CANADIAN QUILTS should be in this Exhibition and you have work ready to go... we've seen it in exhibitions all across Ontario

Quilts=Art=Quilts

Deadline: August 16, 2013 (POSTMARK) or (HAND DELIVERY)

Schweinfurth Art Center
Auburn, NY
October 27, 2013 - January 5, 2014


Quilts=Art=Quilts is the Schweinfurth Art Center's 33rd annual juried quilt exhibition. The Art Center has long-recognized the importance of quilts as a visual medium, and has been presenting quilts in an art gallery setting since 1981. Jurors select quilts based on overall quality of design, visual impact and originality. Prizes are awarded including $1000 for Best of Show. Opening weekend includes a reception, workshops and a brunch for artists and friends.

Definitions & Conditions of Entry (truncated)

• A quilt is a fabric sandwich comprised of at least two layers: a top, a back and usually a filling which are held together with quilting or tying threads. Integration of non-fabric items is acceptable.
• Up to two entries of original work per person are permitted.
• The jurors and staff of SMAC reserve the right to refuse any accepted entry for exhibition if it does not contain the same qualities as the submitted image.
• Quilts must measure a minimum of 900 square inches total (Height x Width = Square Inches). The vertical dimension of any single piece may not exceed 108”.
• Quilts must have been completed after 2010 and must be in pristine condition and show ready.
• Pre-programmed computerized machine quilting is not eligible; Quilts made or derived from kits, workshops, classes or commercial patterns are not eligible.
• SMAC will retain a 25% commission on all sales made during the exhibition. An insurance value and a sale price, which includes commission, must be included on the entry form.

Jurors
Rosalie Dace has a B.A., UED in Fine Art and English. She has been traveling and teaching for 25 years, encouraging creative growth and development in her students.
Jo Anne Cooper is co-director of Mobilia Gallery, an internationally known gallery featuring 20th and 21st century decorative arts, sculpture, paintings, textiles
and studio jewelry.

How to Enter (truncated)

• Send completed entry form, images and entry fee to SMAC by August 16, 2013. One artist or collaborative group per entry form.
• Entry fee is $30 for up to 2 quilts for non-members and $25 for new or current SMAC members.
• Include two digital images of each entry (one full view and one detail). Slides, photographs and emailed images will not be accepted.
• Digital images must be submitted on one CD and saved as JPEGs; All images must be of publication quality.

Download Prospectus: www.schweinfurthartcenter.org/QAQprospectusFinal.pdf


For more information on the Schweinfurth Art Center, please visit: www.myartcenter.orgwww.myartcenter.org



Schweinfurth Art Center
205 Genesee Street
Auburn, NY 13021
phone: (315) 255-1553
email: mail@schweinfurthartcenter.org

HIGHER GROUND Open at Guelph Civic Museum

CONNECTIONS FIBRE ARTISTS

extend an invitation to attend 

'HIGHER GROUND'

June 14 - October 20, 2013

The Guelph Civic Museum

52 Norfolk St.,Guelph.

Open Daily 1-5pm

519-836-1221

Adults $4.00 - Seniors $3.00 - Children $3.00



Congratulations to a number of SAQA central Members who are also CONNECTIONS Fibre Artists Group members and have work in the exhibition:

 

Maggie Vanderweit, Dwayne Wanner, Hilary Rice, Elizabeth Duggan Litch and Jacqueline Venus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Date for OPENING of the Kingston Fibre Artists Show in Kingston has been changed to Sunday, June 9th from 2-4 pm

 

 

 

 

 

Please be advised that due to an unintended double booking by the Library Staff at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, the

OPENING RECEPTION for the beautiful exhibition of new work by the Kingston Fibre Artists Group has been CHANGED!!!

 

 

The Reception is scheduled now for

 

 

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, June 9, 2013

2-4 pm

In the Foyer, second floor, Kingston Frontenac Public Library

130 Johnson Street

Kingston, ON

 

Light Refreshments and Everyone Welcome

 

 

Please come - we would love to see each of you and bring a friend or family members. The work is exceptional and the artists, many of whom are active SAQA Central Canada members, welcome the opportunity for you to "Meet the Artists" and enjoy their newest work. The theme for the exhibition is SUNDOWN, and every imaginable exploration of that theme is represented beautifully along with many innovative multi media, fibre and machine/hand stitch techniques.

 

Hope to see you in Kingston on Sunday afternoon, JUNE 9th and please share by emailing this posting/mail notification to your groups and friends. 

 

 

 

THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENING HAS CHANGED ON THIS POSTER... but the dates are correct for viewing through June 26th...

 

 

May CENTRAL ONTARIO members be the group donating the highest number of SILVER ANNIVERSARY Quilts... please contribute your art work for this great 2014 traveling SAQA TRUNK SHOW opportunity

SAQA 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show

OPEN to ALL SAQA members

Join SAQA in celebrating our 25th amazing year with your trunk show submission! This traveling exhibition asks SAQA members to create a 10" x 7" art quilt that showcases their artistic expression.

The 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show will premiere at the 2014 SAQA conference in Washington, DC, and then travel all across the United States and around the world.   

  

A group of quilts from this exhibition will be chosen by jurors Linda Colsh and Margaret "Peg" Keeney to become a permanent part of the collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky.

Submissions for the 2014 Anniversary Trunk Show must meet the following criteria:
    *Quilted pieces must have three layers, and measure 10" high x 7" wide (25.4 x 17.8 cm) in a PORTRAIT orientation. All embellishments must fit within the 10" x 7" size.
    *SAQA will mount artwork on a 12 x 9" black backing board.
    *Quilts could travel for up to three years. They must stay with the Trunk during the entire exhibition period.
    *Participation fee is $10 to cover cost of materials and return shipping.
    *If you wish your quilt to be for sale, please indicate its price on the entry form. (Otherwise,
    *Due to the constraints of international travel costs, SAQA will not be insuring this exhibition. An insurance waiver is included in the form.       

Quilts are due no later than Friday, January 31, 2014 to the SAQA 2014 Trunk Show Coordinator, Eileen Doughty. 

 

Full details and link to the entry form may be found here:  

http://www.saqa.com/membership.php?ID=2419

 

 

 

SAQA Central Canada Members...

 

Let's shoot for collection of quilts for fall 2013 meetings and share the costs of sending them to SAQA collection point. I am sure this will be a great surprise as a SAQA receiver opens the box with MANY Central Canada contributions.

 

You will have to complete your application and send your $10 entry fee to Eileen Doughty individually. Please advise Bethany Garner if you have registered and plan to participate.

 

Bethany

 

fibreartsalliance@gmail.com or garner@kingston.net

 

MARG NOTAR of Waterloo, ON has art quilts in several Ontario Fibre Exhibitions

As summer travels take SAQA Central Canada members traveling across the province, please make time to try to see the following Exhibitions where several members have exciting new work.

 

Congratulations to MARG NOTAR who has advised us that her work can be found in the following Exhibitions.

 

 

  The Grand National Quilt Show (juried show)

Homer Watson House & Gallery

1754 Old Mill Road, Kitchener, ON

Phone: 519-748-4377

http://www.grandnationalquiltshow.ca

April 21-June 23, 2013

 

She has also been invited to be the featured local artist for the Homer Watson House Gallery’s “Artist’s Talk” on June 1, 2013 (1:00-3:00) when she will be speaking on Creativity and the Art of Breathing Mindfully.

 

 

Additional SAQA Central members who have work at the Grand National include Pamela Allen, Phillida Hargreaves, Kit Vincent, Elaine Quehl, Susan Strachan Johnson and Carolynn McMillan.

 

More Exhibitions currently showing Marg's beautiful work are:

 

The Birds and the Bees and the flowers and the trees

Stratford Perth Museum

4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON

Phone: 519-393-5311

April 16 – July 26 (extended date)

 

SAQA Central members who have work in the Stratford exhibition include Marg Notar, Micaela Fitzsimmons and Cynthia McNair.

 

 Greetings from the Auld Sod:

McDougall Cottage Wee Quilt Challenge

McDougall Cottage

89 Grand Ave. South, Cambridge, ON

Phone: 519-624-8250

      

April 1- Labour Day

Wednesday-Sunday 12 – 5pm; Thursdays until 8 pm

 

As you make plans to travel this summer, do be sure to take friends and make sure to include:

 

 

THREADWORKS

Wellington County Museum and Archives

Wellington Road 18

Fergus, Ontario

Through June 9th and then travling across Ontario

Threadworks is a juried exhibition that is mounted every three years and travels across Ontario to many museums and galleries. This year, the interpretive theme is "Water". SAQA Central Canada members who have work in the exhibition include Janet Rhind, Gunnel Hag, Phillida Hargreaves, Janine Gates, Bethany Garner, Mary Cope, Maggie Vanderweit, Robin Field, Helen Gordon, Dwayne Wanner, Hilary Rice and Hilary Scanlon. (Hope we haven't missed anyone, but please advise and we will add your name.)

Reminder of Upcoming Regional Meeting, Monday, May 13th in Brockville

SAQA Central Regional Meeting

Date: Monday, May 13th
Time: 10:30 - 3:00
Location: St. Lawrence College Campus, Brockville - Room 114

Food: Coffee, tea, juice and some snacks provided. Please bring finger-food snacks to share and/or a brown-bag lunch - no facilities at the College, though Tims/Restaurants nearby

Please park in the front of the building and enter the college main front doors. Follow the corridor to the left in front of the Marianne Van Silfhout Gallery. The Room will be on your left as you round the corridor, down the hallway behind the Gallery. Watch for signage.
Everyone Welcome, do invite a friend as a Guest

CREATIVE BUFFET - Bring your New Work to share and Exhibition Updates

*** A $5 donation is requested to cover refreshment costs etc.

Please RSVP your planned attendance to Susan Farber, fibrestudio@gmail.com
 

SAQA Central, Synthesis II in Almonte

Synthesis II will be hung at the Chambers Gallery, Mississippi Mills Administration Building, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, ON on Thursday, May 9 and will run until Tuesday, June 4. The Chambers Gallery is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The show will be on display at the Corridor Gallery, Almonte Public Library, 155 High Street, Almonte from Tuesday, June 4 to July 2.

The Corridor Gallery is open Mon., Tues. and Thur. from 2:00 to 8:30 p.m; Wed. from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays, from 10:00 to 4.  Some Examples of work in the show follow.

Robynne Cole, Tukilligt One

Pamela Allen, Sailpast

Helena Scheffer, Vinyasa Flow

Congratulations to ANN BIRD of Ottawa and JUDITH MARTIN Martin of Manitoulin Island who have had their work selected for the "O CANADA" Exhibition that is part of the International Quilt Festival.

Ann wrote "Received some news that I have a quilt included in this exhibition. Northern Lights 8 has been selected for inclusion in the special exhibit O, Canada 2013, which will premiere at International Quilt Festival in Chicago June 21-23, 2013.  22 quilts were chosen". 

Something More Magical Than It Ever Was, a log cabin quilt that Judy Martin made in 1991 has also been selected as part of this exhibit
   

The exhibit is scheduled to travel in 2013 to various International Quilt Festival and Market sponsored shows including Long Beach, California in July and Houston October 26-November 3, 2013.

Ann Bird, Northern Lights 8,