Benefit Auction

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SAQA's 2013 Benefit Auction begins in just 2.5 weeks!

Help promote our biggest fundraiser by sharing the Dream Collections or posting your favorite pieces on your blog, Facebook page, Pinterest board, etc.  Tell your friends, your mother, your workout coach - the more people who know about the Auction, the better! 

There are 421 gorgeous pieces of art up for bid.  The action will start on Monday, September 9th at 2:00 Eastern.  Bid early and often to help promote the art quilt!

Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits

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"Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits" was just released.  It's a gorgeous book, full of great art.  It includes mini-retrospectives with in-depth interviews of 21 featured quilt artists from around the world, as well as gallery sections showing the work of 75 additional artists. 

Because Amazon is trying to put Barnes & Noble out of business, Amazon is currently selling "People & Portraits" at a huge loss in the US -- just $8.44!  While I feel somewhat insulted that my beautiful, brand-new, not-even-in-stores-yet, book is being sold at such a deep discount, everyone should take advantage of it and purchase copies for themselves and their friends. 

Martha Sielman

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600599281/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=1845602834&ref=pd_sl_5y91spcud8_p

CIS- Nature

Celebrates Women’s History Month

River Forest, Illinois, February 7, 2013 – Concordia University Chicago invites the public to celebrate Women’s History Month through an eclectic art exhibit featuring the Fiber Artists Coalition, from February 24 through March 23, at Concordia University Chicago. An artists’ reception will be held on, Sunday, March 17, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Artists works included in this exhibit are: Pat Bishop, Kathie Briggs, Shelley Brucar, Jennifer Conrad,Cheryl Ferrin, Clairan Ferrono, Linda Henke, Kasia, Peg Keeney, Casey Puetz, Laura Wasilowski, Maggie Weiss, and Trish Williams.


The Ferguson Art Gallery is located in Kretzmann Hall at Concordia University Chicago, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 708-209-3013 or visit www.cuchicago.edu/the_arts/visual_art/ferguson_gallery

Gwen Jones - updates

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Gwen Jones will be participating in a 2 person exhibit at the Renaissance Court's Gallery of the Chicago Cultural Ctr. from June 7th to July 21, 2013.

City Garden - (above)

Her "3 Michigan Trees (below)"  are now showing at the Northeastern IL. Univ. Library and then will travel to the Brookfield Public Library and to the Zion Public Library.

Weaver’s World                                     
Robots: Drawings and Mixed Media                   
June 8- July 14, 2012                                                                   
Opening Friday, June 8, 6-9:30 PM

Weaver’s World/ Robots: Drawings and Mixed Media

Soft robots comment on hard questions about humans’ use of technology. Papier-mâché interactive robots, bronze robots in embroidered boxes, and larger than life two-dimensional airbrushed cyborgs combine lush fabrics and vivid airbrushed colors.
“Kathy Weaver makes palatable harsh social issues such as war, discrimination, ecology, and technological displacement,”commented Steve Jones, director of the Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County.

Weaver is interested in robotics and it’s influence on our medical and military communities. She draws prototype robots developed in the Robotics Department at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the patients who are pioneers in using them. Sandro Mussa-Invaldi, director of the lab states, Kathy Weaver came as a quiet guest and acute observer of our research laboratories. (Her) drawings are a positive reminder of the long way that is ahead of us…”.

About the artist:
Kathy Weaver was awarded an Illinois State Artists project grant for Weaver’s World. She has recently exhibited in Crossing Lines, World Financial Center, New York, and Stitched Together, Art and Science, at Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois. Her works are in the collection of The Museum of Art and Design in New York, College of Lake County and private collections. Zia Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois, represents her work.
Kathy Weaver currently lives and maintains a studio in Highland Park, Illinois.

Location: The Art Center                                         Hours: Mon-Sat., 9:00am-4:30pm.
1957 Sheridan Road                                                  p.(847) 432-1888
Highland Park, Illinois                                                  f. (847) 432-9106
info@theartcenterhp.org
http://www.theartcenterhp.org/

Best,
Kathy

kathy@kweaverarts.com
www.kweaverarts.com

Dispatch from the Future-Kathy Weaver

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On Sunday afternoon I went to the artist reception and gallery talk of Kathy Weaver, "Dispatch from the Future" at the Kreztmann Art Gallery, Concordia University, River Forest, IL. Enjoy:>)

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbirds - update

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"13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbirds" has been included in a publication by Martha Sielman, "Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World: Profiles of Major Artists, Galleries of Inspiring Works" This book is due out April 3, 2012 and for more info check the link at http://www.amazon.com/Art-Quilt-Portfolio-Galleries-Inspiring/dp/1600599281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331992601&sr=8-1

I have fallen in love with the sitings of blackbirds around the city lately and now this exhibit by FAC will be publish for all those that can make it to the exhibitions can enjoy thanks to Martha, the executive director of the world's largest art quilt organization SAQA. "Each entry celebrates one of the themes that quilters love best" and in FAC case it's the poem by Wallace Stevens. What an honor.

Where Two or More... by Trish Williams

13 Ways is currently on exhibit at the American craft Council office in Minneapolis, MN until April 30,2012.

Jean M. Judd update

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The Mulvane Art Museum has announced textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin as one of the artists selected for inclusion in the Crafts National 2012 juried craft exhibition. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit includes: Serenity Tree.

Exhibit juror Gail M. Brown, Independent Curator, has selected 100 artworks from a submission pool of 1089. Mediums included in the jury pool were ceramics, glass, metal, fiber, beadwork, basketry, wood, handmade paper and mixed media. The exhibit opens on May 5, 2012 and is open through August 19, 2012. The address for the exhibition is:
Mulvane Art Museum
1700 SW College Avenue
Topeka, KS 66621

Visit the Mulvane Art Museum’s web site, http://www.washburn.edu/mulvane for more information about the museum, exhibitions, and to order a catalog of the exhibition. Contact person at the Mulvane Art Museum is Cindi Morrison.

Linda Witte Henke Studio News

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Here's an update on Linda Witte Henke. I hope that you enjoy.
Some of my recent vacation in Hawaii was devoted to developing the design for a large project that will be created in collaboration with students and faculty of a Christian fine-arts academy. As some of you know, the design phase is my favorite part of the creative process, and I'm excited with how this design is coming together.


The scripture text selected by our godson, Clay Wilson, for his Affirmation of Baptism provided inspiration for "Forever." We were privileged to join Clay and his family for the celebration of this faith milestone.



Just before Christmas, I completed "My Beloved," a work commissioned by Christ Church in Zionsville, IN, to honor the retirement of Associate in Ministry Ann Diefenthaler Albertin.



Work continues on "Re-Membered: Conversations with Biblical Women," a collection of life-scale figurative sculptures that will be linked with narrative commentary to invite a sense of spiritual kinship with women in the Judeo-Christian scriptures. My intention is to have the first three sculptures completed by the time I leave for Louisville, KY, the end of February to participate in Session II of the Advanced Independent Study Program with my mentor and friend, Jane Dunnewold. Work on this collection has become a very powerful experience for me; I'll be eager to share something of that experience with you as the project continues to evolve.



Work is underway on Bound Together and Tightly Woven, a collaborative weaving project that I designed for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Indiana-Kentucky Synod. The project, which is being partially funded by an ELCA worship grant, calls for member congregations of each of the Synod's ten conferences to weave fabric strips through three-foot-by-fifty-foot panels of nylon poultry netting. I will then assemble the panels - and do some additional weaving! - to create a tapestry measuring approximately 30-feet-by-30-feet, which will serve as a visual focal point for the 2012 ELCA IN-KY Synod Assembly, June 7-9 in Covington, KY. I'm also pleased to be involved in planning worship for the Synod Assembly.



In an effort to develop techniques for creating some work that is more broadly affordable, I have been experimenting with creating digital designs for commercial printing onto fabric, which I can then incorporate into projects. My most recent experimentations have produced some very promising results.



Response has been positive to my 2012 Seasonings calendar. The calendar, which links my photographic images with scripture texts and the Christian liturgical seasons, is available in both print and electronic formats.



I was recently interviewed for an article in Seminary Ridge Review, a scholarly publication of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA. I was also interviewed by a student in Loyola University's Institute of Ministry in conjunction with a course in practical theology.


Word in Season is the title of my solo exhibition February 22 through April 15 at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Saint Meinrad, IN. The exhibition features work expressive of seasons in the Christian liturgical calendar.



I was pleased to be one of the artists whose work was selected for inclusion in the Lent-Easter 2012 issue of Behold: Arts for the Church Year, an arts devotional resource produced by Logos Productions. The three-page spread features "Becoming Bread," a processional cross that I created a few years ago for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Rocky Mountain Synod.

I was privileged to be among the artists invited to participate in Art + Psalms, an exhibition at Covenant Fine Art Center in Grand Rapids, MI, sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to coincide with their annual Symposium on Worship. The exhibition will next travel to Second Christian Reformed Church in Grand Haven, MI.



My "Great O Antiphons" are included in Imagining the Sacred Art of Chant, a juried, on-line exhibition sponsored by the Episcopal Church in the Visual Arts. My work was also featured on the Episcopal Cafe art blog.



I was honored to be selected as the Studio Art Quilt Associates' "Featured Artist" for the month of January 2012.



I was recently notified that several pieces of my work have been selected for inclusion in the liturgical-art exhibition that will be part of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church scheduled for July 2-12 at the Indianapolis Convention Center.



Two pieces of my work were selected for inclusion in a juried exhibition by members of the Louisville Fiber and Textile Artists scheduled for March 4 through April 13 at the Louisville Visual Art Association, 3005 River Road in Louisville, KY.



My membership in the Fiber Artists Coalition results in the exhibition of my work in a variety of venues. Two of the group's exhibition collections, "Some Like It Hot" and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," were recently exhibited at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, IL. "Conversations in Stitch on Nature" will be exhibited during May 2012 at the Mosquito Hill Nature Center in New London, WI. "Conversations in Stitch on Abstractions" will be exhibited May 25 through July 8 at the South Shore Art Centerin Cohasset, MA, and July 21 through August 25 at the Bloomington Park District Museum in Bloomington, IL.



As much as I hate to conclude my Studio News with an apology, I am feeling the need to extend one. Over the past year or so, I have been experimenting with a variety of tools and formats for these periodic communications with you, some with varying degrees of success. I am reasonably confident that my most recent venture (Constant Contact) holds promise, but I must beg your indulgence while I struggle with yet another learning curve.



Thank you for your interest in my work and your patience with my learning!

Linda

www.lindahenke.com

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird exhibit

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Waukesha Civic Theater Gallery hosts 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, based on a poem of the same name by Wallace Stevens. The exhibit includes thirteen art quilts by twelve members of the Fiber Artists Coalition and runs January 10th thru February 20, 2012. The address is 264 W. Main Street, Waukesha, WI 53186 and phone number is 262-547-0708 for more information.


The Fiber Artists Coalition is made up of Professional Artist Members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) from the upper Midwest. FAC curates traveling exhibits of its members' works. Members employ a variety of innovative materials and techniques in the creation of fiber art with a contemporary edge. Some members have published books about their artistic processes and are in demand as teachers and presenters. Many exhibit their work in juried group and solo exhibitions within and beyond the U.S. The twelve members whose works are included in this show are Astrid Hilger Bennett, Kathie Briggs, Shelley Brucar, Cheryl Dineen Ferrin, Clairan Ferrono, Kasia, Peg Keeney, Pat Kroth, Casey Puetz, Joan Potter Thomas, Laura Wasilowski, and Trish Williams.

Art Quilts: Year XVI Something To Say

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"Art Quilts: Year XVI Something To Say" will be presented at the Chandler Center for the Arts, 205 North Arizona Ave, Chandler, AZ. November 28, 2011 until January 28, 2012. Artist Reception, December 2, 2011 - 7 pm until 9 pm. SAQA IL/WI member Gwen Jones will be participating in this venue. For more information call 480-782-2695. (Doves, by Betty Busby)

Stitched Together Art & Science

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SAQAIL/WI group that has put on an exhibit that will run at the famous Fermilab in Batavia IL. If you live in the area this is a wonderful opportunity to visit the facility and then see some great art pieces. I hope you can make the artist reception on November 18 from 5-7. The show runs until January 20, 2012 the list of artists are as follows: Frieda Anderson, Darcy Berg, Pat BishopDeBoer, Shelley Brucar, Clairan Ferrono, Carole Frocillo, Karen Halt, Denise Havlon, Mary Ellen Heus, Susan Jackan, Gwen Jones, Donna Katz, Nancy Kempel, Debra Kinder, Pat Kroth, Romona Lindsey, Cathy Mendola, Beverly Nash, BJ Parady, Emily Parson, Jeanne Pfister, Casey Puetz, Suzanne Riggio, Jill Robinson, Sharon Rose, Barbara Schneider, Cheryl Sleboda, Virginia Spiegel, Kathleen Sweeney, Martha Tabis, Laura Wasilowski, and Kathy Weaver

Ties That Bind - Sheldon Art Center

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Here's a video of the exhibit at the Sheldon - Ties That Bind: Art Quilts. Enjoy:-)

Sheldon The Ties That Bind: Art Quilts from Dickson Beall on Vimeo.

SAQA 2011 Benefit Auction.

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In only a few weeks our annual SAQA 2011 Benefit Auction will begin! I probably should use my space here to emphasize repeatedly that the Auction is our single most important fundraising event of the year, but I'm too excited about the artwork on display in our website to talk about fundraising.
Can you believe it? More than 300 small-format quilts by our members are being offered. Thank you to all the talented, generous people who donated artwork. I have my eye on at least four pieces and only hope that I can control my bidding fever in September. This year I am thinking of trying to create a "theme wall" by purchasing several quilts that could hang together effectively. The "dream collections" of nine quilts each, being curated online from the auction site, are inspiring me to think thematically. Go ahead and select your own "dream collection," and bid early to have a chance to build it with the actual quilts!

Jean M. Judd - The Wichita Center for the Arts

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The Wichita Center for the Arts has selected textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin for inclusion in the Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2011. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit includes: Contaminated Water #1.

This exhibit was is open to all traditional and non-traditional craft media including: ceramics, enamels, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metalsmithing, paper, wood, and mixed media. Eighty-seven artworks were selected from a pool of 249 submissions by exhibition juror Chris Stanley, Distinguished Professor of the Ceramic Arts at Penn State University.

The exhibition opens on August 26, 2011 and is open through October 16, 2011. The artist reception and awards presentation is on August 26, 2011 from 5 to 7pm. The address of the art center is:

The Wichita Center for the Arts
9112 East Central
Wichita, KS 67206

Visit the gallery web site at http://www.wcfta.com for more information about the exhibition and art center or call 316-634-2787 to speak to Howard W. Ellington, Executive Director.

Clairan Ferreno

Hi all,

I am hard at work on several new pieces in the Darkness Surrounds Us series. The original piece (below is from the collection of Carol Saller) will appear in State of the Art: The Studio Quilt Vol 6 (above), which will be available from Amazon in October.


I'm also excited about being featured in the book 100 Midwest Artists which will come out in 2012.


Enjoy the rest of the summer!


Clairan

Studio Art Quilt Associates 2011 Benefit Auction

Greetings All,
Studio Art Quilt Associates 2011 Benefit Auction
Start Date: September 12, 2011 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Place: www.saqa.com
What: Reverse auction of 300 glorious small works of art created and donated by SAQA’s members to raise money to support SAQA’s exhibition, education, and outreach programs.

Auction will be run in three groups:
Group 1 starts Sept. 12
Group 2 starts Sept. 19
Group 3 starts Sept. 26

Great art at a great price! Add to your collection — bid on a beautiful work of art as a gift for yourself or for someone you love.
Preview auction works at http://www.saqa.com/

Pinnacle 2011 - Jean M. Judd

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Textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin has been selected for inclusion in the Pinnacle 2011 National Juried Art Competition at the Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery in Tallahassee, Florida. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit include: Scribble #1 (Dream Weaver - above).

This exhibit was open to artists residing in United States, working in 2 and 3-dimensional mediums. Forty five artworks were selected from a pool of 203 submissions by exhibit juror Chucha Barber, Chief Executive Officer of the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.

The exhibition opens on August 29, 2011 and is open through September 30, 2011. The artist reception and awards presentation is on September 2, 2011 from 6 to 8pm. The address of the gallery is: Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, 1630 Pinder Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32307. Visit the gallery web site athttp://www.famuart.com/fostertannergallery.htm for more information about the exhibition and gallery or call 850-599-8755 to speak to Aja Roache, Gallery Coordinator.

Kathleen Sweeney of Cedaburg, WI

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Kathleen Irons Sweeney is currently featured as the July Artist of the Month at the North Shore Bank Gallery,2301 Wisconsin Ave in Grafton Wisconsin. Fourteen pieces showing a variety of styles are on display during regular business hours and special summer events through the month of July. This is the first exhibit of fiber work by the gallery since its inception.

Kathleen Irons Sweeney, Cedarburg Wisconsin, has juried in to "Water, Water Everywhere" the 19th annual art quilt exhibit at the Aullwood Audubon Center in Dayton Ohio. Her quilt "Tautology" (below) will be shown with 41 other works from artists across the country from June 25 through August 21, 2011.

Jean M. Judd - MacRostie Art Center

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Textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin has been selected for inclusion in the Nineteenth Annual Juried Art Exhibition at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit include: Stained Glass Mosaic#1 (below).

This exhibit was open to artists residing in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota, working in 2 and 3-dimensional mediums. Thirty seven artworks were selected from a pool of 91 submissions by exhibit juror James Klueg, Professorof Art and Head of Department of Art and Design at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

The exhibition opens on August 2, 2011 and is open through August 29, 2011. The artist reception and awards presentation is on August 5, 2011 from 5 to 7pm. The address of the gallery is: The MacRostie Art Center, 405 First Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MN 55744. Visit the gallery web site at http://www.macrostieartcenter.org/ for more information about the exhibition and gallery or call 218-326-2697.

Sincerely,

Jean M. Judd, Textile Artist
2807 State Road 87
Cushing, WI 54006-3209
Phone: 715.566.0212
Email: sistersinstitches@mail.com or jean@jeanjudd.com

Web Site: http://www.jeanjudd.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmjudd

Online Gallery: http://www.yessy.com/sistersinstitchs

Online Gallery: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/m/maude/

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