Artwork by Northern California/Northern Nevada members at the SAQA Benefit Auction

July 19, 2019

Sept 13 – October 6, 2019

The annual Benefit Auction is SAQA’s premiere fundraising event! The 2019 auction will take place online from September 13 through October 6. All proceeds support SAQA’s exhibition programs and other outreach.

Members from our region stepped up and donated fifty-one 12″x 12″ pieces to SAQA’s Benefit Auction. The pieces from our region are shown below. Check out the beautiful array of over 400 pieces by SAQA members and learn more at saqa.com/auction. In September be sure to bid on your favorite

Shifting Tides – Opening Reception – April 20, 2019

April 23, 2019

Fiber Art from the Seven Pacific Regions of Studio Art Quilt Associates. Shifting Tides is presented as a world premier traveling exhibition in collaboration with Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).


Shifting Tides opened in San Jose, at Works San Jose. It was successful in so many ways. We had large crowds over the two weeks. The show was at Works/San Jose until May 5, 2019. We sold a high volume of catalogs and three quilts. The Exhibition is now moving to Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, Washington. It will be there from June 26- September 29, 2019. Catalogs will be available at all meetings.

Robert Porter, Patricia Porter, Denise Oyama Miller, and Sonja Campbell
  • Pelagic Produce – Denise Oyama Miller
  • In My Wake – Alice Beasley
  • Rings of Eternity – Lisa Jenni
  • Atomic Atoll – Louise Hall
Joan Wells
Amy Witherow vieing Sunset at La Jolla
Alice Beasley, Barbara Confer, and Jennifer Hammond Landau

Shifting Tides – Sneak Preview – Opens Friday!

April 15, 2019

The show opens April 19 and runs through May 5, 2019.

Learn more about the show on our Regional Events page.
The Artists’ Reception is on April 20 – 1 – 3:00 pm. Don’t miss it!

A great crew of local volunteers hung the show for Shifting Tides 7 at Works San Jose. They tooks some photos so we can get a preview of the show.


The crew (left – right) Denise Oyama Miller, Giny Dixon, Dean Miller, Jennifer Landau, Aileyn Ecob, and Joe Miller (Gallery Director)

Works/San Jose
365 S. Market St.
San Jose, CA

The Best of 3D

February 16, 2019

Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
April 4 – May 27, 2018
Exhibition of 3-dimensional fiber art shown in conjunction with the Art Quilts: Work by Members of SAQA

Here are a few highlights from the show.

  • Smiled Politely and Left by Alisa Golden
  • Bunga Bangkai Corpse Flower by Marjan Kluepfel
  • Mountain Goat by Jennifer Hammond Landau
  • Tempest by Linda Laird 
  • Goddess of Criticism by Katherine Pellman
  • Hope by Susan Else 

Fibre Theatricks: Where Fibre Art and Theatre Come Together

February 15, 2019

Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, CA
September 28 – October 27, 2018
A juried exhibition featuring professional fibre artists from SAQA focusing on the theme of theater.

  • Nawlin by Jackie Houston
  • Dancing to the Music by Sonja Campbell
  • Miles Ahead by Alice Beasley
  • Jazz Me Blues by Sigrid Simonds
  • Sprite-Geist by Mimi Ghauri-Young
  • Bravo! Brava! by Nancy Bardach
  • Kantha Cat by Susan Helmer
  • Compartments by Nancy Bardach
  • Hello, Hello by Patricia Porter
  • Kabuki Warrior by Adriane Dedic
  • Step Right Up by Susan Else
  • A Pointed Review by Patricia Porter
  • Kyoto Rain by Adriane Dedic
  • 12th Street Rag by Sigrid Simonds
  • Tupac Amaru Shakur by Jackie Houston
  • Limelight by Nancy Bardach
  • Dancer by Jennifer Landa
  • Macbeth’s Witches, Derived from the Fates by Susan Lane
  • Listen to the Music; Feel the Beat by Patricia Porter
  • Doodle by Jean Renli Jurgenson
  • Life on Stage by Lin Schiffner
  • Las Flores de Frida by Denise Oyama Miller
  • A Marvelous Night for a Moon Dance by Ileana Soto
  • Ophelia’s Madness by Susan Lane
  • Piano by Jean Renli Jurgenson
  • Puck by Jennifer Hammond Landau
  • Elements of Harmony by Mimi Ghauri-Young
  • Kahtha Rhythms by Susan Helmer
  • Beach Blanket Babylon by Nancy Ryan