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February 2010 e.Bulletin |
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 NEW MEMBERSHIP BROCHURES NOW AVAILABLE!
Please discard your old peach-colored brochures - they have the old membership rates. All regional reps will be sent a packet of the new brochures. Contact me (msielman@sbcglobal.net) if you are not a rep but would like some of the new brochures. Include your mailing address and how many brochures you need.
New Video Initiative
From Lisa Chipetine --
If any of you have the ability to make a video of yourselves in your studio or are having a gallery/public event in the upcoming future, please contact me at lisa@threadplay.com.
I am in the process of setting up a SAQA Broadcasting Channel (like a SAQA You-Tube). This is perfect opportunity for those of you who are participating in the SAQA Auction, to publicize your piece. You can put your website or contact information in the video if you have that technology; show your stuff!
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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
The current issue of Quilting Arts has a 6-page feature on the "Masters: Art Quilts" exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum through 2/25.
Several pieces from "Transformations 09: Reflections" are in the current issue of Quilters Newsletter.
The New York Times Metro section reviewed an exhibition of Jack Walsh's collection at the Morristown Museum through 4/25:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/nyregion/24artsnj.html?ref=nyregion
Now online: Interview with Laura Wasilowski and Jette Clover as they tour the installation of "Transformations: Reflections" at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK last August. (Watching the full video is only available to subscribers.)
http://www.justhands-on.tv/
DEADLINES and DATES
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February 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Photo Imagery
February 17, 2010 - Cindy Friedman Conference Call - Developing an International Exhibition
March 1, 2010 - Online submissions begin for "Creative Force 2010"
March 10, 2010 - Pamela Diamond, CPA Conference Call - Tax Considerations for the Artist
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 14, 2010 - Anna Hergert Conference Call - Teaching on the Circuit
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 19, 2010 - Lisa Chipetine Conference Call - Social Media: Facebook, YouTube, Linked In, and Twitter
May 31, 2010 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "Wide Horizons II"
June 16, 2010 - Melanie Testa Conference call - Blogging 101
July 14, 2010 - Lisa Chipetine Conference call - Mind-mapping: The Visual Way to Plan
August 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Geometric
September 20, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction starts
November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Green
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| SAQA NEWS & REGIONAL REPS |
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Yvonne Porcella, SAQA's founder and first President, is in the hospital. She wrote: "If I could impose upon all my wonderful friends, it would be to ask for prayers, faith in keeping our flame of SAQA alive, and support for the art quilt in the public arena." The news as of Friday, January 29th is that she came through the surgery and is ready to start the next phase of recovery.
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NEW Regional Representatives
- Terri Stegmiller is the new rep in North Dakota and South Dakota
- Wen Redmond is the new co-rep for New Hampshire
- Cat Larrea will become the new rep for Alaska
- Brooke Atherton will be the new rep for Montana and Idaho
THANK YOU to retiring reps: Kim Madsen, Mary Will Sussman, SueAnn Walker, Linda Beach and Sharon Baker. Your combined years of service have been invaluable to the growth and success of SAQA!
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Can You Help? Volunteers Needed
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1. Regional Reps are needed for the following regions:
- Co-representative for Washington with Marie Johansen
- 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 Sielman ( msielman@sbcglobal.net) if you can volunteer for these important positions.
2. Would you like to be the interviewer for some of the next Mentorship Calls? Lisa Chipetine ( Lisa@threadplay.com) is looking for assistant interviewers.
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"Reinvention" conference is almost full!
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The Conference is almost full - there are only 14 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 five 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 - FULL
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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SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction
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Leslie Carabas - Puzzle *** Terrie Hancock Mangat - Medicine Buddha Shrine *** Nancy Ryan - Under the Oaks
AUCTION DONATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO ARRIVE!
http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares_10_1.aspx
SAQA's Benefit Auction is our biggest fundraiser. Last year we had donations from 235 members and raised $47,325!!!
We are again asking for your donation - an art quilt approximately 12" square (but we accept slightly smaller, slightly larger, and non-square pieces as well). Your artwork will have both a thumbnail and full-screen version, with a description and a link to your website. We can accept only ONE donation per artist.
It's a great way to support SAQA's programs and exhibitions
and promote your work at the same time!
DONATION SHIPPING:
Pat Gould (patriciagould@msn.com) will be organizing this year's Benefit Auction. Auction donations need to be shipped to:
Pat Gould
12620 Towner Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Please send the following information with your donation:
Title of piece
Your Name
Full Address
Email Address
Website URL
1-2 sentence description of the piece
DEADLINES:
Early Bird Deadline: April 1st
This will make your piece eligible for inclusion in:
Auction advertising
Auction postcards
Display at IQF-Chicago April 16-18
Final Deadline: July 1st
IMAGES:
Pat will arrange to take a photo of your work. If you would like to have it appear on SAQA's website right away, email a good quality jpg (no larger than 800 x 800 pixels, with the background edited to pure white or cropped completely to the edges of the square - a white wall is not the same thing!), with your name, the title and your website's URL directly to:
Eileen Doughty ef.doughty@verizon.net
If you would like your website/blog linked to your name, send its link also.
AUCTION CALENDAR AND PRICES:
This year's Auction will begin on Monday, September 20th at 2:00 Eastern. Price points will again be: $750, $550, $350, $250, $150 and $75. Unsold work will be placed on the SAQA website for a month and then returned to the artist.
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Vivian Zepf wrote:
"I received an email today from someone interested in my artwork. When I inquired how she got my email address, she said that she had seen the piece I had made for the 2009 auction on the SAQA website and had followed the links to get my email address.
I don't how often this happens, but I'm excited to know that it does -- and thought you would be, too. Here is clear evidence that photographs on the website can help link an artist to an interested party. I, for one, am so glad that last year's auction photos are still accessible. I hope the organization will continue to post pictures of pieces in auctions, exhibits, etc for as long as possible so that the artwork is available to as broad an audience as possible."
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Exhibition Hanging Rods Fund Update
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$9,313 was raised towards the cost of purchasing hanging rods for SAQA exhibitions. We've just purchased the first batch of rods to support "Transformations 09: Reflections" and are working on the order for rods for "SAQA@20."
Thank you for your support!
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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 $365 at no cost to anyone!
Several more members just joined, so now 85 members have signed up to support SAQA by using OneCause.com.
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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.
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| SAQA SURVEYS ARE COMING! |
We had such a great response to the 2009 Exhibitions Survey! 493 members reported on 520 venues where they exhibited in 2009. We're still analyzing the results and will post them in March's e.Bulletin.
We need your feedback! SAQA is sending out two additional 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 remaining 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.
- 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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Get the word out -- SAQA Artwork is Now for Sale on the Website
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Two pieces have sold from the online Gallery:
- Joan Sowada's "Cosmic Bicycle"
- Noriko Endo's "Radiant Reflections"
Please spread the word through your blogs, websites, newsletters, and meetings that artwork is now for sale on the SAQA website:
http://www.saqa.com/aboutus/available.aspx
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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.
http://www.saqa.com/aboutus/available.aspx
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| New Virtual Exhibit on SAQA Web Site |
Yvonne Porcella - "Ask Me Again 2"
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This month's guest curator is Jamie Fingal, who created "Seeing Red":
http://www.saqa.com/galleries/mini_gallery.aspx?galid=63
Jamie writes, "February seems synonymous with the color red. It is a color that I use frequently use in my own work. These pieces spoke to me. Go forth and be bold!"
List of selected artists
ARLENE L. BLACKBURN
ESZTER BORNEMISZA
ANN BRAUER
LESLIE CARABAS
CHER CARTWRIGHT
CINDY COOKSEY
CATHY ERICKSON
VALERIE S. GOODWIN
SANDRA GREGG
TRISHA HASSLER
ANN JOHNSTON
M. A. KLEIN
EILEEN LAUTERBORN
SUZANNE MACGUINEAS
JAE MCDONALD
PATTI MORRIS
KATIE PASQUINI MASOPUST
YVONNE PORCELLA
EMMIE SEAMAN
TRACY MCCABE STEWART
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Many THANKS to Jen Solon for managing the Virtual Exhibits!
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NEW Featured Artists on website
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Alison Muir - 4 Year Term Astrid Hilger Bennett - Urban Salsa
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Check out the new Featured Artists on SAQA's website under Collectors. Current featured artists are Alison Muir and Astrid Hilger Bennett.
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REGIONAL CONFERENCE -
WAYNE, PA 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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SAQA-U News
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MENTORSHIP CONFERENCE CALLS
Many thanks to Pat Pauly for a wonderful presentation on Designing an Exhibition! You can access the video (and audio for you iPod users) on the home page of SAQA-U: http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/
Additionally, you can access the video on Lisa Chipetine's January 4th presentation: Jump-starting your Productivity
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/Ed+Mentorship+Forum+Productivity
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UPCOMING CONFERENCE CALLS
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NOTE: The problems that Canadian members were having are now fixed.
February 17 - Cindy Friedman (Developing an International Exhibition)
Webinar Signup Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/856719522
Questions for Cindy? Post them here:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/message/list/Ed+Mentorship+Forum+Friedman
March 10 - Pamela Diamond (CPA-Financial Advisor Creative Wealth, LLC): Tax Considerations for the Artist
Webinar Signup here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/941837451
April 14 - Anna Hergert: Teaching on the Circuit (lessons learned)
Webinar Signup Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/995173987
Questions for Anna? Post them here:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/message/list/Ed+Mentorship+Forums+Hergert
May 19 - Lisa Chipetine: Social Media (The Big Four): Facebook, YouTube, Linked In and Twitter
Webinar Signup Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/564867059
Questions for Lisa? Post them here:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/message/list/Ed+Mentorship+Forum+Social+Media+Chipetine
June 16 - Melanie Testa: Blogging 101- How it can help your business!
Webinar Signup Here:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/585765074
Questions for Melanie? Post them here:
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/message/list/Ed+Mentorship+Forum+Testa+Blogging
July 14 - 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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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)
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 2010
· International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL April 2011
· International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA July 2011
· Additional venues to be determined August 2011-2014
Fibrations (smaller works exhibition)
Fiber + Celebration = Fibration
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.
Travel Venues:
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
6. National Quilting Association Convention
June 17-19, 2010
Columbus, OH
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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 16-18, 2010
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 23-25, 2010
www.quilts.com
NEW Venue Added!
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:
2. International Quilt Festival
Chicago, IL
April 16-18, 2010
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 23-25, 2010
www.quilts.com
4. Bloomingdale Park District Museum
Bloomingdale, IL
September-November, 2010
http://www.bloomingdaleparks.org/
5. Springfield Art Museums
Springfield, MA
November 2010 - January 2011
http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/
6. National Quilt Museum
Paducah, KY
June 7, 2011 - September 4, 2011
www.quiltmuseum.org
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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.
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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/
"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:
NEW VENUE ADDED
"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. American Quilters Society Show
March 24-27, 2010
Lancaster, PA
http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/lancaster/2010/general_info/
4. 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:
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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
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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.
The Winter 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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From 10th Quilt Nihon Exibition
Over 70 traditional and contemporary quilts selected from more than 450 entry from 19 countries will be exhibited.
Exhibition date: Feb. 6~11, 2010
Exhibition Site: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
Information: nihonten@tezukuritown.com
From Alegre Retreat:
Alegre Retreat for fiber artists, Gateway Canyons Resort is quickly filling up for the second annual event, which includes one five-day and one two-day session, to be held June 6-13, 2010. Katie Pasquini-Masopust, Alegre Retreat Director, will be assisted by fellow fiber artists Jane Dunnewold, Carol Shinn, Sue Benner and Patty Hawkins.
From Meg Cox, President of The Alliance for the American Quilt
Many of you already know that the online Quilt Index is the biggest virtual quilt museum on the planet. But it just got a whole lot better, with a huge boost in the number of quilt collections archived, plus the additions of some helpful high-tech tools.
Thanks to a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Quilt Index has recently added about a dozen new contributors. These include quilts from documention projects in Louisiana, Hawaii, Connecticut, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Rhode Island, among others. Many of these projects added thousands of quilt images, accompanied by detailed research about each quilt's origins. The 667 quilts from the Hawaii project, all made before statehood in 1959, are especially breathtaking.
Also worth noting, one of the new collections just added to the Index is the Signature Quilt Project, the first time that the public was invited to submit quilts. There are some 60 well-documented signature quilts from private collectors all over the country, and the staff at the Index has identified another 2,000 that were already online so that connoisseurs of this style quilt can browse and study at length. There are essays about signature quilts here to, providing more depth.
Go to www.quiltindex.org, and browse by clicking on Contributors. While there, be sure to try out two new tech tools added as part of a facelift for the Index, both of which reduce the frustrations of studying quilts online. Because of the new zoom feature, you can move in close to a quilt's surface and study stitching and embellishment, get a better idea of the fabric used, and so on. It's pretty intuitive: in the basic display of each quilt, there is a small, transparent square inside the main quilt image, and you can click on that to move it around the surface. In a second box below, the highlighted area only will be shown.
The Quilt Index is a collaboration between the Alliance for American
Quilts; Michigan State University Museum; and MATRIX:Center for Humane Arts,
Letters and Social Sciences Online.
From the New England Quilt Museum:
The New England Quilt Museum Library - One of the Largest Quilting Libraries in the US - Offers Assistance to Researchers and Quilters Worldwide
Are you looking for design inspiration and a wide variety of motifs? The New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA has a research and lending library with thousands of books, magazines, videos, and articles on quilters and quilt making.
We encourage quilters all over the U. S. to join our Museum and borrow books and videos from us by mail. NEQM membership is $45 per year for adults and $30 per year for students and seniors 60 and over. If you live outside New England, you can take $5 off your annual membership fee.
Please use our website at http://www.NEQuiltMuseum.org for more information. To contact us for research assistance, e-mail me at Questions@NEQuiltMuseum.org Or phone us at 978-452-4207 X15.
Martha Supnik
Library Volunteer
From Virginia Spiegel:
My new book, "Wild at the Edges: Inspiration from a Creative Life" is now
available and may be previewed/ordered here:
http://bit.ly/7RMmrS
"Wild at the Edges" is woven from the intertwined threads of writing,
photography, adventuring, and making art. It is not only about my
inspirations and influence, but also what is beautiful and significant in my
creative life.
25% of the profits from this book will be donated to the American Cancer
Society through Fiberart for A Cause.
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 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.
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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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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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