It’s always exciting to hang a quilt exhibition!
Read MoreSee How We Sew features "Americans out in force"
See How We Sew kindly featured me in a roundup from the Festival of Quilts.
Read MoreExhibiting at the Festival of Quilts in England
My quilts are going “on holiday” as they say: Quiltfolk is sponsoring a special exhibition of quilts in the UK this August.
Read MoreRED punctu-ates
RED: Quilts from the Kiracofe Collection open from 31 October 31 to 21 December 2018 at Hello Stitch, Berkeley
Read MoreLondon calling: Visiting Losing the Compass
Losing the Compass | Quilts at White Cube, London
I am pleased to share that two of my quilts are part of the exhibition, Losing the Compass, at White Cube's Mason's Yard space.
Read MoreUnconventional & Unexpected comes to a close.
I have been unpacking the quilts from my exhibition that closed on May 17 after it opened on February 14 of this year. The quilts from my recent book, Unconventional & Unexpected, generated so many ideas and excitement that flowed into this exhibition of the same name at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. It was thrilling to see the quilts as I imagine them: freely flying, invitingly draped over a pedestal, or with its back shown instead.
Toward the end of the exhibition as part of the A.R.T.S. Student Exhibition, 4th and 5th graders from Sonoma came to visit the exhibition. After seeing the quilts, they responded in kind with their own quilted creations. They installed their pieces amongst Unconventional & Unexpected, titling their show Piecing It Together. The concurrent exhibitions paired so very beautifully. I am in love with their masterpieces!
The threads of a colorful passion for quilts
“It was a common belief, Kiracofe said, that quilt making stopped after World War II. ‘People didn’t need quilts any more; there were blankets.’
But, had quilting really stopped?”
The exhibition, Unconventional & Unexpected, was featured in Petauma360 on May 10, just before the exhibition closed. I had a great conversation with them about my background with quilts and my adventure in discovering their beauty.
