Upcoming Exhibits

The Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a youth education program that bridges artistic expression with activism to advocate for social justice. This exhibition features powerful imagery the students created in cloth to tell their stories

School Block Challenge is an annual quilt block competition and exhibition, sponsored by Moda Fabrics, for children in grades K-12 nationwide. Moda generously provides three challenge fabrics that must be included in every block entry. Students put their math skills & creativity to work in creating a quilt square of their own design. All entries are included in the exhibition. Becky Glasby is the coordinator

A selection of quilts from the museum’s collection showcasing artistry on both ends of the scale, from our smallest miniatures to our largest bed-sized quilts, and highlighting the connections between them. Laura Hendrickson is the curator.

This juried exhibition by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), created for The National Quilt Museum, depicts the emotion, energy, and enjoyment of music
through fiber art.

This collection of modern quilts, constructed by Cassandra between 2014 and today, encompasses a variety of aesthetics and techniques including use of negative space, minimalism, modern traditionalism, and improvisation.

29 award-winning textile artists from across the United States each crafted a quilt celebrating women’s suffrage. These dazzlingly varied, sometimes troubling, always inspiring artworks reflect the long and continuing fight for equal rights for all.
Sandra Sider (Texas Quilt Museum), and Pam Weeks (New England Quilt Museum), are the co-curators for this exhibition.

Valerie created this body of work to center around her beloved roots. She is drawn to and inspired by African symbols and masks and has developed a stylized approach to include them in her work.

This exhibition, created by artists from around the world and curated by
Susanne Jones, focuses on the history of the battles for human, civil, and political rights, and their continuing developments today. This colorful new way to approach human rights answers the demand for new perspectives on the issues.

This exhibition features the winning and finalist quilts from around the world in a competition for the most innovative interpretations of the traditional Wheel of Fortune pattern.

Michael, a self-taught quilter, brings years of painting and collage skills to his quilt making. Inspired by jazz and working in the narrative tradition, Cummings and his sewing machine tell stories of the African American experience across historical, cultural, philosophical, and mythical realms.

Park Bench Stories consists of 39 art quilts that can best be described as figurative, representational fabric collages of people who have come to sit on a park bench. Every one of these pieces, whether a single person, a couple, or more people occupying the same space–tells a story.

Textile artist MJ Kinman blends her favorite subjects—quilts, gems, and Kentucky bourbon—into a stunning exhibit of light and color.

Lively, colorful, and skillfully made fabric “portraits” of endangered species bring them to real, vibrant life. Each portrait features fascinating animal and plant facts from rescuers, scientists, conservationists, and more: where they live, what their superpowers are, why they are at risk, and how we can help. Curated by Donna DeSoto.

This series focuses on miniature scale and explores the unlimited layout and design options of the Log Cabin pattern. Amy used over 60,000 individual fabric pieces for the quilts in this exhibition.

Quilt expert Mary W. Kerr joins 13 other textile historians to show why Southern quilts have a distinctiveness setting them apart, including factors like their patterns, use of tiny pieces, and specific color choices.