Art Quilt News from our region

Congratulations to our regional members!

Museum Show for SAQA Member Sharon Baker collaborating with Elaine Bowles
March 31-June 27, 2010 LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum, LaConner, Washington
http://www.laconnerquilts.com/

"Moon Hike" accepted at Museum of Ventura County in the 'Becoming Art at the Seams' show for SAQA co-region member Gayle Simpson. March 13-June 20, 2010.
http://www.venturamuseum.org/

Solo Exhibition for Heidi Zielinski at 'The River's Mist' Gallery, 137 Main St., Stevensville, Montana for the month of May.
Heidi won Best Hand Workmanship for her wall quilt "From Winter We Emerge" at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.
Her quilts 'Twilight" and "From Winter We Emerge" will be at the Machine Quilting Exposition. MQX is in Providence, RI, April 16-18. Two other quilts of Heidi's will be at Denver National Quilt Festival, April 29-May 2. 'In a Heartbeat' is traveling with the SAQA Fibrations exhibit, and will also be at the Denver Quilt Festival.

Brooke Atherton has work showing at the Toucan Gallery in Billings, Montana.
http://www.toucangallery.com/

Classes:

Cynthia St. Charles - Yellowstone Art Museum - April 17, 2010 'Non-toxic Surface Design on Fabric' http://www.yellowstone.artmuseum.org/

Gayle Simpson - Bear Paw Quilting - June 26th Raw Edge Applique, July 24th Meandering Moose. http://www.bearpawquilting.net/

In conjuction with the Yellowstone Quilt Festival, September 9-12 in Cody, Wyoming, there is a class offered by John Marshall on indigo/katazome. http://www.yellowstonequiltfest.info/
This just sounded really interesting.

SAQA ENTRIES:

'Beyond Comfort' deadline October 10, 2010. Premiere location to be Birmingham, England, Festival of Quilts, Aug. 2011. Marci Rae McDade-Juror Eileen Doughty-Curator

'No Place to Call Home' deadline June 20, 2010 Premier location is World Quilt Show, Manchester, New Hampshire. Kathleen McCabe-curator

REGIONAL SHOWS:

Big Sky Quilt Retreat and Show "Wild Women, Wild Threads" March 9-12, 2011.
http://www.bigskyquiltassociation.com/

NATIONAL SHOWS:

Quilt National 11 Deadline September 10, 2010. Dairy Barn Arts Center
www.dairybarn.org/quilt/