art | Central Virginia Modern Quilt Guild

January 21, 2026
by cvaMQG Leave a comment

❄️ Snow Day Round 2 ❄️

Once again due to the upcoming snowy weather over the weekend in the area we are rescheduling our field trip to the GIANTS exhibition at the VMFA to the following weekend. Please note the change in the time as this is super bowl weekend and I know some of us may have some events on Sunday afternoon.

Please join us Sunday February 8th 2026 at 12pm

We’d love for you to join us for an inspirational art walk and sit and sew connected to the GIANTS exhibition at the VMFA.

We’ll start by walking through the exhibition together, taking time to notice themes like scale, strength, and presence in the artwork. From there, we’ll gather to stitch, turning ideas and reflections into something made by hand.

You don’t need any stitching experience to participate. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to slow down, look closely, and create alongside others.

It’s a chance to connect, reflect, and make something together. We hope you can join us!

We plan to go to the exhibition on February 8th, 2026 at 12 p.m

Kat will be at the Cafe around 11am if anyone wants to sit and stich a little while before the exhibition.

Click here to get your tickets

$12 Adults
$10 Seniors 65+
$10 Groups of 10 or more
$8 Youth (age 7–17)
$8 Students with ID
Free for Children 6 and Under

Don’t forget to order your Harriet Powers Stamps

Harriet powers stamps are now available for pre-order and will be available on 2/28/26

Harriet Powers Stamps Available for pre-order

Harriet Powers Commemorative Set

Need a project for the snowstorm?

Check out this amazing mini studio from Whole Circle Studio

How I Made a Modern Miniature Quilt Studio (and Why!) click the link to see how it was made along with some great video tutorials

Here are a few Virtual tours and videos for your weekend field trip

Food for thought for our censorship show in the FALL

December 30, 2025
by Kat VanB Leave a comment

Giants at the VMFA

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is coming to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition from the collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys is expansive and features more than 130 works of art by 40 Black artists from Africa, Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean.

Join us January 25th 2026 at 2.pm.

We’d love for you to join us for an inspirational art walk and sit and sew connected to the GIANTS exhibition at the VMFA.

You don’t need any stitching experience to participate. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to slow down, look closely, and create alongside others.

It’s a chance to connect, reflect, and make something together. We hope you can join us!

We plan to go to the exhibition on January 25th, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Click here to get your tickets

$12 Adults
$10 Seniors 65+
$10 Groups of 10 or more
$8 Youth (age 7–17)
$8 Students with ID
Free for Children 6 and Under

Want to learn more about the exhibition?

We need to be our most giant selves: to think our most giant thoughts, express ourselves in the biggest way possible, and give ourselves permission to be giants. —Alicia Keys
High Museum of Art Article on the Exhibition

From the Brooklyn Museum

“Giants” refers to several aspects of the Dean Collection: the renown of legendary artists, the impact of canon-expanding contemporary artists, and the monumental works by such creators as Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, and Meleko Mokgosi. Immense pieces—including the largest ever by Mokgosi—are paired with standouts such as Parks’s seminal photographs, Wiley’s revolutionary portraits, and Esther Mahlangu’s globe-bridging canvases.

The term also evokes the strength of the bonds between the Deans and the artists they support, and among the artists themselves. Along with examining these links and legacies, the exhibition will encourage “giant conversations” inspired by the works on view—critiquing society and celebrating Blackness

July 28, 2025
by cvaMQG Leave a comment

We Have a Show!

Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, August 1, at Main Street Station Gallery in downtown Richmond from 5-8 p.m.!

We will also have a series of community sewing circles – bring your handwork and let’s get to know each other!

Wednesday, August 6, 4-7 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 12-3 p.m.
Friday, August 29, 12-3 p.m.

AND THERE’S MORE! Together with Modern Richmond, we present “Modern Makers: A Conversation on Modern Quilting” on Wednesday, August 13. Purchase tickets here.

Modern Richmond and CVAMQG are bringing together an incredible panel of modern quilt artists whose work is featured in the exhibition to share their journeys, design processes, and what “modern quilting” means in today’s creative world. The panel will also share their insights on what makes the quilts in the “Unbound” exhibit modern. Whether you’re a seasoned quilter, a curious beginner, or just love bold textile art, this is a night you won’t want to miss.

Maggie Schubert, Modern Richmond Chair and a Modern Quilter, will moderate the panel featuring artists Candra Parker, President of the Board of Directors for the Modern Quilt Guild, Donna Blalock, Kat Van Bourgondien, and Wanda Ann Dotson.

Come early and join the workshop led by Maggie Schubert, “A Modern Take on English Paper Piecing,” from 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Attendees will learn how to make their own English paper-pieced (EPP) curve with exposed stitches.

This workshop requires separate registration from the panel discussion.

20 workshop tickets are available ($15 -See at checkout on Eventbrite)

All levels of experience are welcome and registration fees will cover all needed supplies. If you already consider yourself a quilter, you can exploring a new take on a traditional technique in this workshop or if you have a curiosity towards starting your own modern quilting journey this will be a great place to start!

Parking is available in the lots near Main Street Station. More information can be found here: Parking.

December 23, 2024
by cvaMQG Leave a comment

Abstract-a-liscious with Lyric Kinard

Now open for registration to members and non-members!

Lyric Kinard will offer her ABSTRACT-A-LICIOUS Zoom workshop on

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 10am-1pm EST, and

Saturday, February 1, 2025, 10am-noon EST

Abstraction: Freedom from representational qualities in art. Taking away or removing characteristics from something in order to reduce it to a set of essential characteristics.

Abstract-a-licious: Freedom from pressure or the need to make it real. Removing fear and the need for perfection in order to enlarge the artists essential joy in creation.

Participants will have full access to Lyric’s on-demand Abstract-A-Liscious workshop for a full week between the two sessions. The live session will NOT be recorded.

Cost: CVAMQG Members: $40; Non-members: $50

Refund given only if there is a replacement for your spot. Class size limited to 24 students.

Lyric Montgomery Kinard is an award-winning quilt artist with a passion for sparking the creativity that she knows each of her students possesses. With playful support and gentle encouragement she creates a classroom environment where discovery and joy are the products of a willingness to freely play and fearlessly learn.

One of Lyric’s greatest joys is sharing that moment when a student realizes that they do, indeed, have a spark of creativity inside them. She then gives them the tools to fan that spark into a steady flame.

She is the author of the book Art + Quilt: design principles and creativity exercises. She has written extensively for Quilting Arts and a number of other magazines, and appeared on Quilting Arts TV, and The Quilt Show.

Lyric is also cofounder of the Global Quilt Connection, an online resource connecting virtual teachers with guilds worldwide, and dean at The Academy for Virtual Teaching, where creatives learn the tech needed to build successful online teaching careers.

You can see her work at LyricKinard.com