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June 22, 2010: First Ever International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB) Opens August 17
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April 23, 2010: Defining a Visual Identity for Silicon Valley: In the Spirit of the Hawaiian Print, The Silicon Valley Print
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March 16, 2010: Celebrating Hawaii’s Alfred Shaheen and the Origins of the Hawaiian Print
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February 24, 2010: Museum Announces Companion Joan Schulze Exhibition at diModa Salon
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December 14, 2009: Museum Annouces Major Retrospective of Contemporary Artist Joan Schulze
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December 14, 2009: Contemporary Navajo Weaving by Mother-Daughter Master Weavers Lucy and Ellen Begay
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September 8, 2009: Call to Artists! Announcing the First International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB)
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July 29, 2009: Crazy Quilts: A craze inspired by British and Japanese arts and crafts and a precursor to modernist abstraction
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April 8, 2009: Reflections of Women's History in America on Display in San Jose
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February 18, 2009: Spring '09 Exhibitions include: Art Quilts Exploring Water Themes from the John M. Walsh Collection and Small Format Tapestries
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October 21, 2008: Museum Brings Groundbreaking Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art to US for the First Time
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August 12, 2008: Recent Works by Four Contemporary Masters: Polly Barton, Mary Anne Jordan, Eleanor McCain and Mary Zicafoose
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July 1, 2008: Charged Sites: Retrospective of Pioneering Art Quilter Radka Donnell
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May 15, 2008: Indonesian Influences: Sha Sha Higby and Indonesian Batiks
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April 8, 2008: Sculptural Knitting and Quilted Folk Wisdom Opening June 17, 2008.
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Febrary 13, 2008: Museum of Quilts & Textiles Raises $1.5M toward Capital Campaign Goal
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January 28, 2008: Fiber Arts Meet the Digital Age in Spring '08 Exhibitions
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November 6, 2007: 'Fashionable First Friday' Fashion Show December 7
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October 16, 2007: Retrospective of the Art and Fashions of Marian Clayden
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June 11, 2007: Groundbreaking Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art
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March 23, 2007: Put a Roof Over our Head and In the Garden of Wishes
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March 22, 2007: Textile Exhibits Explore Themes for War and Patriotism
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December 11, 2006: Museum of Quilts & Textiles hosts American Tapestry Biennial 6
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October 6, 2006: Winter Exhibits at Museum of Quilts & Textiles Demonstrate Wide Range of Textile Art Forms
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July 27, 2006: Premiere Contemporary Quilt Art Show Comes to San Jose: Quilt National 2005 Makes Museum of Quilts & Textiles its Only West Coast Stop
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May 26, 2006: Summer Exhibitions Explore Intersection of Technology and Textile Art at Museum of Quilts & Textiles
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March 24, 2006: Museum of Quilts & Textiles Partners with Association for Viet Arts to Present Ao Dai: A Modern Design Coming of Age
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November 30, 2005: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Presents Jean Ray Laury: A Life by Design
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September 17, 2005: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Celebrates New Downtown Location
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August 18, 2005: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Opens Inaugural Exhibition in New Facility
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