Kathie Kerler Receives First Place at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

At the Ocean's Edge by Kathie Kerler

Kathie Kerler was awarded first place in the Evolutions Exhibition at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum for her piece "At the Ocean's Edge." The exhibition asked that fiber artists expand upon the concept of a quilt to create something new in idea, method, or device. Kathie's quilt features a dimensional technique which uses strips of fabric sewn in a figure-eight that is flattened into mobius trefoils of triangular shapes. To see the top three quilts visit the museum website.  (Photos by Mark Frey.)

Detail, At the Ocean's Edge by Kathie Kerler

Karen Hanken, Featured Quilter

Karen Hanken's quilt, Everyday Barns and Family Farms, is the featured centerfold in the August 2010 issue of Quilt Life magazine.  Karen's quilt can also be seen in the Oregon: State of Diversity show debuting at the Northwest Quilt Expo in September.

Paula Benjaminson to Teach at Fibers in Motion, Portland

Paula Benjaminson (SAQA Oregon/Canada) will be teaching a Stampin’ Safari workshop at Fibers in Motion in Portland on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 10 to 5. In the workshop, Paula teaches printing with hand-carved wooden blocks from Oshiwa Designs in Namibia, Paula’s former home in Africa. She'll cover everything from choosing fabric paint, tackling different surface design techniques for preparing backgrounds, embossing velvet, and foiling with the blocks. For info on the Stampin’ Safari workshop, please call Fibers in Motion at (503) 977-2758. Info on the Oshiwa blocks used in the workshop can be found here.  More photos of Paula’s work can be found on Paula’s blog.  (Photo by Annaliese Moyer.)

News from Karen Miller

Karen Miller has been invited to exhibit this winter at the quilt museum in Paducah, an exhibit with the theme of Rivers. Her salmon quilt, Heading Home, will be part of the exhibit.
She has also been asked to exhibit in Westchester County NY at the Osilas Gallery at Concordia College, Bronxville, New York. The show, Sew New: Contemporary Quilt Artists, will run from November 4 - December 11, 2010, with an opening and curator's talk on November 4th. They hope to add other related events as the show gets fleshed out. This group show will include 25 - 30 works.

Karen is also scheduled for a solo show at the Latimer museum next spring. Details will be posted as they develop.

Shirley MacGregor Summer Exhibits

Shirley MacGregor will exhibit in several shows in the Portland area this summer.

Oregon Women's Caucus for Art Group Show, Albina Bank Gallery, Portland OR Aug 5-30th
Reception Aug 5th 6-9pm

Fiber Arts, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver WA.
August 1 - 31, 2010
Reception August 6, 5-9pm

Her Presence in Colours IX, Oregon Women's Caucus for Art at the Littman Gallery at Portland State University
August 5 - 27, 2010
Reception August 5, 5-7pm at the Littman Gallery at PSU

First Thursday in the Pearl, September 2, 2010 at Poster Garden, 630 NW 14th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

Bird's Eye View, Quilts by High Fiber Diet, White Sturgon Gallery Water Resource Center
July 10 - August 28, 2010

The Quilted Forest at the Oregon State Fair, Salem

Ila McCallum will have a piece in a special exhibit, The Quilted Forest, at the Oregon State Fair in Salem August 27 - September 6, 2010.  Visitors will be able to walk through a forest of quilted trees.  The show is sponsored by Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest in Salem. Go to their website for information on entering artwork.

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