Deborah Kuster
Fiber Artist
Art Educator
Author
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Featured in Art Publications
International
2024 SAQA Journal, 2024/ No 4, on page 42.
Studio Art Quilts Associates Global Exhibition Camouflaged Catalog, pp. 40-41
2023 SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly 2023, Issue 32 on page 73
Issue 30 on page 67.
2022 Exploring Art Quilts with Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
Vol.3 Museum Quality, p. 70
Vol. 2 Around the World, pp. 48, 126.
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly 2022, Issue 27 on page 67
2021 SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 22, p. 70.
2020 Exploring Art Quilts with Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc
Volume 1, New Directions, p. 140.
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 18, p. 65
2020 SAQA Global Exhibitions Beyond the Mirror Catalog, pp.50-51.
SAQA Global Exhibitions Musica! Catalog, pp 40-41.
SAQA Global Exhibitions Opposites Attract Catalog pp. 32-33.
2019 SAQA Journal 2019, Vol. 29, No. 2 on p. 28.
2018 SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 11, p. 70
2016 Portfolio 23: The Art Quilt Sourcebook, Studio Art Quilts Associates, Inc., p. 125.
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National
2018 (Autumn) Art Quilting Studio, "Dance, Dance, Dance” pp. 102-105
(Summer) Art Quilting Studio, "Feelings of Loss" in the "Quilting the Odd and Unusual, pp.
106-109
(Winter) Art Quilting Studio, “Layers of Labor, Language & Love.” Stampington & Company,
pp. 116-119.
2017 (Summer) Art Quilting Studio, “Quotable Quilts.” Stampington & Company, pp. 114-117
2017 (Winter) Art Quilting Studio, “Wait Until I’m 4.” Stampington & Company, page 130.
2016 Portfolio 23: The Art Quilt Sourcebook, Studio Art Quilts Associates, Inc., page 125.
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Regional
2022 The Artist’s Question, SAQA Regional Exhibit Catalog, p. 24
Exhibitions
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
International
2024-2027 Studio Art Quilts Associates Global Exhibition Camouflaged (Juror Lorraine Roy)
premieres at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas in October 2024
other venues TBA
2024 Studio Art Quilts Associates Virtual Exhibition Thoughtful Constructions (Curator
Katriina Flensburg)
2021 Studio Art Quilts Associates Virtual Exhibition Legacies (Curator Barbara Schneider)
2020-2023 Studio Art Quilts Associates Global Exhibition Beyond the Mirror, (juror Andra F Staton)
Virtual Quilt Festival (online) - December 3 - 5, 2020
Loveland Museum, Loveland, Colorado: January 23, 2021 - May 9, 2021
Australasian Quilt Convention, Brisbane, Australia: May 26 - 29, 2022
Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair, Sydney, Australia: June 29 – July 3, 2022
Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair, Melbourne, Australia: July 21-24, 2022
Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australia: September 22 – 25, 2022
Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair, Brisbane, Australia: October 12 – 16, 2022
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo: Atlanta - Duluth, GA | March 9, 10 & 11, 2023
Lakeland, FL | March 16, 17 & 18, 2023
Cleveland - Akron, OH | April 13, 14 & 15, 2023
New Orleans - Kenner, LA | May 4, 5 & 6, 2023
Dallas - Irving, TX | Aug. 17, 18 & 19, 2023
Fredericksburg, VA | Sept. 28, 29 & 30, 2023
Nashville - Lebanon, TN | Oct. 5, 6 & 7, 2023
Cincinnati - Sharonville, OH | Oct. 12, 13 & 14, 2023
Detroit - Novi, MI | Nov. 9, 10 & 11, 2023
Studio Art Quilts Associates Global Exhibition Opposites Attract, (Juror Gail M. Brown)
Opening at Australasian Quilt Convention April 16-19, 2020.
Stitches & Craft Show at the Gold Coast in Queensland: June 17 to 20, 2021
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK: August 3 - 6, 2023
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio: October 6 - December 3, 2023
Studio Art Quilts Associates Global Exhibition Musica!, (Juror Joe Cunningham)
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky: March 6 - July 7, 2020
Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington: April 20 - May 22, 2021
Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas: January 6 - May 7, 2022
2015 Studio Art Quilts Associates (Juried Artists Members), www.SAQA.com , Dancing to
A Different Drummer (Curator: Melinda Rushing)
National
2022 Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, Scribble and Play: Art for Kids (juried)
2021 Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany Indiana, Form, Not Function (Jurors
Denise Mucci Furnish, Valerie Goodwin, and Dan Olfe)
2018 Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany Indiana, Form, Not Function (Jurors
Rachael L. Baar, Paula Kovarik, and Aaron McIntosh)
2013 The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, AR, Art and the Farm (Curated)
2010 Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY. 2010 National Small Art Quilt Exhibition State (Jurors:
Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski and Roger Smith)
Regional
2022-2023
The Artist’s Question, SAQA Regional Exhibit (Juror Zak Foster)
April 25 - May 14, 2022: Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg FL
June 3 - 26, 2022: Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers FL
September 2 - October 7, 2022: Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope AL
Nov 12 - Dec 31, 2022: Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge LA
January 15 - April 15, 2023: Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
May 8 - June 30, 2023: Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island FL
2019 Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN, Blue Quilt Challenge (Invited and curated by Paula
Kovarik)
2018 Cox Center, Little Rock, AR, Delta des Refuses (Invited and curated by Rachel Trusty)
2016 Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR, Treasures Within, Treasures Without:
A SAQA Regional (LA/MS/AR/AL) Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilt (Juror: Katherine Strause)
2014 Gadsden Museum of Art and History, Gadsden, AL, Southern Voices: A SAQA Regional
(LA/MS/AR/AL) Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilt (Juror Paula Kovarik)
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 55th Annual Delta Exhibition (Juror Brian
Rutenberg)
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR, Southern Voices: A SAQA Regional
(LA/MS/AR/AL) Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilt (invited to travel show)
2012 DeSoto Arts Council, Banks House Gallery in Hernando, MS, Fiber to Fabric (Invited
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR, Connecting Threads: A SAQA
Regional (LA/MS/AR/AL) Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilt (Juror Amie Adelman)
2010 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 53rd Annual Delta Exhibition (Juror Meredith Ward)
2008 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 51st Annual Delta Exhibition (Juror Eleana Del Rio)
State
2024 Argenta Branch Library, North Little Rock, MotherLOAD (invited and curated by Emily Moll
Wood)
Acansa Gallery, North Little Rock, Share the Love (curated, AR and LA SAQA
members)
2022 211 South Contemporary Art Gallery, Bentonville, Yard Work
Underground Gallery, CALS Roberts Library, Little Rock, Yard Work
New Deal Studio, Little Rock, Knitting, Crocheting, and Weaving for Peace
2020 University of Central Arkansas Baum Gallery, Threads Through Time (invited, curated)
2019 University of Central Arkansas Baum Gallery Art Faculty Invitational
2017, 2018 Wm. F Laman Library, North Little Rock, All-Women Fiber Arts Exhibition (invited,
curated by Rachel Trusty)
2016, 2019, 2022 Argenta Branch Library, North Little Rock, Form in Fiber (invited, curated by
Rachel Trusty and/or Erin Lorenzen)
2015 UCA Baum Gallery, Conway, AR, Practice What You Preach: The Baum 20th Anniversary
Exhibition of Art Faculty (Invited)
2013 Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock, AR, Women to Watch Exhibition 2013.
Sponsored by the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
(Guest Curator, Caroline S. Brown)
Fine Arts Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
The Stephans Gallery, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville,
Fort Smith Regional Arts Museum, Fort Smith
Arts and Science Center for Southeastern Arkansas, Pine Bluff
2011 UCA Baum Gallery, Conway, AR, Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition (Invited)
2008 UCA Baum Gallery, Conway , AR, Faculty Show (Invited)
2000 University of Texas at Tyler Gallery, 1st Alumni Art Exhibition (Invited)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
State
2024 Stephens Gallery, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR, Art as Teacher: Textile Art
2018 Downtown UCA Gallery, The Makings of a Teacher: Textile Art by Deborah Kuster (invited)