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I'm super happy that two of my fiber art pieces, "Transformation" and "Feather Canyons Everywhere" have been selected this year for Fantastic Fibers 2026 at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY. The exhibit runs April 6-May 16th with a reception on Thursday, April 23, from 4-7. I believe that is the same week as AQS Paducah and the same night as the 35th anniversary reception for the National Quilt Museum. I will also have 4 quilts on display at AQS Paducah. Special thanks to jurist Rachael Baar for selecting my pieces to appear in this very respected exhibit
I'm very honored to be one of the few fiber art pieces to appear at the Modern Visual Arts (MVA) Gallery in Bethlehem, PA from March 29-April 26 in a show entitled, ”EVERYTHING BLUE” EXHIBIT
Exhibition Room One and Two –National Group Show. My work is "Summer and the Coral Sea", an original improvisational curved piece using commercial and hand-dyed fabrics. Dimensions: 47" x 32".In this show, Blue — the color, has been recognized for both positive and negative symbolic and psychological values. Talented artists and photographers present their contemporary interpretations. In this exhibit, Blue can permeate an entire image or can be used in a small section of an artwork. It can imbue radiance to inanimate objects and enliven elements of Nature. Extraordinary art! Thank you to the gallery for including my work.
Very honored that my fiber art work "Destiny Calling II" will appear at the Virginia Quilt Museum March 31-June 27 with the Awards Reception on Saturday, April 4 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Artists were invited to interpret the theme, "No Boundaries" in an original piece of fiber-based artwork. Boundaries can keep things in or keep things out. They may be physical, geographical, or even emotional. The top 41 pieces of over 200 will be on display in this exhibit. Special thanks to Patty Kennedy-Zafred for jurying one of my favorite works into this show.
Very honored that my fiber art piece “Seasons: Spring Awakening” won Second place at AQS Daytona Beach. I was wondering recently if my work was actually Modern. I guess I have my answer.
Two of my fiber art works, “To Paradise” and “Destiny Calling” will appear at Poway Center for the Performing Arts March 4-April 5. This show “Beyond the Canvass,” is sponsored by the SoCal/SNev region of SAQA and was juried by Kathleen McCabe.
“Sorrows of the Little Souls” will appear at the show “By Hand: AN INTERNATIONAL CRAFT NOUVEAU COMPETITION” at Blue Line Arts in Roseville, CA. The show runs Jan 17-Feb 21. Special thanks to Juror Harriete Estel Berman for including my work.
“Destiny Calling 3” was selected to hang at the 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft at Wayne Art Center.
Upon reviewing this year’s CraftForms submissions from over artists, our juror has selected just over 100 works for inclusion in the exhibition.
CraftForms 2025 will be on display from December 6, 2025 – January 24, 2026.
Very excited that I will be traveling to Rutland, Great Britain where I will be teaching at the Crafty Monkies UK Weekend Craft Retreat Sep 27-28, 2025. Stay tuned for blog details.
“Destiny Calling 2” was selected to appear at “Quilts Unlimited” at View Arts Center in the Adirondacks (Old Forge, NY) from Oct 4-Nov 29.
The fiber art quilt “Destiny Calling 3” was curated into “Fiber Art: Embracing the Craft” at Core Art Space in Lakewood, CO. Special thanks to curators Kathy Mitchell-Garton and Susan Dillon for selecting this piece which is the 3rd in the Destiny Calling series. The show runs Sep 12-28.
“Seasons: Summer” was recently awarded “Honorable Mention” at Expressions West 2025 at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR. The exhibition runs through October 12, 2025.
The fiber art piece “Feathered Canyons Everywhere” will appear in the December issue of the SAQA Journal Gallery (Exhibition in Print) by juror Marcia Young.
Very excited that I had three fiber art pieces win prizes at the California State Fair to include: 2nd place Modern (Unstoppable), 3rd place Modern (Feathered Canyons Everywhere) pictured, Honorable Mention (Palm Springs). The fair runs through July 27, 2025.
Very honored that my fiber art piece “Destiny Calling” will be included in 41st Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, June 25-August 22, 2025. I will travel to Fort Collins June 26th to participate in the opening reception. https://www.lctix.com/art-gallery/41st-new-legacies/
My fiber art piece “Seasons: Spring Awakening” has been juried into the abstract category at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas Oct 6-9. This quilt is from my “Seasons” series.
Excited that three of my quilts have been juried into the California State Fair which runs July 11-27. Quilt ribbons will be given on July 13. The ultimate award is the Golden Bear award shown in the first picture. It’s going to be a fun summer!!!!
Thank you to The Red Bluff Art Gallery for naming my fiber art work “Save the Coral Sea” for an honorable mention award. This is a very unique online art exhibit and I’m happy to be one of a few actual fiber works included. https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/water.htm
This week I am packing up 15 quilts for "Quilt Show Reno" where I will have my second personal exhibition of 2025. The exhibition is called "Fascination with Color" and will include an array of quilts I have completed over the last 5 years. Quilt Show Reno will be held June 5-7 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. If you are in the area I hope you will get to see them.
Very honored to be participating in INTIKA: Men in Textiles, at Visions Museum of Textile Art and Oceanside Museum of Art, May 10-Oct 4. “More Than Words” (at VOTMA) and “To Paradise” (at Oceanside Museum of Art). Curator; Armando Garcia-Orso, San Diego, CA.
My fiber art piece “Seasons: Summer” is currently on display at Symphony in Fiber, Art League of Rhode Island, in Pawtucket, RI from May 3-31, 2025. Special thanks to Jurors: Susan Ward, Norma Smayda, and Laurie Carlson Steger for their consideration.
Excited that “Destiny Calling” won a Honorable Mention Ribbon in Wall Quilt Category at the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah. May 2025
“Destiny Calling” received an Honorable Mention award in a juried show from the Marin Society of Arts called BOLD and FREE. This is a virtual curated show now open at thier Virtual Gallery at: https://shows14.wixsite.com/mysite/bold-and-free-1 - and it looks fabulous!
The YouTube version is available as well at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIK95PWylA
Great news that “Destiny Calling” won a Judge’s Choice Ribbon at this years Mid-Atlantic QuiltFest. Special thanks to Judge Marjan Kluepfel for her kind consideration. March 2025
Please join me Saturday, February 15 as I teach “Breeze Improv Curved Experience” online with CraftyMonkies. In this class, I’ll show my version of curve cutting and sewing technique—no pins, no glue, just lots of fun. The class is 35 pounds or approximately $42 and you will have access to the video after. You can also do one of my other quilt classess with Crafty Monkies that I taught in 2024 via a video. Check times and more information at https://www.craftymonkies.com/live-zoom-workshop-carl-brown-150225-breeze-curved-improv-experience so come have some fun!
Very honored that my work “Destiny Calling” won third place in the Improv category and “Audacity” won honorable mention in the Improv category at this years Road to California, This will be my third year having at least one quilt as semi-finalist at Road. Road to California will be held Jan 22-25 in Ontario, CA.
Excited to announce that I will have a solo exhibition at this years’ Road to California Jan 22-26, in Ontario, CA. The exhibition will include 25 quilts and will be entitled, “Fiber Artist—Accidentally”. The show will highlight pieces I have made over my 6 year career as a fiber artist, beginning with more traditional quilts to more modern fiber art pieces I’m working on now. See you at Road2CA.
Excited to be in the class of 28 other artists for Visions 2024 at the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego. My composition “To Paradise” and others will be displayed through the end of December. Chosen from hundreds of submissions, the quilts in Quilt Visions 2024 were selected by Caryl Breyer Fallert-Gentry, Karl Reichert, and Sandra Sider, a panel of esteemed jurors, for their artistic expression, technical skill, and aesthetic impact. The exhibition features an extraordinary range of styles and perspectives, yet every piece shares a common thread: a dedication to the art quilt as a vehicle for storytelling and personal expression. https://vmota.org/quilt-visions-2024/
Special thanks to Create Whimsy for spotlighting my work as a fiber artist. My interview with them can be seen at https://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotlight-carl-brown-fiber-artist/ . At Create Whimsy, they share the stories of makers. Learn about their creative journeys, inspirations and more! Thank you Lynn. Follow them on IG @createwhimsy
I will be Zoom visiting with the SAQA Southern California and Southern Nevada Regional Group on Sunday, Sep 22 at 3pm PST. I will be providing a trunk show and talking specifically about opportunities for entry into quilt shows and exhibitions.
Excited that banners of my quilt “To Paradise” will be displayed outside Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego in preparation for the Visions show held Oct 19-Dec 28. If you are in San Diego or want to make a special trip, this will be a wonderful show where 30 talented artists will be included.
Summer 2024: My composition, “To Paradise” is one of 26 juried pieces is included in Fiber Arts Now Magazine’s Fiber Reimagined II Summer 2024 issue. Check out all the works at https://www.fiberartnow.net/summer-2024/
Spring 2024: My piece, “To Paradise” was selected to appear in Visions 2024 at the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego, California from October 19 to December 28th. I was one of 30 artists selected for this very appeasing show. For more information visit: https://vmota.org/exhibits-upcoming/
Feb 29—2024—It’s a great way to wake up (West Coast Time) to learn this piece “Blank Space” won a Judge’s Choice Award at the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia. Special thanks to Judge Paula Golden. There’s something about these colors of acid yellow and black that judge’s find pleasing. Nice way to start the day. It’s interesting, you never know what color the curtain will be behind the quilt! Last week at Quiltcon my quilt was on a tan background!!
Jan 2024—This picture captures two of my quilts, “To Paradise” on the left and “Thatched in Magenta” on the right! Both are on display now through April n the Men’s Exhibition at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Show in Boulder, CO.
Excited that I will be teaching an online class called “Improv Toolbox” with Crafty Monkies next April and June. In this class the student will learn to make some easy and more complex Improv pieces plus learn how to put an entire Improv quilt together. Crafty Monkies is a great place to get all kinds of quilting and fiber art education. Sign up here: https://www.craftymonkies.com/live-zoom-workshop-carl-brown-improv-toolbox-creating-the-piece
Dec 2023. Ready to mail off, perhaps my favorite quilt, “To Paradise” along with his counterpart, “Thatched in Magenta” and “Ptown Improv” to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum 17th Biennial Men's Exhibit. The show will run from Jan 19-April 20. https://www.rmqm.org/upcoming-exhibition.htm
Dec 2023. I’ve made it into what I believe to be the hardest quilt show in the Universe to be juried into!! This is my piece “Manhattan Solstice” will appear at Quiltcon in Raleigh, NC February 21-24.. If you have ever been to a place like Times Square or Las Vegas at night, you get the full effect of thousands of neon lights. I wanted to create a piece that was neon, bright, with thousands of little pieces with so much tension that the eye had trouble resting in one particular spot.
October 2023. Excited that this quilt “Corner of the Sky” has been selected as a semifinalist in the Abstract category at Road to California. Road will occur Jan 17-24 in Ontario, California. https://online.roadtocalifornia.com/
October 2023. It was so fun to see my quilt “New Beginnings” again today hanging at the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego! I was awarded the Emerging Artist award for their show Interpretations 2023. This is a wonderful show and will continue through Dec 30! If you are in SD check it out!!!!!@visionsmuseumoftextileart