needless to say, as a child, Lynda learned through observation.

https://www.navajorugweavers.com/