SAQA Oregon held our second
regional conference on September 22nd, 2016, at the beautiful, historic Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, Oregon. Seventy two people attended, including speakers. The theme of the conference was "New Dimensions - into the future". We explored the subject of 3D fiber art, which is engaging the attention of an increasing number of art quilters. Our morning program included a keynote speech by
Kay Khan of New Mexico, who presented her innovative and colorful 3D fiber work; a panel discussion on the challenges of including 3D work in a fiber art show; and a very successful one-day, non-juried exhibit of members' 3D fiber art pieces, with 42 pieces shown. The afternoon program included a presentation on copyright issues for artists, and a series of six very well-received table-top presentations/demos by members on innovative techniques and approaches. Our
next regional juried exhibit, “Bridge", was announced.
In the evening, many people viewed our
current regional juried exhibit: "Blending Poetry and Cloth" and attended the opening reception for the exhibit, hosted by the Willamette Heritage Center. The exhibit will be shown there until
December 22nd. Entry to the Willamette Heritage Center, where the exhibit is hung, is free to SAQA Oregon members and their guests until the exhibit is taken down in late December. Please tell the person at the front entry desk you are a member, and they will check your name on our list.
Save the dates for the
2017 SAQA Conference, “Creation to Curation”,
April 27-30 in Lincoln, Nebraska; early bird
registration until
November 1st. The
Layered Voices SAQA Exhibition will open at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum during the conference The
2017 SAQA Trunk Show will premier at the conference; online entry closes
November 30, 2016.
The SAQA Education Committee has developed an exciting new project called
SAQA Seminar, a multi-media collection of content on a specific theme designed to inform, inspire and connect SAQA members.The theme for SAQA Seminar 2016 is
STITCHING and will run from September through December. During this time, new content will be released regularly in the form of articles, video conversations, challenges, tutorials, artist profiles, resource list, and much more! There will also be regular opportunities to connect with other members. Access SAQA Seminar here:
www.saqa.com/seminar.
While the bidding might be over, the
2016 SAQA Benefit Auction is still NOT done! We have a wide variety of pieces available for sale in the
SAQA Store. Thanks to all who contributed work to the auction.
New this year:
Please track your volunteer hours for SAQA. The SAQA Regional Representatives have been asked to collect this information from our members and report the aggregate volunteer hours for the region in our annual regional report. Regional reports are submitted in January
In this Newsletter:
1. Requests for Input and Participation
2. SAQA Exhibits in Oregon
3. 2016 SAQA Oregon Regional Conference
4. SAQA Oregon Pods
5. SAQA Oregon Blog and SAQA Oregon Facebook Group
Marion Shimoda
SAQA Oregon Regional Co-Representative
marion.shimoda@gmail.com
1. Requests for Input and Participation
SAQA Oregon Member Profiles are requested for the SAQA Oregon blog. We are off to a great start with nine member profiles:
Bonnie BucknamSherri CulverLynne Goulette Jill HoddickKristin La FlammeAnnette McFarlaneRose RushbrookeMarion ShimodaSidnee Snell
Please visit our blog at
http://saqaoregon.blogspot.com/p/saqa-oregon-member-profiles.html to see our Member Profiles and for information on submitting your own Member Profile.
2018 SAQA Oregon Regional Conference
We are already thinking about our next conference, which we tentatively plan to hold sometime in 2018, as venues need to be secured well in advance. We have sent email asking members to let us know which city and which month they prefer. Please respond – your input is important as we plan (yes, already!) for our next fun event.
2. SAQA Exhibits in Oregon
Blending Poetry & Cloth SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibit by Leotie Richards
Willamette Heritage Center, Salem
Opening reception - Thursday, September 22 from
5:30 to 7pm
The show runs through
December 22nd, 2016.
Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill
1313 Mill Street, Salem, OR 97301
(501) 585-7012
www.willametteheritage.org
Museum & Exhibit Open Monday - Saturday 10-5
About 800 fiber enthusiasts attended the Quiltopia event at the Willamette Heritage Center Sept. 30th to October 3rd. Many of them visited the exhibit space for Blending Poetry and Cloth and often stayed in the room 30-45 minutes. Deb Sorem and Mary Goodson talked with exhibit docents to provided background information on the art quilts. A list of exhibitors with sales price and email addresses was provided to the Heritage Center staff. It will be displayed in the exhibit space with the quilts.
Our next showing of the exhibit will take place at the Chahalem Cultural Center in Newberg from
April 4th to May 27th, 2017. We're going to install the exhibit on
March 27 or 28th. We'll need three volunteers to help with the half day install. Let us know if you are available.
Bridge SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibit by Sherrie Moomey
BRIDGE
Noun, verb, metaphor or...The potential is limitless awaiting the creative interpretations from our members for the next Oregon SAQA Regional exhibit.
The prospectus is complete and available on the
SAQA site.
The committee continues to work with venues across the state. The reception has been very positive. Our goal is to present artists with the opportunity to have their art displayed in venues representing the diverse communities of our state. As venues are finalized, we will update our calendar.
Please direct any questions or concerns to any of the SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibit Committee Members.
Lynne Goulette. (
lynnegoul@gmail.com)
Donna Rice (
rice4@bendcable.com)
Deb Sorem (
debsorem@gmail.com)
Sherrie Moomey (
sherrie.moomey@gmail.com)
Marion Shimoda (
marion.shimoda@gmail.com)
More information available at:
http://saqaoregon.blogspot.com/p/exhibits.html and
http://saqaoregon.blogspot.com/p/calls-to-saqa-oregon-artists.html
3. 2016 SAQA Oregon Regional Conference by Elizabeth Bamberger
We were really grateful for all the support provided to us by SAQA National, including handling at no cost the entire registration process, the insurance coverage and lower shipping rates for bringing our keynote speaker's art pieces to the conference, and for all the help with processing financial matters. Thank you so much!
We were very pleased with the members' keen interest in the theme of 3D art, with many questions asked of the keynote speaker and the panelists; and with the high level of engagement in the table-top presentations. The Blending Poetry and Cloth exhibit looked beautiful in the exhibit space and was very well received. We had a wonderful 12-member planning committee who started planning early and worked extremely hard and willingly to produce all the elements of our program and exhibit; also many willing volunteers who stepped up to help out on the conference day. For future reference, we have noted the importance of carefully testing ahead of time that all connections between computers, projectors etc work, and of providing the venue staff with a detailed diagram of exactly where tables will be placed, specifying the number of tables required etc. We are also considering whether we might offer a rather shorter afternoon program in future, to avoid audience fatigue.
4.
SAQA Oregon Pods - Ashland, Central Oregon, Portland and Valley South
SAQA Oregon Pod meeting information is available at:
http://saqaoregon.blogspot.com/p/meetings-and-events.htm
Ashland SAQA Rogue Art Quilters by Lynne Goulette
Our meeting in September was held as usual at Sew Creative in Ashland. Members shared their work in progress for the upcoming SAQA call to entries including the poster theme, H2Oh and Layered Voices. Other than that we discussed our wishes and plans for the next year and decided our next meeting will be held at a local winery so we can socialize and brainstorm ideas. This meeting is scheduled for October 17 at noon at the winery.
For more information you can contact Lynne Goulette at
lynnegoul@gmail.com.
Central Oregon SAQA Pod by Jan Tetzlaff
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 we will meet with Eugene quilt artist
Niraja Lorenz.
Niraja’s award winning work is exuberant and intricately pieced. She will bring some quilts to share as well as talk about how she creates her incredible work.
Meeting is
3-4:30 at the Stitchin’ Post.
At this meeting we need to decide if we are going to have another Central Oregon themed exhibit. We need to commit soon if we are going to reserve venues for our show to hang. This would be a non-juried show.
Oregon SAQA is having a juried show with the theme of Bridge.
First Friday, Oct. 7
A View From Above quilts will make an encore at Quiltworks Friday and will be on display for the rest of the month. Opening night reception is from
4 to 6:30 p.m.
Women of Cloth (formerly Sundance Art Quilters, will be exhibiting ‘A Study in Color.” The show by six Central Oregon SAQA members opens at Sotheby’s (last month’s site of the Doors exhibit), 821 NW Wall St., Bend.
Barbara Doust-Boggess, Helen Brisson, Dianne Browning, Julia Jeans, Kris Lang and Leotie Richards have joined together to inspire, create and critique pieces of art.
Fourth Friday, Oct. 28
The 28 Central Oregon SAQA artists who contributed to the Doors will be featured at Twigs/Stitchin’ Post, 311 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters.
Opening night reception is from
4 to 6:30 pm
Future Meetings Include
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 - A private tour of A6’s Japanese exhibit and an origami book making class. More information and cost about this will follow.
December 2016 - no SAQA meeting
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 - a post card making workshop with
Tonye Phillips. More information to follow about the workshop.
For more information contact Jan Tetzlaff at
jmtathome@hotmail.com
Portland SAQA Pod by Annette McFarlane
The next SAQA Portland pod will be on Wednesday, Oct 19, with a Vancouver studio tour and potluck lunch. Mary Arnold and Bonnie Bucknam’s studios will be open from
10-11:30AM, then Marie Murphy Wolfe will open her studio at
11:30 followed by a potluck salad lunch. Please bring a topping for the salad, greens and dressing will be provided.
Please email Annette McFarlane for the directions,
annettemcfar@gmail.com
Valley South SAQA Pod by Katie Walwyn
The Valley South pod meets the third Friday of each month at Eugene Textile Center, 1510 Jacobs Dr, Eugene 97402 at
2 pm with many members gathering for lunch at
12:30 at New Day Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd. This month we will be highlighting our inspirational artist, Canadian abstract painter Mandy Budan (
http://www.abstractlandscapepainting.com) as introduced by Joanna Price. Vera Rogers will present a demonstration on making organza silk screens beginning at
3:15 pm.
For more information, contact Katie Walwyn,
ktwalwyn@comcast.net or Carolyn Walwyn,
carolynwalwyn@gmail.com
5.
SAQA Oregon Blog and SAQA Oregon Facebook Group
The
SAQA Oregon Blog,
www.saqaoregon.blogspot.com, is where public SAQA Oregon Regional information is posted. It is the place to go for up to date information on SAQA Oregon Pod meetings, SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibits and SAQA Oregon Regional Conferences. Resources, calls for entry and other regional news is also available on the blog. The blog also provides links to SAQA Oregon Member websites and blogs. To submit news for the blog, please follow the instructions in the bottom right corner of any blog page.
If you’d like to receive SAQA Oregon Blog posts by email, sign up to “Follow By Email” from any page on the blog.
The
SAQA Oregon Facebook Group is a closed group. Information that may be of interest to SAQA Oregon members is posted to the group. Any SAQA member can join the group by going to the Facebook group and requesting to join. Membership is approved within a day.
Marion ShimodaSAQA Oregon Regional Co-Representativemarion.shimoda@gmail.com
