Eden Quispe: Narrative Threads
Naftzger Family Regional Creatives Exhibition Series
February 13 – August 16, 2026

About the artist and Eden Quispe: Narrative Threads

Eden Quispe spent her formative years between inner city Wichita and the Kansas countryside, establishing an early passion for art and an interest in culture. After graduating from Wichita State University, she lived independently for five years in Lima, Perú, teaching art and getting to know Perú’s culture and textile heritage.

Now based in Newton, Kansas, Quispe creates tapestries observing the centrality of motherhood in child-rearing using scenes from her own mixed culture household. As a mother of four, Quispe creates her work from a place of embraced chaos. Her own children are present when the works are being made, her children often adding their own marks to the images.

Many of the embroidery pieces collaged into Quispe’s work are over 50 years old and were handmade by women whose role was usually centered in the home. Other more contemporary items, such as clothing from the artist’s family, cloth toys from the artist’s children, and items from her husband’s Hispanic heritage are also worked into the pieces. These object memories are sewn together, painted, and printed on to create quilted collages honoring women whose stitchwork never got its time in the spotlight.