“GOOD TO BE TOGETHER,” 2022, textile, approx. 70 x 55 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Zak Foster
Teaching Artist Cohort
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2025
Zak Foster is a community-taught artist whose work draws on Southern textile traditions and repurposed fabrics. He practices an approach to design that is based in narrative and guided by intuition. He is especially drawn to preserving the stories of quilts and explores stories we tell ourselves about the past, present, and future in his work. His work has been featured on the red carpet of the Met Gala and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as in various magazines, websites, and galleries. His book THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR NEXT QUILT and the community he hosts, the QUILTY NOOK, connect and inspire quilters and makers all over the world.
Selected works
“GOOD TO BE TOGETHER,” 2022, textile, approx. 70 x 55 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“COMMUNITY,” textile, ribbon, approx. dimensions. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“APOGEE JUBILEE,” part of the series NEW APOCALYPSE, 2024, quilt, approx. 80 x 40 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“LITTLE LESS INTIMATE,” 2023, repurposed cotton textile of personal significance, 36 x 36 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“SILVER DOLLAR,” textile, silver dollar, approx. 40 x 40 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“SNAKE HANDLER,” textile, approx. 80 x 48 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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