SAQA New Mexico May 2019 Meeting Recap

Exhibition News

***LARG

LARG continues to be a great show.  Next exhibition venue is Fiber Arts Fiesta from May 30 to June 1.  From July 1 – 31 the show will hang at the library in Los Alamos.  Then it will be at the Museum of Art in Farmington, NM from August 31, 2019 to January 1, 2020:

  There won’t be room for all 35 quilts to hang there. You will find the list of quilts that will hang in Farmington from August 31, 2019 to January 1, 2020 in the post below in the March Meeting recap.

***OUT OF THE BLUE

            Blue opened on Friday, May 10 and looks great.  We had a nice turn out, great food (thanks Gale O-P), music (thanks John Rogers) and lots of happy people.  The show will be up through August 9 and then travel to Farmington in April 2020.  Checking the Capitol website it shows that the Rotunda is open on Saturdays during the summer, so if you have visitors and want them to see the show, you can visit on Saturdays.

FIBER ARTS FIESTA

            Lots of last minute info for Fiesta.  Thanks to everyone who has volunteered.  We still will take any help you are able to give, especially on Hanging Day, (Wednesday, May 29).  You don’t have to be a member of SAQA or any other group to volunteer and those volunteers get in free.  So, if you have friends or relatives visiting who would like to see the show and do some shopping, just sign them up for a short volunteer shift (contact Mary Jo) and they will get in free.  But your name does need to be on the volunteer list where it is checked off by other Fiesta volunteers, so plan ahead.  We have gotten plenty of beautiful doo-dahs.  Thanks to all who contributed.  We also got some nice quilts turned in at the meeting that we will use in the SAQA booth.  If you didn’t turn anything in, you may still do so, just be sure each quilt has a slat with holes drilled in each end.  No wire is necessary.  Contact Mary Jo if you are going to be bringing her a quilt, or if you are planning to bring one on Wednesday during set up.  She’s keeping a master list.

AUCTION SQUARES

            These are the 12” x 12” squares that are auctioned off on-line.  All the money raised through the sale of these small quilts goes toward funding traveling exhibitions.  This is a good chance to spend a small amount of time and help out in a big way.  Pat Gould is collecting these this year.  The final deadline to turn in your auction square is June 1.  Also, consider watching the SAQA website beginning September 13.  You might want to bid on a small quilt.  All proceeds from this auction help fund the globally traveling shows.

SAQA Conference

            MaryJo gave a brief recap of this year’s conference which was held in San Jose.  She had a great time and encouraged all of us to think about attending next year.  It will be held in Toronto, Canada, March 19 – 22.  The conference and hotel rooms often sell out, so if you think you might want to attend, sign up early.

Ideas for future NM meetings

            We talked briefly about programs we might present.  Ideas included:  getting more from your SAQA membership, becoming a JAM, tapping into teachers who are coming to NM, developing a weekend retreat or a one-day mini-conference.

As usual we had a wonderful show and tell.  Thanks to everyone for getting to the meeting.  And if you weren’t there, we missed you!

Our next meeting is July 20, 2019 at HipStitch in Albuquerque.

Lynn Rogers
New Mexico Regional Co-rep
Studio Art Quilt Associates