Author: Priscilla Read

African Nine Patch at Olive Hyde June 13 – Aug 3, 2024!

June 10, 2024

My quilted piece, African Nine Patch, was juried into the Olive Hyde Art Gallery’s 54th Annual Textile Exhibition at 123 Washington Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539. Virtual Exhibit:Thursday, June 6 – Saturday, August 3 Exhibition Dates:Thursday, June 13 – Saturday, August 3 Opening Reception:Friday, June 21 (7-9 pm) The Gallery is open Thursday-Sunday, 12 noon – … More African Nine Patch at Olive Hyde June 13 – Aug 3, 2024!

Improv Quilt

March 6, 2024

I took an improv quilt workshop with Cindy Grisdela at a zoom SF Quilt Guild Workshop in Nov 2022. I chose a split compliment color palette. I started by making angled stripes. I wasn’t sure of my color choices when I saw that they looked something out of an insane circus. But as I made … More Improv Quilt

Printed and Stitched

May 16, 2023

California Society of Printmakers and Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) worked together to create an exhibit examining the overlap between the hand pulled print, and the art quilt. The first exhibition of Printed and Stitched will be from 5/20/23 to 6/18/23 at Art Ark Gallery artarkgallery.com,1035 S. Sixth St, San Jose, CA 95112 Swirling Suns2 – … More Printed and Stitched

Juried in!

February 10, 2023

My 12”x 12” quilted piece, Swirling Suns 2, was juried into Printed & Stitched, a joint exhibition of the work by members of the California Society of Printmakers and Studio Art Quilt Associates, Northern and Southern California/Nevada Regions. The exhibition will open at Art Ark in San Jose on May 20, 2023. An artist reception … More Juried in!

Dog Collage Portraits

September 20, 2022

I recently took a Nicki FitzGerald’s online class Creative Pet Portraiture with Procreate and had a blast making digital collage portraits of my friends’ dogs. I’ve used Procreate to make collages before, but this class took it to a new level. I took more photos of text and textures and organized them into folders on … More Dog Collage Portraits