San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

520 South First Street
San Jose , CA 95113
United States

PAST EVENTS

Mayan Traje: A Tradition in Transition

From: 
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Until: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Gems from Our Past

From: 
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Until: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019

A Geographical Journey: The Paul J. Smith Textile Collection

From: 
Friday, January 19, 2018
Until: 
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts and Design in NY, Paul J. Smith is most noted for his groundbreaking curatorial works in the America Studio Craft Movement. During his career, he collected traditional and ethnographic textiles during his world travels that have never been exhibited before.

Expressions of Identity: 40th Anniversary Exhibition

From: 
Friday, October 20, 2017
Until: 
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Hmong Story Cloths: Stitching a History

From: 
Friday, October 7, 2016
Until: 
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Found/Made

From: 
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Until: 
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Antique Ohio Amish Quilts from the Darwin Bearley Collection

From: 
Friday, November 14, 2014
Until: 
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Indian Folk Textiles from the Collection of Carol Summers

From: 
Monday, March 10, 2014
Until: 
Friday, May 30, 2014

Folk Indian Textiles from the Collection of Carol Summers

From: 
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Until: 
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Event Description: This unique exhibition of fifty objects demonstrates the wealth and breadth of the Indian folk textile tradition. It showcases with dramatic effect a wide variety of decorated textiles, created with brightly colored patchwork, embroidery, applique, tie dye, block printing, painted cloth, quilting textiles, hand weaving, and hand sewing to dramatic effect. These objects are highlights from the private collection that local artist Carol Summers has been gathering since 1974. The collection is comprised of a range of textiles created by women in India— both utilitarian and festive— with no pretense of being comprehensive. They are twentieth-century folk textiles collected with an appreciation for the beauty of design and craftsmanship, rather than perfection.

Collecting Treasures: Celebrating 35 Years

From: 
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Until: 
Sunday, February 3, 2013

The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles—the first in the United States to focus exclusively on quilts and textiles—commemorates its thirty-five year anniversary with a large survey exhibition, Collecting Treasures: Celebrating 35 Years. Drawn exclusively from our permanent collection, it showcases important early and historic quilts, recent acquisitions of contemporary fiber art, as well as ethnic costume and textiles. The exhibit is loosely organized around themes and styles, including:

  • Some of the oldest quilts in the collection, dating from the 1880s through 1930s

  • Crazy quilts, silk quilts, and pieced stars
  • Politically charged and contemporary textiles
  • A survey of rich textile production and traditions from around the world, including: Bedouin, Chinese (Hmong), Guatemalan, Indonesian, Japanese, Kuna Indian, Nigerian,Palestinian, Panamanian, Romanian, San Blas Islands, and Yemenis.

Scrap ART

From: 
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Until: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Primary Structures: Sculptural Art Knitting

From: 
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Until: 
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Southwestern Banded Blankets: Three Cultures, One Horizon

From: 
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Until: 
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Navajo Weaving in the Present Tense: The Art of Lucy and Ellen Begay

From: 
Monday, February 15, 2010
Until: 
Monday, May 3, 2010