The Quilting Arts Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

After a full 2 years of pandemic-related delays, Susan and Vivika reunite for the long-awaited taping of Quilting Arts TV. Recorded in Golden Colorado on the set of the show, this is a very special podcast episode: not only is it the first time they’ve recorded face-to-face, it is also available on video. See the two in action as they talk about the exciting new set, location, and slate of guests that make Quilting Arts TV a very special show. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As artist quilters, where we work can make a huge difference in what we create and how we feel about the process. If you have a passion for surface design, your creative space may look much different than an artist who is ‘all-in’ with creating mural-sized landscapes. Listen today as co-hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Hansen DeNegre chat with artist and project manager Jane Davila about the opening of a brand new studio space that meets the needs of a unique cohort of artists.   Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode focuses on innovation and technology as applied to art quilting. When is it appropriate? How do we incorporate tech into our art? And how does it challenge our thinking? Be sure to listen for a fascinating conversation about the intersection of art and technology, with quilter and software engineer Steph Skardal who pushes those boundaries every day.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 outpouring of creativity and the creation of an amazing body of work. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Conley to discuss some of the fascinating ways art and science intersect. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 stained glass ceiling – Valerie has curated a visual collection amazing artwork and shared it on social media. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 guest Artist in Residence and discuss how her work and business model have changed over time and yet maintained their sense of vibrancy. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 episode from our sister podcast, Fiber Nation. In this episode, Allison Korleski delves into the song quilts of Eliza Hardy Jones, and along the way explores how these quilts visually transcribe a piece of music, note for note.  If you want to hear more of tales of textiles, craft, and culture, subscribe to Fiber Nation on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 podcasts, called Art Bound. I just listened to the episode that focused on the value of an art education – Episode 4. I particularly appreciated their discussion because many art quilters also develop classes and teach their techniques. Art is art, no matter the medium, and we all have so much to learn from each other.  In this episode of Art Bound, host Doug Kacena sits down with Kristy Gordon and Trey Egan, two successful artists who are also art teachers. They discuss just how valuable their own art educations were to their growth and careers as successful artists, as well as how teaching has made them better artists. After you listen to this conversation, you can find more episodes of Art Bound wherever you listen. Or just follow this link and subscribe. We’ll talk again in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Quilt Associates (SAQA). Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices