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Terrie Hancock Mangat "Medicine Buddha Shrine" ** Carolyn Crump "In The Wild" ** Sherri Cooper "Joan of Park"
2010 SAQA BENEFIT AUCTION
Start spreading the news -- We've received over 270 Auction pieces, and they're spectacular!!!
The 2010 SAQA Benefit Auction will start September 20th at 2:00 Eastern with the pieces on pages 1a and 1b and a bid price of $750. The price will drop to $550 at 2:00 Eastern on September 21st. Then it will go to $350 on September 22nd; $250 on September 23rd; $150 on September 24th; and a final bid price of $75 on September 25th.
The auction pieces on pages 2a and 2b will begin their auction on September 27th. Pages 3a and 3b will begin on October 4th. Full details: http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1186
Last year we raised $47,325 -- This year, with your help, we're hoping to do even better!
ART QUILT NEWS
We now have over 1,000 readers of Art Quilt News. The News is published every Friday and highlights 3-5 art quilt events. If you would like to subscribe, click here.
If you are involved in an event that you would like to have featured, please email me (msielman@sbcglobal.net) with the title of the event, the name, address, phone number, and website of the venue, a 2-3 sentence description of the event, and a jpg of one of the pieces.
I am also looking for volunteers who would be interested in helping write Art Quilt News.
MORE WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS
- We've now added a FAQ section to answer questions that seem to recur.
- The membership directory, exhibit entry information, and address change access are now immediately accessible under the Members tab.
- The SAQA Bookstore and Art Quilts for Sale galleries are now in our shopping cart system.
- New regions have been added: Korea and Central/South America.
- Exhibition Entry Fees are now in a separate section under SAQA Store.
Please let us know (info@SAQA.com) if you have suggestions for additional improvements that will make the site easier to navigate.
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e.Bulletin Table of Contents
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DEADLINES and DATES
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July 1, 2010 - DEADLINE for shipping Auction donations
CHANGE OF DATE:
July 15, 2010 - Lisa Chipetine Conference call - Mind-mapping: The Visual Way to Plan
August 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Geometric
CHANGE OF DATE:
August 5, 2010 - Visioning Project Call at 8pm Eastern
August TBD, 2010 - Dr. Monica Dixon Conference call - Empowering Your Creativity
September 10, 2010 - Online submissions begin for "Beyond Comfort"
September 15, 2010 - Gregory Case Conference Call - Professionally Photographing Your Quilts
September 20, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction Part 1 starts
September 27, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction, Part 2 starts
October 4, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction, Part 3 starts
October 10, 2010 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "Beyond Comfort"
November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE for submissions for "No Holds Barred"
November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Green
January 21, 2011 - DEADLINE "This is a Quilt!" Trunk Show entries
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THANK YOU to SAQA's Supporters --
2nd quarter of 2010 |
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Donations and Auction proceeds make up a critical 30% of SAQA's budget. Your support is very important in helping to fund SAQA's exhibitions, publications, and outreach programs.
Thank you to all the members who have made donations during the 2nd quarter of 2010. (We'll list the Auction donors next month after Pat Gould has a chance to finish unpacking all of them!)
THANK YOU to these donors to SAQA's 2010 General Fund:
Barbara Olson, Belinda Hart, Bethan Ash, Brigitte Morgenroth, Carolyn Crump, Carolyn Diane Melms, Cindy Grisdela, Del Thomas, Denise Linet, Donna Albert, Elizabeth Baum, Elsbeth Nusser-Lampe, Fenella Davies, Geri Pattererson-Kutras, Heather Pregger, Herb Anhaltzer, Jack Walsh, Janet Thomas, Jayne Willoughby Scott, Jean Wells Keenan, Jenny Lyon, Judith Content, Judy Tipton Rush, Kathy Stewart, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Kim Svoboda, Leslie Tucker, Lisa Ellis, Lura Schwartz, Margaret McGrath, Marie Jensen, Marilyn Fries, Marti Plager, Marvin Fletcher, Mary Lischalk, Maureen Koski, Nancy Kibbey, Olga Norris, Pam Klebaum, Pat Dolan, Pat Pauly, Patricia Bolton, Patricia Owoc, Paula Brown, Peg Keeney, Regina Marziln, Salli McQuaid, Shelly Zegart, Sherry Kleinman, Shirley Neary, Shirley White, Sonja Thalen-Maat, and Vivika Hansen DeNegre.
THANK YOU to these additional donors to the website upgrade project:
Andrea Willey, Betty Knight Davis, Christine Zoller, Deborah Schwartzman, Denise Labadie, Laurie Gibb, Susan Fernandez, Suzanne Neusner, and Ulva Ugerup.
THANK YOU to these donors to the 2010 CREAM Awards Fund:
Marlene Cohen, June Driedger, Lya Geven-Boere, Ursula Koenig, Louise Ludecke, Kim Svoboda, and Kathy Stewart.
And THANK YOU to these 2010 Corporate Sponsors:
Front Range Contemporary Quilters, who are sponsoring the Thursday night reception at the Visioning Conference in Denver next May.
Quilter's Newsletter, who is now one of SAQA's Lecture Series sponsors.
A full list of SAQA's supporters can be found on the website:
Donors
Corporate Sponsors
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SAQA Volunteers Needed IQF-LONG BEACH and FESTIVAL OF QUILTS
& Invitation to Carrefour Meeting
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International Quilt Festival - Long Beach |
Come and join us to work in the SAQA booth for 2 hours and get in free to the show on the day that you work. It is great fun getting to know your fellow SAQA members! We are also looking for a booth coordinator for each day to oversee the booth. If you are interesting in working in the booth and/or being a booth coordinator, please e-mail Jamie Fingal jamie.fingal@gmail.com
Festival of Quilts - Birmingham, UK
SAQA is also looking for volunteers to staff our table at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK on August 19-22, 2010. Please contact Lynne Seaman (lynne.seaman.saqa@gmail.com) if you can help out.
Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork - Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, France
YOU'RE INVITED:The Carrefour Europeen du Patchworkis 16-19 September, 2010 and is held in Ste-Marie-aux-Mines and nearby villages in Alsace, France. Wide Horizons IIwill be shown there. The organisers have invited all SAQA members to a lunch in their honour on Fri, Sept 17th. Any members who wish to attend the lunch (it was fab last year!) should let Lynne Seaman (lynne.seaman.saqa@gmail.com) know by mid-August.
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SAQA Lectures
at International Quilt Festival - Long Beach
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THANK YOU to our SAQA Lecture Sponsors: Machine Quilting Unlimited, Quilters Newsletter, and JT Trading Company (makers of Spray & Fix Basting Spray).
Lectures will take place at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach on the show floor in the special Festival Theatre space, except for the Gallery Walks which will occur in the exhibition area.
FRIDAY
10:30-11:30 Cindy Rinne
Gallery Walk through SAQA@20: Art & Excellence
2:00-3:00 Rose Hughes
Exploring Embellishments
3:00-4:00 Lisa Ellis
Sacred Threads 2009 Exhibition
5:00-6:00 Susan Slesinger
The Penny Postcard re-invented...Art you can mail
SATURDAY
10:30-11:30 Cindy Rinne
Gallery Walk through SAQA@20: Art & Excellence
10:30-11:30 Mary Tabar
Art Quilts vs. Utilitarian Quilts
1:00-2:00 Connie Rohman
Color Story
4:00-5:00 Jake Finch
It's not as scary as you think: Publishing and promoting in the quilt world
SUNDAY
11:00-12:00 Mary Tabar
Color Theory for Everyone
12:00-1:00 Terry Waldron
You are TOO an Artist!
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Tell Everyone You Know about
SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction
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http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1423
PLEASE NOTE these additional features:
- Click on the title of the piece or the image to see a larger view
- Click on the artist's name to go to the artist's website and see more of their work
AUCTION CALENDAR AND PRICES:
The 2010 SAQA Benefit Auction will start September 20th at 2:00 Eastern with the pieces on pages 1a and 1b and a bid price of $750. The price will drop to $550 at 2:00 Eastern on September 21st. Then it will go to $350 on September 22nd; $250 on September 23rd; $150 on September 24th; and a final bid price of $75 on September 25th.
The auction pieces on pages 2a and 2b will begin their auction on September 27th. Pages 3a and 3b will begin on October 4th. Full details: http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1186
Last year we raised $47,325.
This year, with your help, we're hoping to do even better!
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Shelley Brucar - "A Room with a View"is Liz DeBellis who curated "Window Passages": http://www.saqa.com/gallery-mini.php?ID=72Liz writes: "I chose quilts that show a window or have suggested windows. Doorways show a passage, somewhere you are invited to be. Windows show a secret somewhere you only allowed to look at. They give you a clue of what you missing out on, or share a world you were unaware of. You cannot pass through a window and join but sometimes having a secret moment is better." Selected Artists:Bob Adams Natalya Aikens Deborah Melton Anderson Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas Roberta Baker Shelley Brucar Robin Cowley Ginny Eckley Marcia H. Eygabroat Linda Filby-Fisher Valerie S. Goodwin Cathy Kleeman Norma Schlager Tiziana Tateo Melitta VanderBrooke Carol Ann Waugh Jean Wells Keenan
Many THANKS to Jen Solon for managing the Virtual Exhibits!
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SAQA-U News
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UPCOMING MENTORSHIP CALLS
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CHANGE OF DATE
July 15 - Lisa Chipetine: Mind Mapping- The Visual Way to Plan
Webinar Signup Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/336755978
Questions for Lisa? Post them here:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/message/list/Ed+Mentorship+Forums+Mind+Mapping
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August (date to be determined) - Dr. Monica Dixon: Empowering Your Creativity
September 15 - Gregory Case: Professionally Photographing your Quilts - instructional case study
VISIONING PROJECT NEWS
CHANGE OF DATE
Next Visioning Project call will be August 5, 2010 at 8 PM Eastern
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/813018859
NOTE: As of June 18, 2010, Wikispaces, the hosting company for SAQA-U, will no longer support Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6). We encourages IE 6 users to upgrade their web browser. Wikispaces will continue to support Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8 as well as other modern web browsers. For more information, see
http://blog.wikispaces.com/2010/05/internet-explorer-6.html
If an IE6 user is unable to upgrade Internet Explorer, we and Wikispaces
heartily recommend Firefox, a free download:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html
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SAQA Exhibit News: Calls for Entries
**NOTE: SAQA exhibits are open to ALL members, unless there is a geographical restriction |
NOTE: Additional information about these Calls for Entry can now be accessed directly from the Members tab:
http://www.saqa.com/membership.php?ID=637
"Beyond Comfort" (ALL SAQA members) is a new exhibition opportunity that will premiere at the Festival of Quilts (Birminham, UK) in August 2011.
Juror: Marci Rae McDade of Fiberarts magazine
Curator: Eileen Doughty (ef.doughty@verizon.net)
This exhibit challenges each artist to venture into uncharted territories of creative expression by turning away from the comfort zones of their established body of work. It provides a "permission slip" to experiment fearlessly with radically new conceptual and narrative agendas; to employ techniques, technologies, or materials new to the artist. The artistic goal of the exhibition is to encourage reaching beyond comfort to make new and unexpected works of art.
Details are posted on the SAQA Exhibition Entry Information page.
Online entry will be open September 10 - October 10, 2010
NEW TITLE: "No Holds Barred" (New England states members ONLY)
To be exhibited at the New England Quilt Museum
Theme: A survey showcasing the breadth and depth of work being created by SAQA artists residing in the six New England states
Curator: Valarie Poitier (saqa.neqm.2011@gmail.com)
Full prospectus will be available soon.
Entry Deadline via CD is November 1, 2010
This is a Quilt!: SAQA's 2011-2012 Traveling Trunk Show ( ALL SAQA members) Theme: This is a Quilt! How do we as SAQA members explain what we do - create art quilts - without people immediately thinking of a nine-patch that goes on your bed? By example, of course! SAQA defines an art quilt as "a contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends." This definition is purposely broad to accommodate the wondrous and exciting art quilts SAQA members are creating. Curators: Deb Cashatt ( deb@pixeladies.com) and Kris Sazaki ( kris@pixeladies.com) The full prospectus is on the SAQA Exhibition Entry Information page. Deadline: Jan 21, 2011
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SAQA Exhibit News:
Current All-SAQA Exhibitions -
This is a listing of SAQA exhibition travel plans. The artists for these exhibitions have already been chosen.
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Exhibits are listed alphabetically.
Exhibit Name: 12 Voices
Chosen by Penny McMorris from portfolio submissions. The twelve selected artists are each displaying 4-5 pieces of their art. The exhibition premiered at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan. Deidre Adams designed the catalog, which was funded in part by the Dennos Museum Center and by a grant from the Friends of Fiber Art International. The catalog is available for order through the SAQA Bookstore.
Travel Venues:
3. Pence Art Gallery
Davis, CA
September 21-November 14, 2010
http://www.pencegallery.org/
4. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
March 17-June 9, 2011
http://www.lrma.org/
Exhibit Name: Art meets Science
This exhibit explores the unexpected intersections of two seemingly different disciplines, Art and Science. The works focus upon inspiration from scientific theories or phenomena expressed in new or unexpected ways, from the harmonies of randomness to the dynamics produced by scientific imagery. A catalog, funded by donations from SAQA's members, was designed by Deidre Adams and will be available through the SAQA Bookstore in August.
Juror: David W. Fraser, MD
Curator: Jill Jensen (jilljensenart@hotmail.com)
Travel Venues to date:
1. Festival of Quilts
August 20-23, 2010
Birmingham, UK
2. Pfizer, Inc.
New York, NY
September 10, 2010 - March 12, 2011
3. Visions Art Quilt Gallery
San Diego, CA
January 2012-April 2012
www.quiltvisions.org
4. Global Health Odyssey Museum at the Center for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA
June 2012-September 2012
Exhibit Name: Creative Force 2010
Theme: A survey showcasing the breadth and depth of work being created by SAQA artists - The Best of SAQA.
This exhibition has been awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts and is also supported by generous sponsorship from American Quilter's Society and AURIfil Thread. The creation of a full-color catalog is made possible through the generosity of Shirley Neary.
Juror: Chunghie Lee
Curator: Rose Rushbooke (rose@roserushbrooke.com)
Travel Venues to date:
1. International Quilt Festival
Houston, TX
November 4-7, 2010
www.quilts.com
2. International Quilt Festival
Cincinnati, OH
April 8-10, 2011
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 29-31, 2011
www.quilts.com
Exhibit Name: Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show
Curator Vou Best is sending out the groups of pieces to requesting regions. There are still some dates left - just ask! (vbestdaja@aol.com)
Regions may share them with their members and use them to showcase SAQA and its mission. We're asking that regions take up a collection when they share the Trunk Show to cover the costs of shipping.
At the end of 2010, the Trunk Shows will be disbanded and many of the artists will be selling their Trunk Show pieces through SAQA's website gallery.
Exhibit Name: No Place to Call Home
Premiere Location: Mancuso Quilt Festivals
World Quilt Show - New England
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XVII
Pacific International Quilt Festival XIX
World Quilt Show - Florida
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXII
The Quilt Fest of New Jersey VII
Denver National Quilt Festival VI
Additional venue locations to be determined
Theme: Homelessness exists all around the world. There are a myriad of conditions that result in homelessness: poverty, unemployment, lack of education, drug addiction, abandonment, mental illness, war and civil unrest, along with man-made and natural disasters. This exhibit is taking a look at homelessness in all its implications.
Curator: Kathleen McCabe, kathmccabe@gmail.com
Artists and Works Selected
Brooke Atherton -- Quiet Man
Loris Bogue -- Quiet--Homeless Sleeping
Tanya Brown -- Leaving
David Charity -- House of Cardboard
Yael David-Cohen -- Door of many colours
Yael David-Cohen -- Rainy Day
Yael David-Cohen -- Checkered
Rebecca Fricke -- Wallflowers
Sandy Gregg -- Homeless II
Jutta Halpin -- Praying Tree
Sandra Hankins -- Gimme Shelter
Sue King -- 1933
Pamela Klebaum -- Silent Chain
Kathy Nida -- One Paycheck
Do Palma -- Curbside Madonna
Christine Predd -- Where The Ragged People Go
Suzanne Riggio -- Nola's Tears
Averill Stuart-Head -- Where Do We Go From Here
Priscilla Stultz -- Despair
Judy Warner -- Homeless
Marianne Williamson -- Ghost Walk
Exhibit Name: Points of View
This exhibition showcases emerging artist members whose work is both excellent and unique yet hadn't managed to catch a juror's eye until now.
Juror: Bruce Hoffman, Director of the Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Carol Larson cwlarson2@comcast.net
DVD catalog designed by Deb Cashatt is available through the SAQA Bookstore.
Travel venues:
4. Art du Quilt
Morzine, France
July 1-4, 2010
5. William Bonifas Fine Art Center
Escanaba, MI
August 12, 2010 - September 16, 2010
www.bonifasarts.org
Exhibit Name: SAQA@20: Art & Excellence Exhibition
In celebration of SAQA's 20th year as an international community of artists, the Exhibition Committee has planned a special exhibition: "SAQA@20: Art & Excellence". This is an invitational exhibition curated by Patricia Bolton, Editor in Chief of both Quilting Arts and Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazines and a SAQA board member. This exhibition is being sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine and the American Quilter's Society. Shirley Neary generously sponsored the production of a joint catalog for A Sense of Humor and SAQA@20, which is available through the SAQA Bookstore.
Invitational Curator: Patricia Bolton
Exhibition Curator: Cindy Rinne (cindy@fiberverse.com)
Travel Venues:
Exhibit Name: Sense of Humor
Laughter makes the world go 'round! This exhibition celebrates the laughable, amusing, comical, whimsical, incongruous, and absurd aspects of humor. This exhibit will travel to IQF-Chicago and IQF-Long Beach. Shirley Neary generously sponsored the production of a joint catalog for A Sense of Humor and SAQA@20, available through the SAQA Bookstore.
Juror: Pam RuBert
Curator: Patricia Gould (patriciacgould@gmail.com)
Travel Venues:
4. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 23-25, 2010
www.quilts.com
Exhibit Name: Sightlines
Exhibit Concept: Sightlines will be an installation of artworks from 14 invited artists featuring a sightline linking all the artwork in the exhibit. Artists will choose their own themes and create a number of artworks to fit within a 7' high by 10' wide space with a line, literal or implied, running through each of the quilts. The creation of a full-color catalog, with a gatefold center section showing the entire installation, is made possible through the generosity of Herb Anhaltzer in memory of his wife, Mary Anhaltzer.
Exhibit Curator: Virginia A. Spiegel (Virginia@VirginiaSpiegel.com)
Managing Curator: Clairan Ferrono (fabric8tions@hotmail.com)
Travel Venues to date:
1. International Quilt Festival
November 4-7, 2010
Houston, TX
www.quilts.com
2. International Quilt Festival
April 8-10, 2011
Cincinnati, OH
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
July 29-31, 2011
Long Beach, CA
www.quilts.com
Exhibit Name: Transformations 09: Reflections
Juror: Laura Cater-Woods
Curator: Clairan Ferrono - (fabric8tions@hotmail.com)
Catalog production was sponsored through a generous donation from Susan Cargill. The catalog was designed by Deidre Adams and is available through the SAQA Bookstore.
Travel venues:
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SAQA Exhibit News:
Juried Regional Exhibitions |
Colorado, Utah & Wyoming:
"Small Works"
July 16, 2010 to December 17, 2010
Aurora Municipal Courts Building
14999 E Alameda Pkwy, Aurora CO
http://www.auroragov.org/AuroraGov/Government/Courts/index.htm
Europe and Israel:
"Wide Horizons II"
September 16-19, 2010
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
Curator : Elisabeth Nacenta-de la Croix - Switzerland (ecn@bluewin.ch)
Assistant : Britta Ankenbauer - Germany
Jurors : Eric Jacob - Directeur Parc de Wesserling, Musée textile de Haute-Alsace (France), MariaLuisa Sponga - Quilt Artist (Italy), Ita Ziv - Quilt Artist (Israel)
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Oregon:"Oregon State of Diversity" September 2010-11 Northwest Quilt Expo Lake Oswego, Oregon Additional venues planned Juror: Tina Rinaldi Managing Curators: Georgia French and Laura Jaszkowski ( gfrench@rosenet.net and joyincloth@gmail.com
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SAQA Exhibit News:
Non-Juried Regional Exhibitions |
California (Zipcodes: 92530, 92583, 92590, 92591)
"Preface: An Introduction to Art Quilts by the members of Studio Art Quilt Associates of the San Diego and the Inland Empire areas"
Through Mid July 2010
Location: The Ink Spot, Art Center Lofts 710 13th Street, Studio 210 San Diego, CA 92101 (located between F & G in downtown San Diego)Location is not open to the public, but San Diego Writers Ink holds meeting and classes there and the work will be seen.
Contact: Jane LaFazio (jane@plainjanestudio.com)
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Indiana:
"Exploring the Surface"
November 2010
Indiana Humanities Council (1500 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 www.indianahumanities.org)
Contact: Daren Redman (darenredman@gmail.com)
Texas:
"From the Heart"
2012
Juror: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Curators: Sue Benner (suebenner@aol.com) and Barbara Oliver Hartman (barbaraohartman@aol.com)
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 Journals |
NEW! If you would prefer to ONLY read the Journal online, you can now indicate your preference by checking off the Online Journal Only box in your Member Profile.
Upcoming Journal Gallery Page Themes and Deadlines:
·Geometric - due date August 1, 2010
·Green - due date November 1, 2010
·Blue - due date February 1, 2011
·Red - due date May 1, 2011
·Floral- due date August 1, 2011
·Travel - due date November 1, 2011
·Cities and villages - due date February 1, 2012
·The human form - due date May 1, 2012
We can accept digital photos only. Images will be chosen on the basis of artistic merit as well as photo quality. To improve your chances of being selected, send only your best photos and use the same considerations you would for entering a juried show, which means sharp focus, even lighting, no extraneous hands or feet or garage doors showing in the photo, etc.
Send a digital image with a resolution of no less than 1800 pixels on the longest side, in jpeg format. Label the file with your last name followed by partial title (example: smith_dreamingtrees.jpg). In the body of the e-mail, Include caption information consisting of your name, size in inches, year created, your web site URL (if applicable), and a very brief statement describing something interesting about the work, perhaps your inspiration or your process. Send your images to saqa@deidreadams.com. (Note: This address will be used ONLY for the image gallery.)
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NOTE: due to the large number of submissions received, an individual response to each submission is not possible.
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| Other Information |
From Sandra Sider:
I am creating a new monograph series for quilt artists, THE STUDIO QUILT, each volume being approximately 40 pages and featuring a maximum of 22 images. The text, written by me, will consist of an artist's biography, interview, and descriptive text--between 2700 and 3000 words. For 2011, I would like to launch the series with five volumes focusing on five individual SAQA artists. For this initiative, the only cost to the artist would be $980 to cover the production set-up and design fees with CreateSpace.com, which I will manage for you. (Royalties for copies sold will be paid to me in lieu of a writing fee, and artists may purchase up to ten copies of the book at cost.) To apply for this series, please email me sandrasider@mac.com before September of 2010. If you are one of the accepted artists and need images scanned, I can do that for $1.00 per slide and $5.00 per 4 x 5.
From SPIN:
Join Silk Painters International (SPIN) as we host our biennial
conference of Silk Painting. We have something for everyone from
beginning silk painting to abstract painting. We have classes on
pattern making taught by Anna Kankava, pattern maker for fashion
designer Abi Ferrin. Ferrin will also be a guest speaker at the conference.
There will be discussions about Shibori and Kimono by Yoshiko Wada and
block printing. The entire event culminates with a fashion show
featuring the hand painted fashions of SPIN members. For more
information and to register, please visit www.silkinsantafe.com or drop us a line at festival@silkinsantafe.com.
From Jennifer Marsh:
Fiber Artist Competition - $500 Award, Deadline: November 1, 2010
Open to all national and international artists who work with Fiber Materials/Fiber Techniques (Textiles). Artist's using non-fiber materials while exploring fiber techniques in combination is also allowed. All media welcome, traditional & contemporary, including public art and installation. Open to photography, ceramics, fibers, sculpture, printmaking, and video artists who tap into the fiber realm. Please submit the following: 5 digital jpgs, Resume, Letter of need. $20 Donation required to participate. For more information on submission guidelines and our jurors please see www.internationalfibercollaborative.com.
The Dream Rocket Project - Over 14 Venues
Over this next year people from around the world are coming together to create a 32,000 sq foot quilt with the theme; Dare to Dream. This massive quilt will completely wrap a 37 story, 363 foot Saturn V moon Rocket replica at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, this wrapping will take place in May & June 2011. Before the wrapping of the Rocket we are displaying submitted artwork in over 14 venues, such as Children's Museums, Public Libraries, and Galleries. We are also scheduling a three year traveling tour for this artwork once the wrap comes down in 2011. It costs $20 to participate. You must reserve your spot ASAP, first come first serve. Please see www.thedreamrocket.com for more information. Students, Teachers, and Individuale Welcome!
From Quilt National:
Quilt National '11, the seventeenth international juried competition for
new innovative quilts, on display May 28 -- September 5, 2011 at the
Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio (USA).
Jurors are internationally recognized artist quiltmakers Eleanor McCain
(Shalimar, FL) and Nelda Warkentin (Anchorage, AK); and Pauline
Verbeeck-Cowart (Kansas City, MO), textile artist and associate
professor at the Kansas City Art Institute.
The work must
(a) possess the most basic structural characteristics of a quilt,
(b) be an original design of the entrant,
(c) have been completed after September, 2008 and
(d) measure no more than 108" or 270 cm. in either direction.
Jurors will grant over $6,000 in prizes. Entry deadline is September 10,
2010.
Work selected for the exhibition will tour throughout the United States
through 2013 and will be published in a full-color catalog.
Entry forms and rules are available at www.dairybarn.org/quilt. For a printed
copy of the entry form, send a self-addressed business-size envelope
with postage to QN '11 Entry Form, Dairy Barn Arts Center, P.O. Box 747,
Athens, OH 45701-0747, USA.
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SAQA PowerPoint Presentation
PLUS Brochures/Journals Available
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Membership brochures are available. If you're teaching, please let me know and I'd be happy to send you brochures to hand out to your students. I can also send back issues of the Journal, catalogs, etc. Just send an email with what you need and include your mailing address (msielman@sbcglobal.net).
If you would like to make a presentation about art quilts to your quilt guild, library, Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, or other group, please contact Cheryl Ferrin (cdineenferrin@yahoo.com). Thanks to Jennifer Conrad, we have a wonderful PowerPoint presentation of works from Portfolio 16 available for loan.
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SAQA Discussion Group
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As a member of Studio Art Quilt Association, you are also invited to join an email discussion group hosted on Yahoo.com. This group is only for SAQA members, and is private to the outside world. You can join by requesting membership at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAQA/join. Please include your full name with your request, so we can verify that you are a member. Once your request is made, the moderators will approve you ASAP.
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KEEP LETTING EVERYONE KNOW HOW WONDERFUL ART QUILTS ARE!
--Martha Sielman (msielman@sbcglobal.net)
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
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