SAQA NEW MEXICO MEETING AND OPENING RECEPTION AT HUBBARD MUSEUM CANCELLED.

The Hubbard Museum in Ruidoso Downs just cancelled all their special events through early April. That means the reception planned for the opening of Life Along the Rio Grande has been cancelled. Given the current warning about COVID-19, we are cancelling the March SAQA NM meeting planned for March 21. We hope to be back to our regular schedule with the May 16 meeting in Santa Fe. We’ll keep you posted.

Since we are cancelling the March meeting, we hope you will join us for the online NM SAQA critique on Saturday, April 18, at 9am, MST. The ZOOM PLATFORM is very easy to use. If you want a practice session, Vicki Conley, the critique leader, would be glad to set it up. Vicki also needs one more volunteer to put up a work for critique. This is a friendly setting and everyone learns a lot. Please contact Vicki for the ZOOM info you will need to access the meeting.

SAQA CONFERENCE NOW A VIRTUAL EVENT

As you probably know by now, MOSAICA, the international SAQA conference scheduled to take place in Toronto was cancelled. The good news is that the conference team is converting the program (including the Spotlight Auction) to a virtual event that will take place Thursday, March 19, to Saturday, March 21. With this new format, registration is extended to all SAQA members, no matter your location! Registration is $200 and you will be able to access all the programs through June 30, even if you can’t attend all the conference sessions in real time. Visit http://www.saqa.com/ and access SAQA conferences from the members’ section for complete information and registration. This is a great opportunity to join the conference without the cost of travel, hotel and meals. What a deal!

Announcing SAQA NM Call for Entry:

WEATHER or NOT

SAQA NM is pleased to announce a new call for entry for 2021 at the Capitol Rotunda Gallery in Santa Fe. The theme is weather in all its forms. From sunny summer days to stormy winter nights, weather is an integral part of all our lives. Abstract and representational work will be considered, two-dimensional wall-hung work (including framed pieces) and free-standing, three-dimensional sculpture may also be submitted.

Selected portions of the show will travel to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in September 2021. Check out the Call for Entry Tab for details.

Important - Change of Location/Time of Next SAQA NM Regional Meeting

CHANGE OF VENUE AND TIME FOR MARCH 21 SAQA NEW MEXICO REGIONAL MEETING (Note: as of 3/14/2020 the reception and March meeting are cancelled)

The next New Mexico SAQA Regional meeting is Saturday, March 21, 2020. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the opening of LIFE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE at the Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, NM. Since several members plan to attend the museum opening on March 20, the regional meeting will take place at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount in Ruidoso, from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. A light breakfast of pastries, coffee, tea and juice will be served.

We are asking members who plan to attend the meeting to email Lynn Rogers so that we can purchase an appropriate amount of food and beverages for everyone.

Episcopal Church of the Holy Mount

121 Mescalero Trail

Ruidoso. NM

A huge thank you to Ruidoso-based member Mary Aigner for arranging the venue and food for this meeting. It is a rare opportunity to bring together SAQA NM members from areas of our very large state beyond Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

As a reminder: our first exhibition of 2020 will open at the Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, NM, with a reception for LIFE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, Friday, March 20, from 5 to 7 pm. The show will be on view from March 21 to July 31, 2020.

Hubbard Museum of the American West
26301 U. S. Hwy 70
Ruidoso Downs, NM
575-378-4142
www.hubbardmuseum.org

Your Invitiation for the LIFE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE reception is HERE.

Next up is an exhibition of OUT OF THE BLUE at the Farmington Museum in Farmington, NM,

from April 4 to August 1, 2020. The 23 quilts curated into this exhibition have been collected. Thanks again to Kay Sutt and Julee Coffman for volunteering to deliver the quilts to Farmington. This is a lovely museum and worth the trip to see OUT OF THE BLUE while it is on display there.

Information on these and other SAQA NM exhibitions is on our blog at http://saqanm.blogspot.com.

SAQA NM CRITIQUE GROUP

The second Critique Group Online Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 18. So far we have one volunteer; we would like to have 2 more volunteers for this session. Critique discussions last about 15-20 minutes each and loosely follow Jane Dunnewold’s critique guidelines. You can find the guidelines at https://janedunnewold.com/tutorials. Both finished pieces and works-in-progress are welcome. If you would like to volunteer to enter a piece to be critiqued, please email Vicki Conley. All SAQA NM members are invited to participate in the critique group, whether you have a piece you want discussed or would simply like to see how the process work.

These online meetings are conducted using the ZOOM video conferencing tool. It’s an easy process to take part in. If you haven’t yet participated in a ZOOM meeting, you can learn more at the SAQA website by searching for ZOOM or going to http://www.saqa.com/members.php?ID=3529.

ALBUQUERQUE FIBER ARTS COUNCIL NEWS

Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council’s spring show will be held at the Albuquerque Garden Center on April 3 and 4, 2020.  Char Punke and Beverly Tones are the SAQA representatives on the education committee that sponsors this show. Calls for Entry are available at www.fiberartsfiesta.org. This is a great opportunity to show smaller art quilts. It would be wonderful to have SAQA well-represented at this show. SAQA is a member organization so our members do not have to pay an entry fee.

It's not too soon to start thinking about the ABQ Fiber Arts Fiesta coming up in 2021. Bev Firth is the co-chair of the AFAF quilt committee. We are still looking for a volunteer to represent SAQA on the quilt committee. Please email Mary Jo Stipe if you can take on this role.

Don’t forget to take advantage of all the articles, webinars, news and inspiration available 24/7 on the SAQA website. Tap into SAQA Seminar 2020 — Your Professional Toolkit, along with archives of earlier seminars. Looking for opportunities to show your work? Check out

http://www.saqa.com/calendar.

Mary Jo Stipe
NM Regional Co-Representative
Studio Art Quilt Associates

Update on Items from September, 2019 Meeting: Trunk Show/Presentation and NM Regional Conference 2021

SAQA TRUNK SHOW
            We have reserved a SAQA trunk show for the months of July and August, 2020. Mary
Jo Stipe will be doing a program on art quilts and the history of SAQA to accompany the
trunk show. In addition to the July SAQA NM Regional Meeting, she will be speaking to the
ABQ Modern Quilt Guild, NMQA, Taos Quilt Guild, and the NNMQG. If you know of
another group that might be interested in having this program at their meeting, contact
Mary Jo.

SAQA NM REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2021
            We are in the early stages of looking into the feasibility of doing a SAQA NM Regional
Conference in 2021. Tentative plans are to feature Susie Monday to make the keynote
address and present a workshop. If you are interested in being on a committee to help
with this project, please contact Mary Jo.