Weidner Gets Cover of NQA Magazine

"If Van Gogh Were a Quilter:  Starry Night over Sisters" by SAQA member Naomi Weidner, of Albany, Oregon is on the cover of the National Quilt Association's Winter II 2013 magazine. For more information, click here.

 

2015 National SAQA Conference in Portland!

SAQA will hold its 2015 national conference in Portland, Oregon! The conference will be held April 30 to May 3, 2015 at the Double Tree in near Lloyd Center. There will be lots of activities and happenings around town. More info to come!

Textile Fiber Forum Features DeNicolis Meyer Art

Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer's quilt, Crucible, is on the cover of the Australian magazine Textile Fibre Forum this month, and her article, If This Then That: An Approach To Art And Teaching,  is featured on pages 34 and 35. She will be teaching at Grampians Texture, a fiber conference in a state park near Melbourne, Australia in February.

 

Bonnie Bucknam to Speak at Northwest Quilt Guild, Portland, December 9, 2013

Bonnie Bucknam will be the featured speaker at the Northwest Quilters Guild meeting on Monday December 9, 2013, at 7pm.  The meeting will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7810 SE 15th Street, Portland, Oregon.

Here's a bit about Bonnie's lecture, Sticks and Stones:

Bonnie Bucknam’s art quilts have won national and international recognition, including Quilt National 2011 Best of Show.  Her quilts are abstract interpretations of the natural world.  Join her as she takes you through the design and construction processes used in her latest two series of works. You’ll see her evolution as an artist and follow her creative process through the step-by-step construction of some of her recent quilts.

Crater, by Bonnie Bucknam

 

"Exploring Layers" Exhibitors Announced

Congratulations to the following Oregon SAQA artists for being accepted to “Exploring Layers:”

 Mary Arnold – Strata

Karen Bates – Layers of Influence
Suzy Bates – Riches to Rags
Catherine Beard – Aspen Lea
Diane Born – Santa Fe Fences: Sculpted by Time, Sand, Sun
Christina Brown – One Who Looks Back
Christina Brown – View from Rowena Crest
Nancy Bryant – Cascade
Gerrie Congdon – Walking with Scooter and Mr. C
Betty Daggett – Food Value
Anne Daughtry – Canyon de Chelley, 1973

Diane English – After the Fire II

Sheila Finzer – You are Unique!

Georgia French – Pathways

Betty Gientke – Polychromatic Pool

Mary Goodson – From Water to Ice

Carol Heist – Fractured Green

Jill Hoddick – South Rim, Grand Canyon

Laura Jaszkowski – Rift Valley

Paulette Landers – Ancient Memories

Paulette Landers – I Once Saw a Tree

Sheryl LeBlanc – The Tools of My Trade

Amanda Miller – Sahalie Falls

Amanda Miller – Sumer Harvest

Sara Miller – Swept Away

Sidnee Snell – Rivets 2

Sidnee Snell – Sliced not Diced

Mary Stiewig – Awakenings

Naomi Weidner – Bowl of Oranges

Jean Wells – Rejuvenation

 “Exploring Layers” drew a record number of artists and a record number of entries.  Just under half were accepted by our juror Renee Couture, who said it was a “DIFFICULT” job.  She approached it half from a juror’s perspective, and half from a curator’s perspective, and she used the criteria we noted in the Prospectus.

 We want to congratulate everyone who entered, because this makes SAQA Oregon strong.  All the work is worthy and we know that pieces not accepted for this exhibit will be seen somewhere else at some other time. 

We’ll post the venue schedule here in due time.  Note that the exhibit will debut in February at the Chehalem Cultural Center, and will be a centerpiece of the SAQA Oregon conference “New Horizons” on March 6, 2014.

Betty Daggett, Georgia French, Jean Wells, Co-Curators, “Exploring Layers”

New Horizons Conference Details Available

"New Horizons" will be our first statewide SAQA Oregon conference, and we have an exciting day planned, so we look forward to seeing you all there. Attendance is limited to 70 members, due to space limitations, so we would encourage you to register early to ensure your place.

To register, send a check for $70 (lunch included) to: The Stitchin' Post c/o New Horizons Conference, PO Box 280, Sisters, Or 97759. Make checks out to "SAQA" with the note "Oregon Conference" in the memo area of the check.

The conference will take place on Thursday, March 6th, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St.,  Newberg, OR 97132:

 http://www.chehalemculturalcenter.org. There is a parking lot right behind the Center; also street parking. 

Please see the Meetings and Events page for details of the conference program, lodging in Newberg, and the 12 x 12 quilts. 

Elizabeth Bamberger & Leotie Richards

Oregon SAQA Co-reps. 

Betty Daggett & Jean Wells

Conference Directors & Creators

SWAN SONG for "OREGON: STATE OF DIVERSITY II

Flotsam by Nancy Kibbey of Eugene

 

The two-year run of Oregon SAQA's second state wide juried exhibition will come to a close on December 21st, 2013.  It opened October 22nd at the Heritage Station Museum in Pendleton.  The HSM is located at 108 SW Frazer in Pendleton, and the hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4.  This is your last chance to see our exhibit.  We will be contacting the artists about the return of their artworks after the holidays.  Congratulations and thanks to everyone for the success of this exhibit.  Co-Curators:  Georgia French gfrench@rosenet.net and Laura Jaszkowski joyincloth@gmail.com

Sticks & Stones by Quinn Zander Corum of Portland