Martha Sielman's new book, Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits

Martha Sielman has asked us to create a post about the release of her new book, Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits.  She says, "It's a gorgeous book, full of great art. It includes mini-retrospectives with in-depth interviews of 21 featured quilt artists from around the world, as well as gallery sections showing the work of 75 additional artists."

Amazon is currently selling the book for $8.44!  The link takes you to the page with the book, www.amazon.com

Jean M. Judd accepted into Academy of Fine Arts' 2013 Annual National Juried Art Exhibition

The Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia has announced that textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin is one of the artists selected for inclusion in the Academy of Fine Arts' 2013 Annual National Juried Art Exhibition. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit includes: Contaminated Water #5: Mutated Sand Dollars, Rusted Fish.  

Exhibit juror David Dodge Lewis, Barger-Barclay Professor of Fine Arts at Hampden-Sydney College, has selected 50 artworks from artists’ 390 submissions of paintings, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, fiber, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, and mixed-media artworks. The exhibit opens on April 5, 2013 and is open through April 27, 2013. The artists' reception and awards presentation is on April 5, 2013 from 5 pm to 8 pm with the juror’s talk at 5:30pm at the Academy of Fine Arts. The address for the exhibition is:

Academy of Fine Arts

600 Main Street

Lynchburg, VA   24504

Visit the Academy of Fine Arts web site www.academyfinearts.com/  for more information about the center, exhibition, etc., contact Exhibitions Curator Ted Batt at 434-528-5841.

Meeting Reminder!

Just a quick reminder, our next SAQA meeting is March 16 at the Lyric! At 10:30am. 
Please remember to bring your information for the SAQA exhibit at MQ! As we noted in January:
"SAQA MN Show at MQ, Duluth MN, June 13-15:
The theme of our SAQA MN exhibit at the MQ show in June 2013 is Landscape & Nature. This decision was reached by polling the membership via email, and was ratified by the group attending the January meeting. Rose Allen is co-directing exhibitions for MQ and will soon make available the entry form for works.
Specifics of the work to be offered by SAQA MN members: Each piece must have dimensions of 14x20 inches, oriented either vertically or horizontally. In addition, each member showing work will be asked to prepare the following: By March 16 (the date of our next meeting) have the Title and Orientation of your 14x20 inch work ready to report. By April 15: Fill out your Entry Form (coming soon from Rose Allen). Prepare a Bio and/or Artist Statement, 100 words in length. Write a Description for your entry, no more than 25 words long. Provide a digital or scannable head-shot, which will be displayed (2x2 inches or so) with your artwork and Bio/Artist Statement at the MQ show.

The March 16 deadline for the Title and orientation are to help Rose plan the exhibit.
Info due April 15 allows Rose to include a listing of your work in the MQ show-book, and gives SAQA MN Jennifers time to format your Bio/AS and head shot prior to including them in the display."

Jennifer Conrad will not be able to make the next meeting, as she'll be traveling for work. If you have any ideas for this week's agenda please let me know! Thanks,
Jen S.

Jean M. Judd accepted into the Midland Arts Association's 2013 Spring Juried Art Exhibition

Contaminated Water #4: Through the Fence

The Midland Arts Association has juried textile artist of Cushing, Wisconsin into their 2013 Spring Juried Art Exhibition to be held at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas. Her artwork, Contaminated Water #4: Through the Fence and Diamond #3: Block on a Rock, are two of the artworks selected for the exhibit. The exhibition will feature 75 pieces selected from a submission pool of 243 artworks.

The juror for the exhibition is Michael R. Grauer, Curator of Art at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. Artists submitted oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, fabric, drawing, print making, photography, pastel, and 3 dimensional artwork for consideration.

The exhibition opens on March 28, 2013. An opening reception and awards presentation is on March 28, 2013 from 6 to 8 pm. The association will give over $4,000 in monetary awards to exhibiting artists. The exhibition closes on April 28, 2013.

The address of the facility is:
Museum of the Southwest
1705 West Missouri Avenue
Midland, Texas  79701.

Visit the Midland Arts Association web site www.midlandartsassociation.org/and the museum’s web site, www.museumsw.org/ for more information about the exhibition or call 432-683-2882.

Jean M. Judd, National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2013, Wichita Center for the Arts

The Wichita Center for the Arts has announced that textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin is one of the artists selected for inclusion in the National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2013. Artwork selected for inclusion in the exhibit includes: Choir of Angel Tapestry and Flaming Grapes.

Flaming Grapes

Exhibit juror Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, Chair of the Fiber program at Kansas City Art Institute, has selected a diverse range of artworks from artists’ submissions of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional fiber artworks. The exhibit opens on April 5, 2013 and is open through May 19, 2013. The artist reception and awards presentation is on April 5, 2013 from 5pm to 7pm at the Wichita Center for the Arts. The address for the exhibition is:

Wichita Center for the Arts
9112 East Central
Wichita, KS   67206

Visit the Wichita Center for the Arts web site, www.wcfta.com/UpcomingExhibitions.html  for more information about the center, exhibition, etc.