The fiber of some local quilters’ being will be on display for several months for all to see.
Showing from April 29 to Aug. 13, at the California Heritage Museum, the exhibition brings together quilts from 30 members of the premier guild for professional quilters, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) to show the cutting edge of fiber art in California.
SAQA artists pursue their own unique visions through the medium of fabric. Some make abstract pieces that capture mood and flow, others engage with environmental concerns; some use humor. Others layer images and symbols in their work.
Quilts embody particular times and places, and quilts made in California today show California as vibrant and truly innovative, quilters say.
The exhibition was juried by acclaimed curator Sandi Fox, collection curator, Quilts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Tobi Smith, director of the California Heritage Museum.
The museum is located at 2612 Main St. For more information, call (310) 392 8537.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 6, 2006. Read the original PDF.