Dates

2024 Lectures

Jan 3 – Textile Talk. Free & Open to Public. Topic: Interview with Native American Art Quilter Susan Hudson. Sponsored by the Quilt Alliance.

Jan 8 – Friendship Star Quilters, Gaithersburg, MD. Topic: “Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.”

Jan 16 – Washington Stars Quilt Guild. Olympia, Washington. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors

Feb 5 – Wayside Quilters, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Feb 12 – Northwest Quilters Inc. Portland, Oregon. Topic: Ten Modern Masterpieces – a joint lecture with David Owen Hastings

Feb 16 – American Quilt Study Group. KEYNOTE Lecture Virtual Study Session. Topic: 20^thCentury African American Superstars: Anna Williams, Rosie Lee Tompkins, & Yvonne Wells

Feb 22 – Quiltcon, Raleigh, NC. Topic: 20 Modern Quilts from Around the World – a joint lecture with David Owen Hastings

Feb. 23 – Quiltcon, Raleigh, NC. Topic: 20th Century African American Superstars: Anna Williams, Rosie Lee Tompkins, & Yvonne Wells

Mar 14 – Heartstrings Quilt Guild. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors.

Mar 16 – Wiltwyck Quilters Guild, Tillerson, NY. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

Mar 18 – Hill Country Quilt Guild – in person. Kerrville, TX. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Mar 21 – Golden Triangle Quilt Guild – in person. Beaumont, Texas. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors lecture & trunk show.

Apr 1 – Tall Pines Quilt Guild. Huntsville, TX – in person. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors

Apr 4 – Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild. Tulsa, OK – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

Apr 20 – Houston Modern Quilt Guild, Houston, TX – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

May 9 – Coastal Guild of Santa Barbara & Goleta. Santa Barbara, California. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

June 20 – Brenham Friendship Quilt Guild. Brenham, TX – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

June 4 – Debut of a new lecture series for the James Renwick Craft Association – the member organization of the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery. Eight-part lecture series. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art. Series will run 8 consecutive Tuesdays. Online. Open to public.

June 11 – Part Two. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

June 18– Part Three. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

June 25 – Part Four. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

July 2 – Part Five. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

July 9 – Part Six. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

July 9 – Part Seven. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

July 30 – Part Eight. James Renwick Craft Association. Two Centuries of Quilts: From Necessity to Fine Art.

July 23 – Kitsap Quilters. Poulsbo, WA – in person. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors.

July 24 – Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Guild. Sequim, WA – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Aug. 6 – Foothills Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild – in person. Greenville, South Carolina. Topic: The Calling of Quilt Collectors – lecture & trunk show.

Aug 20 – Keeping the Piece Quilt Guild. Marie, Michigan. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Sep 18 – Textile Talk. Free & Open to the Public. I will interview Curator Dr. Elaine Yau, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Topic: The Eli Leon Collection of African American Quilts. Sponsored by the Quilt Alliance.

Oct. 1 – Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild. Georgetown, TX – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

Nov. 12 – Quilt Guild by the Sea. Boca Raton, FL – Zoom. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

Nov 12 – Quilter’s Guild of Arlington. Arlington, TX – in person. Topic: Mexico’s Glorious Gift: Red Dye & A Walk Through a Century of Red Quilts

Nov 13 – Hamilton Quilters Guild. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Topic: Ten Modern Masterpieces. Joint lecture with David Owen Hastings.

Nov 18 – Suncoast Quilting Circle & Tampa Bay Surface Design Group. St. Petersburg & Tampa Bay, FL. Topic: Twenty Modern Quilts from Around the World. Joint lecture with David Owen Hastings.

2025 Lectures

Jan 8 – The Woodlands Area Quilt Guild, Woodlands, TX – in person. Topic: TBD

Jan 14 – Royal City Quilters Guild, Canada. Topic: Japan 2.0: The Next Gen Quilters

Jan 15 – West Houston Quilters Guild – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Jan 21 – Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County. Concord, CA. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

Feb 15 – South Florida Modern Quilt Guild. Topic: Ten Modern Masterpieces. Joint lecture with David Owen Hastings.

Mar 3 – Tall Pines Quilt Guild. Huntsville, TX – in person. Topic: 20 Modern Quilts from Around the World

Mar 4 – Bay Area Quilt Guild. Clear Lake/Houston, TX – in person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Mar 11 – Mt. Tam Quilt Guild, Mill Valley, CA. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

Mar 16 – Bear Valley Quilters. Los Osos, CA. Topic: Three 20th Century African American Superstars.

May 8 – Clark Count Quilters Guild, Vancouver, WA. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

May 13 – Alamo Heritage Quilt Guild, San Antonio, TX. In person. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.

May 21 – Textile Talk: Cecilia Koppmann Shares the Healing Power of Quilts in an Interview with Teresa Duryea Wong

Sept 4 – Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild, Tulsa, OK. Topic: Japan’s Quilt History: The Story of an American Import

2026 Lectures

Jan 27 – South Bay Quilters Guild. Torrance, CA. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022

April 6 – Tall Pines Quilt Guild, Huntsville, TX – in person. Topic: Ancient to Modern: Mexico’s Red Dye and Red Quilts

Apr 20 – Hinsdale Embroiders Guild, Western Springs, Illinois. Topic: Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022.