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July 2009 e.Bulletin |
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2009 is SAQA's 20th Anniversary!
SAQA Needs Your Support This Year --
What your contributions support:
- This year we are traveling 10 exhibits, which will visit 17 venues and be seen by well over 100,000 visitors.
- We are traveling the SAQA Trunk Show to every region that requests it as a way to share what is happening in SAQA artistically. 50 pieces will then be selected to become a permanent part of the International Quilt Study Center's collection as a record of the art quilt in 2009.
- We are producing two print catalogs ("Transformations 09: Reflections" and a joint catalog for "SAQA@20" and "A Sense of Humor"), as well as a CD catalog for "Points of View." The catalogs will be sent to participating artists, as well as to our collectors and museums lists.
- We are publishing 4,000 copies of Portfolio 16 and mailing it to collectors, galleries, museums, art consultants, and interior designers, as well as selling it through Amazon and through quilt stores.
- We hosted the "Art & Excellence" conference in conjunction with the Opening for Quilt National. DVD's of the keynote speakers and panel presentations are now available for regions to borrow.
- We will publish four information-packed issues of the SAQA Journal, which are mailed to members and to our list of BFA/MFA textile programs.
Membership fees cover only 41% of the budget, so we depend on other sources of income to support all of these programs and publications.
There was a small surplus last year, so why is fundraising so important this year? There are three main reasons:
1. Corporate giving is down due to the poor economy - we've raised only 60% of what we were able to raise last year.
2. The conference was only three-quarters full, so it lost money.
3. All of our costs are up, such as postage, shipping costs, credit card fees, etc.
There are several ways that you can help:
- Keep volunteering. SAQA runs on volunteer power. Every hour that you give means that we can continue to keep staff costs to a bare minimum.
- Thank you to everyone who sent in an Auction donation. While it would be a miracle if we raised as much money this year as last year, the Auction is a huge contribution to SAQA's bottom line.
- Bid on your favorite Auction quilts! And tell all your friends to bid too. We need to get the word out about the Auction!
- Buy books and other items through the SAQA Bookstore. A percentage of each purchase goes to support SAQA.
- Make a donation. Whether it's a Loose Change monthly pledge or a donation when you renew, your support is critical to SAQA's efforts. You can donate any time online through the website: https://www.saqa.com/donations.aspx?
NEW! OneCause.com shopping - this is a new way to support SAQA without having it cost you anything. I did this for several years when my children were in elementary school and raised $700 for the school without having it cost me a dime.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
However you choose to support SAQA, your support is critical to keep our organization growing and thriving. Thank you for your support!
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 Deadlines & Dates + SAQA Press Coverage
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SAQA PRESS COVERAGE
Justhands-on.tv interviewed me at Festival of Quilts in Birmingham when I stopped in to see "Transformations 09: Icons & Imagery" while on vacation in August 2009. You can see the interview and the exhibition by registering at justhands-on.tv and clicking on the Festival of Quilts video in the upper right corner of the Home screen. The interview starts about minute 6:00 in the video.
Judith Content's work and studio are featured in the current issue of AmericanStyle magazine. You can see photos from the photo shoot at http://www.americanstyle.com >click on Organized Chaos.
DEADLINES and DATES
July 13-17, 2009 - SAQA Office closed for vacation
July 22, 2009 - Gregory Case Conference Call - Preparing Your Image for Jurying
July 23-26 - International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California
August 15, 2009 - DEADLINE for entry emails for "A Sense of Direction: Sight Lines"
August 19, 2009 - Jeremy Epstein Conference Call -- Word of Mouth: How to use Social Media tools
August 20-23 - Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK
September 10, 2009 - SAQA 2009 Benefit Auction begins at 2:00pm Eastern
September 15, 2009 - Online submissions begin for "SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science"
September 16, 2009 - Hollis Chatelain Conference Call
October 15, 2009 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science"
October 28, 2009 - Penny McMorris Conference Call -- Portfolios
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SAQA 2009 Benefit Auction
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It's time to start getting the word out that the SAQA 2009 Benefit Auction will start Thursday, September 10th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
It will again be a reverse auction but the price points are slightly different from previous years: $750, $550, $350, $250, $150 and $75.
Add the Auction to your blog. Send it out with your newsletter. Place it on your website. Tell your quilt guild. Tell your friends and family. Tell your collectors. Tell anyone and everyone else about this opportunity to purchase great art at a great price and support the work that SAQA does.
We've received 213 wonderful SAQA 2009 Benefit Auction quilts as of this afternoon. You can see the donations which have already been photographed at http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares09_1.aspx
On July 8th Barb McKie will be photographing the rest of the auction pieces. It takes her a few days to process and color correct them. We will then post the images as quickly as we can.
PLEASE CHECK the website to make sure that the information posted with your donation is accurate. Your image will contain a link to your web site if you have one. If the link isn't there, please let Eileen Doughty (ef.doughty@verizon.net) know the correct URL.
This year we're also including a brief description of each piece: "What Your Computer Doesn't Show You," since many details do not show up well on the computer. PLEASE CHECK that the description is accurate and let me know if it needs to be revised (msielman@sbcglobal.net). NOTE that the descriptions have to be limited in length due to space requirements - it should be accurate but may not be able to include all possible information.
Thanks to Eileen Doughty and Jen Solon for doing all the work to put the Auction images on the website!
THANK YOU to everyone who created a 12" square Auction piece to support SAQA's programs!
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Volunteers needed for IQF-Long Beach
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Southern California co-rep Jamie Fingal is still looking for a few more volunteers for the SAQA booth at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach:
If you are coming to Festival in Long Beach, come join the fun by volunteering two hours of your time in the SAQA booth. This is a great time to meet and get to know other SAQA members. If you volunteer to work in the booth (two-hour shift), you will get in free to the show on the day you work. Here are the last open time slots:
Thursday, July 23: 6-8pm; 7-9:15pm
Friday, July 24: 3-5pm
Sunday, July 26: 11am-1pm; Noon-2pm; 1:30-3:30pm
e-mail Jamie Fingal at twistedsister@jamiefingal.com
We have another great line-up for the SAQA Lecture Series. Thank you to our sponsors: Machine Quilting Unlimited and C&T Publishing.
Friday, July 24th
10:30-11:30 Connie Rohman - Gallery Walk through "Masters: Art Quilts"
11:30-12:30 Terry Waldron "Landscape-itis!"
12:30-1:30 Marjorie Johnson "The Shapes and Forms of Art Quilts"
5:30-6:30 Salli McQuaid "Naked: Quilt Confessions of a Renegade Artist"
Saturday, July 25th
10:30-11:30 Connie Rohman - Gallery Walk through "Masters: Art Quilts"
10:30-11:30 Rose Hughes "Artfully Embellishing"
4:00-5:00 Lisa Ellis "Healing Quilts"
5:00-6:00 Mary Vaneecke "Surface Design"
Sunday, July 26th
12:30-1:30 Jake Finch "Magazines, Books, and Patterns - Oh, My!"
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Volunteers needed for Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK
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SAQA is looking for a few more volunteers to help out at the SAQA table at Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK from August 20-23, 2009. Please contact Lynne Seaman ( seamanl1@hotmail.com)if you are willing to help.
Thank you to Lynne and to Marlis Egger for volunteering to coordinate our table.
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SAVE THE DATES: "Reinvention" conference will be March 19-21, 2010
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NOTE: brochures will be mailed out in early Fall and registration will start then.
Jointly sponsored with Surface Design Association, "Reinvention" will be held at San Francisco State University 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 (details to follow):
Friday, March 19
- Opening Keynote by Marci McDade
- Reinvention at the Museum of Art & Design - David McFadden
- Reinvention at the Bellevue Arts Museum - Stefano Cataloni
- Reinvention at the deYoung Museum of Art - Jill D'Alessandro
- 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
Sunday, March 21
Studio tours:
- Jean Cacicedo & Ana Lisa Hedstrom
- Candace Kling
- Richard Elliott
- Karen Livingston
- Robin Cowley
Museum exhibits:
- Tour 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
2. Virginia Davis - Surface Design For Knit Textiles: Resist, Felt, Painting & Transfer
3. Ana Lisa Hedstrom - Dye Sublimation Transfer Printing on Polyester and Eco Fiber
4. Terry McClain - Light/Illusion
5. Marilou Moschetti - Old World/New Age Felt
6. Barbara Shapiro - New Ideas in Dyeing
7. Yoshiko Wada - Boro: Transformed: Patching, Piecing, and Stitching
8. Daniella Woolf - Encaustic Techniques for Fiber Artists... or Textures and Translucency to die for!
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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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This month's call is July 22nd with Gregory Case. Greg will be speaking about Preparing Your Images for Juried Shows, his very popular session topic at the Art & Excellence Conference. (8:00 PM EST/5:00 PST)
Hope you'll join us!
Upcoming Calls:
August 19th- Jeremy Epstein- WOM: Word of Mouth: How to use Social Media tools (facebook/linked in etc. to parlay your business)
September 16th - Hollis Chatelain - Case Study of a Dream: Venturing into the Unknown. Discussion of Hollis's "Imagine Hope" project.
October 28th- Penny McMorris- Portfolios
Discussion on creating an effective portfolio; Penny's experience jurying 12 voices.
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This month's guest curator is Clairan Ferrono, who has curated "Abstract Geometry": http://www.saqa.com/galleries/mini_gallery.aspx?galid=54
Clairan writes, "Both abstract and geometric art intrigue me, and I am particularly delighted when I find works that contain both. For this exhibit I have looked for common imagery concerning natural and urban landscape as well."
Selected Artists
BOB ADAMS
DEIDRE ADAMS
BRITTA ANKENBAUER
JILL AULT
DEBBIE BABIN
REGINA BENSON
ESZTER BORNEMISZA
JETTE CLOVER
LINDA COLSH
QUINN ZANDER CORUM
FENELLA DAVIES
DIANNE VOTTERO DOCKERY
DEBORAH FELL
FLORIS FLAM
VALERIE S. GOODWIN
CATHY KLEEMAN
CAROL LARSON
B. J. PARADY
NORMA SCHLAGER
DESIREE VAUGHN
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Many THANKS to Catherine Pascal for managing the monthly Virtual Exhibits!
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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: SAQA Frontiers: Art meets Science
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009 at 11:59 Eastern
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.
General Exhibit Description:
In order to create a visually-coherent display, each participating artist is asked to create work that fits within a maximum area of one meter square area (100cm x 100cm). This can be a single piece or multiple pieces that fit within those boundaries. The work can be smaller than one meter square.
Juror:
David W. Fraser, MD
Curator: Jill Jensen (jilljensenart@hotmail.com)
Calendar:
* September 15, 2009 Online Entry Opens (www.saqa.com through the Members Home page)
* October 15, 2009 Online Entry Deadline at 11:59pm Eastern
* October 15-November 15, 2009 Jury process
* November 15, 2009: Notification of acceptance (All notifications will be forwarded via email.)
* December 1, 2009: Print quality images due to Deidre Adams and curator for publicity and catalog
* July 16, 2010: Artwork to be RECEIVED at Quilts, Inc. in Houston, TX
Fee: $30 for entry of up to 3 pieces. Members must pay their fee using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) through the SAQA website.
NOTE: SAQA's jury fees have been raised to $30 to cover the costs of the online jury system. Since you will no longer have to create a CD and pay for postage to mail it (not to mention overnight shipping fees when things get left until the night before!), the Exhibition Committee hopes that this small increase in fees will be acceptable.
Exhibit Name: A Sense of Direction: Sightlines (Invitational) -
DEADLINE August 15, 2009
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
Invitational Curator: Virginia A. Spiegel (Virginia@VirginiaSpiegel.com)
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. Curator Virginia Spiegel will select the artists from those who express interest (see How to be Considered below). 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.
Go to: http://tactilequilts.com/eyeline/index.html to see the exhibition that inspired Sightlines. Thank you to Jenny Bowker for her help and support to the SAQA Exhibition Committee and to Virginia Spiegel in developing the idea for A Sense of Direction: Sightlines.
The Exhibition Committee is very excited about the potential of this exhibition and hopes that it can travel to several fine art museums, as well as to the International Quilt Festivals in Houston, Chicago and Long Beach. However, it requires a major commitment from the selected artists. Selected artists must agree to create a body of work to the specifications described below between selection (August 31, 2009) and finalization of the exhibition in February 2010. Selected artists must also agree that the works will remain available for the exhibition from completion through the end of the exhibition's travels in 2014. The long lead time between creation of the artwork and beginning of the exhibition in October 2011 is necessary to be able to propose the exhibition to museums which set their calendars several years in advance. Artwork may be sold, but only with the proviso that the new owner agrees to loan the artwork to SAQA until September 2014.
Exhibit Description:
Each artist will create from five to eight works. At least one, but no more than four, will be major works (either horizontal or vertical orientation) with a line, literal or implied, running through each of the quilts. Four will be 8"x8" quilts, to facilitate a visual connection between their work and the next artist's work.
The sightline will begin in the horizontal center of the first two 8" squares, begin and end at a point 60" from the floor for the major artwork(s), then continue through the last two 8" squares at their horizontal center. The sightline can meander through the major artwork(s), so long as it begins and ends at the 60" point. Each 10' wide space will feature two of the 8" squares, followed by the major artwork(s), then the last two 8" squares at the end with 1" spacing between all works. Allowing for the four linking 8" squares means the major artworks must utilize 6'10" of the 10' wide space and, of course, be no more than 7' high.
Calendar:
SAQA A Sense of Direction: Sightlines (Invitational)
· Call for consideration May 19, 2009
· DEADLINE for Entry emails August 15, 2009
· Selection of artists August 31, 2009
· Approval of final artwork by curator February 2010
· Information & images to travel coordinator
& Deidre Adams March 2010
· Proposals to museums April 2010
· Quilts due at Quilts, Inc. in Houston September 2011
· Exhibition Travel September 2011 to September 2014
HOW TO BE CONSIDERED:
· Send an email with the subject line of "Sightline Consideration" to Virginia Spiegel, Virginia@VirginiaSpiegel.com. In the body of the e-mail, include your contact information and a brief statement about why you would like to be part of this exhibit.
· Either attach 2 jpeg or tiff images of your current work OR include a link to your web site. If sending digital images, title each digital image with the first 2-3 words of your artwork title, no spaces and no punctuation. Examples: StuffedShirts.jpg or IAlwaysWear.tif.
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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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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.
Exhibition Travel Dates: September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010
Travel Venues:
1.Yellowstone Quilt Fest
Sept 10-13, 2009
Cody, Wyoming
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
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. Vou says that she has dates available throughout the summer - 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 the 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:
1. International Quilt Festival
Houston, TX
October 15-18, 2009
www.quilts.com
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 the joint catalog for A Sense of Humor and SAQA@20.
Invitational Curator: Patricia Bolton
Exhibition Curator: Cindy Rinne (cindy@fiberverse.com)
Travel Venues:
1. International Quilt Festival
Houston, TX
October 15-18, 2009
www.quilts.com
2. International Quilt Festival
Chicago, IL
April 2010
www.quilts.com
3. International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, CA
July 2010
www.quilts.com
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"Transformations 08: Icons & Imagery"
Justhands-on.tv interviewed me at Festival of Quilts in Birmingham in August 2009. You can see the interview and the exhibition by registering and clicking on the Festival of Quilts video in the upper right corner of the Home screen.
Juror Rudolf Smend of Galerie Smend in Germany chose the artists for Icons & Imagery. Deidre Adams designed the catalog, which was funded through a generous donation from Susan Cargill. The catalog is available through the SAQA Store.
Travel Venues:
"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/
"A Sense of Time"
Next venue: International Quilt Festival in Chicago.
Juror: Namita Gupta Wiggers, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon
Curator: Arlene Blackburn (arleneblackburn@comcast.net)
Travel Venues:
"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. "Masters: Art Quilts" will also travel to the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in Paducah, KY and to the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA.
Travel Venues:
"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
Travel venues:
1. International Quilt Festival-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
July 24-26, 2009
www.quilts.com
2. Fremont Center for the Arts
Canon City, CO
October 2-31, 2009
http://www.fremontarts.org/main.html
"Transformations 09: Reflections"
Premiere location: Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.
Juror: Laura Cater-Woods
Curator: Cyndi Souder - (Cyndi@moonlightingquilts.com)
Catalog will be sponsored through a generous donation from Susan Cargill.
Travel venues:
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| SAQA Exhibit News: Regional Exhibitions |
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East of the Mississippi River
"Musings"
SAQA has been invited to exhibit at the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan this summer.
Dates: June 19 - August 30, 2009
Juror: Sandra Sider
Curator: Mary Andrews (marylynn1@aol.com)
Canada:
"Synthesis" is traveling.
Contact Karen Goetzinger (quiltopia@sympatico.ca).
Travel Venues:
iii)Rossignol Cultural Centre Liverpool
Nova Scotia
June 1-July 15, 2009
iv)Quilt Canada, a national conference of the Canadian Quilters Association
Calgary, Alberta
May 2010
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Opportunities in SAQA
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Visioning Project volunteers needed. Lisa Chipetine writes:
Lisa Chipetine wants to talk to some under-30's! As part of the Visioning Project, Lisa wants to do a live broadcast via the internet and discuss quilting with your kids, your grandkids, your neighbors, yourself. She is looking to set this up sometime in early August. If you know someone or would be interested yourself, please email lisa at lisa@threadplay.com
Video Expertise Needed:
Do any members have either videographer or cinematographer background? If so, Lisa Chipetine would like to consult you on a special project being developed for SAQA. Please email lisa@threadplay.com.
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| SAQA Store News |
NEW books in the SAQA Bookstore:
http://www.saqa.com/aboutus/SAQA_StoreThumbnails.aspx
 Inspired to Quilt: Creative Experiments in Art Quilt Imagery by Melanie Testa (Interweave Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59668-096-8, $24.95, 136 pages)
Need to get your creative juices flowing? Spend some time in Melanie's world - journaling, experimenting, and playing with your ideas and materials. Includes a good overview with step-by-step directions of dyeing, printing, soy wax resist, and painting on fabric. The strength of this book is Melanie's explanation of how to use your journal of ideas and to put all the techniques together to create a work of art. She explains and demonstrates how she uses her signature technique of layers of sheers to create layers of design, and how a single image pulled from her journal can be used in a multitude of different designs. I found this section fascinating, as I've always thought of using images as "one and done." Melanie mines each image for a variety of uses. Instructions on how to use quilting and embellishment to highlight elements of your design, several small projects, and a gallery fill the last section of this book. Inspiring!
 Clare Plug: Look South (Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery, Napier, New Zealand, 2009, ISBN 978-0-473-14879-9, $20)
"Look South" is an exhibition of Clare Plug's work at the Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery in Napier, New Zealand. The works in the exhibition are the result of three years of new work following a artist residency in Antarctica. Three essays explore different aspects of the exhibition. Lucy Hammonds (Curator of Design Collections at Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery) describes Clare's artistic pathway and how the Antarctic residency affected her work. Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Director of Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery) describes the history of the Robert Scott expedition to the South Pole and the importance of flags and textiles to the expedition and how that affected Clare in her response to the Antarctic environment. Ursula Ryan (Information Advisor, Antarctica New Zealand) looks at the Heroic Era and its periods of exploration and how the artifacts from that time affected Clare's work. A fascinating body of work and a fascinating catalog.
 Photo-Inspired Art Quilts: From Composition to Finished Piece by Leni Levenson Wiener, (Krause Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-0-89689-804-2, $29.99 includes DVD hosted by Nancy Zieman, 128 pages, list of resources, index)
Not only will this book inspire art quilts, it will inspire you. Leni shows clearly how to evaluate your own photos to find interesting ideas for art quilts, how to use cropping to eliminate extra visual information, and how to combine several photos to create a stronger composition. Digital cameras allow us to capture so many wonderful images, but they're not all great art quilt candidates. Being able to follow Leni's thought processes as she evaluates different photos and combines them to create a strong composition is extremely helpful. Good instruction in art quilt construction and thread painting shows the reader how to translate the photo collage into fabrics. Especially valuable is the section on creating faces.
Art & Excellence Conference DVD's ($15 each; $25 for both)
Keynotes DVD:
Alyson B. Stanfield: Tough Times Call for Tough Artists
Don Bacigalupi: A Museum Director's Perspective
Panels DVD:
Quilt National '09 Jurors panel: Katie Pasquini Masopust, Sue Benner & Ned Wert
What's Next? panel: Susan Shie, Therese May, Dominie Nash, Robin Schwalb, Sally Sellers
SAQA's First 20 Years and Beyond - The Presidents panel: Yvonne Porcella, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Judith Content, Lisa Chipetine
You can now buy SAQA mugs, tote bags, pins and studio aprons through the SAQA Bookstore.
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SAQA PUBLICATIONS in the SAQA Store
https://www.saqa.com/aboutus/SAQA_StoreThumbnails.aspx
--"A Sense of Time" catalog ($15)
--"Portfolio 15" ($29.95) -- slightly damaged 2nd's available for $14.95
--"Transformations 08: Icons & Imagery" catalog ($15)
--"12 Voices" catalog ($20)
--"Transformations 07: Reverberations" catalog ($15)
PLUS "Masters: Art Quilts, Volume 1" ($24.95)
Eileen Doughty is the web site coordinator for our web site. Please contact her at artist@doughtydesigns.com if you have any questions or suggestions about using the site.
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| Journals |
The Summer Journal got held up at Customs and will be mailed out next week.
Upcoming Journal Gallery Page Themes and Deadlines:
·Thread painting - due date August 1, 2009
·Pieced work - due date November 1, 2009
·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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| Portfolio 14 Powerpoint Presentation |
Thanks to Dena Crain, we now have a PowerPoint presentation of 50 works from Portfolio 14 available. If you would like to show this Portfolio 14 PowerPoint or the Portfolio 13 PowerPoint to a group of friends, a quilting guild, a class you're teaching, a civic group, or anyone else who might be interested, contact Clairan Ferrono (fabric8tions@hotmail.com).
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| Other Information |
From Lark Books:
Notification letters for "500 Quilts" are scheduled to be sent out in September, once the book has been completely laid out. If all of your images were declined, then your slides and transparencies will be returned to you with the letter. If any of the images were accepted then it will be around November when the images are returned to you. -- Dawn Dillingham, Lark Books
From Quilt National '09"
Quilt National '09 on exhibition at The Dairy Barn Arts Center through September 7, 2009. 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH. Phone (740)592-4981. www.dairybarn.org.
From the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles:
"Reservoir: John M. Walsh III Collects" will be exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Quilt & Textiles through July 26, 2009. The opening reception is Sunday, May 10 from 2:00-4:00pm.
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Call for Entries for the 10th Quilt Nihon Exhibition 2009 sponsored by the Japan Handicraft Instructor's Association and Nihon Vogue:
Deadline is July 31, 2009
Grand prize is 1,000,000 yen
Entry form: http://www.jhia.org
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Brochures/Journals Available for Teachers
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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.
Not yet a SAQA member? Then:
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