Tuesday, October 14, 2014

QUILT NATIONAL 2015

Congratulations go out to SAQA New Mexico members Betty Busby and Shannon Conley.  Betty's piece "Tribute" and Shannon's piece "Peering Out of the Darkness" were juried into the Quilt National 2015 show.

"Quilt National ’15, the nineteenth international juried competition for new, innovative quilts will be on display May 23 – September 7, 2015 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio (USA).

Jurors were quilters Rosalie Dace (Durban, South Africa), Ann Johnston (Lake Oswego, OR) and museum curator Judy Schwender (Paducah, KY)."

"Quilt National was intended to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose was then, and still is, to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been — an art form."  This, according to the Dairy Barn Arts Center website.

http://dairybarn.org/quilt-national/quilt-national-2015/

Other news, Judith Roderick, who will be the Featured Artist at the 2015 Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta, has several pieces accepted into the Houston International Quilt Festival Show.  Look for her pieces and all the pieces of the members of SAQA NM if you attend the show at the end of the month.  Also check out SAQA's Celebrating Silver Exhibit, juried by Yvonne Porcella.  Several of our New Mexico members were juried into that exhibit, including our own Michelle Jackson.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

ENTRY FORM-Cultural Red

ENTRIES ACCEPTED SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 THROUGH JANUARY 7, 2015

Please email images and entry forms to Betty Busby, fbusby3@comcast.net

Entry form must be in Word or Page format, or simply in the body of an email. No PDF’s please!

Artist's Name:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Website (optional)



Wall Quilt Entry 1:

Title:

Date:

Artist's Statement/theme:



Size in inches 24” minimum, 60” maximum

retail sales price :

insurance value:



Wall Quilt Entry 2:

Title:

Date:

Artist's Statement/theme:



Size in inches : 24” minimum, 60” maximum

retail sales price :

insurance value:



Wall Quilt Entry 3:

Title:

Date:

Artist's Statement/theme:

Size in inches : 24” minimum, 60” maximum

retail sales price :

insurance value :



Sculptural Entry 1:

Title:

Date:

Artist's Statement/theme:



Size in inches (48” or less in height, 24’ maximum width)

retail sales price :

insurance value:



Sculptural Entry 2:

Title:

Date:

Artist's Statement/theme:



Size in inches (48” or less in height, 24’ maximum width)

retail sales price :

insurance value



LOAN AGREEMENT

I agree to loan my artwork to the Cultural Red exhibit at the Capitol Rotunda gallery from April 7, 2015- August 17, 2015, and the Hubbard Museum, April 1-September 2, 2016

I agree to permit images of my accepted work to be used in any publicity, in any media format, associated with the promotion of the exhibition.

Artist's Signature (can be typed in):

Date:

Non-refundable entry fee is $30 for up to THREE wall entries and TWO sculptural entries, for a possible total of FIVE per artist.

Please make checks payable to SAQA, and mail them to:

Betty Busby

14306 Oakwood Pl.

Albuquerque NM 87123.

ENTRIES ARE NOT COMPLETE UNTIL FEES ARE RECEIVED.



Please email images and entry forms to Betty Busby, fbusby3@comcast.net



CALENDAR

March 2014: Call for entries issued.

September 1, 2014: Entries will be accepted

January 7, 2015: Deadline for receipt of entries

February 2015: Notification of acceptance will be emailed

April 13, 2015: Accepted artwork delivery to the Capitol.

April 17, 2015: Exhibition opens.

August 17, 2015: Exhibition closes.

April 1, 2016: Exhibit opens at the Hubbard Museum

September 2, 2016: Exhibit closes



Wednesday, August 13, 2014

AUGUST NOTES FROM MICHELLE



It was wonderful to see you all last month in Albuquerque. We had 25 in attendance at that meeting. The show and tell was inspiring as well as all the ideas in the works for Cultural Red. It is going to be a fabulous show! Please see the info about Cultural Red at the Capitol Rotunda Gallery, April –August 2015 below and look for the entry form which will be attached to another email/newsletter sometime later this month.  

Our next potluck meeting will be at 11:00 am on September 13th  tentatively at the Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe. I will confirm the location and let you know for sure with the next newsletter.

We are making plans for another fun workshop/weekend of fun with the opening of Cultural Red. Stay tuned for the details! Also, start thinking about another opportunity still in the making and way off in the future “Healing Quilts”. This is just a tease! More to about this to come.

We talked about local photographers for quilts. I used to have some names and I think I sent them out in a newsletter about a year ago, but I can’t find them. If you know of any locally would you respond to this email with their name and contact information. I will then forward them to the group with the next email. Thank you.

Until then…. Happy art quilting!
Michelle Jackson
SAQA NM Representative