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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

Update on Jean M. Judd

The Elk River Area Arts Alliance has announced textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin as one of the artists selected for inclusion in the Arts in Harmony 2013 International Juried Art exhibition. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit includes: Scribble #2: Black Pathways. This is Judd’s sixth year being included in this prestigious exhibition.

Exhibit juror Curt Pederson, Curator of Exhibits and Collections at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis has selected artworks from one of the largest submission pools ever received. The exhibit opens on February 4, 2013 and is open through March 28, 2013. The artist reception and awards presentation (over $10,000) is on February 10, 2013 from 1 to 3:30pm. The address for the exhibition is:

Sherburne County Government Center

13880 US Highway 10

Elk River, Minnesota 55330

This exhibition is the largest juried fine art exhibition in the state of Minnesota and is in its 18^th year. Visit the Arts Alliance web site, http://www.elkriverart.org for more information about the organization, exhibitions, etc. Exhibition Director is Mr. Robert Meyer.

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Sincerely,

Jean M. Judd, Textile Artist 
2807 State Road 87 
Cushing, WI 54006-3209 
Phone: 715.566.0212 
Email: jean@jeanjudd.com
Web Site:http://www.jeanjudd.com
Xanadu Gallery (Scottsdale, AZ): http://www.xanadugallery.com
Busacca Gallery (San Francisco, CA): http://www.busaccagallery.com
Art Rent & Lease (Oregon & Minnesota): http://www.artrentandlease.com/html/home.asp
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanmjudd
Online Galleries:
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/m/maude/
http://www.saatchionline.com/jeanjudd

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Jean M. Judd - Update

Greetings All,
Join award winning textile artist Jean M. Judd as she shares her journey as a textile artist and art quilter in this ongoing series of books, An Artist’s Journey (ISBN-13:978-1481009461). Discover her thoughts, inspirations, and influences as she shares her experiences in Book 1 released in November of 2012. View a diverse selection of her hand stitched textile artworks and commission pieces from 1995 to 2006 along with breathtaking scenic images from across the US. Her introspection and contemplation may also shed some light on your own journey: professionally, personally, spiritually, or artistically.

 

The series will be available on http://www.amazon.com as well as https://www.createspace.com/4057477 Book 2 and Book 3 of the series is slated for release in 2013. Brick and mortar booksellers will also be handling the book so be sure to check your local bookstore too.

Sincerely,

Jean M. Judd, Textile Artist 

Gwen Jones - updates

Greetings All,
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.

New article in Quilting Arts magazine

I have an article on digital design and printing using an online printer in the December/January issue of Quilting Arts. Please check it out. Available online at QuiltingArts.com or on the newstands.

I am excited to see the cloth and the words in print! This is my 3rd article with Quilting Arts. They also published my DVD - Three Dimensional Fiber Art: Shape and Texture, Light and Shadow, which has been doing well.

Having spent so much of my previous career in publishing from the publisher end, it is fun to be an author.

Art quilts at International Quilt Festival in Houston

Here are some photos from the SAQA Seasonal Palette exhibit that was at Houston a week ago. The show will be traveling to Cincinnati, Long Beach a a few other venues over the next 18 months, I hope to go see it in Cincinnati next April. My piece is the water reflection piece at the far right in the first photo. 38 artists were asked to make pieces for the show - each of us were given a particular season and color collection to work from. As well, we each created a notebook documenting our process and work along the way. There is a catalog ($20) available from the SAQA.com site. Photo credits: Gregory Case.

Another exhibit at Houston was A Sense of Scale. Very large pieces were interspersed with groupings of small pieces. This exhibit will also be traveling to other venues and also has a catalog available from SAQA.com. My piece in this exhibit was Mingled Waters - the very large piece shown in photo below.

The Eye and the Needle Prospectus info and upcoming meeting

Hi everyone,

We have an exciting exhibit opportunity coming up for SAQA IL-WI members in 2013. The "Eye and the Needle" invites us to combine our fiber skills with our camera lens. Many of us use photos as inspiration, or transform photos with photoshop,or in combination with other fiber techniques. The  prospectus provides details for the  exhibit at the Fine Line creative Arts Center in St Charles,IL. in October 2013. An email has been sent to all current members with the Prospectus attached.

 

To help get us started with some ideas, we have our photo shoot and meeting at the Chicago Botanic Gardens on November 4 at 1pm. The gardens is a beautiful place, especially in Fall. And if it rains, we can shoot in the greenhouses! Don't forget to RSVP to Pat: krothp@juno.com or Barbara: BJSCO@comcast.net.

See you all soon.

Pat and Barbara