What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI | LVAC First Friday

Kim Eichler-Messmer
What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI
September 4 - December 5, 2026
Main Gallery
FEATURED ARTISTS
Aneesa Shami Zizzo
Catherine Rybak
Erica Alexander
Gabriella Poulos
Gwen Murphy
Hadley Clark
Houda Derbas
Jaedyn Roberts
Jordan Geiger
Kadie Nugent
Kim Eichler-Messmer
Kit Landwehr
Lena Klett
Lily Mueller
Lizzie Green
Michelle Chan
Mol Mir
Nathan Ford
Nina Littrell
Olivia Mills
Rebecca Vaughan
Sarah McMurry
Sascha Merryfield
T Palermo
Yulie Urano
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What Quilts Carry: Eighteen Years of Quilting at KCAI brings together work by alumni of the studio course “Quilts: More than the Sum of Their Parts,” developed and taught by Kim Eichler-Messmer at the Kansas City Art Institute over the past eighteen years. The exhibition traces how a shared introduction to quilting, as a system of process, materials, and form, continues to shape the artists’ practices long after the class ends. Work by Eichler-Messmer is included alongside the alumni, reflecting the ongoing relationship between teaching and studio practice. Presented together, the works reflect a range of approaches, from traditional quilting to expanded material practices, linked by an ongoing engagement with structure, attention, and process.
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Artwork Credit: Olivia Mills