Infinite Ivory and Blue presents stunning examples of blue and white works from the museum’s collection. Quilts, woven coverlets, lace, Ikats, and wearables envelope the viewer in a world of blue and white. Unveiling significant works from the museum’s vault, the exhibition features one of the oldest quilts in the collection alongside a stunning array of indigo-dyed quilts and coverlets from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
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On Wisconsin Fiber Arts Biennial at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts (WMQFA) presents the museum’s fourth fiber arts biennial. Open to all artists who call Wisconsin “home,” this call-for-entries exhibition, the fourth in the museum’s history, invited artists to submit an original two- or three-dimensional fiber-based work created in the last three years. Taken together, these works speak to the breadth and quality of fiber arts being created by Wisconsin artists today.
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Water (August 15 through November 17, 2019) at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts brings together an exceptional group of contemporary artists whose work is inspired by the expressive possibilities of water. This exhibition, located in a region rich with fresh water, aims to bring attention to this valuable, yet vulnerable, resource through the lens of fiber- and video-based works, sculpture, and installation.
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Mikkelsen became fascinated by tobacco silks when she saw them fashioned into a lustrous vintage pillow top. Captivated by the dichotomy between the preciousness of the silk inserts and the insidiousness of the marketing and manufacturing of the tobacco products they represented, she began integrating the silks into handcrafted quilts that preserve the medium’s delicacy and timeworn qualities while reimagining their context.
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After ten successful years, Anne Books has transferred ownership of the Winter Quilt Show to the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts (WMQFA). WMQFA’s first Winter Quilt Show will be held at the Washington County Fair Park in West Bend on February 29, 2020. No show will be held in 2019 as the museum plans the transition and gears up for the 2020 show.
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