March 17, 2018 Meeting Notes

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VENDOR DATE FOR THE UNITARIAN SHOW IS JUNE 24TH NOT JUNE 23RD AS ORIGINALLY STATED IN THE MARCH 17, 2018 MEETING NOTES.  

Here are highlights from the March 17, 2018 meeting in Albuquerque.

Thank you to Anita McSorley for taking notes while I was out of town.  The thesis defense went well and we were glad we were able to attend.

Exhibition News

Las Cruces

• April 6 is the opening in Las Cruces for LARG and Seeds for SAQA
• Seeds for SAQA @ Farm & Ranch Museum opening from 3 – 5
• Life Along the Rio Grande @ Branigan Art Museum from 5 – 8
• Lunch at 12:30 at La Posta in Old Mesilla.  You should have let Vicki Conley know you were coming by now.
• If you have a piece in LARG, your technic sample page should have been turned in.  If not, send it to Gale.
• LARG catalogs are available through Amazon.

Unitarian Show

•  LARG will hang at the Unitarian church in Albuquerque June 23 – August 4.
•  SAQA members may vend at this show on June 23 (CORRECTION: VENDOR DATE IS JUNE 24).  You do not have to have a piece in LARG to be a vendor.
• To be a vendor a form from the church must be submitted.  If you will have your LARG quilt hanging at the church, there is also an exhibitor form to fill out. You can DOWNLOAD the form here.
• At this time there seems to be some confusion as to the percentage of sales (quilts and/or vending) the church will take.  Working on clarification.

Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta

• Spring show, Earth, Wind and Fiber is April 7&8 at the ABQ Garden Center.
• Discussion re:  nominations for Featured Artist, Fiber Arts Fiesta, 2019
• Pat Gould might be able to get a traveling SAQA show for the Fiesta.
• Gale has art quilt kits left from the Chinese exhibit at Folk Art Museum.

Capitol Rotunda Show

• No theme, size limitations or specific date yet.
• If you have ideas for a theme, please contact Gale or Lynn or Betty.

General Announcements

SAQA Benefit Auction

• Make a 12” square quilt to be donated to the auction.  Details and forms can be found on the SAQA website.
• You must register online.  Print out the form and attach it to your quilt.
• Early Bird Deadline is April 8.  Entering on-line with images gives you a better opportunity to be included in the advertising for this auction
• Otherwise, quilts can be turned in at the May meeting in Santa Fe.  You must have paperwork that accompanies your quilt.  Gale will collect all of these donation quilts and send them to SAQA.

Next meeting is May 19 in Santa Fe at the Vista Grande Public Library.

Lynn Rogers
SAQA NM co-rep
SAQANM.blogspot.com

Highlights from January 20, 2018 Meeting

*We welcomed 3 visitors to this meeting.

*As we continue to grow, please wear a nametag at the meetings.  It helps us learn each other’s names as we have more and more new faces.

*We’re also going to have a sign in sheet at each meeting in order to collect some attendance data which the reps will need for the end of the year report.  Thanks for your help!

Exhibition News

Structural Diversity is NOT going on to the Spring IQF show in Chicago.  Betty will send an e-mail to let you know when quilts have been returned and the process for getting your quilt back.

Earth, Wind and Fiber:  the Spring Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council show will be held April 7 & 8 at the Garden Center, ABQ.  Entries are now open and final deadline to enter is February 25.  Kathyrn Lazier (kalazier@gmail.com) is our contact person for this show.  Complete information can be found on the blog (www.saqanm.blogspot.com)

Las Cruces, April 6

Seeds for SAQA @ the Farm & Ranch Museum – opening from 3 – 5

Life Along the Rio Grande @ Branigan Art Museum – opening from 5 – 8

Lunch on Friday the 6^th, probably around 12:30.  Please e-mail Vicki Conley (vickiconley55@gmail.com) if you are coming for lunch.  Let her know by February 9 so she has an idea of how big of a space we will need.

Asking all exhibitors to create a sample page (8 1/2 x 11) showing an example of a technique used in your art.  May include a photo, description, etc.  Put it into a clear page protector.

At March meeting turn in:  1.  LARG quilt (if you haven’t already done so) 2.  Your sample page. 

Postcards will also be distributed at the March meeting.

Unitarian Show

Pieces from LARG will be hung on June 23 – August 4. 

The Church will take 30% of sales of quilts.  An Exhibitor Information Form must be completed.  That will be available at March meeting and on June 23.

There will also be a Vendor Bazaar on Sunday, June 24.  Church does not take a cut of these sales.  Opportunity open to all SAQA members, not just LARG exhibitors.

General Announcements and Discussion

*Need more venues for LARG.  Possible ideas included:  Open Space in ABQ, Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos, Downtown Library in SF, Adobe Theater, UNM Hospital gallery, SITE Santa Fe.

*Need theme suggestions for Capitol Rotunda show 2019.  Contact Betty Busby.

*Discussed possible program presentations.  Interest in the You Be the Juror Program again

*Began conversation re:  possible FaceBook page for SAQA NM.  To be continued.

*Discussion of how to do a last minute cancellation of a meeting.  Lynn & Gale will continue to investigate.

Lynn Rogers
SAQA NM co-rep
Saqanm.blogspot.com

Here’s a brief recap of our SAQA meeting last Saturday, November 18th

Life Along the Rio Grande

•  First a big thank you to Vicki Conley for her wonderful idea and efforts to make this happen.
• Also thanks to Vicki and Betty for securing some great venues for this show.
• Betty has the original 35 entries for now.  But if you haven’t submitted something you can still do that.  As pieces sell they will be replaced with new work from other members.
• The exhibition schedule for LARG:
  • Opening at the Branigan Art Center, Las Cruces on Friday, April 6, 2018.  Reception from 5 – 8.  Runs through May 6.
  • June 23 – August 4 will hang at Unitarian Church, Albuquerque.  A Mercado is associated with this opening and members may sell items.
  • October 1 - November 19 – Macey Center, NM Tech Socorro
  • December ? – January ? – Roswell Art Museum
• There will be a catalog of this show available through Amazon.
• The Branigan Cultural Center is planning to do an instructional program with Life Along the Rio Grande when it opens there next year.
• We would like to request that you send in a small piece of material or quilted sample using techniques that are in your show quilt.
• They should be small enough to fit into a regular ring binder- that is, 81/2x11"
• This is completely optional but will go a long way in helping to educate the public about art quilts.
• The members of the local guild, Las Colcheras, have volunteered to make the presentations to museum attendees.
• Sample pieces can be sent in with your quilts or delivered to the next NM SAQA meeting.thank you!

Seeds for SAQA

•  Back by popular demand!  Opening the same weekend as LARG at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces.  Reception held earlier in the day from 3 – 5.

Earth, Wind and Fiber

•  The spring show of the Fiber Arts Fiesta will be April 7 & 8.  Entry is free to SAQA members.  Check the website for size restrictions.

ABQFiberArtsCouncil.org

Capitol Rotunda – 2019

•  Betty is putting out a call for Theme ideas.  Should be fairly broad and able to be interpreted in many different ways.

Many thanks for MaryJo Stipe for volunteering to be our SAQA rep to the Fiber Arts Council for Fiber Arts Fiesta.  We could still use a 2nd person as a backup in case MaryJo is unable to attend a meeting.  Contact Lynn or Gale.

Any blog info goes to Schatzi Brimer 

Next meeting:  January 20, 2018 in Santa Fe at the Eldorado Library.

Lynn Rogers
SAQA NM co-representative