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. 

The Midland Arts Association juried textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin into their 2011 Spring Juried Art exhibition to be held at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas. Her artwork, Contaminated Water #2 (Pond Scum), is one of the artworks selected for the exhibit. The exhibition will feature 74 artworks selected from 257 entries.

The juror for the exhibition was illustrator Leslie D’Allesandro Hawes of Midland, Texas and Tucson, Arizona. The Texas Commission on the Arts and the Arts Assembly of Midland partially support this program.

The exhibition opens on March 10, 2011, with an opening reception and awards presentation from 7 to 9 pm. Over $4,000 in monetary awards will be given to exhibiting artists. The exhibition closes on April 10, 2011. The address of the facility is the Museum of the Southwest, 1705 West Missouri Avenue, Midland, Texas 79701. Visit the Midland Arts Association web site for the list of accepted artists, www.midlandartsassociation.org. See the museum’s web site, www.museumsw.org, for more information about the exhibition or call 432-683-2882.

Upcoming Exhibition Deadlines

SAQA's call for  "This is a Quilt"has been extended until January 31, 2011. This is a great way to educate the public about fiber art!

The Textile Center has a call for Watershed. Entries are due on January 31st. Details are on the Textile Center's website.

SDA (Surface Design Association) has a call for the Members' Show, Fashion Show, and Student Show. Deadline is February 1, 2011. More information about the Confluence Conference can be found here.

Critical Response Groups

At SAQA MN's meeting on Saturday, January 15, we learned about the critical response process of discussing art works. We also discussed whether people are interested in forming neighborhood groups around the practice.

Cyndi Kaye and Susan would like you to contact them if you are interested in joining one of these groups.

Nancy Eha's interview with Bonnie McCaffery

Nancy Eha's interview with Bonnie McCaffery is now on line. Bonnie posts a monthly VidCast with a noteworthy quilter. This VidCast includes many of Nancy's "obsessively beaded" quilts, beading tips, and a demo/lesson. Watching it will answer many FAQs Nancy receives about beading on fabric. See http://bonniemccaffery.com/vidcasts/054.html.

Want to learn more? Nancy has several additional videos and a tutorial on her web site.
http://www.beadcreative.com

To celebrate,Nancy is having a "hurt book" sale of my newest book, Bead Creative Like Crazy.
http://www.beadcreative.com

Nancy Eha, Arts in Harmony 2011

Nancy Eha's art quilt Ode to Hundertwasser:Onion Domes has been accepted for the Arts in Harmony 2011 International Juried Art Show. The quilt is 42" by 25" and is constructed of fused hand dyed fabric and tulle, couched rat tail, and free motion embroidery. The show will hang February 7-March 24 at the Sherburne County Government Center with a reception and awards presentation on February 7, 1:00pm-3:30pm. The address of the facility is Sherburne County Government Center, 13880 US Highway 10, Elk River, Minnesota. Visit the Arts Alliance web site, http://www.elkriverart.org for more information about the organization, exhibitions, etc.

Jean M. Judd, Arts in Harmony 2011 International Juried Fine Art Exhibition

Textile artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin has been juried into the Arts in Harmony 2011 International Juried Fine Art exhibition to be held at the Sherburne County Government Center in Elk River, Minnesota. Her artwork, Contaminated Water #3 (Sludge), is one of the artworks selected for the exhibit. The exhibition will feature 220 artworks selected from 855 entries.

The jurors for the exhibition were Lyndell King, director and chief curator at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, and Barbara Schultz, developer of Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s (MCAD's) current comic art curriculum and MCAD’s Distant Learning comic art courses.

This exhibition is the second largest juried art exhibition in the state of Minnesota and is in its 16^th year. The exhibition opens on February 7, 2011. An opening reception and awards presentation with jurors Lyndell King and Barbara Schultz is on February 13, 2011 from 1:00 to 3:30pm. Over $10,000 in monetary awards will be given to artists. The exhibition closes on March 24, 2011. The address of the facility is Sherburne County Government Center, 13880 US Highway 10, Elk River, Minnesota. Visit the Arts Alliance web site, http://www.elkriverart.org for more information about the organization, exhibitions, etc.