Enjoy this Virtual Lecture and Fundraiser Supporting the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts from the comfort of your own home and join us along with renowned textile artist, researcher and teacher Rebecca Devaney over Zoom.

$25/ Members | $30/ Nonmembers

Rebecca Devaney’s lecture will tell the fascinating story of how luxury textiles and fashion became woven into the fabric of Paris. The intriguing history of luxury textiles and fashion is revealed through the geography of the winding streets and wide boulevards of Paris. Travelling in Paris from the elegant Opéra district to Le Sentier, once the bustling garment district, we will meet kings, politicians, spies, cloth merchants, milliners, glove-makers, feather-workers, embroiderers and the fiercely independent Midinettes.

Note: To train at the prestigious École Lesage is to be invited to share in more than a century and a half of ever-renewed enthusiasm, talent and expertise. It means getting a chance to learn the techniques mastered – and, in some cases, invented – by one of the world’s greatest embroidery houses.

This lecture will be held via Zoom only. An emailed invitation, with links, will be provided to registrants approximately one to two weeks prior to the tour.

Thank you for supporting WMQFA!

Join us on Friday, October 7, from noon–1pm CDT, for a free Zoom panel discussion with Counting Threads artists Libs Elliott, Audrey Esarey, and Erick Wolfmeyer. Learn about the artists’ incredible creative processes during a lunchtime talk moderated by WMQFA Senior Curator Emily Schlemowitz.

No fee or registration required, but donations are appreciated! Donations support programming and allow us to keep this event, and others like it, free of charge.

Program will be live via Zoom webinar and livestream through Facebook. Click here to join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84087539741

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.

Registration Closed at 4 p.m. CDT.

Thursday, September 2, 2021; 6:30 p.m. CDT

Join WMQFA as we open the Victoria Findlay Wolfe: Playing With Purpose exhibition with a special one-hour lecture with Victoria!

Victoria will give a lecture then take us on a tour of the exhibition, with time for questions from both the in-person and virtual audiences.

This hybrid event will feature limited in-person seating for WMQFA members and a virtual option for everyone.

$25 WMQFA members (virtual/ or in-person) or $30 non-members

Click here to register

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 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

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/

Take a behind the scenes tour with modern quilter and author Lee Heinrich!

The program is free, but donations are appreciated: https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/products/behind-the-scenes-studio-tour-with-lee-heinrich-virtual-chat

Watch via Zoom or on live on Facebook.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81291171950

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/

Friday, August 7 at 12:00pm CDT

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Celebrate the opening of the Quarantine Quilt exhibition with a special virtual opening lunchtime chat, highlighting some of the stories shared with the blocks. 

Please click here to join the Zoom webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89647674835

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. 

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Please click here to join the Zoom webinar:

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