Holly Panzera was born and raised in upstate New York. She attended the New York School of Interior Design in 1973. She changed course, pursuing a 35-year career in Nursing and Legal Consulting, and has now returned to her original passion: self-expression through fiber art. She currently lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
“I am drawn to fiber art in all forms, including hand-dying and embellishing natural fiber. I began creating traditional quilts and then discovered the freedom and creativity of art quilts. I enjoy researching symbolism used in painting and incorporating those symbols into my wall art.”
Group Quilt Show Exhibits:
“Virginia is for Lovers of Gardens,” Road 2 VA, Richmond, Virginia, June 2025
“Postie Pals,” Road 2 VA, Richmond, Virginia, June 2025
“Mother Earth,” Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, Feb-March, 2025
“Beach Yoga,” Art Quilt Tribe, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, Feb-March 2025
“Fertile Garden,” Art Quilt Tribe, OSQE, Fredericksburg, VA September 2024
“My Constant Self,” Art Quilt Tribe, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, Feb-March 2024
Individual Quilt Show Exhibits:
“Inspired by Sisters,” Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Celebrating Women, September 2025 Philadelphia, PA and February 2026 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
“Beach Yoga,” Exhibizone Exhibitions: “Woman 2025,” March 2025
“Lady Largo,” SAQA Conference Spotlight Auction, September 2024
“Fireflies at Giverny,” SAQA Conference Spotlight Auction, March 2024
“Fertile Garden,” Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, Feb-March 2024
“Sunshine Dresden Plates,” North Pittsburgh Quilt Guild Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2014
Publications
“The Starving Time,” Stitching Together History: 250 Quilts Commemorating the Commonwealth of Virginia, January 2026
(Schiffer Publishing)
“Gingko Grove,” Stitching Together History: 250 Quilts Commemorating the Commonwealth of Virginia, January 2026
“Ozone Depletion,” Making the Unseen Seen, June 2025
(Hightide Publications, Delta, Virginia)
Installations
“A Starving Time,” Virginia Quilt Museum, Staunton, Virginia
“Ginkgo Grove,” Virginia Quilt Museum, Staunton, Virginia
Gallery Representation:
A Touch of Earth Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia, Fall 2023-current
(Exhibiting fiber wall art pieces “Kaleidoscope” and “Paradiso”)
Professional Affiliations:
SAQA, member
MQG, member
Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild Program Chair 2024-2025
Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild, member
Art Quilt Tribe, member
