Museum Quality: Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA

by SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.)

Overview

A high-energy mix for all who make and appreciate contemporary art quilts. With more than 650 photos, enjoy this journey through the art quilt collections that are held in five different museums across the United States. Each has a different focus, and each has different treasures to learn about: the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Part of the creativity-inspiring series Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA, which blends interviews, information, and today’s latest works and designs. It also serves as a long-term creative reference. Be inspired by 16 artists living around the world, peer at every detail in photos from SAQA’s recent exhibitions, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764364754
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Series:	Exploring Art Quilts with Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. , #3
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	705,534
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA), is an international organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt. Its more than 4,000 members are located in 39 countries around the world. Visit www.SAQA.com to learn more and view hundreds of images of gorgeous art.

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2023

The quilts in this book are not what readers would put on their beds in winter; these are collected by museums as fine art. This is the third volume (after Exploring Art Quilts) in a larger series of books dedicated to the topic of art quilts by this publisher. This edition presents a sampling of art quilts in the collections of five prestigious American art museums—Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (CA), National Quilt Museum (Paducah, KY), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC)—and two traveling exhibitions. More than a photographic portfolio and a snapshot of the current state of the art, this book also illuminates the evolution of the form, looks at seven juried quilt galleries, and interviews 16 contemporary artists. Inspirational, aspirational, educational, and visually jaw-dropping, the title explores just how far this vibrant art form has evolved and its place in the contemporary art scene. VERDICT Quilters contemplating the leap from practical quilting to art quilting would find this book of interest. Recommended for libraries with strong fine arts, quilting, and general craft collections.—Marjorie Mann

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