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SAQA
December 2009 e.Bulletin |
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2009 is SAQA's 20th Anniversary!
We now have 2,523 members in 31 countries!
Membership dues will increase by $10 in 2010.
NEW RATES as of January 1st:
Active: $60 (One year); $105 (Two years); $145 (Three years)
PAM: $125 (One year); $235 (Two years); $340 (Three years)
Student: $30 with student ID
SAQA last raised dues three years ago. Since then the services and opportunities which we offer members have grown by leaps and bounds (see list below), but a significant drop in corporate sponsorship, coupled with rising costs, make it necessary to ask each member to pay $10 more.
Benefits of SAQA membership include:
Exhibition opportunities open to all members: In 2010, SAQA will be sponsoring 12 exhibitions, which will travel to 21 venues and be seen by well over 200,000 visitors. Many of these exhibitions include catalogs. NEW feature coming this month: exhibition artwork will be available for sale through the SAQA website.
Annual Conference:
2010's conference will be in San Francisco, California
2011 will be in Denver, Colorado
2012 will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SAQA Journal: 4-color glossy magazine published four times a year, which includes the centerfold SAQA Gallery offering an opportunity to promote yourself by having your work featured
SAQA Lecture Series: an opportunity to present educational lectures to 100+ visitors, including examples of your work, at the International Quilt Festivals
SAQA e.Bulletin: published monthly, alerting members to SAQA events and other important activities
SAQA Trunk Show: traveling collection of work by 180 SAQA members
Regional Representatives: work to bring SAQA information and opportunities right to your area with regional exhibits, meetings and activities, and regional e-newsletters
Reverse Auction: an opportunity to contribute work to the annual online Reverse Auction with a link to your own website
Yahoo Discussion List: a place to ask questions and get advice from the network of members
SAQA University wiki: Everything you need to know about art quilts!
Mentorship Calls and Audios: monthly conference calls on professional development topics which are archived in SAQA-U
The Visioning Project: a way to visualize your goals and dreams - and make them happen!
Professional Artist Member Benefits
In addition to all Active member benefits, PAMs enjoy these additional benefits:
SAQA Portfolio: the opportunity to participate in this resource for the art quilt field, distributed free of charge to over 3000 collectors, museums, curators, art galleries, interior designers and VIPs
Website Homepage Slideshow and Galleries: PAMs can create their own page on SAQA.com. This page includes two images, contact information, and a link to the artist's website. All special Galleries are drawn from this databank of images and information
Co-op advertising opportunities in a number of art/fiber art publications
SAQA Teachers and Lecturers list on website
NEW! Featured Artist Program: each month SAQA will select PAMs to be featured in a mini profile on the website
NEW! Opportunity to curate exhibits: a new program being developed by the Exhibition Committee.
Through the end of the year, you can renew your membership for up to three years at current rates.
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e.Bulletin Table of Contents
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 Deadlines & Dates + SAQA Press Coverage
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SAQA PRESS COVERAGE
Justhands-on.tv filmed Laura Wasilowski at the SAQA exhibit at Festival of Quilts. The video is available on their website. However you have to pay for membership in order to view it.
DEADLINES and DATES
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December 4, 2009 - DEADLINE EXTENDED: last day for online submissions for Portfolio 17
January 27 - Pat Pauly Conference Call - Curating
February 1, 2009 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Photo Imagery
February 17 - Cindy Friedman Conference Call - Developing an International Exhibition
March 1, 2010 - Online submissions begin for "Creative Force 2010"
March 19-21, 2010 - REINVENTION Conference at San Francisco State University
March 30, 2010 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "Creative Force 2010"
April 16-18, 2010 - International Quilt Festival - Chicago
April 17, 2010 - Building An Artist Community SAQA Regional Conference
May 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Nature
May 1, 2010 - Online submissions begin for "Wide Horizons II"
May 31, 2010 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "Wide Horizons II"
August 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Geometric
November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Green
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PORTFOLIO 17 Deadline EXTENDED
until Dec. 4th at midnight
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We've received submissions from 215 Professional Artist Members, but we'd like to give as many members as possible the chance to participate in this ground-breaking version of SAQA's Portfolio. Since there were some technical difficulties over the holiday, we're extending the deadline until Friday, December 4th at midnight.
If you haven't uploaded your submission, you can now do so. Lisa Ellis ( lisa@ellisquilts.com), who developed the online submission program, is standing by to help with any problems that you may encounter.
http://www.saqacallforentries2.com/
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Volunteers Needed
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1. Regional Reps for the following regions:
- Virginia - part of a tri-rep group with Lorri Chambers in North Carolina and Margaret Hunt in South Carolina.
- Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Regional reps receive complimentary membership and a 25% discount for SAQA Conferences. They are a critical link between the organization and its members. Please contact Martha ( msielman@sbcglobal.net) if you can volunteer for these important positions.
2. We're looking for new members of the PAM Review Committee to begin in January. The Committee meets every two months via conference call. You therefore need to be available during the day for these meetings. If you are a PAM and would be interested in serving on this committee, please contact Martha ( msielman@sbcglobal.net).
3. Eileen Doughty and Karen Asherman are looking for some more volunteers to help run SAQA-U. Contact Eileen ( ef.doughty@verizon.net) if you can help.
4. SAQA is looking for a professional videographer who would be willing to donate their services to create some promotional materials. Please contact Martha ( msielman@sbcglobal.net).
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| SAQA SURVEYS ARE COMING! |
We need your feedback! SAQA will be sending out three surveys over the next month. Please take a few moments to respond to the surveys when they arrive in your email mailbox. Your responses are very important to future planning and programming. The surveys will include:
- Teaching Survey - Cynthia Long is conducting a survey about members who teach: what you teach, what you charge, where you teach, etc. She'll be writing up the results for the Journal next Summer.
- Exhibition Survey - SAQA will be building a database of where members exhibit. This first annual survey will track where art quilts are being exhibited. The results will be posted in SAQA-U.
- Journal Survey - Carolyn Lee Vehslage, SAQA Journal Editor, wants your feedback about the Journal. SAQA will be considering how to redesign and redirect the Journal based on your responses.
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SALE!!! SAQA Book Sale - December 2009
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SAQA Holiday Bookstore Sale is now going on!
  
Sense of Time catalogs - 50% OFF!
Quilting Transformed - 25% OFF!
Masters: Art Quilts - 10% OFF!
All books in the SAQA Bookstore (except Portfolio 17 and the new catalogs) are 10%-50% OFF through December 31st - so get out your list and start checking it twice!
Another great gift idea - Gift Memberships for all your friends and family!
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Exhibition Hanging Rods Fund Update
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$1,600 has been raised already -- Thank you to everyone who has donated!
With 12 exhibitions traveling during the next year to 21 venues and being viewed by more than 200,000 visitors, having the proper hardware to hang our artwork professionally has become critical. SAQA needs to purchase several sets of hanging rods for venues to use when displaying our quilts.
The cost of $5,250 will provide enough hardware to support three exhibitions simultaneously. We're asking for your donation to help meet this goal. If you would prefer to donate online and save the postage cost, it's easy to do so at: https://www.saqa.com/donations.aspx?
(Just put "hanging rods" in the box which says: In Honor of ___________. )
Thank you for your support!
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SAQA Artwork Now for Sale on Website
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SAQA is now able to sell member artwork through the website: http://www.saqa.com/aboutus/available.aspx.
Pieces traveling in SAQA exhibitions are listed for sale in a special section of the SAQA Store. Each piece is shown as a small image on the main page, with price, dimension, and date. Each piece then links to a separate page with a medium size version and a larger-than-fullscreen-sized version (able to show tremendous detail), along with an artist's statement and a link to the artist's website. Works may be purchased at any time, to be delivered after the exhibition finishes its travels.
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ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT SAQA --
SIGN UP for OneCause.com
Your Cost = $0
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SAQA has already earned $125 at no cost to anyone!
Several more members just joined, so now 81 members have signed up to support SAQA by using OneCause.com.
With the holidays just around the corner, we're all likely to be doing some online shopping. Join OneCause.com so that you can help SAQA at the same time.
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It doesn't cost you anything.
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They don't sell or share your name or contact information.
You just have to remember to go to OneCause.com before doing your shopping. Each merchant you purchase from will donate 1%-5% of your purchase total to SAQA.
"Initially I was hesitant to sign up for OneCause, an Internet portal within which numerous merchants donate a small percentage of purchases to the participant's cause. I signed up to support SAQA. Since then, I have had only three spam email solicitations from OneCause merchants--and one of them saved me quite a bit on grandkids' toys. The OneCause site could be a tremendous benefit for SAQA if enough of our members participated, with minimum spam annoyance. (The subject lines in the spam emails mention OneCause, so you can easily delete them without opening them.) Thanks to Martha for letting us know about this opportunity!"
--Sandra Sider
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It's easy - just sign up at OneCause.com and make Studio Art Quilt Associates the charity you wish to support (you have to search for Studio Art Quilt Associates, not SAQA). All they ask is your name and email address.
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Each time you shop online, go to OneCause.com first and click through from there to your usual vendors, such as Amazon, Netflix, Lands End, JCPenney, etc. That's all there is to it.
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Each vendor will donate a percentage of your purchase to SAQA. (The percentage varies by vendor.) You may get an email or two per week from OneCause giving you coupons or telling you about a sale, but they do NOT give out your information to anyone else.
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"Reinvention" conference is filling up!
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The Conference is filling up quickly - there are only 59 spots left!
You can SIGN-UP ONLINE:
https://www.saqa.com/conference2010.aspx
Jointly sponsored with Surface Design Association, "Reinvention" will be held at San Francisco State University Textiles Department from March 19-21, 2010.
March 19-20 will be a symposium at SFSU, with studio tours and museum exhibits scheduled for March 21. A variety of three-day workshops will be offered March 22-24.
Reinvention Schedule Highlights:
Friday, March 19
- Opening Keynote by Marci McDade, editor of Fiberarts
- Reinvention at the Bellevue Arts Museum - Stefano Cataloni
- Reinvention at the deYoung Museum of Art - Jill D'Alessandro
- Reinvention at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - Jane Przybysz
- Panel of all three museum curators moderated by Marci McDade
- Fiber Exhibit Openings at several SFSU galleries
Saturday, March 20
- Emerging Artists panel - Bren Ahearn, Mung Lar Lam, and Lacey Jane Roberts, moderated by Victor De La Rosa
- Environment art - Can Art Make a Difference? panel -Judith Shelby Lang, Linda MacDonald, and Lea Redmond, moderated by Linda Gass
- Voices of Experience panel - Michael Rohde, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Carol Westfall, moderated by Joan Schulze
- Closing Keynote by Janet Koplos, acting editor of American Craft
Sunday, March 21
Studio bus tours - FULL:
- Jean Cacicedo & Ana Lisa Hedstrom
- Candace Kling
- Richard Elliott
- Karen Livingston
- Robin Cowley
Museum exhibits:
- Tours of Amish quilt exhibit with the collectors at the deYoung
- Joan Schulze at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Three-day Workshops - March 22-24
1. Holly Brackman - Dyeing without a Dyepot: Disperse Dyes - FULL
2. Ana Lisa Hedstrom - Dye Sublimation Transfer Printing on Polyester and Eco Fiber
3. Marilou Moschetti - Old World/New Age Felt
4. Terry McClain - Light/Illusion - FULL
5. Barbara Shapiro - New Ideas in Dyeing
6. Yoshiko Wada - Boro: Transformed: Patching, Piecing, and Stitching - FULL
7. Daniella Woolf - Encaustic Techniques for Fiber Artists... or Textures and Translucency to die for! - FULL
8. Virginia Davis - Surface Design For Knit Textiles: Resist, Felt, Painting & Transfer
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REGIONAL CONFERENCE -
PHILADELPHIA APRIL 2010
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Building An Artist's Community
A SAQA Sponsored Symposium
April 17, 2010
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Ave
Wayne, PA 19087
(610) 688-3553
Contact: Carolyn Lee Vehslage clvquilts@yahoo.com
8:30 - 9 AM Registration - $85 includes lunch
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address - Sue Benner
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 - 11:45 Panel Discussion #1 ArtQuilt Elements Jury Process by Jason Pollen, Robin Schwab, Deborah Warner
11:45 - 1:30 PM lunch, ArtQuilt Elements show viewing and networking
1:30 - 3:00 Panel Discussion #2 The Critique by Sandra Sider, Lisa Chipetine
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee break
3:30 - 5:00 Mentoring Sessions
7:00 - 10:00 Public opening of ArtQuilt Elements
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NEW Featured Artists on website
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Gwen Jones - The Ravine
This month's guest curator is Mary McBride, who has designed "Jumping Outside the Frame:" http://www.saqa.com/galleries/mini_gallery.aspx?galid=61
Mary writes: "One of the most important "quilt rules" broken by the fiber artists is that of jumping outside the frame. Some artists are rather timid and only show a wonky edge or sneak a peek under a frayed corner. A few use a recognizable form such as the kimono silhouette. Other artists can hardly be contained on a flat surface and jump right into 3-D structures. Their works were not selected here.
"This exhibition focuses on the artists who seem to find that there isn't enough surface space and their passion and/or design can't be contained within the boundaries of the square or rectangular frame."
List of selected artists
LINDA ABRAMS
MARY ANDREWS
JILL AULT
ESTERITA AUSTIN
DEBBIE BABIN
DEBORAH BALDWIN
NANCY BECKERMAN
REGINA BENSON
MELANI BREWER
SUSAN CHRISTENSEN
CHIAKI DOSHO
ELIZABETH W. FRAM
ANNA HERGERT
GWEN JONES
CATHY KLEEMAN
ELLEN LINDNER
KEVAN LUNNEY
LINDA MCCURRY
SALLI MCQUAID
STEPHANIE NORDLIN
B. J. PARADY
EMMIE SEAMAN
LOUISE SILK
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Many THANKS to Eileen Doughty for managing the monthly Virtual Exhibits!
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SAQA-U News
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UPCOMING MENTORSHIP CALLS: Sign up on SAQA-U with your questions for the presenter.
Call in number:1-712-432-0150. You will be prompted for a code: 986204#
Please dial in 5 minutes prior to the call.
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No call this month.
Upcoming Calls:
January 27 - Pat Pauly (Curating)
February 17 - Cindy Friedman (Developing an International Exhibition)
NEW! Marketing Brainstorm Center:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/Ed+Marketing+Brainstorm+Center
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SAQA Exhibit News: Calls for Entries
**NOTE: SAQA exhibits are open to ALL members, unless there is a geographical restriction |
Exhibit Name: CREATIVE FORCE 2010
Premiere Location: International Festival of Quilts
Houston, TX November 2010
Chicago, IL April 2010
Long Beach, CA July 2011
Additional venue locations to be determined.
Theme: A survey showcasing the breadth and depth of work being created by SAQA artists - The Best of SAQA.
Juror: Chunghie Lee
Chunghie Leeis a fiber artist and curator who lectures internationally. She received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Hongik University, Seoul, Korea and was a Fulbright Exchange Scholar to Rhode Island School of Design, RI, U.S.A. in 1994. Chunghie has been teaching a Pojagi & Beyond course at the Rhode Island School of Design during winter sessions since 1999. Her works are in numerous museums throughout the world including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, U.K., and Museum of Art & Design, New York.
Curator: Rose Rushbooke
rose@roserushbrooke.com
Eligibility and Guidelines:
· Entry is by digital images only (directions below).
· You may submit up to 3 entries.
· Quilts must be created after 2004 and not shown in a previous Creative Force exhibition
· Entries must be a Minimum of 36" per side through a Maximum 90" per side
· 3-D, free-standing works will NOT be accepted.
· Artwork must meet the SAQA definition of an art quilt: 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.
· Artwork may be published in a catalog of the exhibition if sponsorship is found.
High quality images with minimum (resolution 300 dpi, 2200 pixels on longest side.)
· Artists are responsible for shipping and insurance to Quilts, Inc. in Houston, Texas.
SAQA will arrange to insure the artwork during the exhibition and while it travels, and will cover return shipping, including insurance, to the artists or to the next venue.
· Artwork MAY be for sale. SAQA will charge a 25% commission on all sales; exhibiting venues may also charge a commission, but total commission will never exceed 50%.
· Work MUST be available to travel for up to a year. Travel details to follow.
Calendar:
August 1, 2009 Call for entry
March 1, 2010 Online entry open online through SAQA website
March 30, 2010 Online Entry Final Day-Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
April 1-20, 2010 Jury Process
April 25, 2010 Notification of acceptance
(All notifications will be forwarded via email)
May 1, 2010 High resolution images due to Deidre Adams for catalog
August 25, 2010: Artwork to be RECEIVED at Quilts, Inc.
REGIONAL EXHIBIT
Exhibit Name: Wide Horizons II
Open to all members from Europe and Israel
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork- Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
September 16-19, 2010
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)
Entry is by digital images only using SAQA's new online system.
May 1, 2010 : Online Entry Opens (www.saqa.com>Members Home page)
May 31, 2010 : Online Entry Final Day-Deadline at 11:59 pm Europe
The full prospectus is available from the Members Home page:
http://www.saqa.com/members/EntryForms.aspx Questions: Elisabeth Nacenta-de la Croix (ecn@bluewin.ch)
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SAQA Exhibit News: Current Exhibitions -
This is a listing of SAQA exhibition travel plans. The artists for these exhibitions have already been chosen.
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Exhibit Name: SAQA Frontiers: Art meets Science
Premiere location: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England
Date: August 2010
Additional venue locations to be determined.
Theme: 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.
Juror: David W. Fraser, MD
Curator: Jill Jensen (jilljensenart@hotmail.com)
SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science
Accepted Entries
Virginia Abrams Lipid Cells
Regina Benson Second Sun
Susan Brubaker Knapp Coleus
Susan Brubaker Knapp Lepidoptera
Betty Busby Binary Fission
Lili Christensen Global Warming 1: Greenfields
Carol Churchill Primordial Soup
Nancy G. Cook Southern Hospitality
Willy Doreleijers Phoenician Message
Aileyn Renli Ecob Beautiful Worms
Bodil Gardner Bluetooth Revisited
Deborah Gregory Particle and Wave
Mary Ellen Heus Tracks
Susan Jackan Glial Neuron Conversations
Sara Kelly Blue Boobs are Best
Rebecca Kemble In the Beginning
Rebecca Kemble Sierpinski Triangle Interpreted
Franki Kohler Nature's Fractal
Raelene M. Kwong Cells Dreaming
Kevan Lunney Archeology, Fragments #6, 7, 3
Alison Muir Blood Falls
Andrea Perejda Cellular Communication
Suzanne Riggio High Water: 1927
Bonnie J. Smith Human Interferon Divided
Daphne Taylor Quilt Drawing #12
Cecile Trentini Beyond Imagination
Karen Tunnell Liquid Fractals
Sandra van Velzen A storm broke loose in my mind
Carol Ann Waugh H1N1
Carol Ann Waugh Swine Flu Garden
Deborah Weir Wood Cells
Anita Welty Virus H5N1
Grace Wever, PhD Finding True North - A Quantum Compass
Sally Wright 2009-A Space Odyssey
Ita Ziv Fire Fingers
Exhibit Name: A Sense of Direction: Sightlines (Invitational) -
Exhibit Concept:
A Sense of Direction: 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.
Invitational Curator: Virginia A. Spiegel (Virginia@VirginiaSpiegel.com)
Venues:
· International Quilt Festival Houston, TX November 2011
· International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL April 2012
· International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA July 2012
· Additional venues to be determined August 2012-2014
Fibrations (smaller works exhibition)
Fiber + Celebration = Fibration
NEW venue added!
This is a wonderful time for fiber artists! We have so many reasons to rejoice as our work is recognized and accepted around the world. We have new tools, new materials and new audiences to explore. What else do you celebrate in your life? Whether it is your art or some other aspect of day-to-day living, this exhibit is a means to express your joy through the use of fabric and other suitable materials.
Exhibition Travel Dates: September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010
Travel Venues:
2. Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Nov 6, 2009 - Feb 1, 2010
Golden, CO
3. Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
Feb 25-28, 2010
Hampton, VA
4. The Quilt Fest of New Jersey
March 7-10, 2010
Somerset, New Jersey
5. Denver National Quilt Festival
April 29-May 2, 2010
Denver, CO
Juror: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Curator: Kathy Lichtendahl (lichty@nemontel.net)
Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show
Curator Vou Best is sending the three groups of pieces out 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.
All of the Trunk Show pieces were displayed during the Art & Excellence conference, and they looked wonderful! After the Trunk Show has finished traveling, a portion will be selected to become an important permanent study collection at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
IQSC is devoted to the preservation, study and exhibition of quilts and to sharing its resources with the public. The donation of the selected works from the "Meet SAQA's Artists" project will create an important archive representing both SAQA and the artists who are working in the studio art quilt medium in 2009-a historical benchmark to assist future historians, academics, writers and others tracking the art quilt movement. To have a permanent, archived collection of representative work at the IQSC and the University is an important realization of SAQA's educational mission.
A 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 has generously agreed to sponsor production of a joint catalog for A Sense of Humor and SAQA@20.
Premiere location: International Quilt Festival Houston, TX
Dates: October 15 - 18, 2009
Juror: Pam RuBert
Curator: Patricia Gould (patriciagould@msn.com)
Travel Venues:
2. International Quilt Festival
Chicago, IL
April 2010
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 2010
www.quilts.com
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 has generously agreed to sponsor production of a joint catalog for A Sense of Humor and SAQA@20.
Invitational Curator: Patricia Bolton
Exhibition Curator: Cindy Rinne (cindy@fiberverse.com)
Travel Venues:
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"SAQA: Twelve Voices"
Photos from the Opening activities:
http://www.saqa.com/aboutus/voices.aspx
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 Store.
Travel Venues:
2. Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Boone, NC
September 10, 2009-January 22, 2010
http://www.turchincenter.org/
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/
"Masters: Art Quilts" - the exhibition
Invitational exhibition of one work by each of the artists featured in the "Masters: Art Quilts" book, which is published by Lark Books. All artists are SAQA members. The presentation of both exhibits was possible thanks to generous sponsorship from eQuilter.com, JT Trading (505 Basting Sprays) and the American Quilter's Society.
Travel Venues:
4. National Quilt Museum
Paducah, KY
August 13-November 10, 2009
www.quiltmuseum.org
5. New England Quilt Museum
Lowell, MA
November 19, 2009-February 14, 2010
EXCEPT for Jan.1-18 when the museum is closed.
www.nequiltmuseum.org
"Points of View"
Premiere location: International Quilt Festival, Long Beach CA
Dates: July 24-26 2009
This exhibition will showcase emerging artist members whose work is both excellent and unique yet hasn't managed to catch the jurors' eyes 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:
3. William Bonifas Fine Art Center
Escanaba, MI
August 12, 2010 - September 16, 2010
www.bonifasarts.org
"Transformations 09: Reflections"
Premiere location: Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.
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:
2. Guilford Art Center
Guilford, CT
November 13, 2009 - January 3, 2010
www.guilfordartcenter.org
3. Alaska Fiber Festival
Anchorage, AK
March 5-14, 2010
http://www.alaskafiberfestival.org/
4. Grants Pass Museum of Art
Grants Pass, OR
June 1, 2010 - July 17, 2010
www.gpmuseum.org
5. Visions Gallery
San Diego, CA
August 6, 2010 - October 10, 2010
http://www.quiltvisions.org/
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| SAQA Exhibit News: Regional Exhibitions |
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Canada:
"Synthesis" is traveling.
Contact Karen Goetzinger (quiltopia@sympatico.ca).
Travel Venues:
iv)Quilt Canada, a national conference of the Canadian Quilters Association
Calgary, Alberta
May 2010
Colorado, Utah & Wyoming:
Stitch·Design·Art
January 8 - February 20, 2010
Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
http://www.firehouseart.org
Stitch·Design·Art will regionally exhibit the vision of SAQA and its promotion of our work as part of the mainstream of the contemporary art movement. The exhibit will showcase the most original, creative work pushing the boundary of what we typically see entered into a fiber art exhibition.
Juror: Judith Cassel-Mamet
Artists Juried into Stitch.Design.Art
Miriam Basart - Dyslexia
Miriam Basart - Eye of the Storm
Christi Beckmann - Discrimination
Christi Beckmann - Six Hundred and Twenty Two
Christi Beckmann - The Tao of Line
Susan Brooks - Movement of Time Through Space
Vicki Carlson - Incubation
Lili Christensen - Earth Garden
Lili Christensen - Peace in a Garden
Patty Hawkins - Skeletal Tree Patterns
Jean Herman - Fantasy Island
Kathy Keating - Firedance
Mary Koenig - Is It Spring in Wyoming?
Gay Lasher - Floating Landscape
Kit Robinson - Monasterio de Santa Catalina
Louisa Smith - Color Play
Louisa Smith - Windows of Opportunity
Joan Sowada - Mandala
Susan Strickland - The Coup Stick
Anne Theobald - Impressions: Coutours
Judith Trager - Red Study
Dianna VanderDoes - Night in the Desert #2
Joan Wolfer - On to the Wall
Joan Wolfer - Take a Spin
Charlotte Ziebarth - Migration Dreams #2
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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.
The Fall Journal has been mailed. Let me know (msielman@sbcglobal.net) if you have not received your copy. Please include your correct mailing address in your email.
Upcoming Journal Gallery Page Themes and Deadlines:
·Photo imagery - due date February 1, 2010
·Nature - due date May 1, 2010
·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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From Quilts, Inc:
Establishment of the Texas Quilt Museum was announced by The Quilt Institute, a nonprofit foundation under the leadership of Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes.
The Museum will be housed in an historic 1895 building on the town square of La Grange, in Central Texas. Purchase of the building was completed in summer 2009. The projected opening date is 2011, to coincide with the 175th anniversary of Texas' independence and the founding of the Republic of Texas.
The Museum has been a dream of the two women for many years. They note that Texas has a wealth of beautiful and historic quilts, dynamic quilt guilds, and quiltmakers of both traditional and avant-garde art quilts who have attained recognition nationally and internationally.
For additional information: The Quilt Institute, 979-249-4271
From Lark Books:
We're holding a special contest: Lark Books' Quilt It! Contest. This contest has a few goals, namely to encourage, inspire, and engage the awesome online quilt communities popping up everywhere, to celebrate some of our most favorite quilting books (past, present, and future), and, of course, to have some fun! Details: http://www.larkbooks.com/crafts/quilt-it-contest
One Grand Prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to hancocks-paducah.com and 11 quilting books from the Lark collection.
Four Quilt Category winners will each receive 11 quilting books.
The contest will run from October 24th - January 5th and winners will be announced on February 1st. To enter, read the rules then email us at QuiltIt@larkbooks.com with the title of your piece, at least one photo of your quilt, and in which quilt category, as set forth below, your Quilt should be judged.
Required Elements
Entrants will create an original Quilt of any size that incorporates at least three of the following five required elements:
Bird/s
Mountains
Silver fabric, thread, item
Recycled/repurposed material
Beads
Quilt Categories
Best Use of Beading or Beaded Elements
In celebration of Creative Quilting With Beads, this prize will be awarded to the quilter who employs the best use of beading or beaded elements in his or her quilt entry.
Best Use of Hand-Dyed/Altered Fabrics
To celebrate the November 2009 release of Color Your Cloth, this prize will be awarded to the quilt that incorporates the most creative use of hand-dyed or altered fabrics.
Best Art Quilt
This prize will be awarded to the best art quilt. This category celebrates Masters: Art Quilts and the forthcoming 500 Art Quilts.
Best Use of Recycled Material
As beautifully illustrated in the January 2010 launch of Quilt It with Wool, this prize will be awarded to the quilt that represents a creative, original, or unexpected use of recycled or repurposed material.
Quilt Category prizes will be awarded to the best Quilt in each Quilt Category above. Upon contest completion all winning quilts will be posted on www.larkbooks.com.
Grand Prize will be awarded to the quilt that exhibits the most quilting creativity, originality, ingenuity, and artistry in addition best use of the required elements.
From International Quilt Study Center:
"Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt" will open November 21st and run through May 9th at the International Quilt Study Center (1523 N. 33rd Street Quilt House University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE USA 68583-0838; 402-472-6549 www.quiltstudy.org) Curators Michael James and Sandra Sider chose the works of 21 artists from the IQSC collection.
From Quilt Visions:
Quilt Visions 2010: No Boundaries-CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline for receipt of entries: January 30, 2010.
Entry fee: Quilt Visions members $30, non-members $70 includes 1 year membership.
For information and entry form, go to www.quiltvisions.org
Visions 2010, the eleventh biennial international exhibition, showcases the best in contemporary art quilts. The exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside CA 92054 is open to the public from October 24, 2010 through March 13, 2011.
For other questions about the exhibition, contact Charlotte Bird at Visions Art Quilt Gallery 619-546-4872 or visions@quiltvisions.org.
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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).
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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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