No Place to Call Home

Congratulations to Brooke Atherton for her piece "Quiet Man" that was chosen for the "No Place to Call Home" exhibit. This show will be held in several locations. Details on the SAQA website and in the July e-newsletter.

If you are going to Montana . . .

...then this is one of the pieces you will see at the upcoming exhibition by SAQA member Regina Browne, entitled "The Rosalie Tree".






The exhibit "Not Your Grandmother's Needle Art" is an exhibit featuring the work of longtime friends Regina Browne and Paula Johnson and their art journey with two different mediums over the last several years.
Held at Big Fork Museum August 10th - September 14th.
Artist reception will be held Friday, Auguust 13th, from 5:30-7:30.
www.bigforkmuseum.org

IMAGES 2010

Congratulations again to Heidi Zielinski! Heidi has two pieces juried into the Lowell Quilt Festival feature exhibit "Images 2010".
The Lowell Quilt Festival will be held in Lowell, Massachusetts, August 12-14.
Check out www.lowellquiltfestival.org for more information. This looks like an great venue. Sure wish I was going!

This is a Quilt - SAQA 2011-2012 Trunk Show

SAQA invites all members to submit work for its 2011-2012 traveling trunk show. This trunk show is designed to showcase SAQA artists, to help educate the public at large about the art quilt, and to serve as a teaching tool for our members.

Theme: "This is a Quilt!"

In general, create one piece that explores/expresses the aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, while retaining the clear relationship to the folk art quilt.

Size: Minimum 9" per side, maximum 11" per side.

Statement: Write a statement to the curators explaining why, in your mind, this quilt fits the definition. (200 word minimum)

Due Date: Jan 21, 2011

The full prospectus is on the main SAQA site or I can email it to you.

Regina Browne at Bigfork Musuem

"Not Your Grandmother's Needleart"

Exhibit at Bigfork Museum of Art and History, August 10 - September 4. Bigfork, Montana

SAQA member Regina Browne will be one of two artists in this exhibit featuring art quilts and needlepoint.

www.bigforkmuseum.org

Congratulations Regina! You can see more of her work by clicking on her site on the side bar.

Sharon Baker - Featured Artist on 'Scan 365'

'Matisse Dissected' by Sharon Baker

The textile art of SAQA Idaho member Sharon Baker will be the feature on SCAN 365, based in Seattle, Washington. SCAN 365 is a Community Access TV Network. www.scantv.org
It will air Tuesday, May 11th at 8 pm PDST. Sharon's segment is also on YouTube "Scan365" Sharon Baker-Fiber Artist.

It is fantastic and shows many of Sharon's Art Kimonos, as well as shedding insight on her chosen design medium. Sharon has 17 pieces in the show 'Collaborative Journey' at the La Conner Quilt Museum in Washington. It runs through June 27th.

Congratulations Sharon!

Sharon's website: www.kapamaker.com

La Conner Quilt Museum: www.laconnerquilts.com

Interviews, New Call for Entries, Long Beach Int'l Quilt Festival

Check out the 'Dinner at Eight' blog for a great interview of Montana artist Cynthia St. Charles: http://www.dinnerateightartists.blogspot.com/

Sacred Threads has a call for quilts celebrating spiritual journeys, healing, etc. Deadline is Jan 9, 2011-March 9, 2011. The exhibit will be in Herndon, Virginia June 22, 2011-July 4, 2011.
www.sacredthreadsquilts.com

If you are going to be attending the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, there are still 2 hour time slots that can be filled to help at the SAQA booth. Manning the information area will get you free entry for that day into the show. Check out the So. California SAQA site for more info. July 23-25, 2010 www.saqasocal.blogspot.com