Exhibitions 2017- 2018
STITCHED—Work by Maria Shell—Solo Exhibition
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive—Valdez, Alaska
January – March 2018
Maria Shell—Improv Patchwork—Solo Exhibition
Hello Stitch—Berkeley, California
November 1 – December 30
Friday, November 10 Artist Reception & Book Signing
Hands All Around
International Quilt Festival Touring Exhibition
2017 – 2018
International Quilt Festival 2017 “A World of Beauty” Finalist–Houston, Texas
November 2 – 5, 2017
Quilt National 2015
Traveling Exhibition
My Corner of the World < http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?cat=8&ec=3&ex=59>
SAQA Exhibition now touring Australia
Teaching and Lecturing Schedule August 2017 – July 2018
August 2017
The Quilt Show—Denver, Colorado
Friday Afternoon August 25, 2016
September 2017
Quilter’s Connection—Cambridge, Massachusetts
September 9 – 11
American Quilter’s Society—Paducah, Kentucky <>
September 13 -16
I will be teaching Artful Oven Mitts, Circle & Curve Sampler, Lines + Triangles = Squares, Little Boxes, Modern Broderie Perse, and giving the lecture, Patchwork to Artwork—Journey of an Alaskan Quilt Maker.
October 2017
Westside Quilters—Los Angeles, California
October 20 -21
International Quilt Festival and Market—Houston, Texas
October 30 – November 5
Monday, October 30 2 – 5PM Lines + Triangles = Squares
Monday, October 30 6PM – 9PM Artful Oven Mitts
Tuesday, October 31 9AM – NOON Improv Patchwork—Lines & Shapes
Tuesday, October 31 2PM – 5PM Authentic Patchwork—AKA Kitchen Sink Quilting
Wednesday, November 1 2PM – 5PM Modern Broderie Perse
Friday, November 3 10:30AM -11:00AM Meet the Teachers
Saturday, November 4 10AM – NOON Saturday Sampler
November 2017
Improv Patchwork—Dynamic Quilts Made with Line & Shape
My first book is available for purchase online & at the International Quilt Festival!
Hello Stitch—Berkeley, California
Friday, November 10 Artist Reception & Book Signing
Saturday, November 11, Workshop Topic TBA
April 2018
Pajaro Valley Quilt Association—Aptos, California
Saturday April 7 – Monday April 9
Northern Star Quilters’ Guild—Somers, New York
Sunday April 17 – Thursday April 19
Quilters Unlimited—Reston, Virginia
Tuesday April 24- Wednesday April 25, 2018 10AM -4PM
JUNE 2018
Quilt and Surface Design Symposium—Columbus, Ohio
Tuesday June 5 – Monday June 11
June 4 – 8 Abstraction Through Color, Pattern & Repetition
June 9 -10 Making Prints Out of Solids – Lines & Shapes
JULY 2018
Quilter’s Affair—Sisters, Oregon
Sunday July 8 – Sunday July 15
SEPTEMBER 2018
ArtLeaps Ventures With Barb Mortell—Tsawwassen, BC- Canada
Saturday September 15 – Tuesday September 18
If you would like more information about any of these engagements, please contact me via my about page on this website. And if you are at any of these events, please come by and say hello!