Résumé of the Contemporary QuiltArt Association

CQA has as a goal bringing art quilts to larger audiences.  While individual CQA artists have success in exhibiting their work, CQA has sought venues and activities to highlight its work as a group. This page lists past activities and accomplishments of CQA.  Also see a History of CQA. Find images of all quilt exhibits from 2001 forward on our Exhibitions Gallery page.

Exhibitions

2023	2023 Quilts Unlimited!, February 3 – 26, 2023, Vashon Center for the Arts,Vashon, WA
2022	2022 CQA at 35, July 13 – August 28, 2022, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA.
2021	Patchwork Design 2021, a virtual exhibit created by Zeco Medeiros. Originally this was to be an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil in summer of 2020, but it was cancelled due to Covid 19. A public exhibition was still not possible in summer 2021, so the pieces were shown virtually.
2020	Little/BIG at Schack Annual Holiday Art Exhibit, November 19, 2020 - January 3, 2021, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2019	Brazil/CQA Traveling Exhibit of CQA Quilts, October 18, 2019 - January 28, 2020, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
	Natural Geometries, October 10, 2019 - January 5, 2020, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
	Art Uplift, April - June 2019, Evergreen Health Medical Center, Kirkland, WA
2018	CQA/Brazil Traveling exhibit, AQS Show Daytona Beach, Fl, Feb 28 to March 3; Lancaster, PA, March 21 to 24; Paducah KY, April 18 to 21; Pacific Northwest Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner, WA,  Brazil quilts Nov 2018 to Jan 31 2019, USA Quilt Feb to April 2019.
	Patchwork Design 2018, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil
	Light Show, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
	Voices of CQA, Special Exhibit at the Northwest Quilting Expo., Portland Oregon
2017	Patchwork Design 2017, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil
	Coming of Age II, Seattle City Hall, Seattle, Washington
	Light Show, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
2016	Patchwork Design 2016, Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo, Brazil
	Conversations and Perceptions, Community Education Gallery at Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
	Cutting Edge: Art Quilts in Washington, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2015	CQA Special Exhibit at Northwest Quilt Expo, Portland, Oregon
	Revealing the Hidden, LaConner Quilt Museum, LaConner, Washington
	Patchwork Design 2015, Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo, Brazil
2014	Motion, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
	Patchwork Design 2014, Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo, Brazil
2013	Salsa!, Mighty Tieton Center, Tieton, Washington
	Patchwork Design 2013, Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo, Brazil
2012	Journeys,Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sea-Tac, Washington
	The Next 50: Illuminating Today's Challenges, Imagining Tomorrow's Possibilities, International Pavilion at Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington
	Airport Solo Shows, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sea-Tac, Washington
2011	Enumclaw City Hall, Enumclaw, Washington
	25 Years of Art Quilting by CQA, Northwest Quilt Expo, Portland, Oregon
	Twenty Five at Twenty Five, Association of Pacific West Quilters at the Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, Washington. Celebrating 25th Anniversary of CQA
	Possibilities, Lynnwood Library, Lynnwood, Washington
	Chance Encounters, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, Washington
	Blue Heron Gallery, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, Washington
2010	From the Ground Up, Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, Washington
	Threads of Conversation, University House, Issaquah, Washington
	Redefining a Material World, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, Washington
	Beyond Convention, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington
	From Text to Textiles: A Collaborative Art Show, Cancer Lifeline Center, Seattle, Washington
2009	Border to Border, Road to California Quilters' Conference and Showcase, Ontario, California
	Out and About, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
	Lookout, Edmonds Library and Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, Washington
	Holiday Show, Arts Council of Snohomish County at the Monte Cristo Hotel, Everett, Washington
	Beyond the Block, Seattle City Hall, Seattle, Washington
2008	Stitched and Bound, Sammamish Library, Sammamish, Washington
	Fabric of Life, a joint project with the Pacific Northwest African American Quilters to raise funds to support the Heré Jé Center in Mali, Africa
	ZARZUELA, University of Washington Medical Center, Sky Light Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2007	Peripheral Visions, The Depot Arts Center, Anacortes, Washington
	Evolution of the Art Quilt, Washington State Museum of History, Tacoma, Washington
	Coming of Age: Celebrating the Contemporary QuiltArt Association 20th Anniversary, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington
2006	The Uncommon Thread, Blue Heron Gallery on Vashon, Washington
	Ebb and Flow, Penn Cove Pottery. Whidbey Island, Washington
	Quilt. Fiber. Art.Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, Washington
2005	Winter's Warmth, Penn Cove Pottery, Whidbey Island, Washington
	Water's Edge, Seattle Aquarium.  Seattle, Washington
	Summer Breezes, Penn Cove Pottery, Whidbey Island, Washington
	World View: Social Justice and Social Causes, University Unitarian Church and Trinity Church, Seattle, Washington
	Visual Verse: Collaborations in Poetry and Art, juried by Michael James and Hilda Raz.  Hoffman  Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon;  4 University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska; La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, Washington (2006); The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado (2006); Lewis and Clark State College, Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, Idaho (2006); and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (2008)
2004	Imagination Takes Wing, Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington and Penn Cove Pottery, Whidbey Island, Washington
	New Dimensions in Fiber, Northview Gallery at Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
	Art Quilts on the Ridge, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2003	Art Quilts and Costumes, Joint show with Seattle Opera Costume Shop. North Seattle Community College, Seattle
	Visual Verse: Collaborations in Poetry and Art, All entries displayed for members only at the University Child Development School, Seattle, Washington
2002	Poetry in Translation: Gits to Gold Mountain, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Activity Room, Seattle, and Edmonds Conference Center, Edmonds, Washington
	Small Works, La Conner Quilt Museum, LaConner, Washington
2001	Rituals, Art/Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle, and Mercer Island Congregational Church, Mercer Island, Washington
2000	Full Flight, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, Washington
1999	In Good Voice, North Central Washington Museum Skybridge Gallery, Wenatchee, Washington
	Personal Exchanges, Mercer Island Congregational Church, Mercer Island, Washington
1998	Form and Freedom, Special exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
1997	Quilts in Reformation, juried by Vicki Halper, Associate Curator of Modern Art at Seattle Art   Museum, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Washington
	Reflections, Gilmartin Gallery, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, Washington
	On the Edge: Northwest Quilt Art, juried by Lloyd Herman, Director Emeritus of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of the American Quilterʹs Society, Paducah, Kentucky
	Illumination, Gilmartin Gallery, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, Washington
1996	Quilts at the ArtCenter, Seattle Pacific University Gallery, Seattle, Washington
	Spur of the Moment, Mesolini & Amici Gallery, Seattle, Washington
	The Contemporary Quilt, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Washington
1995	Non-Stop Northwest, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California
	Northwest Art Quilt, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1994	New Work: Makers, Methods, Meaning, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington
	Private Altitude, Tacoma Little Theater, Tacoma, Washington; Washington Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington; and Confluence Gallery, Twisp, Washington
1993	The Difference Project, Seattle Pacific University Gallery, Seattle, Washington; and Lynnwood Public Library, Lynnwood, Washington
	The Art of the Quilt, Washington Center for Performing Arts, Olympia, Washington
1992	Exhibits at Edmonds Art Festival Gallery and Edmonds Library, Edmonds, and Tri-Cities Quilt Show, Richland, Washington
1991	By Design: the Quilt as Art, Seattle Center Pavilion, coinciding with Folklife Festival, Seattle, Washington
1990	New Pieces, Gallery, Berkeley, California; and In the Beginning, Seattle, Washington
1989	Piece by Piece: Contemporary Quilts, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1988	Exhibits at A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, Washington and Gutcheon Patchwork Gallery, New York, New York.
1987	Contemporary Quilts, Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Edmonds, Washington

 

Publications

Fine Art Quilts: Work by Artists of the Contemporary QuiltArt Association. Fiber Studio Press, 1997.

Skills from School in Art: A Curriculum Guide Integrating Quilts in the Classroom, by Stephanie Randall Cooper, Kathleen M. OʹHanlon, and Lindi Wood, published by CQA in October 1994 in conjunction with our exhibition at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle.

FiberArts magazine, Summer 2004, Visual Verse by Sunita Patterson

Contemporary QuiltArt Association: 20th Anniversary. Published by the Contemporary QuiltArt Association, a catalog of five CQA exhibitions, 2008

SAQA Magazine, Art Quilt Quarterly. August issue #12; 2018.  Article: Light Show from Contemporary QuiltArts of Washington.

Public Conferences, Lectures, & Symposia

 

2016	QuiltArt Symposium and 30th anniversary celebration. Speakers: Sandra Sider, Cathy Izzo, and Kris Sazaki. Washington State Museum of History, Tacoma, Washington
2007	Evolution of an Artist: Directions and Development. Speakers: Robert Shaw, Barbara Lee Smith, Cynthia Corbin, Michael Monroe, Erika Carter, Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Jill Nordfors Clark, and Karen Soma. Washington State Museum of History, Tacoma, Washington
2005	Working to Commission, lecture by Lucy Goffin, fiber artist, co-sponsored with the Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
2004	ArtBeat, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
2003	Collaboration – Transformation, a lecture by Michael James and Hilda Raz, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
	Visual Verse: Ann Batchelor Hursey and friends – reading and slide show of some Visual Verse collaborations. Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.  University Child Development School, work with art teacher to present poetry and how it can inspire quilt art. Seattle, Washington.   Co-sponsored (with the Northwest Designer Craftsmen) a lecture by Nancy Erickson, quilt artist, Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2002	Weaving Word and Image – Poet and Painter Collaborations, lecture by Chick Chickadel and Dennis Evans, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1998	Bridging Two Worlds: Taking Our Private Art Public, Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington
1995	Lecture by Nancy Crow cosponsored with the Bellevue Art Museum to coincide with the traveling 1993 traveling Quilt National show.
1993	Difference: Fuel for Creation, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington

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