Ross Palmer Beecher, Cigar Box Twisted Log Cabin Quilt, Oil paint on tin, aluminum, cigar boxes, wire, and plexiglass, 43"x43", Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery.
Join us for an afternoon featuring artist Ross Palmer Beecher in conversation with MoNA's Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Northwest Art, Christian Waguespack, as they discuss her work.
This event will include a casual discussion about select pieces from MoNA’s collection with Christian Waguespack, a conversation with Ross Palmer Beecher and time for a Q&A.
This conversation is part of the MoNA Member Salon–a brand-new series of curated talks and lectures designed to dive deeper into the cultural contexts of the art created in the Pacific Northwest. Open to all, the Member Salon is free for members—a new perk of MoNA Membership. MoNA Members Get MoRE!
View the exhibition Ross Palmer Beecher: Speaking in the Vernacular, on view at MoNA from June 20 - September 20, 2026!
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Cost: Free for members | $15 for non-members
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Date/Time: Saturday July 18 from 2-3:30pm
Join us for an afternoon featuring artist Ross Palmer Beecher in conversation with MoNA's Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Northwest Art, Christian Waguespack, as they discuss her work. This event will include a casual discussion about select pieces from MoNA’s collection with Christian Waguespack, a conversation with Ross Palmer Beecher and time for a Q&A.
About Ross Palmer Beecher:
Ross Palmer Beecher is a Seattle-based mixed media artist who creates quilts, flags, portraits of famous American folk heroes, and Americana sculptural objects by stitching together scavenged materials such as aluminum cans, found metal, as well as found objects, wood, and fabric. Beecher grew up in the Northeast U.S. She studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1978, she moved to Seattle and began making traditional quilts to relieve her homesickness for the Northeast. In 1993, Beecher started managing the art therapy program at the Bailey-Boushay House for patients with AIDS in Seattle. She continues to be part of that program that has informed and continues to inform her daily art practice.
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