Exhibition
Artist
Stitching Stories: Interwoven
May 6 - May 31, 2026
Stitching Stories: Interwoven builds upon the foundation established by Stitching Stories: Cross-Cultural Healing through Quilting and Textile Arts (2025), expanding an ongoing collaboration that brings together Asian and African American artists through textile practices, storytelling, and shared creative inquiry.
Organized by the Heritage Museum of Asian Art in partnership with the Needles and Threads Quilters Guild, this exhibition continues to explore how cultural narratives can be carried, transformed, and connected through a collaboration before communities with love and care.
Emerging from an ongoing process of workshops, conversations, and community engagement that began in early 2025, Interwoven deepens the relationships formed in the initial phase of the project. Artists and participants bring in new works, new ideas, and strengthened connections. Textile becomes both medium and metaphor: a site where memory, migration, resilience, and imagination are stitched into form.
Building on the inaugural exhibition’s vision, Stitching Stories: Interwoven continues to cultivate a growing network of artists, organizers, and community members committed to cross-cultural connection. We believe that only through intentional cultural exchange can we begin to build a shared future together.
Thandi Cai
Sabba Elahi
Sungjae Lee
Rosalind Wilson
Jeanne Chaney
Ernestine Fleming-Jones
Patricia Morehead
Nik-ki Whittingham
Summer Coleman
Richard Gessert
Susan Trice
Events
Sat, May 30Heritage Museum of Asian ArtJoin us for the closing reception of Stitching Stories: Interwoven, an exhibition celebrating cross-cultural collaboration through textile art, storytelling, and community exchange. Meet the artists, experience the exhibition one last time, and enjoy light refreshments together in community
Sat, May 23Heritage Museum of Asian ArtJoin us for a story-sharing session for Stitching Stories: Interwoven, an exhibition celebrating cross-cultural collaboration through textile art. Hear directly from the artists as they share their inspirations, concepts, personal stories, and creative processes.
Fri, May 15Heritage Museum of Asian ArtJoin us for the opening reception of Stitching Stories: Interwoven, an exhibition celebrating cross-cultural collaboration through textile art. Meet the artists, experience works shaped by storytelling and community exchange, and enjoy light refreshments.