2023

                                                                Presentations

Past Forward - members only presentation for the Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild, Tuesday March 28, 2023, at the International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska. Contact Elise Salas.


Past Forward - Making then, now, why, how, ZOOM presentation sponsored by the  sponsored by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, January 11, 2023 @ 1:00 pm Eastern Time. For more information, contact Patty Kennedy-Zafred, <pattykz@aol.com>


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2022


                                                                    Exhibitions


PAST FORWARD: New and Recent Work, solo exhibition, WallSpace–LNK,  300 South 17th Street, Lincoln, NE. 68502. November 3 - 26, 2022. Thursdays through Saturdays, 12 noon - 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. Opening receptions November 3 and 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.



2021

                                                                    Exhibitions


Nebraska Artist Biennial 2021 , Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Ave Kearney, NE,

August 17 through October 17, 2021 - "Haveli 3 (Varanasi)" in group exhibition.


Pushing the Surface: A Contemporary Art Quilt Show, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum,

300 N. Whitewoman St., Coshocton, Ohio. May 29 - September 6, 2021. Group exhibition.


Nebraska Artist Biennial 2021 , Gallery 1516, Omaha, Nebraska, May 9 - August 1, 2021.

"Haveli 3 (Varanasi)" received the "Best in Multimedia" Award.


                                                                  Presentations


Conversations with the Artists: Layered & Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art, panel discussion sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates, April 22, 2021. 

                                                    https://youtu.be/Jt8Uae1cvTA


2020

                                                                  Presentations

Credible Evidence: Putting One Maker's Life and Work into Perspective, slide talk for Beyond Festival of Quilts 2020, August 2020:

       https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/beyond-foq-dynamic-galleries/michael-james/ 


2019 

Exhibitions
 
Michael James: Core Concepts, a selection of recent quilts 2012 - 2019, at the Festival of Quilts, National Exposition Centre, Birmingham, UK, August 1 - 4, 2019.
 
Nebraska Now: Recent Quilts and Photographs by Michael James at the Museum of Nebraska Art, January 12 - April 26, 2019. Location: 2401 Central Ave, Kearney, NE 68847, (308) 865-8559  [Museum Hours Tue - Sat: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Sun: noon - 5:00 p.m. | Closed Mondays and major holidays]
 
Lectures
 
Gallery Talk, Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 1:30 p.m., reception following. Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Avenue, Kearney, NE. (308)865-8559.


2018
 
Lectures
 
Forty Years and More in the Studio, lecture in conjunction with the exhibition "Pattern and Purpose: American Quilts from the Shelburne Museum" at Joslyn Art Museum, Saturday, November 3, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE
 
Forty Years and More in the Studio, lecture sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York, 40 East 35th Street, New York, NY, May 16, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
 
Exhibitions
 
India Through Beginner's Eyes: Recent Textiles by Michael James at Modern Arts Midtown, 3615 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, May 4 - 25, 2018