As part of the Museum's exhibition, Stitching California: Fiber Artists Interpret the State's People, Life, and Land, professional quilt juror Diane Perin will give advice on judging quilts for a juried exhibition. Perin will demonstrate her process by examining and commenting on two or three quilts she has never seen before. Free with Museum admission.

Diane Perin made her first quilt when she was in junior high school, and has continued to play with fabric throughout her life.  She had the good fortune to work in several fabric stores and learn about fiber art from a talented array of teachers, including Sue Benner, Freddy Moran, Judy Mathieson, Patty Hawkins and Carol Soderlund.  Perin founded the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge group and is a co-author of Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge (2011)  Her art quilts have been exhibited at shows and galleries around the world, including the Pacific International Quilt Festival , the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX; the Visions Art Gallery in San Diego, CA; the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, Australia; and the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.  Diane is a lawyer by day and resides in Healdsburg.