Congratulations Susan Stein on Spun Gold Award

Congratulations to Spun Gold Award Recipient: Susan Stein

Every year Textile Center has the privilege of awarding members of our textile community the Spun Gold Award for a lifetime of dedication to the textile arts. Spun Gold Awardees are selected based on years of experience, innovation, contribution to the greater community, recognition by peers, preeminence and excellence in the field. This year (2011) we are pleased to announce the award goes to Diane Fitzgerald and Susan Stein.

Susan Stein started quilting in 1977; has been president and show chairman for Minnesota Quilters; has written five books and contributed to numerous others; was Minnesota Quilter of the Year in 2003; has taught many classes locally and out of state; has made hundreds of quilts, wall hangings, and garments for publication, store samples, public buildings, and personal use. She co-owned a quilt shop from 1980-85 and owned Colorful Quilts and Textiles from 1995-2009. Susan was a former regional representative for SAQA - Minnesota region. Currently her interests are mixed media art quilts and all kinds of surface design.

Please send your congrats to Susan: susan@colorfulquilts.com

Art Journals by Nancy Wick

Nancy Wick gave a presentation on art journals at our July 2011 meeting. Here are some links for more information on art journals:

Nancy's website and blog:
 www.imapiecemaker.com
textiletreasures.co

Websites for art journal inspiration
        • www.quiltart.com
        • http://www.djpettitt.com/Books2.html
        • http://www.lindakemshall.com/
        • http://www.linda-matthews.com/
        • http://elinwaterston.com/
        • http://www.janedavila.com/
        • http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/bernina_videos_view.php/bernina_videos_id/1009
        • http://www.quiltingdaily.com/

Books for art journal inspiration:
        • “Creative Quilting:  The Journal Quilt Project” by Karey Patterson
        • “Fabric Embellishing:  The Basics and Beyond”  by Liz Kettle, Heather Thomas, Ruth Chandler, and Lauren Vlcek
        • Books by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn (they have 24+)
        • “Art Quilt Workbook” by Jane Davila and Elin Waterson
        • “The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art” and “Fabric Art Workshop” by Susan Stein
        • “Drawn To Stitch” and “Surfaces for Stitch” by Gwen Hedley
Be sure to check the Textile Center library for art journal books and dvds.

Next Meeting March 19th, 10:00 AM at the Textile Center

SAQA-MN will meet Saturday, March 19th, 10:00, at the Textile Center.  Cyndi Kaye will do a presentation "Goal Setting for Creative Persons", based on the book Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland.  The book offers a framework for exploring our motivations and obstacles for creating art.  Cyndi Kaye will lead us through an exercise to help identify our artistic goals and the strategies to achieve them.  Come for a good program, good show and tell, and good friends.  Bring your projects and class samples to show.  See you then. 

SDA Conference news

Greetings! Next spring, Surface Design Association (SDA) and the Textile Center will present

Confluence
2011 International Surface Design Association Conference

in Minneapolis. The SDA members' show, Merge and Flow, is an open call for all SDA members. Check out the guidelines, membership, and deadlines at the SDA website.http://dev.surfacedesign.org/2011-SDAConference.php

Meeting Updates

Tuesday, September 21 at Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Lake.  Arrive at 5:30 for potluck, 6:30 for meeting.   Latecomers: please bring dessert!  Bring a sketchbook or some white paper and a pencil for the sketchbook exercises lead by Karen Wallach. Bring quilts for the nature-themed exhibit at Tamarack. Link: Tamarack Nature Center website

November 20th meeting is at 10:00 to noon at the Textile Center.  Program tba.

July Meeting Update. New Location: Textile Center

Summer greetings:

The July 27th, 2010 meeting has been changed to the Textile Center. http://www.textilecentermn.org We will have a social hour from 5:30 - 6:30. Bring a dish or beverage to share. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM. Please bring what you have been working on. 

The reason for the change is that I had the opportunity to extend my Asia trip to visit Korea. While there, I will be networking with the new regional representative for Korea, Mi-Sik Kim. I will also be looking at potential venues for a SAQA exhibit in Seoul, Korea. It is an exciting opportunity for SAQA and myself, so I hope you will forgive me for the change in venue. 

Some exciting opportunities for you:

Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition applications are due this Monday, July 19th. The application takes five minutes and no photo is needed. We need more fiber entered, the media is selected as a percentage of all entries. See the details at: http://www.mnstatefair.org/competition/fine_arts.html

The Textile Center is accepting applications for the juried Holiday Show. Details at http://www.textilecentermn.org/gallery.asp

If you have other exciting news you would like to share, let me know and I can send it out via email and on our blog. 

Sue Kelly (L), a St. Cloud resident, fiber art uses Shivia paintsticks.  Susan Stein's showcased one of her newer quilts (R) and her new book, The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, was available for sale at Laura Murray's booth. 


Susan Stein's book can be found at the Textile Center gift shop. 

SNOW DYEING,

Susan recommended this site http://artaddworksforme.blogspot.com/ The log inspired me to give it a try! The snow, dye, and the fabric are working their magic as I type. We have so much snow that it is great to have a creative outlet for it! I will post some pictures.

Reminder that the opening for Foot in the Door is this Thursday at the MIA.

Today I ran into several SAQA members at the Textile Center. The member show is great but ends February 20, 2010.

Kristin Hoelscher-Schacker will be the featured speaker at Minnesota Quilters in October. The Minnesota Quilters meet at the Textile Center at 3000 University Avenue. There are 2 presentations: Thursday, October 1st and Saturday, October 3rd.

Call for photos: Please email Kristen up to 3 images of your fiber art. She will share them at the meeting.

Art Happenings

Welcome to SAQA MN! Please email me items you would like to see on the blog.

Exciting textile related events coming up in Minnesota:

Hot Art, Cool Jazz this Friday, September 18th at the Textile Center. Event begins at 6:30 PM. Tickets required but still available.

Next week: Reading and Reception  of Kimber Olson and Kirsten Dierking's "CONTEXTURE" on Saturday, September 26th, 7:30 PM at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN.  Kimber's fiber art is outstanding.