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Résumé

Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki are artists, teachers, and owners of Pixeladies, a fiber arts studio in Cameron Park, California. Together we have more than 25 years’ experience teaching a variety of topics and have published in both digital and print media, including peer-reviewed journals.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Commentaries in Cloth (Joint Exhibit with Susan Else), Jan 27 – Apr 6, 2023, The Gallery at 48 Natoma (Folsom, CA)
  • “Mrs. Hamer,” Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Women’s Rights: An Exhibition for the Clinton Presidential Center, Sep 10, 2022 – Apr 30, 2023, Clinton Presidential Center (Little Rock, AR)
  • “Katharine McCormick: Making Her Mark,” Deeds Not Words: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, premiered Jul 7 – Oct 31, 2019, New England Quilt Museum (Lowell, MA)
  • “Flag,” Politically Charged!, Aug 26 – Oct 1, 2016, Blue Line Arts (Roseville, CA)
  • “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: 78¢ on the Dollar,” 50th Annual Textile Exhibit, Aug 5 – Sep 15, 2018, Olive Hyde Gallery (Fremont, CA)
  • “Cyber InSecurity,” Art in the Age of Anxiety, Aug 30 – Oct 1, 2018, Arts Guild of Sonoma (Sonoma, CA)
  • “The Language of Color 9: Color Dissonance,” Quilts=Art=Quilts 2017, Oct 28, 2017 – Jan 7, 2018, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (Auburn, NY)
  • “What does an American Look Like?”, Threads of Resistance, Premiered July 11 – September 9, 2017, New England Quilt Museum (Lowell, MA)
  • Text Messages (Solo Exhibit), Jul 1 – Jul 31, 2017, Bay Quilts (Richmond, CA)
  • New Directions in Fiber (Group Exhibit), Jun 17 – Jul 23, 2017, Wilbur D. May Museum (Reno, NV)
  • Mixed Messages: Art Quilts by the Pixeladies and Jan Soules, Feb 18 – Apr 26, 2017, Ella K. McClatchy Library (Sacramento, CA)
  • “The Reader’s Alphabet,” The California Art Quilt Revolution: From the Summer of Love to the New Millennium, Oct 7 2016 – Jan 15, 2017, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (San Jose, CA)
  • “Watercolor Pencils: Just Add Water,” Breakout: Visions 2016, Oct 15, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017, Visions Art Museum (San Diego, CA)
  • “The Language of Color 10: Drawing Humanity,” Ubuntutu: Life Legacies of Love & Action, Premiered Oct 4 – Nov 4, 2016, Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum (Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA)
  • “Eddie’s Chevy,” Q6: Six Fiber Artists, Sep 9 – Nov 3, 2016, Gallery at 48 Natoma (Folsom, CA)
  • “The Picture is Only Half the Story,” Q6: Six Fiber Artists, Sep 9 – Nov 13, 2016, Gallery at 48 Natoma (Folsom, CA); Quilts for Obama at the 17th International Quilt Week Yokohama 2009 (Yokohama, Japan)
  • “Fault Line,”  My Corner of the World, Premiered May 21 – Sep 9, 2016, Stratford Perth Museum (Stratford, Ontario, CANADA)
  • “American Still Life: The Weight of the Nation,” Quilt National, May 24 – Sep 2, 2013, Dairy Barn (Athens, OH)
  • “War in Black and White,” Sacred Threads 2015 (United Methodist Church, VA and Traveling Exhibit 2015 – 2017)
  • “The Language of Color 3: But What does it Mean?” Quilts=Art=Quilts, Oct 27, 2013 – Jan 5, 2014, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (Auburn, NY)
  • “Crossing the Bridge with Faith,” Honoring Faith, Premiered Oct 6 – Dec 1, 2011, City College of New York (New York, NY)

Selected Published Works and Articles

  • “Fiber Artists Showcased in Folsom,” by Cynthia Abraham, Mountain Democrat (Jan 13, 2023) pg. B1.
  • Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Women’s Rights: An Exhibition for the Clinton Presidential Center. Curator: Allida Black, Ph.D. (Clinton Foundation 2022) pg. 92-93.
  • “Telling Stories in Cloth,” by Pixeladies, Art Quilting Studio (Summer 2022) pg. 78-83.
  • “In the Studio: Pixeladies” – published in Surface Design Journal (Spring 2020). “Katharine McCormick: Making Her Mark” – published in Deeds Not Words: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, by Sandra Sider & Pamela Weeks (Schiffer Publishing 2020).
  • “American Still Life: The Weight of the Nation” – published in Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation, by Nancy Bavor, Lisa Ellis, Martha Sielman (Schiffer Publishing 2018).
  • “What does an American Look Like?” – published in Threads of Resistance (Mar 2018).
  • “The Picture is Only Half the Story” – published in “Imagining Obama,” by Adrienne L. Childs, Politico Magazine (Jan/Feb 2016) pg. 74-93.
  • “Meet the Maker; Pixeladies” – published in Sacramento Magazine (Feb 2015) pg. 34.
  • “Artist Q&A: a Conversation with art quilters Kris Sazaki and Deb Cashatt of Pixeladies” – published in Quilting Arts Magazine (Dec/Jan 2013), pg. 50-54.
  • Furoshiki Fabric Wraps: Simple – Reusable – Beautiful (C&T Publishing 2012)
  • “Just(ice) in Time?” – published in 500 Art Quilts (Lark Books 2010); AmericanStyle Magazine (December 2008)
  • “The Picture is Only Half the Story” – published in The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama, by Carolyn Mazloomi (Voyageur Press 2010) pg. 154-155.
  • “The Whisper Challenge: A New Take on an Old Game,” Quilting Arts Magazine (Aug/Sep 2009), pg. 50-53.
  • “Sorensen’s Scarf” – published in Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts (C&T Publishing 2008)