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SAQA Monthly Update - November 2016
Dear Jennifer,
I’m looking forward to seeing so many of you in Houston. I hope that you can catch one of the Gallery Tours through either “Turmoil” or “Tranquility” - I always learn so much hearing the artists talk about their work. And be sure to sign up to come to our first-ever SAQA pARTy at the Hyatt on Friday!
“H2Oh!" entries open this month. This exhibition will premiere at the National Quilt Museum and is already booked into three more museums! Water is certainly in the news right now with some places experiencing droughts. But this exhibition theme lends itself to so many varied interpretations. I can’t wait to see what will be entered.
Finally, please create and send in your Trunk Show piece by the end of the month. The Trunk Shows travel the globe and are one of our most popular educational offerings. There’s already a waiting list for this new set of Trunks - make sure that your art is part of it!
execdirector@saqa.com
Upcoming Deadlines
SAQA Journal Gallery (Cross Purposes) - November 30
H2Oh! (All SAQA Call for Entry) - November 30
2017 SAQA Trunk Show - November 30
A full list of SAQA Calls for Entry can be found on our website
New this Month
Each month, SAQA is pleased to highlight some of our members as Featured Artists and Regional Representatives.
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Susanne Jones
North Carolina and Virginia
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Kathie Briggs
North Carolina and Virginia
Regional Representative
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2017 Trunk Show - SAQA Artists in Tour!
 Now accepting submissions until November 30, 2016
SAQA is inviting its members to showcase their artistic expression by creating a 10" x 7" art quilt or, on a limited basis, 3-D Artwork for our upcoming traveling 2017 Trunk Show.
Have fun exploring a new subject, developing a technique, or working with an idea or concept with which you are already familiar. Whatever you decide, enjoy yourself!
- Artwork must meet the SAQA definition of an art quilt: “The art quilt is a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure.”
- 2-D entries must measure 10" high x 7" wide (25.4cm x 17.8cm) in a PORTRAIT orientation.
- 3-D Artwork will be allowed on a limited basis (maximum 5 entries). See prospectus for more details.
- Entrants must upload a full view photo of their art on the Entry Form. This image will be used for promotional and identification purposes.
- Artwork must be RECEIVED BY Saturday, January 14, 2017 (online submission deadline is November 30th)
The 2017 Trunk Show will premiere at the 2017 SAQA Conference, April 27 - 30, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Following the conference, the exhibit will travel to venues both in and out of the United States for up to three years.
Questions? Contact Kathy York, Trunk Show Coordinator at TrunkShow@saqa.com
Conference News
Registration is OPEN!
The 2017 SAQA Conference "Creation to Curation" will be held April 27-30 in Lincoln, Nebraska. This will be a joint conference with the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
Our organizing committee has planned a full schedule of events, covering a wide range of topics.
- Exclusive behind the scene tours of the classrooms, studios and exhibitions at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum
- Keynote speech by world renowned quilter Michael James, Chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln
- Breakout sessions on museum acquisitions, mock jurying, and educational approaches to touring galleries
- Student panel discussions and the return of the popular Lightning Talks
- Opening of SAQA's Layered Voices exhibition and the 2017 Trunk Show
- Held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, located in Lincoln's historic Haymarket District
   
Questions about the Conference? Email us at registrar@saqa.com.
Quilt Festival Houston
You are invited to come and celebrate with us at a SAQA member pARTy in Quilt Festival Houston! This will be a great opportunity for SAQA members from across the globe to meet with each other, SAQA board members, and SAQA staff.
Stop by the SAQA Booth at Festival to purchase your ticket!
Lisa Ellis, SAQA’s board president, and Martha Sielman, SAQA’s executive director, will share SAQA’s accomplishments and exciting new plans for the next year. Thanks to the support of a generous donor and contributions from the Host Committee, we are able to keep the ticket cost at $20.00 per guest for this event. Appetizers and cash bar will be offered.
Art Quilt Collector
Issue 5 is NOW available!
Don’t miss these exciting features:
- Long-time collector Marvin Fletcher’s advice on growing an art quilt collection
- Artists to Watch: Susan Else, Susan Mathews, Sharon McCartney, and the Pixeladies (Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki)
- To Frame or Not to Frame: How to Display Art Quilts
- Artist Adrienne Yorinks' advice on commissioning art
- Interview with emerging collector Frank Klein
- Gallery of gorgeous art quilts which explore social, political, and environmental issues
- And more!
Already a subscriber? Don't forget to renew today so you don't miss an issue, especially if you signed up last year.
Reward Points Program
We need YOUR help to spread the word about how SAQA can open doors to new opportunities. Tell a friend (or two) about SAQA and you will receive REWARD POINTS when they join as a member. You can then use these reward points for discounts off your membership or a store order! Or, save them up and get bigger discounts.
How can YOU help?
- Are you participating in exhibitions?
Offer to talk about your work and spend 2 minutes introducing listeners to SAQA. They may never have heard of us or the great benefits we can offer.
- Do you go to guild meetings?
Make a presentation with your work or the SAQA Trunk Show and encourage folks to join us.
- Do you teach workshops?
You can offer your student a discount on a membership for taking your class - just contact Martha Sielman for a special discount code.
SAQA is ready to help you with membership brochures, presentations, promotional materials or even door prizes for a drawing at your presentation. Contact us at marketing@saqa.com for more details.
NEXT - Fiber Art Symposium
Please join us for New, Newer, NEXT, a SAQA sponsored symposium to be held August 26, 2017 at the beautiful Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado. This exciting program is designed to jump-start a new way of thinking about the art quilt.
Registration is NOW open!
This event will be part of a fabulous week of fiber art beginning with the opening of the 75 art quilt exhibit at the Dairy on August 25. Following the symposium, there will be two three-day workshops with Betty Busby, August 27 – September 2.
Affiliate Memberships
As a worldwide resource for information on the art quilt and the artists who create them, SAQA helps artists and arts organizations participate in this growth. Our new Affiliate Membership program was created to provide support to organizations in learning about the art quilt, how it plays a role in contemporary exhibitions and art organizations, and how members can grow their organization by integrating the art quilt into their own programming.
At SAQA, we help our Affiliate Membership organizations grow by:
- spreading the word about their organization and events to our membership through publicity on our website and other online communications tools,
- connecting member organizations with the art quilt world and a previously untapped target market,
- sharing information on the latest exhibitions, trends, and award-winning art quilters, and
- providing exclusive access to educational resources about the art quilt.
New Online Gallery - Flight!
Bobbi Baugh - Dreaming of Flying
Sally Westcott is our guest curator for this month's online gallery - Flight. She comments:
I have chosen to explore the many ways flight can be represented. It is not just birds! Butterflies, beetles, hearts and angels. Even violins! Flight is liberating and the quilts I have selected express that freedom.
View More Online Galleries »
Interested in being a guest curator for our online galleries?
Contact galleries@saqa.com for more information.
SAQA Calls for Entry
Visit our FAQ page to find out more details about entering SAQA exhibitions. The following Calls for Entry are open to all SAQA Members. View all Calls for Entry »
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Layered Voices 
Artwork may be two-dimensional or three, viewed from one side, two sides, or any angle. The layering of the media may be literal, inferred, or even digital. Realistic, representational, and abstract work will be considered. CURRENTLY BEING JURIED
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H2Oh!
Water - it’s everywhere! This exhibition encourages the artist to interpret one of the most vital, desired, powerful, sacred, and enjoyed resources on earth in their own unique, individual style, whether abstract, graphic, or representational. NOW OPEN! |
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2017 SAQA Trunk Show
SAQA is inviting its members to showcase their artistic expression by creating a 10" x 7" art quilt or, on a limited basis, 3-D Artwork for our upcoming traveling Trunk Show. Join us for SAQA Artists On Tour: An up close and personal view on art quilts. NOW OPEN!
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Textile Posters: Communication & Commentary
Some posters grab the viewer’s attention in an attempt to be heard above the incessant demands of other media. Other posters are more subtle in their approach. The artistic possibilities are infinite, allowing for both representational and abstract submissions.
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Exhibition News
Our two newest exhibitions, Turmoil and Tranquility are now open at Quilt Festival Houston and they look beautiful! Kudos to all the selected artists. Don't forget that we will have guided Gallery Walks on Friday and Saturday.
Gallery Walks at Quilt Festival Houston:
- Friday, 11/4 @ 12:00 Turmoil Gallery Walk with Sarah Entsminger
- Friday 11/4 @ 2:00 Tranquility Gallery Walk with Lisa Ellis
- Saturday 11/5 @ 11:00 Tranquility Gallery Walk with Lisa Ellis
- Saturday 11/5 @ 3:00 Turmoil Gallery Walk with Sarah Entsminger
Can't make it to Houston? We have all the exhibition details on the website. You can view the artwork AND listen to audio statements by the artists!
 
Other Exhibition News
At the SAQA Quilt Market booth, we had the pleasure of speaking with visitors from China who had viewed Celebrating Silver at the 8th Asia Quilt Festival in Shanghai, China. They were very appreciative of the opportunity to view our members' artwork and can't wait to see more!
Meanwhile, Celebrating Silver is now on display in Australia - our first exhibition to travel to FOUR continents! Here are our lovely SAQA volunteers Francie Mewett and Chris Beardsley having some fun hanging the show in Adelaide.
Find a SAQA exhibition near you!
We have so many great opportunities to view a SAQA exhibition! To find one coming to a venue near you, view our listing of SAQA events and filter by region.
Do you know a venue that might be interested in hosting a SAQA Exhibition? Contact Bill Reker at shipping@saqa.com.
Current Exhibitions
| Celebrating Silver
Silver is indispensable. From industrial use to decoration, technology, photography and medicine, its unique properties of strength, malleability, reflectivity and conductivity make it an irreplaceable force in the global market. In addition to its physical properties silver is recognized as a symbol of love, insurance and commitment for twenty-five years.
Original Sewing and Quilt Expo Circuit:
Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair, Adelaide, Australia • November 3 - 6, 2016
Hobart Craft & Quilt Fair, Hobart, Australia • February 17 - 19, 2017
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| Concrete & Grassland
Concrete & Grassland explores the juxtaposition of the natural landscape and the human constructed cityscape. Artwork focuses on the contrasts of both color and line, and the ways in which the natural world has been altered.
Concrete & Grassland is a joint collaboration between SAQA and the Grants Pass Museum of Art.
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| Earth Stories
Earth Stories celebrates the stories of people or projects that enhance the planet, make a significant difference in restoring and/or protecting the environment, increase sustainability and otherwise improve the earth we all occupy.
Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA - January 20, 2017 through June 11, 2017
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| Food For Thought
Food For Thought examines the many aspects that food plays in our daily lives — from a single piece of fruit to a still life, from the family table to the significance of food in culture and the celebration of family milestones.
Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum in Temple, Texas - January 31, 2017 through April 1, 2017
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| My Corner of the World
My Corner of the World invited the artist to examine a world, real or imagined, that represented what is important in life. It might be where the artist resides, works, or grew up. It might be a favorite place from any point in life or a special internal place. My Corner of the World looks at the big picture including, but not limited to a homeland, ancestry or culture.
The Thunder Bay Museum - Thunder Bay, Ontario • November 1, 2016 – January 29, 2017
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Exhibition Catalog available!
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| Radical Elements
Our physical world is created out of the chemical elements, from hydrogen to platinum to arsenic. For this exhibition, each of the selected artists created a new work that is influenced by an element from the periodic table. Inspirations came from anything relating to that element, whether a play on the name, its color or the products made from it.
The International Museum of Art and Science - McAllen, Texas • September 24, 2016 - January 8, 2017
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| Redirecting the Ordinary
"Redirecting the Ordinary" is about turning things around, upside down, inside out, backwards, or how even just a minuscule course correction can charge up the humdrum, turn the common into the uncommon, and make the expected unexpected.
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Minneapolis, Minnesota • November 10 - 12, 2016
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| Tranquility
Tranquility is defined as a quality or state of being, possessing the concepts of quiet, peacefulness, calmness or serenity. Tranquility, as a mental and physical concept, is the primary focus of certain religious sects, whereby tranquility of the body, thoughts and consciousness are believed to lead to the path of personal enlightenment.
International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas • November 3 - 6, 2016
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| Turmoil
Turmoil is defined as a state of great disturbance, confusion or uncertainty. It can be personal and internal, societal or natural. This exhibition features work that depicts chaos, discord, imbalance and tumult. Artists were requested to explore the meaning of turmoil in their own lives. The works selected represent turmoil through color, line, and composition.
International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas • November 3 - 6, 2016
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| Two by Twenty
Two works each by twenty artists equals forty art quilts to explore and a multitude of potential pairings to consider. The pieces as a whole demonstrate the wide range of approaches in the quilt art genre. From bold and graphic to subtle explorations of texture and nuance, there is plenty to explore in this collection.
Road to California, Ontario, California • January 19 - 22, 2017
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| Wild Fabrications
Wild Fabrications celebrates a world of animals both real and fantastical. Selected artists let their imagination run wild and created interesting and unusual interpretations of animals using unexpected or unconventional materials and adornment, and/or unusual techniques.
The Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC • October 8, 2016 - February 25, 2017
Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA • March 25, 2017 - June 25, 2017
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Member News
  
Learn more about all the Member Resources available on the website:
Visit the New Member Welcome or How to Maximize your SAQA Membership pages.
Regional Rep News:
A huge thank you to Bethany Garner and Dwayne Wanner (Central Canada co-reps) and Judy Alexander (Georgia and South Carolina) as they step down from their Regional Rep positions.
Welcome to our new members who joined in October:
Linda Amundson, Laura Armiraglio, Carole Avery, Pamela F. Ballard, Mary Becker, Lu Anne Betcher, Judy Browning, Sara Buchwald, Fanny Carroll, Jan Carter, Susan Cobb, Stephanie Dahl, Louise Davis, Elaine F. Desouza, Brigitte Dimock, Juliet Doucette-Renner, Della Dunbar, Sally Emslie, Cindy Erickson, Albert Feldman, Linnet Finley, Peggy McCaskill Foerster,Teresina Gai, Genevieve Guadalupe, Patricia Hale, Hollie Hart, Lisa Heller, Margaret Hill, Renee Kroner Hoagland, Jeanne Holtzman, Susanna Hotchkiss, Denise Jahn, Kathy A. Johnson, Roslyn Apt Johnson, Antoinette Jurado-Hilton, Olivia G. Keating, Carolyn Knapp, Catherine LaManna, Abigail Livingood, Priscilla Lynch, Kimberly McCray, Carol M. Mcmahan, Annette McRae, Lyla Messinger, Joyce Michael, Anne Moats, Alexandra Moses, Lynda Moyer, Nancy Nolan-Schenke, Gerda M O'Leary, Tamar Ophir, Mary Patrick, Jane Pinchuck, Marietta B. Price, Susan Rankin, Diane Rhea, Beth Richardson, Maureen Rockwell, Angelique Bianca Ruddy, Terry Ruppert, Jeanne Sisson, Petra Soesemann, Karen Straight, Charlotte Tefft, Lou Tuntland, Amy Marie Vetter, Judy Ann Villett, and Jean Wakely
Thank you to everyone who made donations to SAQA in October:
Alison Banks, Karen Bennick, Susan Else, Ree Fagan, Linda Filby-Fisher, Georgia French, Valerie S. Goodwin, Cathie Hoover, Judy Ireland, Rae Poon, Marion Shimoda, Kim Svoboda, and Jean Tutolo
View List of Current Supporters
Make Connections!
New to SAQA? Or maybe you just want to connect with other members? You can contact your regional representative for opportunities near you or participate in the following:
Yahoo Discussion Group is only for SAQA members, and is private to the outside world. We offer lively discussions on many art related topics. Please include your full name with your request, so we can verify that you are a member.
The Visioning Project revolves around visualizing goals and dreams - and making them happen. The Visioning Project members are wonderful in helping each other with support, networking, and resource information. If you are interested in joining, please contact Mary Mattimoe.
The SAQArtique group is open to all SAQA members. The critiques are all in the spirit of a shared interest in quilting as an art form and improvement of each person's talents. If you are interested in joining, please contact Vicki Conley.
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When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate to a portion of the sale to SAQA. How does it work? On your first visit to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), you need to select Studio Art Quilt Assoc as the designated charitable organization. Then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.
Note: Purchases MUST be made via the smile link in order for SAQA to receive credit. Purchases that are not made using an internet browser (for instance, using the Amazon Shopping App, Kindle Store, FireTV, Amazon Dash, or Amazon Echo) are not currently eligible for donations.
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