SAQA’s mission is to promote the art quilt. Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.
We welcome all who are inspired by the art quilt to explore, connect and create with us through our many programs, events and community spaces.
Art quilts in SAQA exhibitions, events, and publications are the personal expression of the artist and are not censored or judged by these guidelines.
Questions, comments, or reports of violations of these guidelines may be emailed to info@saqa.art.
Content Standards
All SAQA programs, activities, and communities should strive to ensure that content does not detract from SAQA’s primary mission to promote the art quilt. All programs, activities and communities should:
- Focus primarily on art quilts, art and artists.
- Refrain from political, religious, or other sensitive content that is not directly related to art quilts, art or artists.
- Acknowledge that content shared by members does not necessarily reflect the views of SAQA.
All content is subject to SAQA’s review or moderation consistent with its mission, vision and values.
Personal Expectations
To ensure an affirmative and beneficial environment, all SAQA members, volunteers, staff, contractors, attendees, and sponsors of SAQA events and programs are expected to:
- Encourage and support other members of our community.
- Act with kindness, fairness, honesty, integrity, inclusion, respect, and openness.
- Treat everyone with equity and dignity.
- Provide a healthy environment for the exchange of ideas.
- Honor the perspectives of others and share feedback thoughtfully and respectfully.
Unacceptable Behaviors
- Harassment is not tolerated including but not limited to intimidation, sustained disruption of discussions, inappropriate physical contact, personal attacks, offensive verbal comments, and other harmful or unwelcome attention.
- Defamatory, profane, discriminatory, unlawful or threatening comments are unacceptable.
- Discrimination is not tolerated including but not limited to unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, or behaviors based on bigotry or implicit biases against a particular group.
- Violations of intellectual property rights (e.g., copyright) and privacy rights are unacceptable.
- Repeated use of programs, activities or communities for commercial purposes (such as but not limited to the advertising or promotion of a member’s personal business), is not permitted.
Response to Violations
Any concerns regarding the alleged violation of the SAQA Community Guidelines may be shared with SAQA staff, a Board member, or the leader of the program, activity or community space where the alleged violation occurred.
A member of the staff, Board member, or other SAQA leaders will acknowledge receipt of a complaint in a timely manner and will review and investigate as appropriate. Details of complaints will be kept as confidential as possible.
Confirmed violations will be handled as follows: (1) The violator will be notified of the Community Guidelines violation; (2) The violator will be asked to cease the unacceptable behavior; and (3) SAQA may require an apology and/or may edit or remove any content at issue as it sees fit.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately. If the unacceptable behavior continues, SAQA will take actions which in its sole judgment are necessary to preserve its mission, vision, and values, including exclusion of the violator from the relevant program, activity or community, or in extreme cases from the entire SAQA community.
Scope of Coverage
These SAQA Community Guidelines extend to all activities, events, publications, and community groups including but not limited to:
- SAQA sponsored Facebook Groups including but not limited to Members Only, regional, and Special Interest Groups.
- Other online communities or platforms including conference organization sites
- Speakers, participants, vendors, and attendees at in-person and virtual conferences
- Regional meetings both in-person and virtual
- Special interest groups
- Staff, Board, committee, and other volunteer meetings
- Other SAQA sponsored events or presentations
- Publications including magazine articles, social media posts, newsletters, and digital resources