The galleries will be free from 4-7pm. Lecture at 5:30 PM in the IQM Reception Hall.

Paula Nadelstern will present SYMMETRY & SURPRISE: THE KALEIDOSCOPE AS DESIGN INSPIRATION at the International Quilt Museum, March 3, 2023 at 5:30pm. KALEIDOSCOPE - the very word promises surprise and magic, change and chance. Exploding with visual excitement, a kaleidoscopic design organizes an abundance of color and shape into a complex, coherent and unique whole. This slide lecture traces my evolving quilt series in which the multifaceted, luminous and random nature of a kaleidoscope is explored on a quilt's flat surface.

Paula Nadelstern has achieved international recognition for her innovative and complex designs inspired by the symmetry of kaleidoscopic images. Honored by inclusion in the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, her designs were showcased in the American Folk Art Museum’s first one person exhibition highlighting the work of a contemporary quilt artist (2009). In addition to her numerous awards, she is a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and The Bronx Council on the Arts. Paula is the author of Fabricadabra: Simple Quilts, Complex Fabric, Paula Nadelstern's Kaleidoscope Quilts: An Artist's Journey Continues; Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Workbook; Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabric; Kaleidoscopes; Quilts; Snowflakes; Quilts and Fantastical Designs (a coloring book with selections from her over twenty-five fabric collections designed exclusively for Benartex, Inc.). She has lived on the same block in the Bronx, NYC her whole life.