Stitch and ‘Wich | Painted quilts with Shelby Criswell
Sunday, April 26, 2026
1–4pm
Join the Contemporary in our next installment of Stitch and ‘Wich, a community-building, fiber arts program that highlights fiber art techniques in a beginner friendly workshop that brings people together over art and tea sandwiches.
For our April Stitch and ‘Wich, participants will learn the quilting method with a hand painted twist. Working with artist Shelby Criswell, participants will paint a canvas drop cloth that will be incorporated into a finished quilt.
Registration is required for this free program.
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Shelby Criswell [they/them] is a multidisciplinary artist from San Antonio who studied studio art at Santa Fe University of Art and Design in New Mexico. Shelby has worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for ten years, working with clients like Asleep At The Wheel and Universal Music. Shelby has also worked in the comic book industry, winning the Ignatz and Ringo awards for comic anthology, Be Gay, Do Comics, and wrote their debut graphic novel, Queer As All Get Out, in 2021.
Shelby has done art residencies with Southtown Art Gallery in San Antonio, Willow House in Terlingua, and is currently an artist in residence with UTSA at Mark Twain Dual Language Academy. Their work has been shown all over the great state of Texas, including Contemporary at Blue Star and the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin.