Textile Talks features weekly presentations and panel discussions from SDA, the International Quilt Museum, Quilt Alliance, and Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Textile Talks are presented free of charge. If you enjoy these talks, help ensure they continue with a gift today.
When: Online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) on Wednesdays
Preregistration is required and recordings are available (playlist below).
Upcoming & Recent Talks
TEXTILE TALK, April 30, 2pm ET
Spaces Between
With Susan Lenz, Barbara Schulman, Julie Reuben, Elaine McBride and Akiko Kotani
Held in partnership with Florida CraftArt, Spaces Between explores edges, thresholds, and borders, whether cultural, environmental, psychological, or physical. Highlighting work made with a fibers sensibility—including traditional and cross-disciplinary materials, techniques, and practices, as well as experimental processes and material innovation—juror Akiko Kotani selected 30 artworks from more than 385 submissions that cultivate a deeper understanding of in-between spaces and what it can mean to navigate through and reside within them.
Join us in celebration of the Spaces Between exhibition as we welcome award winners Susan Lenz, Barbara Schulman, Julie Reuben, and Elaine McBride alongside our juror, Akiko Kotani for our Textile Talk, Spaces Between, on Wednesday, April 30 from 2-3PM ET.
This event is free and open to the public; registration is required.
For more information, contact info@surfacedesign.org
About the speaker:
Akiko Kotani, born in Waipahu, HI, received a BFA from the University of Hawaii and an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA. Kotani’s work is held and exhibited in museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Baker Museum, Naples, FL; and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. During her career, she has received multiple prizes and honors, including the prestigious 2023 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art. Her recent exhibitions include Midsummer Suite at the Saga Prefectural Art Museum (Saga, Japan) and BURST, currently on view at the Chihuly Collection (St. Petersburg, Florida). Akiko Kotani is represented by Leslie Curran Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
Recordings of All Previous SDA Textile Talks
The following is a playlist featuring all of the previous Textile Talks. Pressing play will begin the most current talk or you can click the hamburger button (icon of three horizontal lines) near the upper right of the video to select a specific video from the playlist.
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