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What Quilts Carry: Artists in ConversationOctober 17, 2026, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Join a group of artists from What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI for a conversation about the lasting influence of Quilts: More than the Sum of Their Parts, the Kansas City Art Institute studio course developed and taught by Kim Eichler-Messmer since 2008.
Beginning with the same traditional quilt sampler and carrying those experiences into distinctly different practices, the artists will reflect on the role quilting has played in their work, what has endured over time, and how a shared foundation continues to shape their making.
The discussion will be moderated by Kim Eichler-Messmer and followed by audience questions.
Free and open to the public.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Kim Eichler-Messmer
What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI
September 4 - December 5, 2026
Main Gallery
FEATURED ARTISTS
Aneesa Shami Zizzo
Catherine Rybak
Erica Alexander
Gabriella Poulos
Gwen Murphy
Hadley Clark
Houda Derbas
Jaedyn Roberts
Jordan Geiger
Kadie Nugent
Kim Eichler-Messmer
Kit Landwehr
Lena Klett
Lily Mueller
Lizzie Green
Michelle Chan
Mol Mir
Nathan Ford
Nina Littrell
Olivia Mills
Rebecca Vaughan
Sarah McMurry
Sascha Merryfield
T Palermo
Yulie Urano
What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI brings together work by alumni of the studio course “Quilts: More than the Sum of Their Parts,” developed and taught by Kim Eichler-Messmer at the Kansas City Art Institute over the past eighteen years. The exhibition traces how a shared introduction to quilting, as a system of process, materials, and form, continues to shape the artists’ practices long after the class ends. Work by Eichler-Messmer is included alongside the alumni, reflecting the ongoing relationship between teaching and studio practice. Presented together, the works reflect a range of approaches, from traditional quilting to expanded material practices, linked by an ongoing engagement with structure, attention, and process.
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2012 Baltimore, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108
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