The Quilting Arts Podcast

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What's The Quilting Arts Podcast about?

Take a deep dive into the world of contemporary art quilting with your hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre. Listen and learn as they explore how art and stitch intersect in with passionate creativity unique to the art quilting community. Make the Quilting Arts Podcast part of your story!
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Pushing Your Artistic Creat...

07.21.2021

Today’s episode, featuring a conversation with art quilter Mel Beach, is all about motivating, experimenting, and inspiring the creative mind. Mel is an artist whose devotion to doing the work – day after day – has led to an incredible ...

The Quilting Arts Podcast episodes:

07.21.2021 Pushing Your Artistic Creativity Today’s episode, featuring a conversation with art quilter Mel Beach, is all about motivating, experimenting, and inspiring the creative mind. Mel is an artist whose devotion to doing the work – day after day – has led to an incredible ...
06.16.2021 Informed by Science Artists and scientists have so much in common. Both disciplines require focus, curiosity, fearlessness, and an inquisitive mind. On this episode of the Quilting Arts Podcast, hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre invite artist and cell biologist Shannon ...
05.19.2021 Influenced by Art: Beyond the Quilt Hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre invited Valerie S. Goodwin to be their guest Artist in Residence and discuss how her work continues to be inspired by art of all kinds. From a simple egg to a soaring ...
04.14.2021 The Evolution of an Artist This episode of The Quilting Arts Podcast focuses on the quality of artistic flexibility, something we all have had to nurture over the past year. Hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre invited Judy Coates Perez to be their ...
03.03.2021 Song Quilts with Fiber Nation The QA Podcast has been on hiatus, but Susan and Vivika will be back soon with a new season of episodes that take a deep dive into the fascinating world of art quilting. In the meantime, don’t miss this bonus ...
12.23.2020 Can Teaching Make You a Better Artist? Introducing Art Bound Thanks so much for listening to the Quilting Arts podcast in 2020. Susan and I are looking forward to being back with you in 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to encourage you to listen to one of our sister ...
12.09.2020 Art Quilting Trend Spotting In this episode, We invited SAQA’s Executive Director, Martha Sielman, to to discuss the trends she sees in contemporary art quilts. By all accounts, one of the leaders in establishing art quilts as a fine art medium is Studio Art ...
11.25.2020 Bridging the Digital Divide In this episode, we explore the use of digital technology in creating art quilts. The work of Artist in Residence, Susie Monday. combines the rich colors and textures that can only be achieved by combining traditional surface design, such as ...
11.11.2020 Setting Artistic Goals At the end of every year, it is a common practice for artists to take stock of their accomplishments, reflect on their goals, and set a fresh path for creativity. Making a commitment to goals that influence your artwork can ...
10.28.2020 The Art of the Portrait One of the most intimate art forms we as quilt artists create is the portrait. Portraits are, for the most part, representational pieces of art that communicate time, place, emotion, and even drama. In this episode of the Quilting Arts ...
10.14.2020 All This by Hand In this episode, we take a moment to slow down, step back, and talk about something we all enjoy: creating artwork by hand. Handwork – whether embroidery, hand piecing, embellishing, or quilting our art by hand – is one way ...
09.30.2020 Opacity, Transparency, and Layers As artists, we know the value of creating imagery with depth and dimension. The process of creating that depth can be achieved by layering – whether it is physically overlapping images, layers of paint, stitching, or even themes. Today’s Artist ...
09.16.2020 Open Studios Mixed media artist Jane Davila is creating an artist’s haven in an old corset factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She joins the conversation and shares her thought process, helpful tips for figuring out how to design your best creative space, and ...
09.02.2020 Art Quilt Mentorship We’re thrilled to share two perspectives of art mentorship: a mentor,Deborah Boschert, and mentee, Earamichia Brown, discuss their unique journey and how it influenced both of their practices as art quilters. Click here to view the show notes for this ...
08.19.2020 Color Confidential Luana Rubin, a color influencer from the quilting industry, joins us as an Artist in Residence to discuss how trending colors are identified, named, and predicted. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ...
08.05.2020 The Art of Repetition This episode of the Quilting Arts Podcast explores the discipline of repetition as a way to create meaningful work and observe artistic practice that is deliberate, disciplined, and even cathartic with Artist in Residence, Ana Buzzalino. Click here to view ...
07.22.2020 From Sketchbook to Art Quilt Listen in to the “Quilting Arts Podcast” where co-hosts Vivika and Susan invite Jane LaFazio to join their conversation as an Artist in Residence. Jane shares her unique perspective on art, drawing, and the power of keeping a sketchbook for ...
07.08.2020 The Evolution of an Art Quilter Listen in to the “Quilting Arts Podcast” where co-hosts Vivika and Susan invite Lesley Riley to join their conversation as an Artist in Residence. Lesley shares how she emerged as an artist, author, creativity coach, product innovator, and all-around amazing ...
06.24.2020 Staying Creative in this Crazy Time This first episode is all about how co-hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre and Artist in Residence Lyric Montgomery Kinard have stayed creative and motivated in the months of pandemic-required social distancing. Vivika and Lyric have been making ...
06.10.2020 Introducing the Quilting Arts Podcast Stay tuned for the first season of The Quilting Arts Podcast where hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre take a deep dive into the world of contemporary art quilting. Subscribe and get every episode in your feed as ...