May 2013 Newsletter...you would have received this news via an email directly from SAQA. It has been edited and updated.
Our April meeting...April 28, 2012 details below!
Have you ever been in a room with over 270
art quilters and surface designers? WOW! Did we Rock! We have as much in common as we do not have
in common. The speakers were professionals
of the fine art and quilting field and as varied as the membership of the two
groups. It was great to see those who
are the star instructors of surface design and art quilting, so many of the
published authors of our field were there that I started to lose count. I wanted to get a photo with everyone, but
felt it was a wee bit to Hollywood, so I just made sure I met as many as
possible.
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February Newsletter 2012
November Newsletter 2011
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier:
That’s all for November. See you soon at the next SAQA MA/RI regional meeting (To be announced on Monday, November 14th on the blog)
October Newsletter...you would have received this news via an email directly from SAQA.
Michele David and Valarie Poitier will be bringing the SAQA trunk show to Quilters' Connection on November 7 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown at 7:00 PM. In June of each year we hold our annual quilt show, also at the Arsenal Center for the Arts. All are invited; non-guild members pay $5.00.
Janice Jones won a Special Award at Images for her piece entitled: "City Cycling". It won the Judge's award and can be seen on the Images webpage.
September 1st – October 15th
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SAQA MA/RI March 2011 News
There will be 2 SAQA meetings this Saturday - one at the New England Quilt Museum, and one for Western MA members in Greenfield. Co-rep Jeanne Marklin will be holding the meeting at Cheryl Rezendes's studio in Greenfield. The meeting starts at 12. Please bring a piece of work to share with other members. If you have a hanging method that you would like to share with the group, bring an example. A bag lunch is a good idea, drinks will be provided. We need to chip in a couple of dollars toward the use of the studio. SAQA member Elizabeth Keyes of Ashfield is in a group exhibit in Greenfield. The gallery is open on Saturday from 11-2, so if you're coming to the meeting it would be great to see the show before the meeting. Elizabeth will be at the meeting so we will have a chance to ask her about the exhibit. Future Western MA meetings will be held on April 9 and May 7. All are welcome to attend!
In addition to holding our regional meeting, we will share upcoming news, in progress or completed art works, talk about what we are doing or teaching, plan our next area exhibit, meet the artists of the current exhibit, and to invite our guests to become members.
There were presentations by the exhibiting artists and Valarie in the No Holds Barred Exhibit on Jan. 29;
SAQA MA & RI Newsletter May 2013
Edited by Michele David and Valarie Poitier Co-reps for
SAQA MA/RI
I have been out of commission due to 2 deaths and
critical illness in the family for the past 6 months. I have not been able to
produce the newsletter nor attend the last. SAQA MA/RI meeting. I am now back
in action and am able to will work on our monthly newsletters.
I am looking forward to receiving your 250 words short
article on an art subject or a fabulous teacher or exhibit you had seen for a
feature article in the newsletter. Do send them.
We would like to feature a member in the newsletter
also. So send me your bio and quilts images or website url. Send me the
information at micheledavid.fiberart@gmail.com.
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier:
Meeting Schedule:
May 25, 2013; August 10, 2013 in Lowell, MA; November 23, 2013; The locations will be announced in a separate
email message.
SANTA FE Conference News!!! I am so looking forward
to hearing from members in our area who were there! I have been to two
conferences and they were great! The networking, speakers, Rep meeting, they
were all great! What was this years
conference like? It would be great to
get a paragraph or two for our next newsletter to share with our members. What did you think of the speakers, the
location, and events you attended? If you send me a picture or two (and a
caption) I will happily post them in our newsletter.
I have been looking at other regional blogs and they are updated,
interesting, showing members work, pointing one to events and
exhibits in their area. We need to do
that as well. It is time for me to pass
our blog along to someone
else. The job is to post updates and
excerpts from our newsletter. It is an
easy software program and I could teach it to you in less than 30 minutes. I will stay on as backup for a few months
until you have it handled and in a year or so you get to pass it along to
someone else. Sharing the jobs of
supporting the members actually puts you in better contact with what is
happening in
and around
our region. I have learned so much. Check out my article in an upcoming SAQA
Journal about volunteering.
Now for exhibit possibilities: we have the opportunity to take part in the
Lowell Quilt Festival. Yes, we are
planning a curated Special Exhibit. It
will be on display August 8-10 at the Lowell Auditorium. From Thursday morning to Saturday at 5:00 pm
around 5000 people come to the area to see Lowell strut its stuff. There will be lots of exhibits open in the
city that week and we will add to that number bringing more art and culture of
our specific flavor to the festival. Our
exhibit is
not the original joint show we anticipated.
It will be a Massachusetts/Rhode Island Exhibit will be featured at the auditorium
on the second floor.
The joint New England Exhibit is in the works and we will be submitting a proposal before the end of the month to a museum.
We will have the most of the room and that means lots of
exhibit space. There will also be our usual regional meeting at 12:00 held in that room.
What help will we need in terms of volunteers for the
exhibit? (1) White gloves, (2) help with
the installation going up and down. Set
up will require at least 12 people across two days, two hour stints should do
it and you are welcome to come for the day.
I will be there Monday-Wednesday evening coordinating the hanging of the
200 quilts submitted to the Images Quilt Show.
We will be filming our the setup for our blog and to show in future
meetings. It will be a great photo op.
(3) Hostesses for the Saturday program to take care of handouts, man (woman)
the door, and answer questions.
This will be a tight turnaround in terms of time as
the images
and entry forms will be due June 15, 2013. We will have a printed info in the
Images booklet if we can work it out with the staff working on that project.
Watch for more information about our Regional member SAQA
Exhibit. To sign up to help with the numerous
administrative details or as a volunteer in August please contact me at saqamari@gmail.com
Member News
Michele David was on
the PBS Nancy Corner with sewing with Nancy hosted by Nancy Zieman and produced
by Wisconsin Public Television. You can see it at
Valarie Poitier has
an article in the SAQA Journal Spring 2013 edition
From Jeanne marklin
is taking a class with Carol Soderlund's Discharge and Illumination workshop at
ProChem in June and just heard that they need a few more people to make it a
go. She is sending this in hopes that there are some SAQA members who would
like to take advantage of taking the class at ProChem
http://www.prochemicalanddye.com/product.php?productid=17743&cat=0&page=1
Calls for Entries
Calls for entries can be found on the SAQA website at http://www.saqa.com/calendar.php?ID=9
Other calls for entries can be found at
http://www.lyrickinard.com/enter_shows.html
We are looking
forward to seeing you at the May meeting being held at the
Button Box Quilt Shop in Wellesley Ma at 10:00 am.
Michele and Valarie
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Our April meeting...April 28, 2012 details below!
This
year we have the gift of an early spring. I am enjoying writing the newsletter
sitting on my porch on a beautiful sunny morning. It feels like a wonderful
blessing. Valarie went to the SAQA/SADA and she had an exiting time. Below you
will see her report. This was enough to make me regret not going. I am putting
next year conference on my calendar now.
I am looking forward to receiving your 250
words short article on an art subject or a fabulous teacher or exhibit you had
seen. Do send them. This will be a new feature in the newsletter.
We would like to feature a member in the
newsletter also. So for next month, send me your bio and quilts images or
website url. Send me the information at micheledavid.fiberart@gmail.com.
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier:
My report on the SAQA/SDA Meeting will be
a bit sketchy as I am saving the best parts for the meeting, oh ho, not fair
you say! Well that may be true but all who manage to rearrange, or carve out
time for our quarterly meetings from their busy schedules, do deserve a treat
or two don’t you think? Don’t worry highlights
will appear in May’s newsletter and blog.
We as art quilters live full and busy
lives and from time to time we need to remember to step out of the familiar
grind and tap into something we have been investing in, our art lives and our SAQA
memberships. It could be a combination
of any or all of the following the journal, the web-site, the quarterly
meetings, the yearly conference or the critique group you have formed. If you have questions send me an email or
give me a call and we will brainstorm how you can get more or the most out of
your SAQA membership. I am chock full of
ideas having attended the Regional Reps meeting.
There were twenty reps from around the
globe. Our meeting was led by Desiree
Vaughn, our new Regional Representatives Coordinator. Kudos to Desiree she had a room full of high
energy, chatty, enthusiastic, excited reps and she managed us and the meeting
in an excellent fashion. We all came
away with information that will help us represent our regions in a well-informed
and motivating manner. We learned about
new an upcoming changes and decisions the board has made since our last meeting,
what worked best in other regions regarding recruiting and exhibitions that are
so different than ours, and how to share that information and the benefits of
being a member of SAQA with our regional members.
I
could have started most sentences with Oh! I’ve been to your site/blog or I
have your book. Of course I did not do
that but that was worth the price of admission for me. Why, because, I love putting the face with
the name and some I have been since I started surface designing on fabric! I must say I and felt right at home at the
exhibits and during the conference among artist and authors who I visit either
on-line or quite often trolling through their books trying to remember a
technique or two! If you have never been you should consider attending Expanding
Horizons in Santa Fe next year.
Upcoming Regional Meeting - April 28, 2012
Agenda
Our
next SAQA regional meeting will take place on April 28th 10:30 AM to 1:00 pm
with a short break for lunch, or we will just chow our way through out packed
agenda. Michele David and I will co-host.
Location:
Fabric Place Basement, the store is located at the Cloverleaf Mall, 321 Speen
Street, Natick, MA, and Telephone:
508-655-2000 with ample parking in shopping plaza lot. The shop is on
the lower level and there is an elevator just to the left of the stairs.
Refreshments: pot luck finger foods would be nice this round. Let us know if
you can bring some finger food.
Do you have a friend or acquaintance that
is starting to make the transition from traditional quilter to art
quilter? Guests are always welcome, it
would be a great time for them to meet likeminded people.
Proposed agenda items:
1.
Business Card Introduction exercise. Bring approx. 20 business cards or contact
information on a card. Postcards with your work and contact information are
also welcome.
2.
Featured Artist
3.
Professional Development: Bring two quilts that will be used in a Jurying
Exercise. Quilts should be no wider than your arm span.
4.
Stretching – taking care of your limbs & back
5. Old
and New Business
6.
Feedback from members who attended the SAQA/SDA Conference
7. Update on the proposed Exhibit/Symposium
8. Update
on the regional grant
9.
Retreat possibilities
Here is the link to
our blog: http://saqa-ma-ri.blogspot.com/. Teachers,
Lectures, those with a business related to the arts & quilting let me know
so that I can add a notation beside your name.
If you have photos or video on flicker or you tube I will point the blog
to your site for 30 days.
Please note the MA/RI
Members List on the blog will be updated to reflect our active membership as of
April 1, 2012.
Regards, Ms. V
Best contact vehicle: vprattpoitier@yahoo.com.
Member News
The Featured Artist at
our April 28th Meeting will be Atara Halpern.
Nancy Crasco's work
Blowing Hot and Cold has been juried into The Artist as Quiltmaker XV at
the Fireland Center for the Arts in Oberlin, Ohio. This second longest
running quilt exhibition in the world begins on May 13 and closes on July
29th. 39 artists were selected by Jean Druesedow, Director, Kent State
University Museum and works include personal narratives, social and political
statements, representational and abstract compositions.
The
community of Oberlin and beyond will celebrate The Artist as Quiltmaker XV with
QuiltConnection: a summer-long series of events, including additional
exhibitions, tours, demonstrations, workshops, lectures, gallery talks, and
more.
Michele David’s work The Burning Bush has been juried into
the Uncommon Threads 2012, Two Centuries of Tradition: Antique and Contemporary
Quilts Inspired by Traditional Quilting Patterns and Techniques
Saturday,
April 21, 2012, 10 am - 3 pm & Sunday,
April 22, 2012, 12 pm - 4 pm at the Peabody Historical
Society & Museum, Smith Barn
38
Felton Street, Felton-Smith Historic Site, Peabody, MA 01960
Admission:
$5, children under 12 free
Join us
for our annual exhibition of quilts, old and new! Uncommon Threads 2012 will
feature antique and contemporary quilts that are inspired by traditional
quilting patterns and techniques. Rarely-exhibited quilts from the collection
of the Peabody Historical Society and other museums, private collections, and
guilds across Massachusetts and New Hampshire will be on display during this
special two-day event. Uncommon Threads will also feature vendors from local
quilting and sewing shops, heirloom quilt evaluations, a quilt challenge for
Uncommon Threads 2013, quilting demonstrations, children's activities and more!
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
Saturday,
April 21, 2012
10 am - 12 pm: Special
reception - brunch-inspired cocktails and hors d'oeuvres; heirloom quilt appraisals
by Stephanie Hatch, oral appraisals $10, written appraisals $25
Sunday,
April 22, 2012
12 pm-2 pm: Special
reception - brunch-inspired cocktails and hors d'oeuvres; heirloom quilt
appraisals by Stephanie Hatch, oral appraisals $10, written appraisals $25
Ongoing: Quilting demonstrations by
Ethel Shulam and children's activities in the Main Barn
Renee Keels and
Celeste Janey are vendors at the Spring Arts Festival on Saturday May 5, 2012
11:00 am-5:00 pm.
HCA 98
Hayden Rowe St. Hopkinton, MA
J u r i
e d C r a f t S h o w *
Artist
Exhibits
Handmade
Gifts L i v e Mu s i c
Drama and
Dance Performances
Celeste Janey gave a
lecture of her journey at the Quinobequin Quilters meeting this past
Tuesday. You could hear a pin drop and
no one stirred until the last word was spoken.
She showed over 30 pages of her quilted journal book, another 10 quilts
hung on the stage that had been made in the past two years; she had a number of
quilts she made before she transitioned from traditional quilter to art
quilter. You really got a sense of her
journey not only in words but hung around the room and on tables you could see
her progression from traditional to art quilter. She was joined at the guild meeting by a
number of her students from her first Saturday of the month “The Bee” where she
teaches basic and advance quilting skills.
Other NE Regional
SAQA News
NEW
LOCATION FOR SAQA VT/NH/ME Regional "Parlor" Meeting on Saturday,
April 28 Terri Lipman is unable to host us for this upcoming meeting due to a
health issue. We are hoping that Terri
will still be able to join us for this meeting, but we felt is was best to
relieve her of this commitment so that
she can focus on her own care at this time. Best to you, Terri, and hope
to see you at the meeting!
OUR
NEW LOCATION is: 94 Poplar Commons, Dummerston, VT
From points North - Take I 91 to Exit 4
(US 5) towards Putney (left at the end of the exit). Then go 3.7 miles and turn left on Carpenter
Rd (just past Hidden Acres campground). Take first left on to Poplar
Commons. Go all the way to the end and
it is the yellow house in the middle.
From points South - Take I 91 to EXIT 3
toward US-5/Brattleboro/VT-9 E/Keene N.H. You will merge on to VT Rt. and then come to a
roundabout and it's the third exit to US 5 North, Putney. Go 2 1/2 miles and
take a sharp right onto Carpenter Rd. Take first left on to Poplar Commons.
Go
all the way to the end and it is the yellow house in the middle.
From points West - Follow directions above
from VT Rt. 9.
The
gathering will begin at approximately 10 AM and includes show and tell,
followed by a pot luck lunch, and then after lunch, some general sharing and
discussion. It's an opportunity for us to get together, get to know one another
better, learn more about upcoming SAQA
projects and events, talk, share, and have some fun. Just bring a dish
to share, something for show and tell, and your enthusiasm. We will provide the
beverages, cups, plates, utensils, etc.
Nearby Brattleboro, VT has some
attractions that you may want to take advantage of while in the area.
Delectable Mountain has a wonderful selection of silk fabrics and there are a
number of galleries including Vermont
Artisan Design and Gallery in the Woods..
I have heard from about a dozen or so
members who will be attending, so it should be a good meeting! If you haven't
done so already, please contact Susan if you plan on attending, need more
information, or if you would like to know if anyone is coming from your area so
that you might car pool.
Susan Damone Balch:
802-484-9791
susan@fishnquilt.com
Calls
for Entries:
Other calls for
entries can be found at
http://www.lyrickinard.com/enter_shows.html
We are looking forward
to seeing you on April 28th.
Michele and Valarie~~~
February Newsletter 2012
Dear members,
I am back from vacation and feel renewed to starting working on my art again. While away, I saw a retrospective of Romare Bearden art at the Tampa Bay Museum of Fine Art. It was a very inspiring exhibit. In in later year, Romare Bearden was well known for his collages and photomontages which to me resemble art quilts. He was very prolific as an artist while a social worker for over 25 years with the New York City Department of Social Services, working on his art at night and on weekends. He was widely exhibited in the US and Europe. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1972. I came away inspired to continue the work. Michele David
We would like to feature a member at every meeting for 15 minutes to do a trunk show or a demo of a technique. Please let us know if you want to be featured at our next meeting (TBA).
We would like to feature a member in the newsletter also. So for next month, send me your bio and quilts images. Send me the information at micheledavid.fiberart@gmail.com . I am not getting much response from this feature. This is a good way to showcase your work. I would strongly encourage you to respond to this call.
Our first meeting of the year was attended by 1/3% of our Massachusetts membership and 2/3’s of our Rhode Island membership. Not bad, not bad at all. The Fabric Place Basement rolled out the red carpet for us and provided a large space set up with chairs and tables. They also provided a wonderful continental breakfast, coupons, and three members won items in a drawing.
When asked almost 100% of the members had purchased and still had fabric in their stashes from the original store. Well, me included…with the sale slips still on quite a few, LOL. During one of the exercises we asked members to let us know if the work they were sharing had any Fabric Place fabric in it and again we rocked the house. Needless to say the owner and manager were impressed that some many of us had been such faithful customers and were glad they were back.
So you are thinking…what did we do, other than have a great time I mean?
-Introduced ourselves using a warm up exercise and shared business cards.
-Met the members who are teachers, lectures, and workshop leaders. Learned what they teach and where.
-Talked about the difference between SAQA and a guild.
-Did a number of professional development exercises.
-Celeste Janey provided this meetings member demo on Print/ Picture Transfer Products. She provided a word document with a list of the products she discussed.
-During Q & A we had a very intense discussion about the topics we all have concerns about. One of the topics Exhibits keeps popping up.
EXHIBITS It takes a lot of work to pull one off and quite a few volunteer hours. Until now we have lots of questions and only three people step up to the plate. It takes a core team of at least five to start and ten to see the project through. The call for volunteer is open. Shortly we will have a list of small, or one time tasks, off and on tasks, and the usual deal breaker those who will be needed for the duration. Once again we have opened the exhibit to the five NE states. We are requesting the volunteer opportunities be filled by the members of the states who are participating. I will post an update in next month’s newsletter and start a running dialogue on exhibits on our blog once we actually get this machine running.
We submitted an application for a grant to SAQA’s new Regional Grant Committee. Receiving it will not determine whether or not we have the exhibit but it may make a difference when it comes time to subsidize things like a catalogue, publicity, and opening night.
Next steps: working on the draft that will go to the SAQA Exhibition Committee. Our initial team members are voting on whether to have a juried or non-juried exhibit. If you would like your vote to be considered or if you have comments about exhibits or volunteering email me a vprattpoitier@yahoo.com by March 1st.
Our next meeting will be held in April after the SAQA/SDA Conference. If you will be attending the conference we would love to hear about your experiences.
November Newsletter 2011
This November I am grateful for a company of fiber artists sharing my love of fabrics, quilting, and surface design. I was at the opening of Peace Quilts at the New England Quilt Museum and was humbled and wowed by the works of Haitian artists creating under very difficult circumstances. Some of them are still residing in tents post the disastrous earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010. If you have the chance to go, do so. The Haitian artists combined the embroidery tradition of Haiti with quilting which is a recent import from the US.
Please sign up to be the featured member for our next meeting. We would liketo share 15 minutes of our meeting time for you to do a trunk show or a demo of a technique. Please let us know when you would be available. The does not mean we will not have a time for others to bring their work in progress or finished work. This is in addition to that segment.
We would like to feature a member in the newsletter also. So for next month, send me your bio and quilts images. Send me the information at micheledavid.fiberart@gmail.com.
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier:
SAQA Trunk Show
The Trunk Show is still in our area. This past Monday the Trunk Show was displayed at the Quilters Connection Guild meeting. There were four short talks that accompanied the show starting at 6:00 pm and ending just a bit after 8:00 pm. Michele and I shared delivering the mini lectures describing the trunk show, a bit of recruiting news about SAQA, and talking about the relationship many of us who belong to both SAQA and QC have.
It was very interesting to watch the members whether they were traditional quilters or both art quilters and traditional quilters exclaim in wonder about the many different techniques, locations the artists live in, and the artist statements. The SAQA Trunk Show “This is a Quilt” first displayed at our August meeting in Lowell, was very well received and the talks well attended. We were able to share membership applications, books and magazines , and answer numerous questions about SAQA. Here is a big shout out and thanks to QC for hosting our trunk show.
If you are interested in having the trunk show displayed at your guild, at a gallery, art school or program please contact us to see if we can make it happen before it leaves New England.
Next Regional Exhibition
I am looking for a few members to join me in planning and executing our next regional exhibition. Getting the venue is the next step then we will be moving ahead at a pretty fast clip. From start to finish if it is a museum or gallery of some size and repute will take up to two years to get on their agenda. Please contact me if you are ready to help me launch our next effort. Keep in mind if no one steps up there will not be an exhibit in the coming year or two similar to No Holds Barred in scope. We are also planning a few smaller local exhibits that need a few hands to help set up and break down.
SAQA MA/RI Member News- Accomplishments, honors and announcements:
The following are announcements from members. Congratulations on your successes.
Ann Brauer will be showing her quilts at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Marlborough, MA November 18-20. This show is at the Royal Plaza Trade Center and includes both fine and functional art. For more information and discounted tickets go to http://www.paradisecityarts.com. The following Friday Ann will be participating in Moonlight Magic in the Village of Shelburne Falls. She will be at the Washington Craft Show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on December 2-4. http://www.craftsamerica.com. She will be doing CraftBoston at the Cyclorama in the South End of Boston on December 8-10. http://www.societyofcrafts.org. When she is not at these shows she will be working in her new studio space at 6 Bridge Street in Shelburne Falls, MA http://www.annbrauer.com
Michele David will be featured in the December/January issue of Quilters’ Newsletter in the Meetin’ Place section.
Patience to Raise the Sun: Art Quilts from Haiti and Their Power to Change Women's Live
A very special exhibit of quilts at the New England Quilt Museum by women in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, who are taking care of their families by creating one-of-a-kind quilts for sale abroad. For more information on the PeaceQuilts initiative in Haiti, visit www.haitipeacequilts.org.
New England Quilt Museum
18 Shattuck Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Special Events at the New England Quilt Museum
Saturday, November 12th:
11am: HAITIAN QUILTER'S WORKSHOP:
Help make blocks for a fundraising quilt for the PeaceQuilts project.
1 pm:
Lecture and trunk show of Quilts by Michele David
Rebecca Fricke's 8"x 12" quilt Grey Matters is one of the 268 quilts traveling trunk with the SAQA exhibit This is a Quilt! 50 of these quilts will become part of the permanent collection at the Michigan State University Museum. SAQA asked gallery owner Michael Solomon to select the 50 quilts. Grey Matters was chosen to be part of that collection.
Jude Larzelere has been selected to be one of the 120 exhibitors at the 2012 Smithsonian Craft Show to be held April 17-22 2012 at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. This is the premiere craft show in the country, the hardest to get into. It includes artists doing the very highest quality showing work in all craft media.
Open Studio Event- The Salmon Falls Mill Building where Wen Redmond's studio, #336, is located will have it’s annual Open Studios Event this Nov 19 & 20- 10-5. This year, instead of new work, she will feature a host of items, a quick art sale of seconds and slightly older works- really priced to fit your budgets, tons of her collage baggies that have been so popular and the usual line of vintage and gently used clothing. Look for a Antique and Vintage area, with a special section of antique tools for the men and a swell treadle sewing machine.
Please join Wen and the other mill artists for this pre-holiday event sure to bring you into the Holiday Spirit! Directions can be found at www.millartists.com or GPS- 1 Front St, Rollinsford, NH
Wen was recently accepted in
CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY
Courtyard Gallery- sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York
Crumpled will be exhibited.
SAQA Showcase artists chosen
Wen was among artists that jurors Judith Content and Carolyn Ducey have chosen for "SAQA Showcase" to be exhibited at the International Quilt Study Center from July through October 2012.
-Shaking the Tree of Imagination, juried into “Interpretations 2011” at Visions Art Museum, CA: Contemporary Quilts + Textiles.
To Be Published in THE STUDIO QUILT by New York critic and curator Sandra Sider.
Other region news
Maine Event 2012, (fall 2012) will be at The Captain A.V.Nickels Inn. There are a few rooms left and there are other accommodations in Searsport. If you want a room at the Inn for our Maine Event 2012, contact them. Beth Bergman wants you to start imagining workshops for the event.
Double Take: Photo & Fiber
November 1 through December 31 2011
Connecticut Hospice
100 Double Beach Road, Branford CT 06405
Sisters in Cloth, a group of fiber artists from the Connecticut Shoreline, have collaborated with Guilford CT photographer, Rosemary DeLucco-Alpert to create the exhibit Double Take: Photo & Fiber. The exhibit will be on display at Connecticut Hospice from November 1 through December 31 2011. The Gallery space is open throughout the day, every day.
The collaboration was inspired by Rosemary’s photography. Each fiber artist selected an image to interpret. The inspiration was different for each artist, whether attracted to the overall image, composition, color, or texture. The final exhibit is an abundance of color, texture, unique patterns, and inspiration.
Connecticut Hospice was the birthplace of the hospice movement in America. Hospice embraces and views the arts as an important component of care. They hold performances and coordinate changing art exhibits throughout the year.
For more information please contact Diane Wright at dwrite@mac.com (www.sistersincloth.blogspot.com) or (www.dianewrightquilts.blogspot.com)
SAQA News
Save the Dates! - There are an number of us going from New England, lets get together once there to take a photo so we can post it in the Newsletter and on the Blog!
The SAQA/SDA 2012 Conference is coming up March 30 –April 2. For more information on the conference visit http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1790.
Online registration opens Nov. 7, 2011.
The special hotel rate is $125.00/night. Members must make reservations by Feb.28 to get the special rate. If you go to the SAQA web site and click on conference information and follow the links to the hotel, and the link for online reservations with the discount. The link to the hotel reservations is http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1973. If you call in you need to ask for the SAQA/SDA discount or you probably will not get it.
SAQA Calls for Entries:
December 1, 2011 - DEADLINE for Journal Gallery section - "Travel"
December 5, 2011 - DEADLINE for submitting Curator in Training exhibit proposal
February 1, 2012 - Online entry for "Sense of Scale" opens
February 1, 2012 - DEADLINE for Journal Gallery section - "Cities and Villages"
February 29, 2012 - DEADLINE for online entry for "Sense of Scale"
March 30 - April 1, 2012 - Identity: Context & Reflection Conference in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (outside Philadelphia)
May 1, 2012 - DEADLINE for Journal Gallery section - "The Human Form"
That’s all for November. See you soon at the next SAQA MA/RI regional meeting (To be announced on Monday, November 14th on the blog)
Michele and Valarie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~October Newsletter...you would have received this news via an email directly from SAQA.
Michele was studying for her medical board which she has to retake every 10 years and have not been able to create any art. She said that she misses playing with fiber. Now that the exam is over, she is ready to go back to the studio. I sent her a thesis on the California art quilt movement by a SAQA member Nancy Balfor that is well worth reading:
We are looking forward to meeting some of you at the next SAQA MA/RI regional meeting. Valarie Poitier is making the arrangement with a RI member and looking into getting us a slot at one of the new Fabric Shops that just opened.
We would like to feature a member at every meeting. We are asking members to present a 15 minute trunk show or a demo of a technique. To sign up please send me an email.
We would also like to feature a member in the monthly newsletter. We are excited to have an opportunity to share information about our members, do not miss this opportunity to share your bio and quilts images. (If you would like to be a feature on the website let Valarie know otherwise the information shared will only be in our private newsletter.) I would like to express my regret to a member who sent me work to feature on the October newsletter, and I deleted the email in error. Please if you read the newsletter can you resend me the information at micheledavid.fiberart@gmail.com.
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier
It is time to kick off our next Regional/multi-regional Exhibit. I am looking for volunteers to join first the core team to help write or supply information for the proposal. We will then be recruiting members to step up as chair persons and team members. This is an excellent opportunity to ‘have it your way’. How often have you participated in an event or series of events or exhibits and had a lot to say about the process or how something should have been done, after the fact, quite often because you were not included when the invite to participate went out. We will have a rolling invite throughout the process…So.
Now is the time…if you want your voice to be heard and your ideas to be considered please step up. We all know many volunteers start out and how few make it to the finish line. It doesn’t have to be that way. SAQA is the perfect place and you already joined. Come out and try your wings, dust off your experience, get some training, continue to make a difference, or come out to just play full out in an artistic environment. It is a chance to hang out with the Big Girls. There is so much expertise in our region you would be amazed. I am on a regular basis. Let’s knock the ball out of the park again. Join me in the next Exhibition of the MA/RI region. Our first meeting will be a conference call, once I have a quorum I will contact you with suggested dates and times.
SAQA MA/RI Member News- Accomplishments, Honors and Announcements:
Many members send me news of their accomplishments. It is wonderful to hear your news.
Nancy Crasco has work in two upcoming shows: her quilts "Losers" and "Once in a Blue Moon" have been accepted into Quilts=Art+Quilts in Auburn, NY from October 30 - January 8, 2012 and "Didymo" has been accepted into Craft USA 2011, a National Craft Triennial held at the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, CT from November 13 - December 23.
Timna Tarr’s quilt "O Happy Day" has won a cash prize at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. A second quilt, "Portraits of Flora" will also be there in the exhibit In Full Bloom: Floral Quilts in Memory of Helen Pearce O'Bryant. The show dates are Nov. 3-6, 2011
Michele Leavitt‘s house is on the West Bay Open Studio tours event to be held October 22-3 2011. You can find more information at http://westbayopenstudios.com/About_the_Tour.html. She will have a one person show at ReMax gallery in Narragansett, RI, opening November 14th, Reception December 8, 2011, 4 to 6 pm., closing, December 31, 2011. A third exhibition is scheduled for June 12 to June 26, 2012 in the Providence Art Club's Dodge House Gallery. It is a two person exhibition titled, Emes and Leavitt.
This is a Quilt! SAQA TRUNK SHOW will be on exhibit at the Quilters’ Connection guild meeting on November 7 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA from 6 to 9 PM.
The Freedom quilt in which members Michele David, Celeste Janey, Renee Kelt, Valarie Poitier and Brenda Jones played a part in making, was part of the ceremony when Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Share in the Care Colorado Honorary Chairman Senator Hank Brown, AngloGold Ashanti’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Cutifani, Vice President/General Manager of Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V ) Ray DuBois, state legislators and other officials received a 68 pound doré ingot mined exclusively in Colorado at CC&V’s operation in southern Teller County in support of the Share in the Care Colorado initiative to restore the dome of Colorado’s iconic Statehouse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vJplcAOHdA
The New England Quilt Museum has a new exhibit: PATIENCE TO RAISE THE SUN: ART QUILTS FROM HAITI & THEIR POWER TO CHANGE WOMEN'S LIVES
October 20 - December 31
Women from seven communities in Haiti support their families by making colorful and poignant art quilts for sale abroad. The opening reception is on October 29 from 1 to 3 PM. There will be a Haitian storyteller, Haitian Music, Haitian food. Michele David will be doing a lecture on contemporary African American art quilters and a trunk show of her work on November 12 at the museum.
Announcing the 2011 Weavers Guild of Boston Annual Sale. Valarie Poitier & Celeste Janey are two of our SAQA members in the Weavers Guild, If you are a member please contact them. 1500-2200 items all hand made. For directions & info visit the website: http://www.weaversguildofboston.org/ExhibitSale.htm
SAQA News
From Marsha Sielman:
SAQA Auction Sales 2011 - 291 Auction pieces sold, which has raised $52,400 for SAQA's exhibition and outreach programs!
Entry Opportunities; Local Calls for Entry; SAQA Calls for Entry –
Open to all SAQA members
Location:
Premier at the International Quilt Festival: Houston, November 1-4, 2012
International Quilt Festival/Cincinnati, April 2013
International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, July 2013
Additional venues will be added
This exhibit will compare and contrast a series of very large works with several small work installations. The works will be displayed on the outside walls of the SAQA exhibit space. This will allow the viewer to step back and contemplate the dramatic juxtaposition of the sizes of these works.
Each entry will consist of either a large single work or a small work installation, as described in the prospectus.
Juror: Ulysses Grant Dietz, curator of Decorative Arts at The Newark Museum
Managing Curator: Anne Hiemstra ahiemstra@mac.com
February 1, 2012 online entry opens
February 29, 2012 Online Entry Final Day - Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
More SAQA opportunities are available on the website under ‘Calls for Entry’.
SAQA conference; March 30 - April 1, 2012 - Identity: Context & Reflection Conference in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (outside Philadelphia).
AQS Quilt Show & Contest
March 14 – 17, 2012 Contest Information: Anyone can enter a quilt they made in the AQS Quilt Contest in Lancaster. This is a juried contest.
Entries in the AQS Quilt Contest will vie for $44,250 in cash prizes, with the Best of Show winner receiving $10,000. The deadline for entering the Lancaster Quilt Contest is November 21, 2011! http://aqsshows.com/AQSLancaster/contests/
International call for entries:
VALCELLINA AWARD
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY
TEXTILE/FIBER ART COMPETITION
http://www.premiovalcellina.org/MIXING CULTURES
Le Arti Tessili Association is holding the well known international competition for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge and interest towards textile contemporary art among young people coming from different parts of the world, and encouraging new talents.
The competition theme is: Mixing Cultures
Artists are requested to produce a work that recovers/develops textile signs/techniques related to different cultures/civilizations
The following prizes will be awarded (net value):
1st 1,500 € *
2nd 1,000 € *
3rd 500 € *
*One-month scholarships (free tutorial expenses) at Accademy of Fine Arts Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Koefia Academy of Haute Couture and Art of the Costume, Rome; and one-year “Digital textile design” at AFOL Milano-Fashion
Deadline: 30 November 2011
That's all for October!
Michele and Valarie
Edited for the blog by Valarie Poitier Co-rep for SAQA MA/RI
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This summer Michele was happy to see many members work featured at Images in Lowell, MA, at the Whistler Museum and the Brush Art Gallery. Congratulations to you all.
We are still planning for the next SAQA MA/RI regional meeting to be in RI. Valarie is in negotiation with a RI member for space either in her studio or a space that will give us an opportunity to have a workshop after our regular meeting.
Upcoming Features: Member Presentation & Monthly Member Salute
1. A member will present a 15 minute trunk show or a demo of a technique at one of our quarterly meetings.
2. Each month we will share a brief preview of a member, their story and pictures of their work in our newsletter.
From Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier
Check out the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont SAQA Blog, they are having their second annual retreat. It will be held in Searsport, ME September 16, 17, & 18th. I have posted the link to the flyer and blog.
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I am still imputing the names of members on our blog…whew we have a large area. Please check for your name and if you want the link directed elsewhere send me a message. If you are a teacher, lecturer, have published a book let me know and I will highlight your name***. If you have news that missed this newsletter and is time sensitive please email me and I will put it on the blog.
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As reps we are here to serve the MA/RI community and we need your help to do that in the manner you anticipated when you signed up or renewed your membership to SAQA. From those just joining us or new to making art quilts, to the most seasoned among us it is important to attend meetings at least twice a year.
I am still imputing the names of members on our blog…whew we have a large area. Please check for your name and if you want the link directed elsewhere send me a message. If you are a teacher, lecturer, have published a book let me know and I will highlight your name***. If you have news that missed this newsletter and is time sensitive please email me and I will put it on the blog.
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As reps we are here to serve the MA/RI community and we need your help to do that in the manner you anticipated when you signed up or renewed your membership to SAQA. From those just joining us or new to making art quilts, to the most seasoned among us it is important to attend meetings at least twice a year.
Each of us has a special area of interest and skills that others could benefit from if they had the exposure. Most of us work alone at least 70% of the time, coming together will inspire, encourage, and empower us as individuals and as a region.
On that note, I want to ask you to reach out to members, or send me a message, and I will make contact to those who have not attended meetings recently or that you know may need some encouragement in general or to attend a meeting. Carpooling is a great way to learn more about each other and help members attend meetings who might not be able to get there on their own.
We know that in the MA/RI region we are fortunate to have so many guilds we can belong to and lots of places to exhibit our work. OK I will say it, most guilds lean toward traditional quilting. Our SAQA meeting is a place where all your interests can be addressed plus we have demos and trunk shows directly related to this specific area of quilting and surface design for quilt makers.
We have one more meeting this year followed by one in February 2012, May 2010, August 2012, and then November 2012. I will get the dates and locations confirmed before our next newsletter so that you and I can book the dates on our calendars. Kudos to all who have been able to make the meetings and we look forwarded to seeing all of you in the coming months.
Contact me at vprattpoitier@yahoo.com
SAQA MA/RI Member News- Accomplishments, Honors and Announcements:
Many members send me news of their accomplishments. Congratulations to you all.
Nancy Crasco will be teaching the following classes at the Arsenal Center for the Arts this fall. Both will be fiber friendly.
DESIGN AND COMPOSITION Knowledge of the elements of design and their function in composition is essential to creating successful works in all genre and media. This course will provide students with the ability to compose and/or improve existing works using basics principles in order to achieve a harmonious and balanced result. Open to all levels. Begins Sat Oct 1 – Nov 26, 10 am – 12 noon
MIXED MEDIA This class will include weekly structured exercises using a variety of media focusing on the elements of design and using them to create a mixed media work on a specific theme. The exploration of a stated theme will generate ideas to encourage creativity through personal expression. This class will not cover basic or traditional techniques- it is best for the student with some experience in art making. (Limit 10) Begins Wed Oct 5 - Nov 30, 9am – 11:30 am.
A special preview of The Freedom Quilt Project, which Michele David, Celeste Janey Brenda Jones, Valarie Poitier and one non-SAQA member participated in making 1 of the 10-16x3 feet panel behind piece of steel from the towers at Ground Zero, will be displayed at the State Capital in Denver, CO. It was featured also on TV channel 9 news in Denver, CO. Visit this link to see the video: http://www.9news.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1151985150001&odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|featured
Two of JoAnn Janjigian’s pieces, "Garden Variety Shibori" and "Hand-Dyed Trout" have been selected for the Zullo Gallery’s 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, September 17 - November 6, 2011. The Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts is at 456a Main Street, Medfield, Massachusetts.
Regular gallery hours are 12 to 5, Saturdays and Sundays. The opening reception is on Saturday, September 24, from 7 to 9 pm.
Janice Jones won a Special Award at Images for her piece entitled: "City Cycling". It won the Judge's award and can be seen on the Images webpage.
Jeanne Marklin’s quilt Grief, has been juried into “Interpretations 2011” at Visions Art Museum: Contemporary Quilts + Textiles in San Diego, CA. The exhibition opens November 4th and runs through January 22, 2012.
Salley Mavor will be accepting the 2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for her picture book, Pocketful of Posies at the Horn Book Awards ceremony on Sept. 30th at Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. The book’s illustrations are made with fabric relief collage.
In conjunction with the exhibit Salley Mavor: Sewn Stories, the artist will give a talk about her work on Oct 15th at 3:00pm, at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont. The show will be on display through Feb. 5th, 2012.
Original fabric relief illustrations from Pocketful of Posies will be displayed from Oct. 10 – Dec. 16, 2011 at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. The illustrator, Salley Mavor will give a presentation at UCONN during the Connecticut Children’s Book Fair, Nov. 12th, 2011.
Kathleen Murphy won second place in the Art/Innovative category at Images/Lowell Quilt Festival for my quilt Blue Willow. You can find more information on her blog:
Elin Noble won a finalist award for the Arts Fellowship Program from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She has two pieces juried into New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, October 7 - November 13, 2011, at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO. She is a juror for the exhibition Art=Quilt=Art with Cynthia Schira and Terry Jarrard-Dimond.
Wen Redmond has works accepted several exhibits:
*CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER
An exhibition sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY) - Crumpled
*Birds in Stitches, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY- Whispers of the Positive and Eagle Eye
*Visions- Interpretations
November 4, 2011 to January 22, 2012
*Wichita National All Media
*The Space Between at International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, California
The Trees are Singing
An exhibition sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY) - Crumpled
*Birds in Stitches, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY- Whispers of the Positive and Eagle Eye
*Visions- Interpretations
November 4, 2011 to January 22, 2012
*Wichita National All Media
*The Space Between at International Quilt Festival
Long Beach, California
The Trees are Singing
Wen also won an award, Best in Two Dimensional Design from The League of New Hampshire Craft's,' Living with Crafts Exhibition, at the Sunapee Fair for her work, Out on a Limb.
CT Fiber Arts Collective “Fiber Harvest” at the Noah Webster Library (W.Hartford, CT) presents “Fiber Harvest” A collection of unique art quilts Created by the Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective
September 1st – October 15th
Exhibiting Artists: Diane Cadrain, Carol Eaton, Mary Lachman, Karen Loprete, Carol Vinick, Diane Wright, Rosalind Spann and Jeanne Landry
Noah Webster Library | 20 South Main Street | West Hartford, CT 06107 | Ph: 860-561-6950
For directions and information please visit: http://westhartfordlibrary.org/about/howtofindus
Mindy Fitterman advised members headed to NYC might want to catch the Fiber Futures show at the Japan Society
SAQA News - From Marsha Sielman:
SAQA auction is coming up in the next few days. It is a good opportunity to add to your art collection. Do spread the word. It starts September 12th at 2:00 PM.
SAQA Calls for Entry
Artists will be asked to document their creative process, including inspiration, photo images, sketches, diagrams, journal entries, fabric swatches and the like. These will be displayed in booklet format along with the work. Video and smartphone presentations are also being explored.
Curator/Jurors Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe will select the artists from those who express interest through submission of an online portfolio of four pieces. Full details are posted on the SAQA website.
Online entry will be open August 1-31, 2011. Deadline is August 31.
New call for entries for “A Sense of Scale” will be posted on the SAQA website shortly. Curator: Ulysses Grant Dietz, curator of Decorative Art at the Newark Museum. Online Entry: February 1 – 28, 2012.
Non-SAQA call for Entries
Call to Artists - Scheduling Instructors for 2012
Deadline: 10/01/2011
Call to Artists - Scheduling Instructors for 2012
Snow Farm - New England Craft Program
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
April through October 2012. If you are interested in teaching a workshop at Snow Farm, please send your resume, a few images of your work and a description of the class or classes you would like to teach to Karen@snowfarm-art.org.
Visit website for additional details: www.snowfarm.org
More SAQA opportunities are available on the website under Calls for Entry.
SAQA-SDA Conference March 30 - April 1, 2012 - Identity: Context & Reflection Conference in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (outside Philadelphia).
That's all for September. We are looking forward to seeing you at the SAQA meeting in RI in 3 months, venue to be announced. We are also working on a location and member/trunk show-demo for our first 2012 meeting, send recommendations of locations and or members you would like to see in our newsletter or giving a demo…it will help those talented but shy among us.
Michele and Valarie
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SAQA MA & RI Newsletter August 2011
From Michele David & Valarie Poitier Co-reps for SAQA MA/RI
Valarie & I came away rejuvenated from the SAQA MA/RI Region Meeting on Saturday August 13 from at the New England Quilt Museum. We had over 30 people there. In addition to new members we had SAQA visitors from Maine, Connecticut, and New Jersey! Other highlights of the meeting included members sharing where they were exhibiting in Lowell, member authors spoke about their books, workshop leaders and teachers shared information about their expertise.
The meeting was very lively. We decided that we would do SAQA juried exhibits and a curated member of SAQA exhibits. We are going to talk with some regional museums and galleries. If you have a personal connection with museums and galleries, please let Valarie or me know. We would like members to volunteer to be part of the exhibition committee for the region. Here are some of the places members suggested we could submit proposals to have a member exhibition in the coming year. The suggestions we wrote down are the Whistler, Textile Museum, Colleges, Universities, hospitals, and libraries.
We showed the SAQA trunk show D which wowed us. The musical chair card swap was lively and allowed members to network with each other. We plan for the next SAQA MA/RI regional meeting in 3 months to be in RI. A RI member is negotiating a space for a 10-4 pm meeting to include our regular quarterly meeting and a workshop. If the larger space does not workout we will have a regular meeting in her studio. More details to follow.
We would like to feature a member at every meeting for 15 minutes to do a trunk show or a demo of a technique. Please let us know if you would be willing to make a presentation and the best time of the year. Our meetings will occur every three or four months.
We would also like to feature a member in the newsletter also. So for next month, send Michele your bio and quilts images.
Blog News from Maine: Beth & Margaret and company have been working on the second annual New England Retreat! SAQA Regional NH/VT/ME Blog
Check out the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont SAQA Blog, they are having their second annual retreat. It will be held in Searsport, ME September 16, 17, & 18th.
Thanks to all who sent in their links. The current membership roster will be used to add new members as they sign up. If you do not see your name please check to see what your renewal date is as I will routinely delete those who leave SAQA. I did send out a message to anyone whose membership had lapsed since 11/01/2010 as a reminder. I will continue to do that as I add new members to the blog.
If you are a teacher, lecturer, have published a book let me know and I will highlight your name***. If you have news that missed this newsletter and is time sensitive please email me and I will put it on the blog.
Contact me at vprattpoitier@yahoo.com
SAQA MA/RI Member News- Accomplishments, Honors and Announcements:
Many members sent Michele news of their accomplishments. Thanks and congratulations to you all!
Linda B. Dunn has works at The Brush Art Gallery, Whistler House Museum.
She also has works on exhibit at the Loading Dock Gallery at the Western Avenue Studios in Lowell until August 29. You can find more information at http://www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Debora Rocha had works in last weekend Images exhibit in Lowell.
Sandy Gregg quilt, Window to the Sea, has been juried into the Brush Gallery's quilt exhibit Art Quilts Lowell: The Sea which will run from August 11 to September 10.
Another of Sandy’s quilt, Layers, has been juried into the Fabric of Legacies Art Quilt exhibit in Fort Collins Colorado. That exhibit will be on display in the Fall of 2011.
Ann Brauer will be doing the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, IL on August 26 -28. Ann also recommends the exhibit of works by El Anatsui at the Sterling and Francis Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA. We had talked how his work is extremely inspiring at the regional meeting.
SAQA News
From Marsha Sielman: Make sure you keep your email info up to date, on our member site at saqa.com, to receive notifications regularly.
SAQA auction is coming up. It is a good opportunity to add to your art collection. It starts September 12th at 2:00 PM.
Entry Opportunities; Local Calls for Entry; SAQA Calls for Entry -
"SEASONAL PALETTE"
Open to ALL SAQA members
This SAQA traveling exhibit will showcase a series of 32 art quilts hung side by side, depicting the seasons of the year. Selected artists will be asked to create a new art quilt 78" long and 32" wide for this exhibit. Artwork will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2012 (on the inside panels of the space that has showcased SAQA artwork in the last few years) and then travel to both art museums and other IQF shows for the following two years.
Artists will be asked to document their creative process, including inspiration, photo images, sketches, diagrams, journal entries, fabric swatches and the like. These will be displayed in booklet format along with the work. Video and smartphone presentations are also being explored.
Curator/Jurors Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe will select the artists from those who express interest through submission of an online portfolio of four pieces. Full details are posted on the SAQA website.
Online entry will be open August 1-31, 2011. Deadline is August 31.
New call for entries for “A Sense of Scale” will be posted on the SAQA website shortly. Curator: Ulysses Grant Dietz, curator of Decorative’s Art at the Newark Museum. Online Entry: February 1 – 28, 2012.
More SAQA opportunities are available on the website under Calls for Entry.
The Taiwan Art Quilt Exhibition 2012 is a great opportunity to have your work exhibited internationally. SAQA's Taiwan Representative, Hsin-chen Lin is also president of the Taiwan Art Quilt Society, and this is the second exhibition by this group. The first was very well received, and they produced a beautiful catalog as well. The theme for the exhibit is "Moving Water and Rivers". For more info, go to the Calls for Entry section, and find out if this theme spurs your creativity. Hsin-Chen is proud to announce she has secured 2 venues in Taiwan.
Exhibition Review: You can still see the El Anatsui’s exhibit, “When I Last Wrote to You about Africa”, original review in last months newsletter below.
For those who do not know, El Anatsui, born 1944, is a Ghanaian sculptor whose medium are things that we would have called, “trash”. He uses bottle caps, pieces of aluminum, wood, and ceramics; materials that he found in his environment. The exhibit consisted of a retrospective of his work for the past 40 years.
You can still see his work at Sterling and Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown MA, Jun. 12, 2011- Oct. 16, 2011. To learn more about El Anatsui, go to www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/anatsui/index.shtml or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Anatsui.
That's all for August! We are looking forward to seeing you at the SAQA meeting in RI in 3 months, venue to be announced.
Bring an item you have finished or are currently working on to our next meeting and refreshments!
Michele & Valarie
We came back from the Denver SAQA Visioning Conferenceexited, reenergized to be creative. There were some very exiting workshops. Our very own Valarie Poitier did a workshop title “Promote Your Work, without apologizing”...It focused on Self Awareness, role playing, review the tools needed to help you strengthen your sense of self-empowerment, self-talk, and positive artist speak. It was very well attended and well received. As a matter of fact, I kept hearing from the attendees throughout the conference how exiting her workshop work. Valarie, you rock. Three reps from our area attended and one MA member and one of our RI members, Jeanne Marklin, Valarie Poitier, Michele David, Celeste Janey (MA) & Nancy Turbitt (RI).
The 12 x12 Member Quilt Exhibit was wonderful. It was quite interesting to see all the pieces together and for the last time. Some are off to various SAQA meetings & other locations around the world and others will become a part of the permanent collection at the college . So many different techniques were used, it was amazing. One of the very exciting lectures that we enjoyed a lot was the one on 3D quilt. Just to name one of the four artists, Carolyn Crump’s artwork was amazing. Her pieces were large and well-conceived.
There are a few local exhibits with upcoming deadlines (see Entry Opportunities below).
If you haven't sent in an Auction piece for the SAQA Auction, there is still time! The size limit is 12" on any side, so it's a small commitment in time and materials. The deadline is July 2nd for a received by date. $52,000 was raised last year, and SAQA hopes to raise a little more this year. Please get all the details at http://saqa.com. After you sign in, go to the link under "Support SAQA" to the new online submission form. The auction is in September, and is a great opportunity to have your work seen, and to buy the work of other artists that you've admired. The income helps spread the word about SAQA, Art Quilts and members exhibits.
SAQA MA/RI Meetings - The next scheduled regional meeting is on Saturday, August 13, at the New England Quilt Museum. It will coincide with the Lowell Quilt Festival and art gallery openings that day. More details will follow in future newsletters and be posted on the blog. If you would like to set up a smaller meeting in a specific area, like the meetings being held in Western MA, just one of your reps know and we will help to facilitate it.
Member News- Accomplishments, Honors and Announcements:
Bobbie Sullivan will be doing an artist in residency for 3 weeks at South Rim of the Grand Canyon in September 2012.
Michele David will have an article on quilting and grief published in the online Quilters Newsletter 300 words section in September 2011. She will also be featured in the Goddard House Assisted Living this summer in their newsletter as a result of exhibiting her quilts there in May. She was told the Governor‘s wife Mrs. Diane Patrick enjoyed seeing her quilts.
Wen Redmond had work accepted in Sandra Sidler's book, The Studio Quilt- a new monograph series, in which most issues will focus on individual artists with significant bodies of work. Wen also was juried into Fiber Revolution, a network of professional textile artists combining their knowledge and experience in marketing to exhibit and sell their artwork. Her piece Flown, will premier at Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road | Morristown, NJ June 23 - Oct 16, 2011. Her piece, Leaping Point, accepted into Quilt National 11 and was purchased by the founders of the exhibit! Her piece, Touch the Earth has been accepted into Watershed, a design fiber art exhibition by Textile Center Member in Minneapolis MN. Her piece, Chasing Color has been accepted into Sacred Threads 2011. It will be held in Northern Virginia, 30 min for DC. Check out her blog she has more exciting news to share.
SAQA Calls for Entry
"SEASONAL PALETTE"
Open to ALL SAQA members!
This SAQA traveling exhibit will showcase a series of 32 art quilts hung side by side, depicting the seasons of the year. Selected artists will be asked to create a new art quilt 78" long and 32" wide for this exhibit. Artwork will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2012 (on the inside panels of the space that has showcased SAQA artwork in the last few years) and then travel to both art museums and other IQF shows for the following two years.
Artists will be asked to document their creative process, including inspiration, photo images, sketches, diagrams, journal entries, fabric swatches and the like. These will be displayed in booklet format along with the work. Video and smartphone presentations are also being explored.
Curator/Jurors Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe will select the artists from those who express interest through submission of an online portfolio of four pieces. Full details are posted on the SAQA website.
Online entry will be open August 1-31, 2011. Deadline is August 31.
Quilts=Art=Quilts Deadline: August 19, 2011 (POSTMARK) or (HAND DELIVERY)
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center
Auburn, NY October 30, 2011 - January 8, 2012
From the Japanese Handicrafts Instructors' Association:CALL FOR ENTRY - 11th Quilt Nihon Exhibition
This is a good opportunity to exhibit internationally. JHIA will publish a good quality exhibition catalogue. Paula Nadelstern will be one of the judges. The exhibition will be toured in Japan as well as in the US, Europe and Asia.
Details, and rules are on the website, and an entry form can be downloaded here: http://www.jhia.org/contest/entry02.html
DEADLINE: July 29, 2011
This is a good opportunity to exhibit internationally. JHIA will publish a good quality exhibition catalogue. Paula Nadelstern will be one of the judges. The exhibition will be toured in Japan as well as in the US, Europe and Asia.
Details, and rules are on the website, and an entry form can be downloaded here: http://www.jhia.org/contest/entry02.html
DEADLINE: July 29, 2011
Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits
An Inspiring Collection of Art Quilts
By Martha Sielman
Lark Crafts is pleased to announce that Martha Sielman will be authoring the second volume in a new series of art quilt books. This book will focus on works that feature people and portraits—individuals or groups—that explore the human condition.
ELIGIBILITYThis opportunity is open to all quilt artists. Complete entry instructions are included on the form. http://www.larkcrafts.com/submit/calls-for-submissions/
· Lark Crafts accepts only digital images for submissions, submitted on a CD.
· Artists may submit up to 3 entries.
· Artists must also complete and submit an Entry Form and a Photo License Agreement.
· There is no fee for submission.
CALENDARJune 15, 2011 Call for Consideration OPENS
August 15, 2011 Call for Consideration DEADLINE
Early Fall 2011 Notification of acceptance via email
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONPlease use the entry forms (download entry form here) for consideration as either as Feature or Gallery artist. Please read the digital photography requirements carefully and adhere to them strictly.
More SAQA opportunities are available on the website under Calls for Entry.
We are looking forward to seeing you at future SAQA meetings!
Michele and Valarie
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From: SAQA.com [mailto:Jeanne.marklin@mac.com]
By Martha Sielman
Lark Crafts is pleased to announce that Martha Sielman will be authoring the second volume in a new series of art quilt books. This book will focus on works that feature people and portraits—individuals or groups—that explore the human condition.
ELIGIBILITYThis opportunity is open to all quilt artists. Complete entry instructions are included on the form. http://www.larkcrafts.com/submit/calls-for-submissions/
· Lark Crafts accepts only digital images for submissions, submitted on a CD.
· Artists may submit up to 3 entries.
· Artists must also complete and submit an Entry Form and a Photo License Agreement.
· There is no fee for submission.
CALENDARJune 15, 2011 Call for Consideration OPENS
August 15, 2011 Call for Consideration DEADLINE
Early Fall 2011 Notification of acceptance via email
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONPlease use the entry forms (download entry form here) for consideration as either as Feature or Gallery artist. Please read the digital photography requirements carefully and adhere to them strictly.
More SAQA opportunities are available on the website under Calls for Entry.
We are looking forward to seeing you at future SAQA meetings!
Michele and Valarie
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From: SAQA.com [mailto:Jeanne.marklin@mac.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:00 PM
SAQA MA/RI March 2011 News
Edited by Jeanne Marklin Co-rep for SAQA MA/RI
Welcome to new members - Donna Downer, Atara Halpern and Renee Wormack-Keels. We hope to meet you at SAQA meetings, and see your work in future SAQA exhibits.
There is exciting news to announce about the new Art Quilt Gallery in New York City. It is owned by the couple who own The City Quilter, and is dedicated to ART QUILTS. This is the only gallery in New York City, and possibly the East Coast, that will only exhibit Art Quilts, and has a similar mission to SAQA's. The opening is April 5, with Daphne Taylor's solo show. Sounds like a great chance for a trip to New York to support the venue, view the exhibit, and start dreaming about having our own work shown there!
The Fuller Craft Museum will host Michael James as a speaker on April 30th at 2:00. Michael James is a renowned Art Quilter, and the Department Chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles, Clothing and Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Fuller will have a notice and ticket sales on their website this week. It would be great to meet afterward to discuss the lecture. We will work on getting a place to meet if there is interest from members.
Co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier has set up a blog for the MA/RI region.
From Valarie:
Members our other New England States, the VT-ME-NH region, has set up a blog and after viewing the CT blog for quite some time now, I think it is time for us to join the wave. I have a basic blog up now and plan to add bits and pieces for the best of what Google has to offer... as we go along. The first offering will coincide with our March Newsletter.
Here are some of the areas I am considering...
Links to members website or personal blog
SAQA: yahoo group, calls for entry, SAQA U, Membership info link, and SAQA
Regional blog links.
News, Exhibitions, Workshops,
Email information for submissions to the blob for the co-reps.
SAQA Conference info (and other big news)
Pam Members
Welcome to New Members
Local events planned by SAQA members, quarterly meetings, meetings in members' homes
Listing of SAQA Publications
SAQA MA/RI blog link
SAQA Visioning Conference - This year's conference is focusing on making the most of your work - teaching, marketing, exhibiting, preparing for entries and all the tools needed. Check out the workshops and presentations and see if you can make it to Denver. The conferences are always a great opportunity to network. Lots of partying goes on too!
SAQA MA/RI meetings – Update…
There will be 2 SAQA meetings this Saturday - one at the New England Quilt Museum, and one for Western MA members in Greenfield. Co-rep Jeanne Marklin will be holding the meeting at Cheryl Rezendes's studio in Greenfield. The meeting starts at 12. Please bring a piece of work to share with other members. If you have a hanging method that you would like to share with the group, bring an example. A bag lunch is a good idea, drinks will be provided. We need to chip in a couple of dollars toward the use of the studio. SAQA member Elizabeth Keyes of Ashfield is in a group exhibit in Greenfield. The gallery is open on Saturday from 11-2, so if you're coming to the meeting it would be great to see the show before the meeting. Elizabeth will be at the meeting so we will have a chance to ask her about the exhibit. Future Western MA meetings will be held on April 9 and May 7. All are welcome to attend!
From co-rep Valarie Pratt Poitier regarding the meeting on Saturday, March 19 at the New England Quilt Museum:
We will have the opportunity to come together at one of our Regional meetings at 10:00 am the NEQM before the current exhibit of SAQA New England.
In addition to holding our regional meeting, we will share upcoming news, in progress or completed art works, talk about what we are doing or teaching, plan our next area exhibit, meet the artists of the current exhibit, and to invite our guests to become members.
Check out our new Blog...SAQA-MA-RI@blogspot.com we are planning to keep our newsletter going in the usual manner and to add its contents to the blog on the 15th of the month.
One important order of business Jeanne Marklin (who will be running the Western location meeting that day) will be stepping down in June 2011. We are therefore seeking a member to work with me during the remainder of my term and who will forge ahead after my service period is up.
Please volunteer or scout out possible members who have what you consider the necessary experience and energy to best represent you to SAQA and the art community. My email information is below so that you can forward the names on to me or directly to Pat Gould. Some of the abilities we are looking for include a person who is computer savvy, can organize and write the newsletter, or help with the blog, learn the SAQA website, check email and respond on a daily basis, and has the ability or organize meetings with speakers. Sounds like a lot of work but it is a shared responsibility and there is so much to gain from the experience, I really have learned so much and look forward to the coming year.
After the official meeting time, approximately 1:00 (at the latest) we will walk the museum as a group and look at the exhibit together and ask specific questions about techniques, materials used, and the types of machines used. We should all come away from this experienced inspired to either continue what we are doing or to try something in a different way.
If you are an instructor or have a business please bring business cards or a handout. This will be the perfect time to talk about what you do and what you offer.
There were many lessons learned during the No Holds Barred exhibit process and we should review some of them. We can talk about them and what we want to do in the future, what we can do differently, in addition, or not at all. So the floor will be open to everyone to share their input.
Also come prepared with ideas about what you would like to participate in regarding future exhibits. We are ready to start on our next SAQA project as a region and having your input is very important. The current plan to open the area up beyond the six states and we will discuss to whom and how many other regions to include. Depending on the ideas we may even open it up to all of SAQA.
As you can see we have a full schedule of items ! to discuss and hope you will be able to join us. Your voice is important! Our next meeting in Eastern Mass will take you through the SAQA site and talk about the call for exhibits section, and plans to help build the RI area.
Please RSVP to vprattpoitier@yahoo.com.
No Holds Barred at NEQM – Update…from our Events Coordinator…
Celeste Janey sent in the following summary of the show - it closes on April 9, so this Saturday is a great opportunity to see the show, and meet some of the artists:
No Holds Barred, quilting events will come to a close on March 19, 2011 when Valarie P. Poitier our MARI co-Rep and Curator presents at the New England Quilt Museum. As chair of the events, I'd say that the entire experience was a rousing success and a unique experience for the Museum.
There were presentations by the exhibiting artists and Valarie in the No Holds Barred Exhibit on Jan. 29;
- Master Vol. 2 by Martha Sielman on Feb. 12, a preview of the upcoming book
- a slideshow, called "My Journey", by myself (C. Janey) on Feb. 19
- Wen Redmond did a demo of her Natural Print Making, called Plein Air Printing in Quilting Arts (Quilting Arts December 2010/January 2011), and a trunk show of her Artist Life on Mar. 5.
- Lastly, on March 19 will be our Regional Meeting, for this quarter, it is open to all all SAQA members and guests. The meeting begins at 10:00 AM with a Gallery walk planned for 1:00 pm. The Silent Auction will culminate this event on March 19.
Thank you New England SAQA members one and all for helping make a dream come true.
Celeste
Member News- Accomplishments, honors and announcements:
- Elizabeth Keyes and her artist critique group — Rebecca Clark, Cynthia Fisher, Helen Haddad and Elizabeth Pols — will be showing their work at the Artspace Gallery in Greenfield, Massachusetts (15 Mill Street). “Four Seasons/ 5 Artists” will include prints, pastels, paintings, fiber art, mosaics, and sculpture. The show runs from March 8 to April 15. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 1-6, Saturdays 11-2.
- Rebecca Fricke's piece "Ina's Legs" was accepted into the SDA's Northeast Regional Juried Contemporary Fiber Exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center, April 1 - May 9. The opening reception is April 1, from 6-10 pm.
- "Not Sew Square", the Quilt exhibit at the Haley House Bakery and Cafe in Roxbury MA, features Sisters in Fiber, Celeste B. Janey, Brenda Jones, and Valarie P. Poitier was extended to March 17, 2011. They were featured in the Baystate Banner.
- Sally Mavor has some very impressive news about a major honor for her work, and a positive recognition of fiber art: "I’d like to share the good news that my new children’s book, Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, has won the Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. This is the first time that any kind of dimensional or textile art has won the Golden Kite. I will be traveling to SCBWI’s conference in Los Angeles in August to give an acceptance speech and teach a class on the joys and challenges of 3-d illustration."
- Nancy Crasco has a couple of announcements: m"I have work in the Surface Design Association's Regional Juried Show, "One Passion, Many Voices" at ARTworks!, 384 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford. The exhibit is up through April 3. I am also teaching in two locales: An eight week, quilter friendly Design and Composition course at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA on Saturday mornings from 10-12 from April 9 - June 11. For the brochure go to: http://www.arsenalarts.org/. A four day workshop entitled From the East, focusing on Asian textile construction, at Haystack in Deer Isle, ME from May 12-15th. For the brochure go to: http://mainecrafts.org/
- Susan McCraw's quilt "Fascinatin' Rhythm" was juried into the exhibit "Media, Materials and Meaning" at the Cambridge Art Association, 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge. The exhibit dates are March 8-29.
- Wen Redmond, one of the co-reps for SAQA ME/VT/NH, will be at booth 348 at Craft Boston from March 25-27. Ann Brauer will be vending there as well - a chance to stop by and say hello to two SAQA Art Quilters! The show is accessible from the Silver Line.
- Ann Brauer will be at the Paradise City Arts Festival this weekend in Marlborough.
Does anyone know Tracy Stillwell? Her email keeps bouncing back, and a phone call hasn't been returned. I'd like to correct her email address so she'll be receiving SAQA news.
Exhibits
From SAQA -
Exhibit deadline extended! We need your artwork! In order to create a strong 30-piece exhibition, a juror needs a pool of approximately 100 pieces. Even if all the pieces submitted are truly wonderful, they won't necessarily work well together to make a cohesive whole. With only 32 members who entered work for "A Sense of Adventure," we don't have a large enough group to create a strong exhibit.
We have therefore extended the DEADLINE to March 31, 2011.
This is an important opportunity for you to have your work seen by over 100,000 visitors. It will travel throughout the United States to a variety of museums and to the three International Quilt Festivals. Your work will be included in the full color catalog - we print 1,000 copies. Many of our previous exhibitions have also been featured in the major art quilt magazines - we just w! ere featured in a 10-page spread in Spain's Arte Patchwork magazine, as well as in Australia's Down Under Quilts, Quilter's Newsletter, and Quilting Arts.
If you want your work to be seen, this is your chance!
Theme: A Sense of Adventure asks you to expand your personal comfort zone. Beyond the five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch is the sense of adventure. Webster's defines "adventure" as:
1 a : an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks
b : the encountering of risks (the spirit of adventure)
2 : an exciting or remarkable experience (an adventure in exotic dining)
Use techniques you've never used before. Plumb deep within yourself for a personal sense of adventure. Share your adventures through this exhibit.
Juror: Dr. Jacqueline Atkins, Chief Curator and the Kate Fowler Merle-Smith Curator of Textiles for the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania. She lectures and writes on American and Japanese quilts and textiles, contemporary fiber art, and American folk and decorative arts. Dr. Atkins has served as a judge for the Japan Quilt Grand Prix contest (Tokyo, Japan) since 2004 and is a member of the Board of Directors for Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
Managing Curator: Nancy Bavor (nbavor@gmail.com)
The full prospectus: http://saqacallforentries4.com/
Travelling outside of the area? Check the Events calendar on the SAQA website for fiber exhibits.
Upcoming SAQA VT/NH/ME event:
SAQA New England Weekend
Residence Inn, Colchester, VT
March 25-27, 2011
SAQA VT/NH/ME is proud to announce this exciting opportunity for SAQA members.
Two workshops are being offered:
"Approaching Galleries" - Rae Harrell, owner of Rae Harrell Gallery
and "From a Juror's Perspective" - Valarie Poitier, guest curator and SAQA Co-chair of the "No Holds Barred" exhibit at the NE Quilt Museum and SAQA MA/RI co-rep.
Also included in the weekend is a Friday night dinner, show & tell, and a studio tour.
A special rate is being offered at The Residence Inn www.mariott.com/btvco 802-655-3100
RSVP by March 17th to msartquilt@gmail.com
That's it for March - please send your news with links to jeanne.marklin@mac.com.
Hope to see you this Saturday at the Museum (NEQM) or in Western Ma at Cheryl Rezendes's Studio!
