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.
Read MoreWater (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.
Read MoreMikkelsen 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.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreIlluminating the astonishing ways Native American artists explore and alter extraordinary materials—black ash, birch, fur, and corn husk, to name a few—the exhibition comprises the work of thirty-one artists and one artist guild, representing twenty tribal nations. Every artist’s work falls under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and is considered authentic Indigenous art.
Read MoreA selection from the WMQFA Collection of Lois Markus Lace will make its public debut at the Museum this summer. The exhibition will feature exquisite examples of garment lace.
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