Patchwork Salon: An Afternoon of Textile Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Don’t miss out on this exciting day filled with textile art, giveaways, and delicious bites!
In Patchwork: An Afternoon of Textile Art, participants will explore their textile creativity across four workshops taught by local artists Mônica Lóss (Expanded Interior), Esther Gamez (Visible Mending), Adriana Fuentes (Roots that Sustain), and Sarah Lewis (Rhythm & Regulation). With each workshop touching upon a different facet of the expansive discipline of textile art, seasoned and blossoming textile artists alike will each get the chance to learn new skills and build community. Admission into the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is included with purchase.
Participants will:
- Be exposed to four forms of textile art: mixed-media collage, soft sculpture, visible mending, and kumihimo braiding
- Witness how textile art is intertwined with mindfulness, craftsmanship, and community
- Learn from textile experts
- Experience guided, technical artistic expression that can start their textile journey or enhance a pre-existing practice
Schedule:
11:45-12:00 Opening Remarks and Grounding
12:00-1:00 Workshop 1
1:00-1:15 Break
1:15-2:15 Workshop 2
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Workshop 3
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:45 Workshop 4
4:45-5:00 Ending Remarks and Showcase
Event Details
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026
Time: 11:45 – 5:00 pm
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037
The cost is $100 for students, $125 for VMOTA members, and $130 for non-members.
Members register here. Students and non-members can register 3/22 at 10 am.
The afternoon will be limited to 80 participants. In the event that the workshop is full when you attempt to register, please use our contact page to be put on a waiting list.
Mônica Lóss
Expanded Interior is a hands-on textile workshop, guided by visual artist Mônica Lóss, in which participants are encouraged to reframe textiles not as waste, but as carriers of memory, stories, and emotional connections. Through simple hand-sewing techniques and intuitive making, participants will transform reused fabrics into small soft sculptures.
Esther Gamez
In this workshop, Esther will teach basic visible mending techniques to “heal” a garment. Attendants have the choice of bringing their own garment to be mended or embellishing a patch of fabric to be sewn onto a garment later. Visible mending not only prolongs the life of a garment but is also a statement against over-consumption.
Adriana Fuentes
In this experiential textile workshop, Adriana invites participants to explore the metaphor of the tree as a symbol of grounding, resilience, and emotional well-being to create a mixed-media textile piece representing their personal “roots”- the people, memories, and values that sustain them.
Sarah Lewis
In this textile workshop, participants will learn a simple Japanese kumihimo braiding technique and create a wearable bracelet using curated thread bundles and foam braiding discs. The process is rhythmic, structured, and meditative; it emphasizes the calming power of repetitive hand movement and tactile engagement.
