Conferences
Community Ties – SDA 2022 Online Conference
Community Ties 2022 celebrates the many connections we share as artists and makers. The conference will include more than 15 hours of programming spread across January 22 – January 29, 2022 with main programming to take place each Saturday from 12 – 4PM ET.
Registration and Details
Past Conferences
The SDA 2019 conference, Beyond the Surface, was held in St. Louis Missouri alongside Innovations in Textiles, and included 3 SDA exhibitions, dynamic speakers, gallery tours, and intensive workshops.
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- KCAI Students, 2019
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- Workshop at the 2017 Conference
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- Beyond the Surface exhibition, 2019
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- Jane Sauer, curator of Crossing Generations exhibit, 2017
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- Small Works exhibition at the 2017 Conference
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- Make It/Take It Workshop, 2019
SDA has been hosting biennial conferences for 40 years. Recent SDA Conferences/Intensives include:
2019 Beyond the Surface with Innovations in Textiles in St. Louis, MO
2017 Intensive – Portland State University and Oregon College of Arts and Crafts
2015 Intensive-Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2013 Conference-San Antonio, TX
2011 Conference-Minneapolis, MN
2009 Conference-Kansas City, KS