The MAC Art Quilt Exhibit 2026 WEB 500 x 500) V3

Studio Art Quilt Exhibit

Name: Studio Art Quilt Exhibit
Start: 2026-03-13T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2027-03-13T16:00:00-05:00
Location: MAC Downtown

Visit Tuesdays-Fridays from 12-4pm

The Connecticut Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA-CT) is delighted to bring the next iteration of its signature exhibition –

Local Color: Circular Thinking

On Display at the MAC Downtown Gallery through April 17th

Gallery Hours: Tuesdays – Fridays, 12pm – 4pm

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The Milford Arts Council is pleased to host this exhibition of fiber art by members of SAQA-CT

Circular Thinking: Original Art Quilts Exhibit

What does a circle mean to you? A clock face, a life cycle, the arc of the sun, the ring of a ripple on water? This month, the Milford Arts Council invites you to explore these questions and many more through Circular Thinking — a stunning new exhibition of 36 original art quilts created by 21 exceptional textile artists.

Far from the quilts of tradition, these fiber art works are bold, imaginative, and visually arresting. Each piece takes the circle — ancient symbol, universal shape, enduring metaphor — as its starting point, and from there the artists diverge into a remarkable range of interpretations.

The 21 artists are all members of the Connecticut chapter of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), the internationally recognized organization dedicated to promoting art quilts as a serious fine art form.

Fourteen of the artists are Connecticut-based, including Milford’s own Lin Elmo, whose two pieces — Watch Your Face…In the Face of the Watch and Stitches in Contrast — are among the works on display. The full group of artists spans Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and Colorado, bringing a wonderfully diverse range of perspectives and techniques to the gallery walls.

Exhibit Juror. Every work in the show was hand-selected by juror Betty Busby, an internationally acclaimed fiber artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Busby brings a rare depth of artistic vision to her role: a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in ceramics, she went on to found and run a ceramic tile manufacturing studio in Los Angeles for 18 years before turning her focus fully to fiber art and teaching in 2003. Her work is known worldwide, and her eye for quality and originality is evident in every piece chosen for this show.

Viewing Dates: March 13- April 17, 2026.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday from 12p-4p.
– The gallery is free and open to the public for viewing at these times.

Opening Reception: March 12th, 2026 6-8pm
– Open to the Public
– Quilt artists will be in attendance will be happy to discuss their work with the audience.

SAQA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote art quilts which are “creative visual works that are layered and stitched, or that reference this form of stitched layered structure”. SAQA has over 4000 members – artists, curators, collectors and art professionals – from all over the world; 127 of them consider Connecticut one of their artistic homes. Learn More About Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) here.