Meet the Makers: A Panel and Gallery Conversation with Contemporary Artists in Find Your Quilt

Join us for a panel discussion and in-gallery engagement with six contemporary makers featured in Find Your Quilt. The following artists will present about their work:

Kate Flake
Carlee Latimer
Sam Northcut
Rosemary Ollison
Amy Wendt
Mengni Zhang

Quilted sculpture on hanging on a white wall. Sculture is in white and blue and shows a female figure from the waist up touching her breast. — Kate Flake, I have begun to distrust my body., 2024

Detail of a large yellow, red, blue, green. and brown quilt hanging on a wall in an art gallery. The quilt has lettering reading "Quilts are..." and several words placed over it. — Carlee Latimer, Together-Together, 2025-ongoing

Large quilted paper work of art hanging on a white wall. The structure is made of blue and purple triangles. — Sam Northcut, Harrison, 2024

Photo of a quilt with colorful circles and fringe in green, brown, red, and blue on a white wall. — Rosemary Ollison, Circles and Fringe, 2019

Red and white quilt with triangles in varying sizes hanging on a white wall. — Amy Wendt, Sierpiński’s recursive triangle fractals, 2025

Photo of a large white structural tower in a gallery made of small squares with a white pedestal to the right and a board on top. — Mengni Zhang, Rustling Veil, 2025

After the panel, attendees are invited to connect with the artists in the gallery to view and discuss the works. This event commemorates the closing of the exhibition.

Free registration required

Sunday, March 1
1:30pm-3:30pm
Nancy Nicholas Hall
Wisconsin Idea Room (1199), the Link, and the Ruth Davis Design Gallery