In honor of World Refugee Day, WMQFA is working with the Bureau of Refugee Programs of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to offer free admission on Friday, June 21, with extended hours until 6pm.

WMQFA Senior Curator Emily Schlemowitz will be providing free gallery talks throughout the day, and admission to the museum's 25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee exhibition will be free for everyone!

Join us on #GivingTuesday, Tuesday, November 29, for a FREE reception, celebrating Hide + Seek, The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts' 5th Annual Fiber Arts Biennial, from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.

Registration is not required, but donations are appreciated. All donations, up to $5,000, made on #GivingTuesday will be matched by the WMQFA Board so be generous!

Free!

Join us for a Free Family Fun day on October 22, 2022! (12pm-4pm)

Fiber arts crafts, a scavenger hunt and a community art project!

Join us for a Free Family Fun day on June 4 2022! (12pm-4pm)

Fiber arts crafts, a scavenger hunt and a community art project!

Friday, February 18, 2022 at noon central time

Join WMQFA and Hooked by Design artists Tracy Jamar, Susan Feller, and Kris McDermet for a lively panel discussion about their work, inspirations, and more!

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

Join here via Zoom or watch live on Facebook. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85858230035

Hooked by Design and its programming are supported by Jan Schley and the Wisconsin Arts Board, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Friday, January 14, 2022 at noon central time

Join WMQFA and Hooked by Design artists Sharon Felten, Heather Goodchild & Ann Willey for a lively panel discussion about their work, inspirations, and more!

Registration is not required. This program is free, but donations are appreciated. Click here to make a donation.

Join here via Zoom or watch live on Facebook.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82292889298

Hooked by Design and its programming are supported by Jan Schley and the Wisconsin Arts Board, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join WMQFA Executive Director Melissa Wraalstad, Documentation Chair Maribeth Schmit, and Index Manager Darlene Habanek for a FREE virtual chat about the museum’s documentation project.

The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts grew out of quilt documentations. The Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches exhibit is a tribute to that project. But what is a quilt documentation? Why does it matter? And how do they work? Join us to explore quilt documentations, the Quilt Index, and how this all led to WMQFA.

Click here to join the FREE Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87221696032

This program is free, but donations are appreciated! Click here to donate.

This program is possible with the generous support from the American Quilt Study Group, Kohler Foundation, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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

WMQFA welcomes Laura Mitchell of Visions Art Museum in San Diego for a virtual conversation on Friday, November 6 at 12pm CST.

Laura will share information about who this museum is: VAM's history, its exhibitions, and its upcoming programs.

This free program will be available via zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84424627790

Registration is not required but donations are appreciated!

Click here for more information or to make a donation.

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/

How has the pandemic influenced and affected artists? Join us to hear from Anne Katz from Arts Wisconsin, Angela Johnson from the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP), and Milwaukee artist Heidi Parkes on how this unusual year is impacting artists.

The program is free, but donations are appreciated: https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/products/artists-in-the-pandemic-virtual-chat

Watch via Zoom or on live on Facebook.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83296053403

For more information about WRAP, click here: https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/wisconsin-regional-art-program/

For more information about Arts Wisconsin, click here: https://www.artswisconsin.org/

For more information about Heidi Parkes: http://www.heidiparkes.com/

Join WMQFA staff for another glimpse into the fascinating stories hidden in the museum's collection. 

This fun show & tell will also give you a sneak peak into the upcoming exhibition!

This program is free via Zoom or Facebook livestream.

To watch with Zoom, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88575982660

Join local, Wisconsin fiber artists for a virtual conversation about their artwork. 

Click here for more information

Please click here to join the Zoom webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86089353726

Due to the Covid-19 Outbreak WMQFA has decided to Cancel the June 6th Family Fun Day.

Please Join us in December for our Holiday Family Fun Day on December 5th