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Sew Florida - photos from the Opening Reception!Jan 22, 2026
Take time to visit Palm Beach Gardens Community Center January 12, 2026 - March 19, 2026. The Community Center is open 7 days a week, 8am to 5pm. Meet the […]
Pieced in Paradise - photos from the Opening Reception!Jan 22, 2026
Take time to visit Palm Beach Gardens City Hall December 9, 2025 - January 29, 2026. City Hall is open Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm, closed Christmas Day and […]
Pieced in Paradise at PBG City HallDec 9, 2025
Take time to visit Palm Beach Gardens City Hall December 9, 2025 - January 29, 2026. City Hall is open Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm, closed Christmas Day and […]
September 2025 Mod Squad - Well, that's different!Sep 10, 2025
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QuiltCon 2026 Raleigh NCAug 30, 2025
Entries Open: September 1, 2025 Entries Close: October 31, 202511:59 p.m. EDT Notifications Sent: week of December 1, 2025 Quilts Arrive to QuiltCon: January 2026
Fired & Fabricated at HATCH 1121Aug 30, 2025
Meet the Artists The Artists of Palm Beach County presents “Fired and Fabricated: A Collaboration of the Palm Beach Modern Quilt Guild and the Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches” […]
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart GardnerMay 13, 2025
Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only […]
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in that order)May 13, 2025
Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian […]
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MeMay 13, 2025
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. […]
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to SeeMay 13, 2025
An award-winning journalist obsessed with obsession, Bianca Bosker’s existence was upended when she wandered into the art world—and couldn’t look away. Intrigued by artists who hyperventilate around their favorite colors […]
Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern ArtMay 13, 2025
Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to […]
Nancy CrowMay 13, 2025
"I love being inside my brain and pushing myself to think in ever more complex ways because I know the ideas are there for the taking. It's all about being […]
Anni Albers (1899-1994)May 13, 2025
"Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials." - Anni Albers Reflecting […]
May 2025 Monthly Mod Squad - Words in Quilts - due June 7May 3, 2025
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Zwia LipkinApr 22, 2025
"I find inspiration all over. Textures in nature, weathered urban environments, my travels, things I hear on the news or my own history and life. Often, inspiration comes from the […]
Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986)Apr 20, 2025
“Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is […]
Sarah NishiuraApr 20, 2025
"Beyond the function of it as something to make you warm, you can't divide it from the function that it beautifies your world." Sarah Nishiura Sarah Nishiura grew up in […]
April 2025 Monthly Mod Squad - Top Teacher - due May 3Apr 5, 2025
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Jacksonville QuiltFest 2025Apr 5, 2025
Jacksonville QuiltFest 2025 is now open for enties. Please visit https://quiltfestjax.com/enter-your-quilt/ Enrty deadline is July 25, 2025
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944)Mar 24, 2025
"The pictures were painted directly through me, without any preliminary drawings, and with great force. I had no idea what the paintings were supposed to depict; nevertheless I worked swiftly […]
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)Mar 24, 2025
“I cannot expect even my own art to provide all of the answers, only to hope it keeps asking the right questions.” — Grace Hartigan “I can hear my mother […]
Niraja LorenzMar 23, 2025
"Working on the detailed intricate arrangements of small pieces of fabric and the complex process of sewing them together keeps me sane. It is a meditation: a time of focused […]
March 2025 Monthly Mod Squad - Put a Bird On It- due April 5Mar 1, 2025
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Alma Thomas (1891-1978)Feb 18, 2025
“I’ve never bothered painting the ugly things in life. People struggling, having difficulty. You meet that when you go out, and then you have to come back and see the […]
Sam Gilliam (1933-2022)Feb 18, 2025
Sam Gilliam (November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) was an American abstract painter, sculptor, and arts educator. Born in Mississippi, and raised in Kentucky, Gilliam spent his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., eventually […]
Basil KincaidFeb 17, 2025
Basil Kincaid (b. 1986, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American artist who honors and evolves traditional practices through quilting, collaging, photography, installation and performance. Implementing materials vested with emotional and […]
Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)Feb 17, 2025
Faith Ringgold (born Faith Willi Jones; October 8, 1930 – April 13, 2024) was an American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts. Ringgold was born in Harlem, New […]
February 2025 Faith Ringgold Exercise - Due March 1Feb 1, 2025
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February 2025 Monthly Mod Squad - What's your favorite color- due March 1Jan 26, 2025
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January 2025 Monthly Mod Squad - Fussy Cut - due February 1Jan 5, 2025
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Ultimate Retreat with Cheryl EggertJan 2, 2025
ULTIMATE RETREAT with Cheryl Eggert AUGUST 12 -19 2025 PADUKAH, KY - HANCOCKS NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM HAMILTON, MO for MISSOURI STAR, HAMILTON QUILT MUSEUM & AIRING OF THE QUILTS Contact […]
September Monthly Block Study : Tesseract due October 5Sep 7, 2024
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August Monthly Block Study : Lightning due September 7Jul 30, 2024
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July Monthly Block Study : Parameters due August 3Jul 4, 2024
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June Monthly Block Study : Scaled Triangles due July 5May 31, 2024
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March Monthly Block Study : Maximalist due April 6May 31, 2024
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February Monthly Block Study : Overlapping Squares due March 4May 31, 2024
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January Monthly Block Study : Cornered due February 4May 31, 2024
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