Kudos.......

News of accomplishments and exhibits by SAQA-Michigan members. Kudos to:

Marilyn M. Prucka, of Monroe, for receiving second place for her art quilt "Mudflats Series: Low Waters" in Concordia University's Kreft Gallery show: "Mirror Images: Reflections on/of the Arts". Concordia University is located in Ann Arbor; the show runs through April 4. Click here for information.

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Angelica Roberts, of Mattawan, for exhibiting in and co-curating (with mixed media artist Gail Walters), Fiber Art and Mixed Media—Putting It Together, at the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers. The show runs through April 14. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 10-5, and Saturdays 10-2. Click here for more information.

[Corrections posted 04/02/12. Thanks, Angelica, for the use of this photo of your work.]

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Monica Johnstone, of Grand Rapids, for acceptance of her art quilt "Kiwi's Nocturne: Stargazing Through the Veil" into the juried exhibition Beneath the Southern Sky. This exhibit is currently being shown in Auckland, New Zealand, and will eventually be displayed in cities in three countries. Click here for more information and the online gallery.

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Ann Loveless, of Frankfort, for acceptance of her small work installation "Seasons" into SAQA's juried exhibition A Sense of Scale. This exhibit (curated by SAQA-MI co-rep Anne Hiemstra) will be shown during 2012 and 2013 at the International Quilt Festivals in Houston, Cincinnati, and Long Beach.

"Ragged Layers" Mixed Media Fiber Art Exhibit

SAQA-MI members Jackie Lams and Lynn Krawczyk will be exhibiting 27 new pieces of artwork at their show "Ragged Layers" at the Huron Valley Arts Council in Highland, Michigan.

The show features work that is created using a wide variety of surface design techniques and forms of stitching.

The exhibit runs from April 4 through April 30, with and opening reception on Friday, April 6, from 7pm -9 pm. For further information, click here.

Exhibit Opportunities - Not for Members Only!

Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Michigan

Bonnie Peterson, a SAQA member from Houghton MI, sent us information about Fabrications III, a juried show for Upper Peninsula fiber artists, to be held at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Escanaba. Here's the link (scroll down a little to find this particular exhibit). Exhibition dates are March 29 through April 26. 2012.

The entry deadline is 3 pm on February 28, 2012.

Bonnie is the juror for this exhibit and will also be presenting a workshop "Into the Mix: Machine Embroidery & Heat Transfer" on Friday, April13. Information is included on the pdf of the application form. Here's the link to Bonnie's website.

Although SAQA's Michigan region has only two members in the Upper Peninsula, many of our other members may know fiber artists living in the UP, so I encourage you to pass this information along to your friends and to other groups you belong to or know of.

Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center & Visual Arts Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL

Von Biggs, a SAQA member in Indiana and a friend from the Fabrications Retreat in Michigan, sent us a link to the website of Juanita Yaeger, a fiber artist and SAQA member in Florida who is coordinating four exhibits for the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center & Visual Arts Gallery in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Two of the exhibits are for traditional 2-D media - oils, acrylics, watercolor, etc. However, there is also one, Glued Down, for assemblage and collage; click here for information.

And one for art quilts: Stitched Through. Click here for information.

Good luck, everyone.

And be sure to send information on exhibits and competitions, both on entries and on your successes. The SAQA website has an excellent list of calls for entries - open shows as well as SAQA member shows - but often there are other competitions and exhibits that are not posted there. Let's keep each other informed.

SAQA's 2011-2012 Traveling Trunk Show

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) invites all SAQA 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!

How do we as SAQA members explain what we do - create quilts - without people immediately thinking of a nine-patch that goes on your bed? By example, of course! SAQA defines an art quilt as "a contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends." This definition is purposely broad to accommodate the wondrous and exciting art quilts SAQA members are creating.

General: Create one piece that constitutes an art quilt as defined above. All work will be photographed, matted, and prepared for exhibition by SAQA. The SAQA exhibition committee hopes to publish some or all of the quilts in a book exploring the diversity of art quilts. All quilts will be returned to the artist after the travel schedule has ended.

Size: Minimum 9" per side, maximum 11" per side. The pieces will be matted behind a 12" white or off-white mat with an 8" square opening in the center. Only 8" sq. of your quilt will be visible. Because the artwork will be behind a mat, the edges need not be finished. A very small number of three-dimensional pieces may be included. Please contact the curators for details.


Statement: Write a statement to the curators explaining why, in your mind, this quilt fits the definition. Why did you choose to create this piece as an art quilt and not in a different medium? (200 words maximum). The statement will be attached to the back of the mat.

Materials: Write a separate statement listing the materials and techniques used in the piece. Submission: Send the piece to curators. Email the statement and materials list in .doc, .rtf, or .odt format to the curators. In your email, please include: your name, address including country, email address, and the name of your SAQA Region (ex. “Europe/Israel” or “NJ/DE”).

Curators:
Deb Cashatt (deb@pixeladies.com) and Kris Sazaki (kris@pixeladies.com)
4061 Flying C Road,
Cameron Park, CA 95682
Tel. 916.320.8774

Dates:
Jan 21, 2011 - Art piece due at address listed above
Feb-Apr 2011 - Works mounted and made ready for travel
May 18-22, 2011 - Works premiere at 2011 SAQA Convention, Denver, CO
Through 2012 - Trunk Show travels to regions by request

* To learn more about the benefits of bringing a SAQA trunk show to your region and using it as a teaching tool, read the Winter 2010 SAQA Journal, pg. 14-15.

Small Works Exhibition

Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, MI is hosting a juried small works exhibition for September 2-25, 2010. For more information go to the Riverside Art Center web site:
http://www.riversidearts.org/gallery_2D-3D.htm
A printable prospectus is here:

http://www.riversidearts.org/call-for-artists.pdf
* the postmark entry deadline is July 3, 2010.