I am pleased to announce that a new exhibition of my work opened earlier this month at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor is on view through Dec. 31^st, 2025. I will give two Artist Talks at the museum on Nov. 1st., at 10: 30 AM and 1:00 PM. The afternoon program is filled, but there are still available seats for the morning talk. Please register here.

The exhibition includes a wide selection of three-dimensional embroidered scenes that celebrate the wonder and magic of the natural world, including Birds of Beebe Woods. On view are pieces spanning 40 years of my career, including rarely seen early works on loan from private collections, as well as recent creations.

The following video gives a brief tour of the exhibition. At the bottom of this post is a slide show of a representative sampling of individual works on display at the museum.

Visitors will see over 40 framed tableaus and original picture book illustrations, spread out in multiple galleries. Four glass cases are filled with dozens of wee folk characters, all set up in miniature environments made with houses, furniture, trees, and foliage saved from other projects. This is what my studio looked like during the summer, when I gathered the wee folk and props and figured out how to arrange the scenes. See more of my practice set-ups here.

New artwork is also on display, including my series of seasonal landscapes. Frosty Morning, Mossy Glen, Summertime, and Harvest Time. To see how these pieces were made, please click on the titles.

There are currently two opportunities to see my original art in New England, in museums located 50 miles apart. So, if you’re coming to the area, it’s worth planning to visit both exhibitions. Between the two venues, you can see just about everything I have available to show!

To Every Season: Works by Salley Mavor at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA (through 12/31/25)
Bedtime Stitches and other Works at the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough, NH (through Jan. 4, 2026)

All last winter, I made a group of felt-covered wire filigree forms to soften the edges of the museum’s gallery entrances. The idea was to create nature-inspired valences that help set the stage and invite visitors inside.

To make them, I covered wire forms with felt, creating linear designs that hold their shape when suspended. The sculptures were specifically made for this show, but they could be reused in different ways in future exhibits.

My intention was to work bigger and faster than normal, but my strong impulse to make tiny stitches slowed down the process. Still, I was able to increase the square footage/time ratio! I’ll share more photos, videos and commentary about these sculptures in a future post.

Here’s a slide show of a representative sampling of individual works on display at the museum. To Every Season will be on view at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA through Dec. 31^st, 2025. If you can, please come see my work in person. It’s a totally different experience than looking at reproduced images!

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