AUGUST FIRST FRIDAY

Closed for Members-Only Preview Sale

We will be closed to the public for First Friday night activities to allow our Guild Partners and VMOTA Members to have a first look at our Veranda Sale. (More below.)

Planning ahead? Our September First Friday event will happen on September 5th with our Welcome Blank Project.

Find additional First Friday events happening in the Arts District through the community calendar.

TREASURED ANNUAL EVENT

2025 Veranda Sale

Every August, VMOTA hosts our annual Veranda Sale - a sustainable shopping event where donors can share their excess supplies and buyers can purchase items at a discounted rate. Not only does this help us save the planet from textile waste, it also encourages artists to continue to create. We encourage you to invite your friends - you won't want to miss this!

Guild and Member Preview Sale:

Friday, Aug. 1 from 4-8 PM

Open to the Public:

Saturday, Aug. 2 from 9:30 AM - 4 PM

For more information about our sale, please click the button below.

AUGUST FOCUS FIBER - MEMBERS ONLY

Words & Text on Textiles by Betty Colburn - August 4, 2025

Did you know VMOTA members get exclusive access to our monthly Focus Fiber meetings? This is a great opportunity to connect with other members and learn alongside each other.

On August 4th, Betty Colburn will lead a discussion and show-and-tell about using words on quilts. The discussion will encompass both intent and techniques as well as a bit of history. Betty is bringing a number of pieces with words and invites everyone attending to bring their own “wordy” textiles.

Date: Monday, August 4, 2025

We start promptly at 10:00 AM

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Interested in Becoming A Docent? We Need You!

At VMOTA, our valued docents extend a white-glove experience to local schools, community organizations, and artists who become future collaborators and advocates of our purpose to celebrate the wonders of textile art. Docents spark dialogue, inspire creative thinking, and celebrate textile art through thoughtfully crafted tours. We are looking to expand our docent team.

Join us on August 5th from 12:30 to 3:30 PM for an exciting docent training opportunity! No experience necessary. To reserve your spot and receive more information, please email info@vmota.org by July 31st.

Join us as creative weaving artist Rebecca Smith leads a two-day workshop in the technique of inlay, a process for weaving pictorial and geometric designs on a loom. In this workshop, participants will weave designs simultaneously with the sheer, transparent background or ground cloth. When the finished piece is hung, light travels through the background cloth to frame the design, which remains opaque.

Date: Sunday, August 17 - Monday, August 18, 2025

Time: 9 AM - 4 PM with a 1-hour break for lunch each day

The cost is $150 for VMOTA members and $175 for non-members. The class will be limited to 14 participants.

NEW EVENT

The Quilters Watch Party - August 20, 2025

Visions Museum of Textile Art is excited to partner with San Diego Made Factory to host The Quilters, an award-winning short documentary featuring men in a Missouri maximum-security prison who design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts for foster children. We invite you to join us for this free event to learn about the power of quilting for connection, restorative justice, and well-being.

Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Time: 6pm - 7:30pm

Cost: FREE

Snacks and drinks will be available to purchase on-site to support the costs associated with this event.

The event will be limited to 50 participants.

Thank you to our first event sponsor for making this event possible!

If you are interested in a sponsorship opportunity,

please email info@vmota.org for more information.

REMINDER: STORYTELLING THROUGH TEXTILES

Current Exhibitions

INTIKA: Men in Textiles

In partnership with Oceanside Museum of Art, VMOTA presents an exhibition that showcases men who work with textile art. Inspired by the island of Taquile, Peru where, for nearly 500 years, men have used textiles as a means of expression. The island's indigenous name “INTIKA” is still used by the locals today and was the inspiration for this exhibit.

We Are Voices of Other Voices/

Somos Voces de Otras Voces

Under the direction of Ricardo Pinto and María Saldaña, artisans from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca partnered with contemporary Mexican artists who do not typically work with textiles to develop a series of pieces exclusively crafted for this exhibition.

Human Affects by Laura Foster Nicholson

Through handwoven textiles, Laura shares about climate change, hope of renewable energy, careful farming, and a less destructive way of life.

SUULA by Mildred & Sama Barros

In the work of Denise Lacarra, painting decomposes and recomposes in a process that challenges its own material limits. Fragments of previously painted canvases are cut, recombined, and sewn together, generating compositions where the visual memory of each stroke overlaps with new configurations.

Oslyn Whizar

Sept 10 to Oct 25, 2025

Interpretations 2025

Oct 18, 2025 to

Jan 31, 2026

Fiber Arts Now - ARTwear

Oct 18, 2025 to

Jan 31, 2026

Mid Century Modern, VMOTA Members Challenge

Oct 22 to Nov 29, 2025

Sea Creatures by Quilts on the Wall

Oct 29 to Dec 13, 2025

Are you dedicated to the future of textile art? We need you!

Expand Your Support by Becoming a Visionary Donor – Our first 40 donors who donate $400 or more will receive special recognition for their support on our 2025 campaign materials and webpage, in our impact report, and through an exclusive gift given as a token of our appreciation.

Thank you for joining us in supporting the long-term impacts of textile art.

Photo Credits:

Image 1: SUULA

Image 2: Stock Photo by Constant Contact

Image 3: Visions Museum of Textile Art

Image 4: Stephen Colburn

Image 5: Visions Museum of Textile Art

Image 6: Rebecca Smith

Image 7: The Quilters poster by Netflix

Image 8: Lugares Conocidos by Genaro Moreno

Image 9: Sawfish by Ana Hernandez

Image 10: Lagoon Flooded by Laura Foster Nicholson

Image 11: SUULA