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Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
PO Box 572
Storrs, CT 06268
860-487-4199
www.SAQA.com
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November 2008 e.Bulletin |
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Deadlines & Dates to Remember
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October 29-November 2, 2008 - IQF-Houston SAQA Lecture Series and booth
November 7, 2008 - Receive-by Deadline for "SAQA@20"
November 7-9, 2008 - SOFA Chicago SAQA table
November 9, 2008 - Quilt Visions Panel Discussion
November 10, 2008 - SAQA Auction 2008 Part I BEGINS!
November 18, 2008 - SAQA Auction 2008 Part II BEGINS!
November 19, 2008 - Jean Judd Conference Call -- Evolution of a Quilt Studio and Artist
November 28, 2008 - SAQA Auction 2008 Part III BEGINS!
January 21, 2009 - Wendelyn Wood Anderson Conference Call -- Digital Textile Printing for the Fiber Artist
January 28, 2009 - Deadline for "Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show"
January 30, 2009 - Deadline for "A Sense of Humor"
February 18, 2009 - Daren Redman Conference Call -- How to Write for Magazines - Working with Editors
April 1, 2009 - Deadline for "Musings"
May 21-24, 2009 - SAQA Conference "Art & Excellence" in Athens, Ohio
June 1, 2009 - Deadline for "Fibrations"
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SAQA Auction 2008 - Starts November 10th!
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Join the fun!
If you had unlimited funds, what would you bid on? Send me your lists, and I'll post a new one on the website each day. Auction pages begin here: http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares08_1a.aspx
Rita Hannafin's List:
"Here are my top 10, not in any order, and there were many more I would love to own as well:
1. Page 1a, row 12 Heidi Stegehuis-Ihle "Down by the River" This evokes a very real misty feeling of early morning water.
2. Page 1b, row 5 Elaine Quehl "Hosta" Very interesting treatment of a nature close-up.
3. Page 1b, row 5 Susan Shie "Obama" A fantastic historical treasure no matter what happens in the election.
4. Page 1b row 11 Linda Colsh I am attracted to the imagery and her use of muted colors and texture. I see my grandmother.
5. Page 2a, row 7 Judith Content "Sudden Showers" I love the texture of the silk. Every time I see it, I tumble into it. I covet this piece.
6. Page 2a, row 7 Nelda Warkentin "Color Study" Great texture and depth. Keeps my interest, fun.
7. Page 2a, row 12 Martha Sielman "Omama" I like the story behind the piece and the use of the photo. I am attracted to the Tree of Life imagery as well. It is a personal piece to me.
8. Page 2b, row 3 Leslie Gabrielse "Together" I love his use of color with abandonment. Great texture and different fabrics used in unexpected places. Makes me want to study the piece more.
9. Page 3a, row 9 Mary Pal "Portrait" This is simply astounding for a very simple piece.
10. Page 3a, row 14 Noriko Endo "Autumn in Ohio" I want to walk in her woods. So much texture and depth and work in this piece.
Cindy Cooksey's List:
"It's so hard to pick just 10 out of all the beautiful quilts. But since you asked, if I had unlimited funds, here are ten that caught my eye, with my reasons why:
Therese May - "Abundance is Now" - I've always admired her work. 2A
Patricia Pauly - "Little Red" - Color and composition. 1A
Paula Chung - "Apricot Rose II" - Delectable colors. 2A
Jeri C. Pollock - "When This River Ran Wide and Deep" - Dreamy textures. 2B
Roberta Chalfy Miller - "Portals" - So artful. 3A
Regina Marzlin - "Precious Wheat" - Intense colors, the wheat just pops. 3B
Susan Shie - "Obama Portrait 4" - Love her exhuberance. 1B
Jamie Fingal - "The Little Black Dress" - So playful and fun. 2B
Shoko Hatano - "The Animals #24" - Dramatic color and composition. 3B
Peig Fairbrook - "Farewell" - Vibrant composition. 2B
Auction of Part I (pages 1a and 1b) will begin on Monday, November 10th at 2:00 Eastern/11:00 Pacific (NOTE: the Pacific time was printed incorrectly on the postcard and some of the ads - I added the three hour time difference instead of subtracting).
This is a reverse auction. Bid price for the first 24 hours after 2:00 Eastern/11:00 Pacific on November 10th will be $750. The next day, at 2:00 Eastern/11:00 Pacific on November 11th, the price will be dropped to $650. It will then go to $550 (Nov 12th), $450 (Nov 13th), $350 (Nov 14th), $250 Nov 15th), $150 (Nov 16th) and end at $75 on November 17th. Unsold work will be returned to the artist.
Auction of Part II (pages 2a and 2b) will begin on Tuesday, November 18th Then we'll take a short break for Thanksgiving, and the auction for Part III (pages 3a and 3b) will begin on Friday, November 28th.
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| International Quilt Festival in Houston |
If you're going to Festival - come to the SAQA exhibitions and booth, right on Main Street as you exit the Vendor Hall and check out:
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Two SAQA exhibits: "Masters: Art Quilts" and "A Sense of Time"
Three new SAQA publications: "Portfolio 15", "A Sense of Time" catalog, "12 Voices" catalog
Four SAQA Lectures on Thursday afternoon (10/30):
1:00-2:00 Cyndi Souder - It's Okay to Write on Your Quilt
2:00-3:00 Lisa Ellis - Healing Quilts
3:00-4:00 Eileen Doughty - Art Quilts in Public Art Projects
4:00-5:00 Stephanie Nordlin - Wearable postcards
Followed by "Meet the Artists" get-together starting at 4:30
PLUS
A sneak preview of the SAQA Auction - new pieces displayed every day
Gallery Walks with Martha Sielman through Masters: Art Quilts on Friday and Saturday mornings (10:30-11:30)
The Art Quilt Reception at the Hyatt Ballroom on Friday at 5:30
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| Visit SAQA'S Booth at SOFA (11/6-9) |
Desi Vaughn is organizing SAQA's booth at SOFA (Sculptural Objects; Functional Art) in Chicago November 6-9, 2008. SAQA will have a table in the Resource Area and be recruiting collector members, selling publications, and networking with galleries and other fiber art organizations. If you go to SOFA, please stop by. This was incredible experience for those who participated last year.
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| SAQA Events at Visions (11/8-9) |
RESERVATIONS must be made for each of these events, even if you are a member of SAQA, QV or OMA - please call Visions Gallery during gallery hours 619-546-4872
"Quilt Visions 2008" Oceanside Museum of Art 11/9/08-3/1/09
Saturday, 11/8
5 - 7pm Opening Reception at the Oceanside Museum of Art (QV/OMA members free; public $8/pp)
Sunday 11/9:
11:30 - 1pm Juror Walk Through with Judith Content ($20/person)
Oceanside Museum of Art
1:15-2:30 SAQA lunch at Vigilucci's - contact Jamie Fingal for information (twistedsister@jamiefingal.com)
2:30--4:30 pm SAQA Panel Discussion "Striving for Excellence" moderated by Judith Content. Panel Members: Wendy Huhn, Linda Colsh, Nelda Warkentin and Lori Lupe Pelish
Oceanside Museum of Art in the upstairs auditorium (SAQA/QV/OMA members free; public $20/pp)
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SAQA-U News
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Did you know that you can now read the SAQA Journals online at SAQA-U?
All of the Journals and Newsletters going back to SAQA's very first year are viewable as PDF's and all of the articles and reviews from the two recent years are loaded as pages in SAQA-U, so you can search either through the SAQA Journal Indexes or by key word searches. Sign in to SAQA-U and click on Back Issues SAQA Journal in the left hand navigation bar or go to: http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/Res+SAQA+Journal+Back+Issues
Click on the "Star" at the top of the page to turn it yellow if you'd like to be notified when other items are added.
Need Help with SAQA-U?
Join our new LIVE webtraining session with Lisa Chipetine!
November 19th 7:00 - 8:00 PM Eastern (4:00-5:00 Pacific)
Register by clicking this link and you will receive an email with instructions:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/436066662
UPCOMING MENTORSHIP CALLS: 1-712-432-0150 Passcode: 986204#
Call in at 7:00 Eastern to meet with Lisa Chipetine for a SAQA-U training session - reservations required (see above).
Or dial in at 7:55 Eastern just for the Mentorship calls:
November 19th - Jean Judd -- Evolution of a Quilt Studio and Artist
January 21st - Wendelyn Wood Anderson -- Digital Textile Printing for the Beginning Fiber Artist
February 18th - Daren Redman -- How to Write for Magazines - Working with Editors |
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Save the Dates
Art & Excellence Conference May 21-24, 2009 in Athens, Ohio |
Conference registration information and registration forms will be mailed out in two weeks, and you'll also be able to sign up online shortly. It's enrollment on a first come-first served basis and we're limited to 175 attendees, so sign up early.
Don Bacigalupi, Director of the Toledo Museum of Art will be our closing keynote speaker on Saturday evening. Saturday's luncheon keynote speaker will be Alyson B. Stanfield, the ArtBizCoach and author of I'd Rather be in the Studio!
Our conference kick-off event will be an Artist 'speed-dating' mixer as a fun way to get to know the other attendees on Thursday evening. Bring a small piece or a postcard of your work to introduce yourself.
Mini-workshop presentations on Friday will include: Sandra Sider (Critiques), Gregory Case (Digital Photography Basics), Carol Taylor (Pricing, Sales & Commissions), Pat Gould (Digital Entry Preparation), Gwyned Trefethen (Time Management), Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki (Digital Designing with Layers), Carol Ann Waugh (Self-publishing) and Lisa Chipetine and Michele Hardman (moderating a Marketing Outside the Box brainstorming session).
Mentorship round tables and an artists' trunk show will fill Saturday morning, followed by an exciting line-up of panel discussions:
"The Jurying Process" with the jurors of QN 09: Katie Pasquini Masopust and Ned Wert
"What's Next?" moderated by Wendy Huhn, with Susan Shie, Darcy Falk, Sally Sellers and Dominie Nash
"SAQA's First 20 Years & Beyond" with SAQA's three presidents: Yvonne Porcella, Katie Pasquini Masopust and Judith Content
And we'll be including everyone's favorite events: Quilt National '09 Opening, the Quilt National Banquet, the auction of Art Gallery in a Box IV, and the FOFA Sunday brunch.
We are offering six wonderful pre-conference 3-day workshops Monday through Wednesday (May 18 - 20), 2009.
1. Silk/Textile Painting by Smadar Knobler
2. Shibori by Christine Zoller
3. Art & Design Fundamentals by Kim Lakin
4. Color Mastery by Maria Peagler
5. PhotoShop for Artists by Deidre Adams
6. Complex Designs by Leslie Gabriëlse
Class size will be limited to 15 students, so be on the look out for the sign-up form. |
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SAQA Exhibit News: Calls for Entries
**NOTE: SAQA exhibits are open to ALL members, unless there is a geographical restriction.
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DEADLINE is November 7th for "SAQA@20":
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 will be an invitational exhibition curated by Patricia Bolton, Editor in Chief of both Quilting Arts and Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazines and a SAQA board member.
There are NO jury fees for this exhibition. This is an invitational process: Patricia Bolton will be selecting one piece each from artists whose work she feels best expresses this concept of SAQA's international community. Since she is not familiar with every member's work, she has asked that members who are interested in being considered submit their website URL, plus one image of work that they feel would be especially appropriate for this exhibition and that would be available from September 2009 through September 2011. If you do not have a website, you may send up to three images instead.
A full prospectus is on the web site:
http://www.saqa.com/members/EntryForms.aspx
Receive-by Deadline is November 7, 2008.
NEW Call for Entries - Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show (non-juried) - portion to become part of IQSC's permanent collection
SAQA is almost 20 years old, with more than 2200 members from all over the world. The Exhibition Committee wanted to make that world a little smaller by introducing ourselves to each other through our artwork. As part of our 20th Anniversary celebration, we are planning "Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show".
These works will be available for travel to each of our regions, upon request, during our 20th Anniversary celebration. The regions may share them with their members and use them to showcase SAQA and its mission.
A portion of "Meet SAQA's Artists" will then be selected to become an important 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.
To participate you will need to create a piece of your work that showcases a process, technique, or style that represents your artistic voice. The size of the piece needs to fit a 12" square mat with an 8" square opening. Because the artwork will be behind the mat, the size should be a minimum of 9 inches, maximum of 11 inches per side; remembering that only the central 8x8-inch square space will be visible through the mat. The edges need not be finished.
The prospectus for this project is available on the Members Home page of the website. There are no fees.
Exhibition Curator: Vou Best (vbestdaja@aol.com)
Deadline: January 28, 2009
NEW Call for Entries - Musings
An exciting opportunity for SAQA members: SAQA has been invited to exhibit at the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI this summer. Prospectus is on Members Home page.
Premiere location: Gerald Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Dates: June 19 - August 30, 2009
Juror: Sandra Sider
Curator: Mary Andrews (marylynn1@aol.com)
Deadline: April 1, 2009
This exhibition is open to United States SAQA artists who live east of the Mississippi River.
NEW Call for Entries - 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.
Works must be 12"-30" on each side. Prospectus is on the Members Home page of the website.
Exhibition Travel Dates: September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010
Venues:
Yellowstone Quilt Fest Sept 10 - 13, 2009
PIQF mid-October 2009
Colorado Quilt Festival May 2010
Elements Gallery, (Billings, MT) June 1-July 31, 2009
Artist's Reception at Elements Gallery: June 11, 2010
Juror: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Curator: Kathy Lichtendahl ( lichty@nemontel.net)
Deadline: June 1, 2009 Receive by date for digital images
Open to U.S. Residents only.
Call for Entries - A Sense of Humor - Deadline January 30, 2009
Laughter makes the world go 'round! This exhibition celebrates the laughable, amusing, comical, whimsical, incongruous, and absurd aspects of humor.
Premiere location: International Quilt Festival Houston, TX
Dates: October 15 - 18, 2009
Deadline: January 30, 2009 (postmark deadline)
Juror: Pam RuBert
Curator: Patricia Gould ( patriciagould@msn.com)
Prospectus available on Members Home page of the web site:
http://www.saqa.com/members/EntryForms.aspx
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| SAQA Exhibit News: Current Exhibitions |
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"Creative Force 2007" is at its final venue. A selection of works from the exhibit will be at the CKMedia Gallery through the end of November.
Travel Venue
4. CKMedia Gallery - Quilters Newsletter (portions of Creative Force only)
Golden, CO
August 4 - November 28, 2008
http://qnm.com/pgallery/
"Transformations 08: Icons & Imagery"
Fourth and final venue just added. 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"
Want to see photos from the Opening activities? Go to
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 is being 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 (more in negotiation):
1. Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Boone, NC
November 2009-January 2010
http://www.turchincenter.org/
2. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
Dates to be determined, 2011
http://www.lrma.org/
"A Sense of Time"
Premiere location: International Quilt Festival and Market, Houston, TX October 2008.
This exhibit will be displayed in a hard-wall, gallery-like exhibit space. SAQA will travel "A Sense of Time", after its premiere, to International Quilt Festivals in both Chicago and Long Beach.
Juror: Namita Gupta Wiggers, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon
Contact Arlene Blackburn with any questions (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. This exhibit will be displayed at the three International Quilt Festivals with "SAQA: A Sense of Time", premiering at IQF-Houston this fall. The presentation of both exhibits is 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:
1. IQF-Houston
Houston, TX
October 29 - November 2, 2008
www.quilts.com
2. IQF-Chicago
Chicago, IL
April 17-19, 2009
www.quilts.com
3. IQF-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
July 24-26, 2009
www.quilts.com
4. Museum of the American Quilter's Society
Paducah, KY
August 13-November 10, 2009
www.quiltmuseum.org
5. New England Quilt Museum
Lowell, MA
November 19, 2009-February 14, 2010
www.nequiltmuseum.org
"Points of View"
Premiere location: International Quilt Festival, Long Beach CA
Dates: July 24-26 2009
SAQA is currently negotiating several possible travel venues.
General Exhibit Description: 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
Artists Selected
Virginia Abrams - Full Moon Rising
Elizabeth Barton - Separate and Together
Patricia Bruvry - Sunrise over Sausalito
Barbara Confer - Light Shining Through
Joanell Connolly - With Abandon
Marcia DeCamp - Blocks #3
Aileyn Ecob - Celadon Circles
Lutgard Gerber-Billiau - Because I Am Fleming #1
Monique Gilbert - Blue Moon
Connie Horne - Faces of Diversity
Harumi Iida - Moon Light
Sara Kelly - How to be Plaid in a Striped World
Terry Kramzar - After the Ice Storm
Phillippa Lack - Somewhat Off Kilter
Pam Lowe - Waves VII
Kathleen McCabe - Bigger than Life
Linda McCurry - Tork: Bridge to Hope
Suzanne Neusner - Spring Vines
Frauke Palmer - Desert Varnish, Utah
Anne Parker - Mau Xanh La Cay
Pat Pauly - Broken Chair
Ruth Powers - The Old Homestead
Cindy Rinne - Womb
Karen Schulz - Abstraction II
Jayne Willoughy Scott - Night Drawing #3
Rita Streimer - Echoes of Africa
Rhoda Taylor - Rusty Tea Party
Mary Vaneecke - Waterways: Primarily Samaras
Mary Vinovskis - Opposing Forces
Susan Walen - Masterpiece for Nancy
"Transformations 09: Reflections"
Premiere location: Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England.
Juror: Laura Cater-Woods
Curator: Cyndi Souder - (Cyndi@moonlightingquilts.com)
Travel venues:
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| SAQA Exhibit News: Regional Exhibitions |
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Arizona
"The Arizona Art exhibit" (Arizona members only) will be exhibited at Art on Boston in Chandler, Arizona (November-December 2008) and at the Shemer Arts Center in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2009. For more information contact regional representative Linda McCurry (lindamccurry@fox.net).
Australia and New Zealand:
"SAQA: Oceania Art Textiles" had a very successful premiere at the Queensland Quilt Show and will be exhibited at Gallery 159 (159 Payne Road The Gap, Brisbane, Queensland, 07 3300 6491) from February 7-22, 2009. Please contact regional representative Sue Dennis (bsdennis@bigpond.com) for more information.
Canada:
"Synthesis" was exhibited at the Metro Toronto Convention Center (South Building) in Toronto, Ontario from October 17-19, 2008.
Questions? Contact Karen Goetzinger (quiltopia@sympatico.ca).
Travel Venues:
ii)Cape Breton Crafts Centre
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
March 10 -April 25, 2009
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
Virginia and surrounding regions:
'Amazing Art Quilts', a juried exhibit for SAQA members from three regions around Virginia (VA/NC/SC & TN/KY & MD/PA/DC/WV), will be exhibited at the Hampton, VA Fiber Festival in February 2009.
Please contact Martha Bruin Degen ( mdegen04@ntelos.net) or Jill Jensen ( jilljensen_artist@hotmail.com) with questions.
Regional Exhibits Mentor
Arlene Blackburn is the Regional Exhibits Mentor. Arlene has volunteered to be a mentor to any member who is working on producing a SAQA regional exhibit. Arlene can help you with planning, insurance questions, forms and put you in contact with other advisors if needed. Contact Arlene at arleneblackburn@comcast.net.
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| New Virtual Exhibit on SAQA Web Site |
This month's guest curator is Martha Bruin Degen, who has created "Last Blooms of Summer": http://www.saqa.com/galleries/mini_gallery.aspx?galid=43
Martha says, "Virginia has been enjoying a gorgeous Indian Summer. The artwork I selected reminds me of the vibrant color in the last of the summer blossoms."
Artists Selected:
FRIEDA ANDERSON
LINDA BEACH
MELINDA BULA
CHER CARTWRIGHT
NANCY G. COOK
CINDY COOKSEY
DENA CRAIN
LENORE CRAWFORD
DENISE A. CURRIER
SUE DENNIS
MARILYN GILLIS
JULIE HIROTA
KAREN LOPRETE
ANNE LULLIE
KEVAN LUNNEY
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| Donations |
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Individual donations currently total $23,543! The generosity of SAQA's members and supporters has surpassed SAQA's 2008 goal for individual donations of $18,000. We cannot put on exhibits, print catalogs or do outreach without this support. Membership fees cover only 40% of the operating costs, and this additional support is critical in allowing SAQA to fund our exhibitions, publications and programs.
Donor form: https://www.saqa.com/donations.aspx
List of donors: https://www.saqa.com/aboutus/sponsorships.aspx
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| SAQA Store News |
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NEW TITLES THIS MONTH:
(Look for reviews next month of new titles by Patricia Bolton, Rose Hughes and Ann Johnston.)
 The Surface Designer's Handbook by Holly Brackman (Interweave Press, 2006) ISBN 978-1-931499-90-3, $29.95, 140 pages, spiral bound, glossary, bibliography, list of resources, index.
If you dye, paint, or print on fabric, this book is a must-have. This is an all-in-one resource that you'll refer to again and again. Holly Brackman begins with explanations of the differences among all the different types of dyes, which work best for which effects, what safety precautions to take, etc. She gives information on preparing different types of fibers and how to calculate stock solutions and dye quantities. Then she reviews similar information for screenprinting, discharging, devore, monoprinting, stamping, stencilling and resists. The samples are gorgeous and inspiring.
 Digital Essentials by Gloria Hansen (The Electric Quilt Company, 2008), ISBN 1-893824-64-0, $29.95, 208 pages, glossary, index.
Gloria Hansen designed my personal web site and the web site for Fiber Revolution, an exhibition group that I founded in the northeastern US. She's a person that I regularly turn to for advice on anything having to do with computers. Her answers are always clear, informative and easy to understand. So a book by Gloria on how to use digital image software is a surefire hit. If you have Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro and are having trouble learning how to work with your images, buy this book. Gloria shows you step-by-step how to calibrate your monitor, resize, work in layers, crop, adjust the color, and choose the best format to save to. She explains everything clearly and gives plenty of additional resources for information once you've mastered these basics.
Bestsellers List from the SAQA Store:
https://www.saqa.com/aboutus/SAQA_StoreThumbnails.aspx
1. "Masters: Art Quilts" by Martha Sielman (221 copies) - raising $3,033 for SAQA
2. "Picture Your World in Appliqué" by Margaret Cusack (57 copies)
3. "The Potter and the Muse" by Lotte Streisinger (23 copies)
4. "Quilting Transformed" by Jacqueline Atkins (22 copies)
4. "Leslie Gabriëlse: a Portrait" by Peter Bulthuis and Leslie Gabriëlse (22 copies)
6. "Katie Pasquini Masopust Teaches You Simple Steps to Dynamic Art Quilts" DVD (12 copies)
7. "Thread Painting" by Leni Levenson Wiener (11 copies)
8. "Rags to Riches" by Laurie Swim (9 copies)
9. "Joan Lintault" by Joan Lintault (7 copies)
10. "Fabric Art Workshop" by Susan Stein (6 copies)
10. "Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth" by Rayna Gillman (6 copies)
10. "Digital Essentials" by Gloria Hansen (6 copies)
SAQA PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE in the SAQA Store
https://www.saqa.com/aboutus/SAQA_StoreThumbnails.aspx
NEW! --"A Sense of Time" catalog is now available ($15)
NEW! --"Portfolio 15" is now available ($29.95)
--"Transformations 08: Icons & Imagery" catalog is available for $15
--"12 Voices" catalog is available for $20
--"Creative Force 07"/"A Sense of Place" double catalog - $20 (This catalog shows both exhibits, with each one opening from the opposite cover)
--"Transformations 07: Reverberations" catalog is available for $15
--"Creative Force 06" catalog ($10)
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 |
If you have not received the Fall Journal, please let me know. It is also available on SAQA-U under Resources.
http://www.saqau.wikispaces.net/Res+SAQA+Journal+Back+Issues
If you are teaching and would like copies of back issues to share with your students, please let me know.
Upcoming Journal Gallery Page Themes and Deadlines:
Surface Design - 02/01/09
Appliqué - 05/01/09
Thread Painting - 08/01/09
Pieced Work - 10/01/09
Photo Imagery - 02/01/10
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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| Portfolio 13 Powerpoint Presentation |
If you would like to show the slide show presentation or SAQA 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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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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