A Color Runs Through It

Awakening

Deb Sorum

 

Join artists and art appreciators for Fine Art Friday at the Bush Barn Art Center on July 10, 5:45 - 7:30pm. This event is a celebration of the three new exhibitions opening for July and August: Salem Salon 2015 (A.N. Bush Gallery), A Color Runs Through It: Art Quilts (Focus Gallery), and Reveal by Nancy Eng (Camas Gallery). Visitors will enjoy complimentary appetizers courtesy of LifeSource Natural Foods. In addition, the much anticipated 66th Annual Salem Art Fair & Festival commemorative poster featuring artwork by Kelli MacConnell will be available to purchase for the first time. An Awards Ceremony for Salem Salon 2015 will take place at 6 pm.

 

 

Experience A Color Runs Through It: Art Quilts as it introduces you to five fiber artists (Diane K. English, Georgia French, Laura Jaszkowski, Paulette Landers and Deb Sorem) each of whom developed their own series featuring a specific color and innovative techniques. Enjoy the vibrancy and variation of Red,Yellow, Purple, Blue and Green fabrics. Each artist will share with you their interpretation of a different color.

The Bush Barn is located at 600 Mis­sion St. SE Salem, Ore­gon 97302.  Hours are Tue-Fri, 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Sun, noon-5, Mon, Closed.

Lighter Than Air

Georgia French

 

Georgia French in Umpqua Valley Arts Center Exhibit

Georgia French has work in Artworks Northwest, a multi-media exhibit at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center in Roseburg.  The show will open May 8th and run through June 28th.  Forty-five works were selected by Juror Marie Watt of Portland out of more than four hundred fifty submitted.  Phone 541 672-2532 for more info.

 

Arts Center hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 4pm

Saturday 10am to 2pm

Closed Sunday, Monday, and all major holidays

 

Valley South Members to Exhibit at Maude Kerns, Eugene

Five Valley-South artists have just been accepted for a group exhibit at the Maude Kern Art Center in Eugene, OR. They are Diane English, Georgia French, Laura Jaszkowski, Paulette Landers, and Deb Sorem. The exhibit will be titled "A Color Runs Through It," and each artist will create five new works for the occasion, which will be scheduled in the 2015-2016 season at the Maude Kerns Art Center.  The group was notified that their proposal was one of ninety-six submitted for consideration.

Georgia French Exhibits at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center

Georgia French will have twenty-one works on display at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center in Roseburg (www.uvarts.com) as part of the exhibit "Latitude,"  a show by members of the Gallery Committee at the Center. The exhibit will open on May 9th and run through June 28th.  1624 West Harvard Blvd, Roseburg.  541 672 2532
 

Five SAQA Artists Open at Architectural Center

A year of planning and studio work culminated on February 1st in the opening of "What Comes Next? -- Fiber Artists Working in Series" at the Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand, Portland.  Five Oregon SAQA members created five new works each for the exhibit, which will run through February 26th.  They are Diane Born, Quinn Zander Corum, Georgia French, Elaine Millar and Hilde Morin.  On March 1st, a new exhibit will debut:  "What Comes Next?  A Different Look," and it will run through March 31st.  The five SAQA members conceived of the exhibit and took their proposal to the AHC, which accepted it as their first fiber exhibit.  The center has been having monthly art exhibits for four years.  Hours are 10-4:30, Wednesday - Saturday; admission $3.

Two Educational Nights at the Architectural Heritage Center, Portland

The two shows at the Architectural Heritage Center will be opening soon. 
Work by Diane Born, Quinn Zander Corum, Georgia French, Elaine Millar, and Hilde Morin will be shown throughout February and March.

Fiber Artists Working in a Series
February 1 - 28, 2013
Opening Reception February 1, 6-8pm

A Different Look
March 1 - 31, 2013
Opening Reception March 1, 6-8pm

In addition, you are welcome to attend two artists' educational evening sessions:

February12, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, there will be a SAQA trunk show not previously seen in Oregon, along with artist demonstrations.
March 21, 2013 during the same evening hours, the film "Stitched" will be shown, followed by artist demonstrations.

Mark your calendars!

Two Exhibits at the Architectural Heritage Center, Portland

In addition, you are welcome to attend two artists' educational evening sessions:

Feb.12, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, there will be a SAQA trunk show not previously seen in Oregon, along with artist demonstrations

March 21, 2013 during the same evening hours, the film "Stitched" will be shown, followed by artist demonstrations.

Our Co-Reps Pass the Baton

It's time for us, Georgia and Laura, to transition to our new role as co-chairs of the upcoming State of Diversity exhibit. We want you to know how much we have enjoyed being the SAQA reps for Oregon. We have gained much from the SAQA conferences but even more from being in our home state and working with you. We started with little and have seen a wonderful network develop. It will only get better as more and more of us participate to further the goals of SAQA here.


In our meetings with your incoming reps, Betty Daggett and Jean Wells Keenan, we've learned that they have some great stuff coming for you, too, but it's their turn to start waving the SAQA banner here in Oregon. We want to thank you all for your encouragement and friendship, and let you know that we have enjoyed being your reps more than we ever thought possible. We join all of you in welcoming Betty and Jean. They'll be in touch with you soon.

Laura Jaszkowski

A BIG THANKS TO GEORGIA AND LAURA FOR GETTING US ORGANIZED AND SHARING THEIR PASSION FOR FIBER!

Back to Nature Opens Thursday March 3 in Portland

View Toward Indio (36" w x 57" h) by Bonnie Bucknam

(Photo by Mark Frey)

Back to Nature: An Exhibit by High Fiber Diet, opens Thursday, March 3 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland Oregon.  An opening reception will be held Thursday night from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the church gallery.  Works by SAQA Oregon members Mary Arnold, Catherine Beard, Chris Brown, Bonnie Bucknam, Gerrie Congdon, Georgia French, Mary Goodson, Terry Grant, Laura Jaszkowski, and Karen Miller are included.  Please plan on attending the opening!  Back to Nature is on display March 3 - April 27, 2011.

Back to Nature: An Exhibit by High Fiber Diet
Opening Reception March 3, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Kempton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
147 NW 19th (at Everett)
Portland, Oregon

Jaszkowski and French Exhibit at Lane College, Eugene

Laura Jaszkowski and Georgia French are included in the Food, Field and Fiber show at the David Joyce Gallery at Lane Community College in Eugene, OR.  The show will run from September 18, 2010 thru January 7, 2011.  An artist's reception will be held on Thursday, November 4 from 5 to 7 PM.  Catering will be provided by the students in the Culinary Arts and  Services Division of LCC.

SAQA Oregon Members Contribute to the SAQA Benefit Auction

Over 280 pieces have been donated to the 2010 SAQA Benefit Auction. The funds raised through the Auction are critical to supporting SAQA's exhibitions, catalogs and outreach programs. SAQA's Benefit Auction is its biggest fundraiser. Last year donations from 235 members raised $47,325!!!

This year's Auction will begin on Monday, September 20th at 2:00 Eastern. Price points will again be: $750, $550, $350, $250, $150 and $75. Unsold work will be placed on the SAQA website for a month and then returned to the artist.To see all of the quilts, go to the SAQA website.

Quilts donated by members of Oregon SAQA are shown here. If we missed anyone, please let us know right away.  Above, Entwined Roots by Gerrie Congdon.
 

It's All About the Ball by Chris Brown

Shakin' the Peach Tree by Georgia French

Tillamook Rooster by Terry Grant

Tulips by Jill Hoddick

Jumpin' Jive by Kim Lakin 

Spring Color by Ila McCallum

FOOD, FIELD AND FIBER

Five Oregon SAQA members will have work in the exhibit "Food, Field and Fiber" at Lane Community College in Eugene. The exhibit will run from September 20th through January 10th, 2011, in the David Joyce Gallery on the LCC campus.

Included in the exhibit will be pieces by Catherine Beard, Georgia French, Wendy Huhn, Laura Jaszkowski, and Nancy Kibbey. Pictured is "EAT" by Wendy Huhn.

For further information contact Julie Fether at the college: fetherj@lanecc.edu