2025 – Annual Review
Today we had our annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest and Holiday Party for staff at eQuilter.com. We feel so lucky to have such a great crew to help us run the company. Plus they are a lot of fun during the holidays. This is not the whole staff, but it includes those who pulled out their Xmas sweaters for the annual event today.
2025 has been a busy year. As I have pursued more of a full time art career, on top of still having some duties as owner of eQuilter.com, my schedule has been very full. This year I gave 7 lectures, attended 2 weeklong retreats, was the featured artist at 2 quilt festivals in Asia, and attended 4 exhibit openings with my work. I am also the venue coordinator for a new group of artists – “Soul Stories”. I currently have 8 pieces out traveling or accepted for upcoming exhibits, and 4 new pieces hopefully traveling soon.
I appreciate my husband Paul and our manager Dijana for taking more off my eQuilter plate this year, so I could pursue my artwork more. As I review all the travel and lectures from this last year….wow I did indeed have a busy year! To some degree I have kept busy for my mental health. The chaos of our country, and the world, are very stressful. Having worked with several non-profits over the years, as our company raised over $2million for a variety of organizations, seeing so many of these torn down over year has been heartbreaking. So, I do what I can. I make activist art, I give lectures about the power of art and activism, and I talk to people about these things wherever I go.
2025 Calendar:
Jan 9 – Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild, BC Canada – Zoom lecture
Jan 18 – Itzhak Perlman & CSO with Sophie Quinn
Jan 21 – Visions Museum, San Diego – Zoom lecture
Feb 24-Mar 5 – Kyoto Quilt Festival, Japan (featured artist & lecture)
Mar 9 – Open Studio – Boulder CO
Apr 2-6 – SAQA Conference, St Pete Florida. (And No Kings Protest)
Apr 25 – Renwick Museum, Wash DC – We Gather At The Edge – Reception
Apr 27-May 3 – Alegre Retreat – Gateway CO
May 23 -26 – Quilt National, Dairy Barn – Athens OH
June 18-20 – Quilt Canada – Toronto, ON
July 18-19 – Durango CO – SAQA Balance Opening
July 27 – Aug 5 – Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, & Oxfordshire UK
Sept 12-14 – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum – SAQA Camouflage Opening
Sept 25 – Met Gabby Giffords at a Giffords event in Denver. My hero.
Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories exhibit premier
https://www.soulstoriesart.com/
Nov 1-6 – Reno, Art Quilt Tahoe (Art Retreat & lecture)
Nov 7-9 – Sacred Threads, Indianapolis (Signature artwork & lecture)
Nov 17-24 – Taiwan Quilt Festival, Taipei (featured artwork & lecture)
Dec 10 – Canada Quilt Assoc – Zoom Lecture
I remain committed to speaking out in 2026, for those who do not have a voice. Artists and non-profits who wish to collaborate should reach out to me and we’ll start a conversation. 2026 is going to be another challenging year but it will bring many opportunities to get involved to facilitate change, and healing. Don’t sit on the sidelines. Join those of us fighting for threatened species and wild habitats, abused and displaced children, and those in our communities who are targeted because they are ‘different’.
We are all ONE. And LOVE is always the answer. Pass it on…..
