As an Australian living in Uruguay, Alison has practiced fiber art through stitchwork for over 40 years. Her pieces have appeared in solo exhibitions in Uruguay, Australia, the United States, and Argentina, as well as in prestigious international juried, invitational, and curated exhibitions including Quilt National, Quilt Visions, Fiberart International, Quilts=Art=Quilts, World of Thread Canada, and Art Quilt Australia. In addition to creating, she occasionally teaches and speaks to textile and fiber art groups.

A too-short string, Styrofoam peanut, bit of fluff, puff of lint, knot of fur, twist of wire; a curl of tape, bottle cap, button, mirror shard; rolled, knitted, pasted, sewn together into a diorama of warmth, dialogue, and belonging. This is the artist that I am, a creator of meaning, a champion of the lost and forgone, a teller of tales.

Annie Hudnut started out as a traditional quilt maker in 1987 and gradually layered in improvisational elements, culminating in a shift to serious improvisation in 2020. A former dancer and pianist, her graphic work reflects movement and musicality with large amorphous curved shapes that are primarily pieced. It brings her great joy to emotionally connect with the viewer through her work.

It never occurred to me to use a medium other than fiber; its warmth and softness drew me in, and its diversity gives me unlimited possibilities and inspiration. My work is sometimes spontaneous and abstract, and other times quite structured and deliberate; at times subdued and at others may scream with color. Each idea that I wish to pursue further is considered, and the best way to proceed with the theme is decided through thoughtful reflection. The process may take many paths, reach different conclusions, and vary in style. Hopefully the result is a connection with the viewer so we may stand on common ground.

Brent McGee is an award-winning quilt artist known for his sculptural approach to the medium. His biomorphic reliefs and sculptures have exhibited at Quilt National 2025 (SAQA Award Winner), Art Quilt Elements, Quilts=Art=Quilts, New Legacies, and The National Museum of Wildlife Art. His studio is nestled in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

Carl is a fiber artist who has been sewing and quilting for approximately seven years. His practice is driven by a deep fascination with color and shape, with a particular love for curved, improvisational forms. Carl works using a range of techniques, including improv quilting, appliqué, and both domestic machine and long-arm quilting. Carl is a retired Oncology RN.

Carolina Oneto is a Chilean quilting artist and educator whose work bridges engineering precision and intuitive color. Trained in industrial engineering and color theory in the Josef Albers tradition, she brings a rigorous yet expressive voice to modern quilting. Based in Mexico City, she teaches internationally, exhibits globally, and champions the belief that creativity is a universal human capacity.

Denise is a mixed-media artist. She studied mathematics at UC, Berkeley, and worked in IT for Kaiser Permanente before answering the call of the studio full-time. She has studied with outstanding artists and is a Juried Artist Member of SAQA. She has exhibited in national / international venues. She is a member of the Valley Art Gallery (Walnut Creek, CA) and the Olive Hyde Art Guild (Fremont, CA).

Dianne Firth is an Australian textile artist and landscape architect based in Canberra. Her ideas are primarily informed by the natural environment and its processes. Using principles of abstraction, she likes to manipulate line, shape, color, and texture to capture the essence of an idea and its mood. Dianne exhibits regularly in Australia and overseas.

Dorte Jensen was born in Denmark in 1958. She is originally a trained nurse, but handicraft has always been her big interest. In 2011 she developed a technique to sew portraits, and during the next couple of years, she became a full-time textile artist. In 2020, she pursued an education and received a Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Handicraft, and Communication.

Jan McBrien Tetzlaff is an active member of Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) and Journeys, a Central Oregon small art group that meets regularly to critique and encourage each other’s artistic work. She is a former journalist and business owner who lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband. Together they have two children and five grandchildren.

In 2020, after two decades as a professor of art history and African American studies, Jo-Ann Morgan returned to artmaking full time. Since then, her fabric artworks have been featured in over twenty solo exhibitions. A retrospective selection of thirty artworks, The Mourning After, was mounted at the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2026.

Julie Reuben is a textile artist, using fabric and thread to explore the emotional impact of color, line, and shape. She discovered the modern quilting movement in the early 2010’s and threw herself into learning from books and online courses. In 2019, she exhibited her first piece at QuiltCon and has shown her work widely since then.

A quilter since 1986, Karen’s inspiration manifests in both innovation and tradition. Her quilts are acclaimed in major quilt shows and included in exclusive exhibitions of quilt art. She teaches and judges nationally and reinvents herself in new work. She holds degrees in Piano from Baylor and Indiana Universities, and rides her bike from historic Deep Ellum in Dallas, TX.

Quiltmaking entered my life in my thirties as an extension of my interest in needlework. After making a few “traditional” quilts, a class with Francoise Barnes led me to creating my own designs. While working for Sue Benner, I learned about painting with dyes. I seek to honor the tradition of quiltmaking through pieced structures which I enhance with extensive stitching to enrich the tactile surface of the quilt. Currently I exhibit my work primarily through national juried exhibitions of fiber and fine craft. My pieces have been exhibited at the Dairy Barn in Columbus, Ohio; The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Houston, Texas; The Virginia Quilt Museum; The Amarillo Art Museum; and Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego.

Katie Pasquini has spent over 50 years creating celebrated contemporary art quilts, evolving from painterly beginnings to innovative richly textured textile works. An internationally sought-after teacher and lecturer, she shares her techniques worldwide.

Leah Higgins is a textile artist, author, and tutor. Many of her large abstract quilts are inspired by the industrial structures that shape the landscape around her home. Working in series, Leah has focused on those industries that no longer exist as well as those industrial buildings that have been repurposed and still exist today. More recently, Leah’s emotional response to place has become an important source of inspiration for her.

Leilani Joy Purvis is an award-winning fiber artist known for her vibrant fabric collages and textile art. Drawing from her roots in traditional quilting, she creates animal portraits, landscapes, and abstract designs using techniques like thread painting, dyeing, and surface design. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Based in Oregon and Arizona, she continues to explore innovative textile techniques.

Libby Williamson is a fiber artist and teacher who works with an eclectic assortment of materials and methods to create unique and vibrant fiber art. Using layers of her hand-dyed and painted fabrics and papers, free-motion stitched components, and embedded found objects, her pieces emerge through an intuitive and evolving path.

Linda Beach is a textile artist whose work has been featured in numerous publications as well as both public and private collections across the country. From solo shows to juried exhibitions, her art has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Among her many accomplishments is being selected as an artist-in-residence at Denali, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Acadia, and Glacier National Parks.

Niraja Lorenz began weaving as a teenager and has been engaged with numerous fiber art techniques. She began quilting 30 years ago and found her passion. Outcroppings reflects her love of strip-piecing and working with subtle variations in color and texture. She lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her partner and cats.

Idaho artist Pat Budge has been creating geometric, hard-edge textile art for over 20 years. Her process is a daily effort that combines ideas with experimentation, intuition, and a chance to inform design decisions.

A 15-year retrospective of her work was hosted in spring 2026 by the Loewen Gallery, Williamston, Michigan. She is a six-time Quilt National exhibitor.

Phil Jones’s fiber art journey began in 1990 when he created several panels for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Having learned to sew on his grandmother’s treadle sewing machine at 5 years old, Phil pursued clothing construction in his late teens. It was natural, then, to make the transition to using fiber as an expressive medium in adulthood.

Reiko Naganumo studied textiles and dressmaking at Bunka Fashion College. She worked as a clothing patternmaker. In 1998, she began creating art quilts using a sewing machine. She has lots of interest in the colors and textures of materials. Her 10 art quilts have been featured in the publication Masters: Art Quilts Vol. 2. She is a member of SAQA.

Rhoda Bennett is a New Zealand born textile artist now living in Luxembourg, Europe. Her background in Design and Applied Economics provided a strong foundation in composition, color, and critical thinking for her art practice.

Rhoda makes impressionistic art quilts inspired by the natural world. Using fabric collage, her quilts tell stories of color, texture, and place.

Rhonda, a native Californian, learned to sew from her grandmother. Rhonda’s work has been exhibited in major national and local quilt shows, including QuiltCon, the International Quilt Festival in Houston, and the American Quilter’s Society show in Paducah. Additionally, her quilts have been featured at both the National Quilt Museum and the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

Roberta’s quilting is a contemporary visual diary of the Great Basin, a region centered in Nevada spiraling out to the surrounding states. Organized in chapters of Land, Peoples, Cultures, and Prayer, like all of us, her pieces occasionally feature landscapes experienced on road trips to other venues. Her work has been exhibited at Quilt National, International Quilt Festival – Houston, SAQA exhibits, Road to California, and other shows.

Sharon Casey creates large quilted textiles often featuring a musical theme.

Her work is abstract and has been characterized as improvisational narrative. She gravitates toward black and white with lots of contrast and unexpected pops of color. Elements of whimsy and surprise appear in much of her work.

I am a former academic scientist now turned art quilter. My quilts have been juried into several international art quilt exhibits. I love strong colors and value gradations, and most of my quilts are abstract in nature. To reduce the environmental impact of my art practice, I use recycled fabrics that I paint.

Suzanne Falter is a photorealistic art quilter who works with cottons, colored pencils, white dye, and a domestic sewing machine. Her work has appeared at Art Quilt Elements 2026 and the Pence Gallery, Davis, CA. Her love of realism was informed by long afternoons in the studio of her father, Saturday Evening Post cover artist John Falter.

Valerie Maser-Flanagan uses self-created hand-dyed fabric to design abstract sewn constructions. Her work is influenced by both the rural setting she currently resides in, her exposure to urban structures from working in Boston for thirty years, and her attraction to ethnic design. Maser-Flanagan has exhibited throughout the United States and received numerous awards for her work. Her work has been purchased by the Chandler Arts Council in Arizona, Visions Museum of Textile Art, and by private collectors. Examples of her designs are published in Quilting with a Modern Slant by Rachel May, Dyeing Alchemy by Diane Franklin, and Art Quilts International Abstract and Geometric by Martha Sielman.

Maser-Flanagan began as a traditional quilter but transitioned to contemporary design through studies with Nancy Crow, David Hornung, and Carol Soderlund.

Vicki Conley is a fiber artist based in the mountains of southern New Mexico. Drawing inspiration from landscapes, geology, and natural forms, she creates abstract quilts characterized by improvisational piecing and strong graphic composition. A retired studio potter, she teaches innovative, nature-inspired quilting techniques and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Travel and exploration continue to inform her evolving artistic practice.

Wen Redmond, a New Hampshire artist, investigates the digital world. Explorations of mixed media photography are printed by the artist onto a variety of created mixed media substrates. Wen has created several innovative digital fiber techniques and imaginative presentations that give her work edge. She has published two books, Digital Fiber Art and Explorations with Collage!, and will be hosting an online workshop with Take Two, Australia, in Fall 2026.