NEWS

November 2012 e.Bulletin

 
 
SAQA
November 2012 e.Bulletin
Martha Sielman head shot
Message from Martha Sielman, SAQA's Executive Director:

I hope that you will enter the call for entries for Deux.  We've just learned that it will travel to Italy!  This is YOUR opportunity to enter a SAQA exhibition if your work has not been included in a major SAQA exhibition during the past two years: A Sense of Scale, Art Meets Science, Beyond Comfort, Creative Force 2010, I'm Not Crazy, Layers of Memory, Masters 2, No Place to Call Home, SAQA Showcase, Seasonal Palette, Sense of Adventure, or Sightlines.  Call for entry is open through November 30th.

  
SAQA's 2012 Benefit Auction has raised $66,100! 

 Leslie Coe - Fences III    Joe Horansky - Dream House    Judy Gignese - Windy October Day
   Leslie Coe - Fences III *** Joe Horansky - Dream House *** Judy Gignesi - Windy October Day 

We sold 86 Auction pieces at Houston, plus a few more from the SAQA Store.  There are still some great pieces available! 


Sense of Scale installation photo 
"A Sense of Scale" installation at IQF-Houston (partial view; photo by Gregory Case) 

Seasonal Palette installation
"Seasonal Palette" installation at IQF-Houston (partial view; photo by Gregory Case)  
 
The exhibitions at the International Quilt Festival in Houston looked fantastic!  We sold several art quilts, tons of books, and recruited a lot of new members. 

THANK YOU
 
to Lynne Allen, Suzan Engler, and Heather Pregger for organizing the SAQA booth!  And thank you to our wonderful volunteers who staffed it:

Christine Adams, Ann Anastasio, Frieda Anderson, Susie Apte, Terry Aske, Sharon Bailey, Yvonne Black, Julie Brandon, Mary Bunte, Betty Busby, Deb Cashatt, Carol Churchill, Barbara Confer, Nancy G. Cook, Betty Crowell, Marcia DeCamp,

Bidwell Drake, Regina Dunn, Joan Dyer, Lisa Ellis, Connie Marie Fahrion, Tommy Fitzsimmons, Barb Forrister, Ruthann Fox, Ruth Giessen, Martha Ginn, Mary Anne Griffin, Jean Grimes, Barbara Hartman, Georgia Heller, Jackie Heupel, Priscilla Kibbee, Suzanne Kittrell, Lynn Krawczyk, Karen Linduska, Mary Ann Littlejohn, Lea McComas

Janice McKeehan, Kathryn Metzger, Judy Momenzadeh, Carol Moore, Jeannie Palmer Moore, Gale Oppenheim-Pietrzak, Margaret Phillips, Elaine Quehl, Helen Remick, Kris Sazaki, Helena Scheffer, Val Schultz, Mary Schwarzenberger, Susan Slesinger,

Lois Sprague, Aafke Swart Steenhuis, Elena Stokes, Jackie Stubblefield, Laura Wasilowski, Lynn Welsch, Eileen Williams, Marianne Williamson, Janet Windsor,

Martha Wolfe, Ruthie Yax and Juanita Yeager! 
  

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NEW on the website:

 

 Meet your Reps: Lynne Dearing & Mary Vaneecke  

Featured Artists: Patty Hawkins & Pamela Price Klebaum  

 

 

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How to Contact SAQA:
Martha Sielman, Executive Director: ExecDirector@SAQA.com  
Talk to the Board: Board@SAQA.com  
General question: Info@SAQA.com 
Membership question: Membership@saqa.com 
 
OTHER SAQA NEWS
SAQA Signature Thread Collection (retail value $120)
Now Available Online for just $95!
SAQA Signature Collection from AURIfil

  
You voted for this gorgeous palette of threads - now it's available!  Each spool of Aurifil 50wt, 100% cotton thread contains 1,422 yards.  Colors included are: 1133, 1240, 1310, 2460, 2810, 2892, 2910, 3290, 4225, 5002, 5003, 6010.

50% of your purchase goes to support SAQA's exhibitions program.

Purchase your set today!




NEW PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE in the SAQA Bookstore:

Portfolio 19

Sense of Scale catalog   Seasonal Palette catalog
Sense of Scale catalog ($20) *** Seasonal Palette catalog ($20)



YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING CAN BENEFIT SAQA!
Help SAQA raise money for free! 
     If you shop online, you can help raise money for SAQA just by shopping.  Sign up for OneCause and go there first before you shop.  SAQA earned almost $1,000 with only 159 members shopping. The more members who sign up and use OneCause, the more money SAQA will earn and it doesn't cost you anything. 
How it works: 
    * Sign up at OneCause.com 
and choose Studio Art Quilt Associates as the cause you wish to support 
    * Next time you want to shop, go to OneCause and choose the merchant's website where you're shopping from the list 
    * SAQA earns a percentage of your purchases donated by the merchant 

Thank you for supporting SAQA's programs and exhibitions! 
 

SAQA-U Wiki Closing 
 
Technology changes, so we have to change too.  The wiki format that we had developed for sharing information and providing a platform for the Visioning Project and SAQArtique groups in SAQA-U is no longer the best format for our needs.  In November we will be shutting down the wiki version of SAQA-U. 
Please be patient while we process this transition.  We think that everyone will be happier with the new formats.


The great informationthat we collected will be moved to the regular website and become part of the Resources section.  The recorded Mentorship Callswill continue to be available in the Members section.  Sample topics include:
  • Gregory Case: (Professionally Photographing Your Quilts)
  • Lisa Chipetine: Social Media: Facebook, YouTube, Linked In and Twitter
  • Pamela Diamond, CPA: Tax Considerations for the Artist
  • Monica Dixon: 10 Steps to Take When Your Get Up and Go Has Got Up and Went
  • Cindy Friedman: (Developing an International Exhibition)
  • Pat Pauly: Exhibition Design and Installation in a Gallery Setting:
  • Anna Hergert: Teaching on the Circuit (lessons learned)
  • Penny McMorris: Portfolios
  • Melanie Testa: Blogging 101
 
The Visioning Project groupis now hosted on a blog.  If you would be interested in joining, please contact Helen Conway.  The Visioning Project revolves around visualizing goals and dreams - and making them happen. By making a public commitment, the artist is inspired to achieve a specific goal. Some goals are very specific, such as gaining a private commission, getting gallery representation, or selling a work.  Other goals are more developmental: building a cohesive body of work or   producing work regularly. The Visioning Project members are wonderful in helping each other with support, networking, and resource information.

The SAQArtique groupis now also hosted on a blog.  If you would be interested in joining, please contact  Martha Ginn.  The SAQArtique group is open to all SAQA members.  Members trust in each other to make honest comments about the issues that they wish to have critiqued. The critiques are all in the spirit of a shared interest in quilting as an art form and improvement of each person's talents.  The requirements for belonging to a group are simply that each member is expected to post at least one of her/his own works every 3 months and to participate in all critiques of other members' work.
 
e.Bulletin Table of Contents 
Deadlines Deadlines & Dates    
DEADLINES and DATES  
 
August 3, 2012 - February 24, 2013 - SAQA Showcase at the International Quilt Study Center museum, Lincoln, Nebraska 

 

September 27 - December 31, 2012 - Sightlines at Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania 

 

November 8-10, 2012 - I'm Not Crazy at World Quilt Show, West Palm Beach, Florida

November 30, 2012 - DEADLINE
- online call for Deux

January 1, 2013 - Online call for entry opens for Metaphors on Aging   


January 13 - March 10, 2013 - Beyond Comfort
at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 

 

January 15 - April 15, 2013 - Masters 2 at New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts 

 

January 31, 2013 - DEADLINE - online call for entries for Metaphors on Aging

 

February 1, 2013 - DEADLINE for Journal Gallery section "Fire" 

 

February 1, 2013 - Online call for entry opens for Text Messages  

February 21-24, 2013 - I'm Not Crazy
at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia

February 28, 2013 - DEADLINE
- online call for entry for Text Messages

February 28-March 3, 2013 - I'm Not Crazy
at Quilt Fest, Somerset, New Jersey

April 12-14, 2013 - Seasonal Palette
and A Sense of Scale at IQF-Cincinnati  

 

April 25 - 28, 2013 - Expanding Horizons Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico 

 

May 1, 2013 - DEADLINE for Journal Gallery section "Water"   


May 2-5, 2013 - I'm Not Crazy
at Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, Colorado 

 

May 18 - August 24, 2013 - Masters 2 at Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 

 

May 25-26, 2013 - Making Connections Symposium in Athens, Ohio 

 

May 28 - July 26, 2013 - Sightlines at Grant's Pass Museum of Art, Grant's Pass, Oregon

 

June 21-23, 2013 - Deux at IQF-Chicago    

 

August 22 - October 15, 2013 - Sightlines at William and Florence Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, Illinois

 

 

MEMBERSHIP NEWS 

Please welcome our new Regional Representatives:  
  • Bev Haring - Colorado, Wyoming & Utah
  • Michele O'Neil Kincaid - Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine 

A very big THANK YOU to retiring reps Valerie Goodwin, Karen Schoch, and Susan Damone Balsh

   

 Welcome to all our new members who joined in October:

Elizabeth Axelson, Madelyn Bell, Patricia Belyea, Patricia Bidol-Padva, Allegra Brelsford, Normajean Brevik , Gabriele Bullard, Vineta Cable, Kathy Carman, Suzanne Christoff, Sue Clayton, Peg Collins, Lisa Cook, Luba Dmytryk, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Janet Elliott, Wendy Ferguson, Annette Fischer, Sara Fuher, Julia Gaff, Diane Getty, Denise Griffiths, Betty Anne Guadalupe, Julie Haddrick, Barbara Hanson, Catherine Hedrick, Wendy Hook, Mei Hsiang Hsu, Ronni Hunter, Jiseon Isbara, Marlene Jensch, Yvonne Jensen, Linda Johnson, Leone M. Keegan, Jamie Keshet, Deborah Kruger, Sheryl LeBlanc, John Lefelhocz, Libby Lehman, Ying-Ya Liang, Judy Lilly, Chihling Lin, Ya-Hui Lin, Yu Hsueh Lin, Shu-Chin Liu, Beverly Manuel, Carolynn McMillan, Alison Mesley, Monika Neumann, Robin Olsen, Fiona Oxford, Peg Pennell, Nezka Pfeifer, Karen Powers, Val Reaves, Lynn Rogers, Carole Rouin, Denise Scalon, Georgeann Schellenger, Barbara Scott, Patty Seebold, Susan Sehr, Angela Sergonis, Caroline Sharkey, Kristin Shields, Lou Ann Smith, Nancy Kay Smith, Nancy Staton, Susan Strachan Johnson, Betty Talbott, Sylvia Walworth, Katherine Walz, Shu-Hui Wang, Meg Warner, Enid Gjelten Weichselbaum, Dawn White, Marilyn Whittaker, Vicki Yanda, and Susan Zimmerman. 

 

 
Horizons"Expanding Horizons"
SAQA's Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 25-28, 2013
and
"Making Connections"
A SAQA Symposium at Quilt National in Athens, Ohio
May 24-25, 2013
Expanding Horizons  
will be held April 25-28, 2013 at the Lodge at Santa Fe:
Lodge at Santa Fe

 Regular Registration fees (Nov. 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013) -- $325

Late Registration fees (after March 1, 2013) -- $365


Top 10 Reasons to Come to Santa Fe:

10. Tour museums: International Folk Art, Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico Museum of Art.

9. Discover if you prefer "red" or "green" or "Christmas" (hint: think "chile").

8. Learn marketing tips for business cards and promotional ideas.

7. Find program choices and new presenters never before seen at a SAQA conference.

6. Explore the world-renowned Canyon Road Art District and Santa Fe Plaza, where art and creativity are boundless.

5. Hone your art AND business skills by learning from the top names in the business.

4. Savor fabulous fiber art, wine and chocolate in the Santa Fe Spotlight.

3. Enjoy the savings: $79 a night (half that if you share) at The Lodge at Santa Fe.

2. Meet and mingle with fellow fiber artists at one of the top art markets in the US.

1. Have a Santa Fe art experience you will never forget!
 

Dairy Barn

Making Connections:
A SAQA-sponsored Symposium in Conjunction with Quilt National '13
Athens, Ohio - May 24-25, 2013

Registration fees for SAQA members -- JUST $20!

SCHEDULE
Friday, May 24th -- Attend the Opening of Quilt National '13

Saturday, May 25th
--Continental breakfast with Quilt National artists*

--Quilt National gallery walk with artist talk*
Each exhibiting artist present will offer brief comments about their work.
 
--Jurors Panel: Linda Colsh, Judith Content, Penny McMorris
The QN jurors will provide insights and observations about the jurying process.
 
--Selected QN '13 Artists Panel
Selected exhibiting artists will discuss their art.
 
--SAQA: Today and Tomorrow
The latest on what SAQA is accomplishing and its future plans. SAQA is a membership association representing almost 3,000 artists and art quilt supporters from 31 countries.
 
(*Jointly sponsored with The Dairy Barn Arts Center)

 
ThankYouGiftsSAQA's Thank You Gifts Program

  Dharma Gift Certificate SAQA Signature Collection from AURIfil  Simplicity Deluxe Sidewinder
Thank You Gifts for 4th quarter 2012 (Left to right):
$100 Gift Certificate from Dharma Trading
Sample SAQA Signature Collection of threads from AURIfil
Simplicity's Deluxe SideWinder for your bobbins
PLUS many more great Gifts on the website!

We already have several Star Recruiters for the 4th Quarter:  Hui-Fen Lin (7 new members), Deda Maldonado, Rebecca Lily Segura, and Jean Wells (3 new members each), Dina Buckey, Bethany Garner, Sherry Glidden, Pat Gould, Sharon Monahan, Jennifer O'Brien, and Cyndi Souder (2 new members each). 

These Star Recruiters for the 4th Quarter will be choosing from the wonderful Thank-You Gifts that have been donated by these generous supporters:
  • AURIfil USA
  • Cedar Canyon Textiles
  • Dharma Trading Company 
  • Lark Crafts
  • Simplicity Creative
  • Swarovski Crystals
  • Lynne Allen
  • Frieda Anderson 
  • Karey Bresenhan
  • Eileen Doughty  
  • Carol Eaton  
  • Lisa Ellis
  • Cheryl Ferrin
  • Clairan Ferrono
  • Lynn Krawczyk
  • Pamela Morris
  • Candice Phelan
  • Pixeladies 
  • Robin Schwalb
  • Sandra Sider
  • Martha Sielman
  • Laura Wasilowski
  • Jack Walsh  

How the Thank You Gifts program works:

Who is eligible to participate in the Thank You Gifts program? 
All SAQA members, excluding Board members, paid staff and consultants.

How do I participate in the Thank You Gifts program?
Refer two or more new SAQA members and have each new member list you in the "Referred by" field either on the web or on their paper application.
 
Where can I see the Thank You Gifts?
We have created a website page for the Thank You Gifts program.
 
How often can SAQA members select a membership drive Thank You Gift? 
Members may select one gift per quarter when they refer two or more new members.

How does the Thank You Gifts selection process work?   
The member referring the most new members in that quarter will select from that quarter's Thank You Gifts list first. The member referring the second-most new members in that quarter will pick second, and so on. In the event of a tie, the member identified as having recruited that number of new members earliest will pick first.
 
Questions?
Contact Candice Phelan, Membership Drive committee chair.


  
Calling All SAQA Teachers and Lecturers!
 
 
Are you conducting workshops, seminars, classes or lecturing about fiber art? Here is an opportunity to add even more value to your event.

For a limited time, you can offer your students a 10% discount on their new SAQA membership. Just register your event with SAQA's executive director, Martha Sielman, and receive your personalized membership discount code.  Every new member who joins SAQA and puts your membership discount code on their application or web form, will receive a 10% reduction in their first year membership fee - and you will receive credit for recruiting another new member.

So whether you are running multi-day workshops, ½ day seminars or lecturing to a quilt guild, email Martha Sielman to register your event and receive your personalized membership discount code. By sharing SAQA with your attendees, you are helping them to open another door to new opportunities for their art and career.

 

I AM SAQA Advertising Campaign

I am SAQA - Clarke    I am SAQA - Errea    I am SAQA - McKie
The Membership Drive committee is pleased to announce the launch of SAQA's new membership recruitment advertising campaign: I AM SAQA.

Cheryl Ferrin is soliciting your photo and information for this series of 52 ads.  SAQA will place the ads in a variety of magazines: American Craft, Fiber Art Now, GenQ, Quilting Arts, Selvedge, Surface Design Journal. etc. The ads will also be featured on a special web page on the SAQA website and placed on SAQA's Facebook and Twitter pages.

We are looking to represent a cross-section of SAQA's membership, and we are interested in profiling as many members as we can. Don't miss this opportunity to promote yourself and SAQA at the same time. We would love to have your participation.

Please complete the questionnaire and model release you received in an email from SAQA.com on June 25th and send it, along with a high resolution image of you and your artwork, to marketing@ saqa.com.


 

VirtualExhibit New Virtual Exhibit on SAQA Website
 
Pamela Druhen - Spring Thaw  
  
Pamela Druhen - "Spring Thaw" 


This month's guest curator, Suzanne Thompson, has selected Roll On, Big River.

Suzanne wrote, "I've just moved to an old house in a much older Mississippi River town.  The river drew me and is the inspiration for this grouping. It includes things the river sees and things that see the river. The river flows, depending on what day of the week, an astonishingly varied 3779 km (2348 miles)."

List of selected artists:
Natalya Aikens
Polly Dressler Bech
Regina Benson
Cher Cartwright
Denise A. Currier
Sue Dennis
Pamela Druhen
Mary Elmusa
Karin Franzen
Jayne Gaskins
Linda Gass
Cindi Huss
Karen Kamenetzky
Anita Kaplan
Janet Kurjan
Janet Lasher
Karin Lusnak
BJ Parady
Leslie Rego
Rose Rushbrooke
Karen Reese Tunnell
Grietje Van der Veen
 

If you would like to volunteer to be a Virtual Gallery curator, please contact
Jen Solon (Galleries@SAQA.com ) who organizes the Virtual Exhibitions.
 
 
This is a Quilt! Trunk Shows available to travel
 

These three pieces are from Trunk Show A, which is at the Yokohama Quilt Festival in Japan this month:

  Noriko Endo - Untitled    Deborah Fell - Prairie Grasses    Floris Flam - Untitled  
Noriko Endo - "Untitled" *** Deborah Fell - "Prairie Grasses" *** Floris Flam - "Untitled"    
 

 

All of the pieces from all of the trunk shows are up on the SAQA website:

 

http://www.saqa.com/about.php?ID=1907

 

There are seven different trunk shows of small matted pieces.  They are available to travel to your region any time through October 2013.   

 

We hope that you will find venues where these wonderful gems can be displayed as a way to educate about our medium.  Perhaps there's a library, community center, or art center in your town that has a display space.  If you belong to a quilt guild, talk to the program chair about using this as a program.  We can also arrange to send you our PowerPoint presentation that explains about art quilts and about SAQA.  And it would be a great time to share your own artwork.     


On the Trunk Show pages, you can search by Trunk Show letter (each Trunk Show has its own page) or by artist (through the index).  At the bottom of each trunk show page, there is a Google calendar that shows where the trunk will be exhibited.  When you click on the colored bar in the calendar, you will see details about each venue and dates.  

 

A "Learn More" link explains what the trunk show is and a "Contact Us" link is above the calendar so that members or other interested parties can request a trunk viewing in their area. If you are interested in hosting a trunk show, please contact your regional rep.

 
ExhibitsCallforEntry 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

Deux 
Open to all SAQA members who have NOT participated in an all-SAQA exhibit during the past three years, specifically: A Sense of Scale, Art Meets Science, Beyond Comfort, Creative Force 2010, I'm Not Crazy, Layers of Memory, Masters 2, No Place to Call Home, SAQA Showcase, Seasonal Palette, Sense of Adventure, and Sightlines.
 
Premiere Location:  
Full exhibit: IQF-Chicago, Rosemont, IL
June 2013
Selected pieces: Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, Alsace, France
September 2013
 
Exhibition Concept:
Artists will be asked to submit up to four works that best represent their style or voice.  Each artist chosen will be asked to exhibit two works that relate to one another in some way.
 
Juror: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Managing Curator: To be announced
 
November 1, 2012 Online entry open
November 30, 2012  Online Entry Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
Preview the entry form and requirements:
http://saqacallforentries.com/
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Metaphors on Aging 
Open to all SAQA members 

Premiere Location: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, August 15-18, 2013
Additional venues may be added; work must be available to travel through the end of 2015

Exhibition Concept:
There are a rare few of us who have not been affected in some way by the changes that occur with aging, be it ourselves, or the aging of our parents, loved ones or even our children. Here you have the opportunity to explore any of these passages that have touched your own life. Subjects can include aging, illness, death, the growth of our children, or the passage of time in general.

Juror: Pamela Allen
Managing curator: Mary McBride

Online entry opens: January 1, 2013
Online entry deadline: January 31, 2013
Preview the entry form and entry requirements at http://saqacallforentries4.com/ 
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Text Messages 
Open to all SAQA members 

Premiere Locations:
International Quilt Festival - Houston, Texas, October 31-November 4, 2013
International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio, April 4-6, 2014
International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, California, July 2014
Additional venues may be added

Exhibition Concept:
Text messages have fast become one of the most popular methods of communication in our country today. In this exhibit, you have free rein to explore the many facets of what 'text messages' means to you--from the obvious connection to modern technology, to works comprised solely of actual or implied writing. The unifying theme will be text on quilts, in any language, and each quilt must contain at least one visible letter or word.

Juror: Lesley Riley
Managing curator: Georgianne (Gigi) Kandler

Online entry opens: February 1, 2013
Online entry deadline: February 28, 2013
Preview the entry form and entry requirements at 
http://saqacallforentries3.com/  
 
   
 Exhibits 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.
  Exhibits are listed alphabetically


Exhibit Name: Beyond Comfort   

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. The catalog for this exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Teri Quinn.
Juror: Marci Rae McDade, editor of Fiberarts magazine 
Curator: Eileen Doughty (ef.doughty@verizon.net


Travel Venues:

3. Butler Institute of American Art

Youngstown, Ohio

January 13 - March 10, 2013

 

Exhibition Name: Earth Stories  
Premiere Location:  
Michigan State University Museum; Opening 2014 
Additional venues will be added; work must be available to travel from 2014 through the end of December 2017 

Exhibition Concept:  
There are many stories of hope across the globe. Both individuals and small groups are working on projects that when added together make a positive impact on increasing the quality of life on this planet. Earth Stories will celebrate the stories of people or projects that enhance the planet, make a significant difference in restoring and/or protecting the environment, increase sustainability and otherwise improve the earth we all occupy.  

25 artists from around the world will be chosen to interpret a "story" of their choice. Each artist will feature a project or person of their choice; the views presented by the artist do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of SAQA or MSU, neither of which endorses any person, project or organization. 

Juror: Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
Managing curator: Leni Levenson Wiener 

Chosen Artists: 
Britta Ankenbauer
Brooke Atherton
Regina Benson      
Benedicte Caneill  
Maya Chiamovich      
Marion Coleman  
Nancy G. Cook      
Jennifer Day    
Noriko Endo   
Jean Herman  
Annie Helmericks-Louder   
Patty Hawkins         
Paula Kovarik    
Lynn Krawczk    
Carol Larson   
Alicia Merrrett      
Kathy Nida      
Mary Pal     
Mirjam Pet-Jacobs 
Marilyn Prucka   
Valya  Roenko  
Susan Shie    
Cynthia St Charles 
Leni Wiener   
Kathy York
   

Exhibition Name:  I'm Not Crazy            


Theme:  Mental illness carries with it a stigma; many of us have experience with disorders, temporary or permanent, curable or not, that in the past and in some cultures even today would be labeled as crazy. That stigma can make it difficult to admit its effect on our loved ones or ourselves. Disorders as common as anxiety or depression, or less common, like schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder, can have a devastating effect on families and friends, and on ourselves. Negativity towards those who have these disorders often causes many people to keep the diagnosis hidden from friends and family. 

Juror: Sue Reno 
Curator: Kathy Nida knida@cox.net
Travel Venues: 
Mancuso circuit  

 

iv)    World Quilt Show
West Palm Beach, Florida
November 8-10, 2012

v)    Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXII
Hampton, Virginia
February 21-24, 2013

vi)    The Quilt Fest of New Jersey VII
Somerset, New Jersey
February 28-March 3, 2013

vii)    Denver National Quilt Festival VI
Denver, Colorado
May 2-5, 2013 
 


Exhibit Name: Masters 2

An invitational exhibit of one work each by 37 of the artists featured in the new book Masters: Art Quilts, Volume 2 by Martha Sielman (Lark, August 2011).  The book is now available in the SAQA Bookstore - our copies were donated to SAQA by Lark, so the complete purchase price goes to support SAQA.
This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Lark Crafts, AURIfil Threads, and the American Quilter's Society.

Managing Curator: Marjorie DeQuincy (dequincyart@msn.com)

Travel Venues to date:
5. New England Quilt Museum
Lowell, MA
January 15 - April 15, 2013  
www.nequiltmuseum.org/

NEW! 
6. Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts
Melbourne, FL
May 18 - August 24, 2013


Exhibit Name: Radical Elements 
Our physical world is created out of the chemical elements, from hydrogen to platinum to arsenic. For this exhibit, each of the selected artists will create a new work that is influenced by an element from the periodic table. Inspirations can come from anything relating to that element, whether it is a play on the name, its color or the products made from it. Both representational and abstract works are welcomed.

As the second part of the Radical Elements theme, the artists will also be asked to move quilting beyond the usual materials of fabric and thread, exploring the function and decorative properties of different surfaces and stitching materials. This exhibit is the first to embrace the newly expanded definition of an art quilt and will be a signature exhibition for SAQA.  

Curator: Jill Rumoshosky Werner

 
Exhibit Name: SAQA Showcase
A special in-depth exhibition of the work of 6 artists at the museum of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln from August 3, 2012 - February 24, 2013.  Chosen artists will each exhibit several works. 
Jurors: Judith Content and Carolyn Ducey
Curator: Leni Levenson Wiener

  

  

Exhibit Name: Seasonal Palette 
NEW! American Quilter's Society and Cedar Canyon Textiles will be a sponsors for this exhibition.  Lynne Harpst Koen has generously offered to sponsor the catalog.

Seasonal Palette is a series of 36 art quilts depicting the seasons of the year.
Co-curators and Jurors: Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe   
Travel Venues:
2. International Quilt Festival
Cincinnati, OH
April 12-14, 2013

3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 26-28, 2013
www.quilts.com

NEW! 
4. National Quilt Museum
Paducah, KY
September 12 - December 2, 2013 


Exhibit Name: A Sense of Scale

This exhibit will compare and contrast a series of very large works with several small work installations. The works will be displayed on the outside walls of the SAQA exhibit space. This will allow the viewer to step back and contemplate the dramatic juxtaposition of the sizes of these works.   

Jennifer Day has generously funded the design of a catalog for this exhibit. 

 

Juror:
Ulysses Grant Dietz, curator of Decorative Arts at The Newark Museum 
Managing Curator:
Anne Hiemstra
 

 

Travel Venues:
 
2. International Quilt Festival
Cincinnati, OH
April 12-14, 2013

3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 26-28, 2013
 

 

  

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. 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: 
7. Everhart Museum

September 27 - December 31, 2012

Scranton, Pennsylvania

http://www.everhart-museum.org/ 

  

8. Grant's Pass Museum

June - July 2013

Grants Pass, Oregon

http://www.gpmuseum.com/ 

  

9. William and Florence Schmidt Art Center

August 22 - October 15, 2013

Belleville, Illinois

http://schmidtart.swic.edu/  

  


Exhibit name: This is a Quilt!
SAQA's 2011-2012 Traveling Trunk Show
Theme: This is a Quilt!
Curators: Deb Cashatt (deb@pixeladies.com) and Kris Sazaki (kris@pixeladies.com)

If you would like to schedule one of the trunks to visit your region, please contact your regional representative.
 

 

Journal Journals

If you would prefer to ONLY read the Journal online, you can indicate your preference by checking off the Online Journal Only box in your Member Profile. 

Upcoming Journal Gallery Page Themes and Deadlines:
  • Fire - due date February 1, 2013
  • Water - due date May 1, 2013 
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.
All edges of the quilt must be visible; do not crop into the edges of the quilt.

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 (This address will be used ONLY for the image gallery.)
NOTE: due to the large number of submissions received, an individual response to each submission is not possible.
Other Other Information
From CERF+:
We have relief funds available for artists affected by all kinds of natural and man-made disasters.  Look on our website for complete information:
http://craftemergency.org/artists_services/emergency_relief/


SAQA PowerPoint Presentations
PLUS Brochures/Journals Available
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Membership brochures and back issues of the Journal and our catalogs 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 (ExecDirector@SAQA.com).

NEW! 
There's now an Introduction to SAQA PowerPoint presentation on the website that you can download for use in making presentations to your quilt guild, library, Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, or other group.
 
YahooList SAQA Discussion Group

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.
 
KEEP LETTING EVERYONE KNOW HOW WONDERFUL ART QUILTS ARE!

--Martha Sielman (MarthaSielman@SAQA.com)
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.



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