Upcoming SAQA deadlines

DEADLINES and DATES, taken from the SAQA September 2010e.Bulletin http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1208

September 9, 2010 - Visioning Project Conference Call

September 10, 2010 - Online submissions begin for "Beyond Comfort" September 15, 2010 - Gregory Case Conference Call - Professionally Photographing Your Quilts September 20, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction Part 1 starts September 27, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction, Part 2 starts October 4, 2010 - SAQA's 2010 Benefit Auction, Part 3 starts October 10, 2010 - DEADLINE: last day for online submissions for "Beyond Comfort" October 13, 2010 - Monica Dixon Conference Call - 10 Steps to Take November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE for submissions for "No Holds Barred" November 1, 2010 - DEADLINE Journal Gallery submissions: Green January 21, 2011 - DEADLINE "This is a Quilt!" Trunk Show entries

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

Maya Textiles Exhibit

The Shoreview library will host the exhibition "Maya Textiles from the Guatemalan Highlands" in September and October 2010.

The clothing, textiles and photographs are from the collection of Richard Eric Nelson. Nelson has traveled extensively to Guatemala, Mexico and other Central American countries.

His collection provides a window into the world of indigenous Maya people and their traditions. A lecture and slideshow will be held in the fall. Please contact the library in Shoreview for more information.

http://www.ramsey.lib.mn.us/

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.

Exhibit opportunity for SAQA MN members

SAQA Minnesota members have been invited to exhibit their nature-themed quilts at the Tamarack Nature Center in White Bear, MN from mid-October through November, 2010.  A national conference and busy fall activities would ensure that the pieces would be seen by a large audience.  There will be an opening on November 5th. Contact Susan Stein for exhibit requirements. Please bring quilts to the September 21st meeting.

July Meeting Update

21 SAQA members attended ate July meeting at the Textile Center. Among the highlights: The Evergreen Quilters group took a ribbon at the MN show.  Doroth Mayer has two quilts in the 1000 Artisans book.  Stephanie Forsyth had four pieces juried into a WI show.  Be sure to check out her blog- www.thefibernation.blogspot.com.  Members voiced that the Textile Center is convenient for members. Check back for updates on our September 21st and November 20th meeting.

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.