Judy Coates Perez has a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design, and is an ardent explorer of the arts, and maker culture. She loves painting, sewing, designing, making and experimenting while most often using nature as her muse. Known for her mixed-media art quilts incorporating: paints, inks, dyes, printed paper ephemera, as well as stamping and screen printing, she prefers to be involved in the whole process of a project from white fabric to final stitches.

As an instructor she loves to light a creative fire in her students and help them learn new techniques and develop the skills they need to bring their ideas to life.

Artist, explorer, image wrangler, knowledge seeker, creative alchemist, and purveyor of inspiration, helping others channel creativity on a daily basis.

I’m an artist, explorer, image wrangler, knowledge seeker, creative alchemist, and purveyor of inspiration. I love painting, sewing, designing, making and experimenting while most often using nature as my muse. As an instructor I love to light a creative fire in my students and help them learn new techniques and develop the skills they need to bring their ideas to life.

Judy Coates Perez has a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design, and is an ardent explorer of the arts, and maker culture. She loves painting, sewing, hand stitching, knitting, designing, making and experimenting while most often using nature as her muse. Known for her mixed-media art quilts incorporating: paints, inks, dyes, printed paper ephemera, as well as stamping and screen printing, she prefers to be involved in the whole process of a project from white fabric to final stitches. As an instructor she loves to light a creative fire in her students and help them learn new techniques and develop the skills they need to bring their ideas to life.

I have been a maker, designer, and artist all of my life. I have a BFA in graphic design, but have always love to sew and paint. I began making art quilts in 1987, but didn’t get serious about making them until I joined a quilt guild in 1996. I’ve won numerous awards over the years from national quilt shows and wrote many articles for Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines and was a frequent guest on Quilting Arts TV when Pokey Bolton was the host. I’ve written and self published 3 instructional books and have taught art quilting workshops nationally and internationally since 2006 focussed on helping students build skills through technique and process.

I currently work in a makerspace where I teach students how to use sewing and embroidery machines, hand embroidery, printmaking, painting and dyeing textiles, knitting and other textile arts techniques. My goal is to help students learn new techniques while developing the skills they need to bring their ideas to life.