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Julia Arden

Julia

Arden

Regional Representative

julia.arden@xtra.co.nz

Canterbury, New Zealand

Tania Tanti

Tania

Tanti

Regional Representative

home@taniatanti.com.au

Altona Meadows, Victoria, Australia

The Oceania Region is predominantly Australia and New Zealand SAQA members, and we welcome all those who are interested in art quilting. Our region comprises of members who are new to art quilting through to professional art quilters and you will be sure to find like minded creatives amongst our membership.

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Send newsletter items to Mary Transom, Newsletter editor : saqaoceanianewsletter@gmail.com

Bay of Plenty POD get together, sharing and discussing our creative work. Photo credit: Lois Parish Evans

"Connections" Oceania members exhibition, Hamilton Craft and Quilt Show, NZ 2019 Photo Credit: Lois Parish Evans

"Connections" Oceania members exhibition, Quilt Symposium, Auckland NZ 2019 Photo credit: Lois Parish Evans

A Bay of Plenty Oceania get together organised with visiting SAQA President, Lisa Walton 2018

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Related Information

Oceania Artist Panel

This webinar includes three SAQA members from Oceania - Brenda Gael Smith, Jenny Bowker, and Charlotte Scott - sharing their art quilts and discussing how their creative lives are influenced by the places they live.

Australian Landscapes in Art Quilts

Three award-winning SAQA artists: Dianne Firth, Sue Dennis, and Judy Hooworth share insights on incorporating their native Australian landscape in outstanding art quilts. Each artist covered their individual process of viewing landscape and transitioning their thoughts into pieces of art.

OMG! SAQA’s Oceania mentorship program

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