About Tricia Spitzmueller

Fiber Artist
I specialize in contemporary quilts, dolls, dying/surface design and garment making. Vibrant color, intriguing images and humorous innuendos give my work its signature. My quilts are "colorful, inspiring, honest and generous." I give workshops and retreats and lecture on a variety of topics including rejuvenation of the inner spirit, creativity, finding your passion, and tapping into healing energy.

Teacher and Speaker
Since 1992, I have spoken and given workshops to thousands of people in over 100 venues throughout the USA and abroad, including international symposiums, textile centers, galleries, exhibitions, quilt guilds, hospitals and retreat centers. I am also the recipient of the prestigious 2007-2008 Jewel Pearce Patterson Award given by Quilter's Inc, Houston, Texas to one teacher internationally per year.

My Work
My work has won many national awards and has been purchased by universities, hospitals, schools and sells in art galleries in Minneapolis. Commissioned work is in the private collection of art collectors worldwide.

Recent Awards & Recognition

• 2008 International Quilt Festival, Solo Exhibit (JPPS winner), Houston, TX
  
  
• 2007 Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship awarded to one international teacher by IQA (International Quilt Association)
  
  
• 2005 Hartford Insurance Corporate Offices, Solo Show as feature “ Hartford Artist”, Woodbury, MN
  
  
• 2005 American Quilt Society Quilt Exposition, Semifinalist, TRUST, Nashville, TN
  
  
• 2005 Merit Award, COSMIC BIRTH, Fine Arts Division of the Minnesota State Fair
  
  
• 2004 Minnesota Quilters Convention, Hidden Treasures, First Place Whole Cloth Quilts, TRUST Rochester, MN
  
  
• 2004 MN Quilting the Quilt Convention and Show, Finalist, TRUST, Duluth, MN
  
  
• 2003 International Quilt Festival, Husqvarna Masterpieces, 2nd place, CENTERED, Houston, TX
  
  
• 2003 Lakeview Hospital Gallery Solo Show, Stillwater, MN
  
  
• 2002 American Quilt Society Quilt Exposition, Semifinalist, AVIEW OF LAUREN Nashville, TN
  
  
• 2002 Quilt the Quilt National Juried Exhibit, Judges Choice, OPENING TO, Duluth, MN
  
  
• 2001 American Quilt Society Quilt Exposition, Semifinalist, SOBER JOY, Nashville, TX
  
  
• 2001 Sponsorship by the United States Embassy to lecture at the International Textile Symposium, Republic of Georgia
  

Selected Presentations & Workshops

2009	Minnesota Quilters Inc, 31st Show and Conference, Duluth MN North Suburban Needle Arts Guild Retreat, Chicago IL
2008	Spring Quilt Festival, Chicago IL Summer Quilt Festival Long Beach, California International Quilt Festival, Houston TX International Shibori Symposium, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN Needlework Guild of Minnesota, Annual Retreat, Minneapolis, MN
2007	Quilt Guild of Greater Houston, Houston, TX Northshore Quilters, Milwaukee, WI
2006	International Quilt Festival, Houston TX Chicago Quilt Festival, Chicago IL Surface design Symposium, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Contemporary Quilters, Minneapolis, MN
2005	International Quilt Festival, Houston TX Chicago Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Collage, St Peter, MN
2004	IQA International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX St. Thomas University, Forum: Luanne Dummer Center for Women, St Paul, MN Featured Speaker at the Dedication of the Joan Mondale Gallery, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality, College of St Catherine’s, St Paul, MN
2003	Colorful Quilts and Textiles, Quilt Store, St Paul, MN Needlework Guild of Minnesota, Bloomington, MN
2002	International Conference of Energy Healing, Lake Geneva, WI
2001	Third International Textile Symposium, sponsored by US Embassy, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
2000	Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild, Arlington Heights, IL

TESTIMONIALS: What people are saying about Tricia's presentations:

"Your presentation and leadership was great and I felt privileged to have met you and hope our paths cross again! The retreat was magnificent!! Many, many thanks!" - Linda M.

“I experienced Tricia's clarity of instruction and her sharing of thought-provoking personal examples that help create a supportive, safe and open environment in which to do my inner work.” Joan B.