Teresa Duryea Wong
I love to write, and I’ve been at it my whole life.
My first job after college was in television news where I started as an intern and was given the very glamorous job of cutting out newspaper articles every day. Eventually, I convinced the TV bosses to give me a job as a TV news camera woman, and I was among the first wave of women to ever hold that job in a major city.
Next, I struck out on my own as a freelance journalist and a few years later, I became the publisher of a monthly, fine-art magazine.
Then I spent the next 20 something years climbing the corporate ladder. One rung at a time, I climbed till I hit the glass ceiling. During those years, I traveled the world – Qatar, Vietnam, Wales, Norway, Brazil, Venezuela, Russia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Australia, Saudi Arabia – some 45 countries in all.
Finally, in 2013, decided to strike out on my own again and follow my passion. Since then, I have traveled to Japan every year (till the pandemic). I’ve published 6 quilt history/textile books, and I have presented lectures to guilds all over the U.S. and even a few in Canada!
Author
- Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022
- Japanese Contemporary Quilts and Quilters: The Story of an American Import (Schiffer, 2015)
- Cotton & Indigo from Japan (Schiffer, 2017)
- American Cotton: Farm to Quilt (Third Floor Quilts, 2019)
- Magic & Memories: 45 Years of International Quilt Festival and the Story of Two Women Who Changed Quilt History (Schiffer, 2019)
- Co-Author Stitching Stolen Lives: The SJSA Remembrance Project with Sara Trail (C&T Publishing, 2021)
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Communications, University of St. Thomas, Houston
- Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies, Rice University, Houston
Staff Writer
Quiltfolk
Contributing Writer
Quiltcon Magazine
Honors
International Advisory Board Member of International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
Board Member of The Quilt Alliance
Bybee Scholar, Texas Quilt Museum & Bybee Foundation
Lecture Experience
- James Renwick Alliance for Craft. Invited Lecturer. “Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.” Summer 2024.
- Korea Quilt Festival. Seoul, South Korea. Featured Lecturer. 2023.
- International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska: 2016, 2018, 2020
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas: 2017, 2019, 2022
- QuiltCon: Pasadena 2018, Nashville 2019, Austin 2020, Phoenix 2022, Atlanta 2023, Raleigh 2024
- Visions Art Museum, San Diego, California: 2020, 2021, 2022
- Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, Texas: 2015, 2019
- Tennessee Valley Quilters Assoc. Keynote: 2019
- Gulf States Quilting Assoc. Keynote: 2020
- Plus, 10 years of lectures at quilt guilds across America (plus Canada and the UK!)
Houston, Texas
