On Wisconsin Fiber Arts Biennial on Exhibit November 21, 2019 - February 2, 2020

On Wisconsin Fiber Arts Biennial on Exhibit November 21, 2019–February 2, 2020

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts Presents a Sweeping Survey of Fiber Arts in Wisconsin Today

 

Detail of Patrizia Ferreira, The Dream, El Sueno, 2019; embroidery thread. Courtesy of the artist.

Cedarburg, Wis.  – On Wisconsin Fiber Arts Biennial (November 21, 2019 through February 2, 2020) 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.   

Quilting, felting, embroidery, beading, and rug hooking are just a few of the processes employed by the over one-hundred artists in the exhibition. For many of these artists, making is a deeply rooted daily practice—one that they have spent many years, and sometimes a lifetime, engrossed in and honing. Thus, the works on view speak to the expansive capacity of fiber art to hold memories, convey emotions, express identities, explore ideas, and tell stories.

On Wisconsin Fiber Arts Biennial will be on view at WMQFA from November 21, 2019 through February 2, 2020. WMQFA will host a gallery night on Saturday, December 7, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A free public Family Fun Day will also take place at WMQFA on December 7, from noon to 4 p.m.

Artists Featured in the Exhibition

Colleen Ansbaugh (Wabeno)

Nancee Ariagno (Cedarburg)

Cheryl Bartolone (Cedarburg)

Tila Baumann (Mequon)

Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova (Bloomer)

Pat Bishop (Shawano)  

Camp Hometown Heroes (Grafton)

Cindy Brinkman (Kewaskum)

Anita Carpenter (Oshkosh)

Jacquelyn Crema (Milwaukee)

Richard Daehnert (Sheboygan)

Ellie De Lia (Fox Point)

Robin Dickson

Kelly Dirkman (Appleton)

Lyle Drier (Waukesha)

Janet Falk (Milwaukee)

Patrizia Ferreira (Monona)

Sharon Felten (Milwaukee)

Mary Sue Fenner (Abrams)

Mary Flanagan (Pickett)

Candy Flynn (Middleton)

Diane Galarneau (Oregon) 

Ludmila Gancova (Middleton)

Pamela Greenfield (Port Washington)

Sara Gryske (DeForest)

Nari Haig (Whitefish Bay)

Karen Halt (Mukwonago)

Christina Harkness (Rhinelander)

Judy Hearst (Milwaukee)

Jean Heinrichs (Cedarburg)

Kathleen Hughes (Wauwatosa)

Zemirah Hunter (Racine)

Barbara Johnson (Larsen)

Kathleen Johnson (Glendale)

Faye Junker (Grafton)

Donna Karolus (Cleveland)

Marianne Kayne (Milwaukee) 

Joan Kennedy (West Bend)

Marla Morris-Kennedy (Mequon)

Chris Kirsch (Watertown)

Jenny Knavel (Delavan)

Margaret Knepper (West Bend)

Kim Konen (Kiel)

Pat Kroth (Madison)

Joyce Krueger (Waukesha)

Sandy Kub (Grafton)

Lynn Kunz (Hayward)

Jean L. Leeson (Madison)  

Judy Zoelzer Levine (Bayside)

Tink Linhart (Grafton)

Jini Kai MacAdam (Madison)

Jamin Mahan (Milwaukee)  

Linda B. Marcus (Fox Point)

Amy Marks (Bayside)

Chris Martin (Hartland)

Linda Memmel (West Bend)

Mary McGrath (Mukwonago)

Sandra Churchill Meyer (Milwaukee)

Jane Moore (Whitefish Bay)

Nina Moyer (Blanchardville)

Sue Neuser (Madison)

Rumi O’Brien (Madison)

Julie Oren (Milwaukee)

Heidi Parkes (Milwaukee)

Pathways High School Students (Milwaukee)

Sonja Pavlik (Glendale)

Linda Pavlovich (Menominee Falls) 

Darrel M. Payne (Milwaukee)

Rosy Petri (Milwaukee)

Dagmar Plenk (Glendale)

Karen Radtke (Mequon)

Betsy Rasmussen (Milwaukee)

Mary Reilly-Kliss (West Bend)

Cynthia Reynolds (Madison)

Maggie Sasso (St. Francis)

Lori Schloesser (Watertown)

Maribeth Schmit (Cedarburg)

Mary Clare Schuller (Milwaukee)

Sheboygan County Quilt Guild - Mod Squad (Sheboygan)

Patty Sherman (Germantown)

Vicki Spiering (Wauwatosa)

Karla Spinks (Green Lake)

Gina Studelska (Grafton)  

Carol S. Surges (Brookfield)

Linda Sweek (Wauwatosa)

Parul Trivedi (Madison)

Diane Casto Tennant (Greendale)

Judy Valentino (Hales Corners)

Kim VanBerkum-Bates (Markesan)

Kay Walters (Cedarburg)

Jane Hyer Walton (Fox Point)

Nancy D. Ware (Campbellsport)

Jean Warren (Dousman)

Judith Warren (Racine)

Rochelle Whiteman (Fox Point)

Marilynn Wilke (Cedarburg)

Roberta Williams

Linn Woodard (Port Washington)

Connie Yersin (New Berlin)  

Ariel Ziarek (Cedarburg)

Mary Zierold (Monroe)

About the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts (WMQFA), located just east of historic downtown Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is dedicated to creating, preserving and displaying cultural treasures and educating the public about the artistic, cultural, historic and social importance of quilts and fiber arts. A primary mission is to teach people of all ages and abilities the time-honored traditions of fiber arts such as quilting, weaving, embroidery and knitting. Our 1850s farmstead setting has allowed us to combine preservation of craft with preservation of historical agriculture buildings, offering a unique setting for enjoying an afternoon, taking a class, attending a lecture, or playing in a farm setting. The WMQFA is a 501(c)3 non-profit. For more information go to www.wiquiltmuseum.com.