Keynote & Concurrent Session Speakers

*** Keynote and concurrent sessions will not be recorded. Please plan accordingly. ***

Concurrent session speakers will be announced February 1, 2025.

Featured Speakers

Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is internationally known for her award-winning fine-art quilts, which are easily recognized by their luminous colors and illusions of light, depth, and motion. Her work has appeared in hundreds of exhibitions and publications throughout the world, and can be found in museum, corporate, public, and private collections in almost every state and eight foreign countries. Honors include: 100 Best Quilts of the Twentieth Century (2000), 30 Most Influential Quiltmakers in the World (2002), Bernina Leadership Award (2003), International Quilt Festival Silver Star (lifetime achievement) Award (2006), All American Quilter (2004) and Best of Show in 16 national and international exhibitions. For thirty years, Caryl shared what she learned with students in her workshops, which took her to eleven countries on five continents. She continues to share her knowledge through her exhibitions, lectures, and free website tutorials. (www.bryerpatch.com).

Katie Pasquini Masopust has produced high quality contemporary art quilts that have been coveted and collected by a broad range of admirers for over 40 years. From her early beginnings as a painter dabbling in traditional quilt making, her work has evolved from structured Mandalas and mind-blowing dimensional pieces to very painterly landscapes executed with the finest fabrics and most creative stitching techniques Katieʼs easy, energetic manner has made her a very popular teacher and lecturer. When not in residence at her studio in California she travels the world presenting her contemporary quilting theories and techniques to classes; not only in North America, but in Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. Awards and accolades have been numerous for Katie, culminating with her 2005 induction into a very select group of art quilt professionals who have earned the Silver Star Award presented by Houston Quilt Festival.