Arnold Exhibits in Cannon Beach

Mary Arnold will have a solo show of her quilts and paintings at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, located at Sunset and S. Spruce Streets, Cannon Beach, Oregon. The exhibit, Coastal Reflections, will feature Mary's quilts and paintings of the forest, river and coast. The opening, on May 7th from 6 - 8pm, will feature a slide presentation of Mary's work and techniques.  The exhibit will run from May 7th until September 11th.

Rock and Roll

Mary Arnold

Photo by Mark Frey

Bucknam Has 4 Exhibit Openings in May

Mastery: Sustaining Momentum
An Invitational Exhibit Curated by Nancy Crow
May 27 - November 27, 2016
Gallery Talks May 27, 2016, 10am
Artists' Reception May 27, 2016, 5 - 7pm
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
8000 Dairy Lane
Athens, Ohio 45701 
(Photos will be posted after the show opening.)

My Corner of the World
Work by Members of SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates
May 21 - August 14, 2016
Stratford Perth Museum
Stratford, Ontario Canada

Willow Wood

c 2010 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey 

 

Artist as Quiltmaker
FAVA's 17th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts
May 15 - July 31, 2016 
Members' Reception May 14, 2016
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm, Sunday 1-5pm 
The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts
39 South Main Street
Oberlin, Ohio 44074

Seismic Activity

c 2014 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey 

Form, Not Function: Art Quilts at the Carnegie
May 13 - July 9, 2016
Opening Reception May 13, 2016
Carnegie Center for Art and History
201 East Spring Street
New Albany, Indiana 47150

Red Lightning

c 2014 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Pre Order "Mastery: Sustaining Momentum" Catalog

 

You can pre-order the catalog for Mastery: Sustaining Momentum from the Dairy Barn Arts Center Shop for $20. http://dairybarn.org/product/mastery-sustaining-momentum-catalog-pre-order/

The catalog is a 54 page full color 11 x 11 catalog featuring the twelve master quilters.  Mastery was curated by Nancy Crow and presented by the Dairy Barn Arts Center and sponsored by The Chaddock Group.  This is a pre-order item and will be mailed out May 27, 2016 or it can be picked up at The Dairy Barn Arts Center’s Gallery Shop.

Product Description: 54 page full color 11 x 11 inches catalog with photographs of the three quilts by each of the 12 artists. The catalog will be shipped on May 27, 2016 for all pre-orders or you can choose to pick up the catalog here at the Dairy Barn Arts Center at the opening on May 27, 2016 or during the exhibition.

The Twelve Artists in the catalog are:

Margaret Boys Wolf

Bonnie Bucknam

Nancy Crow

Marina Kamenskaya

Kirpich  Judy

Colleen Kole

Helen McBride Richter

Leslie Joan Riley

Arturo Alonzo Sandoval

Gerri Spilka

Heide Stoll-Weber

Kit Vincent

Jane Dunnewold Lecture and Trunk Show

JANE DUNNEWOLD LECTURE & TRUNK SHOW   •   Salem, Oregon
August 7, 2016 - August 7, 2016

In addition to writing books on creativity and surface design, Jane Dunnewold teaches and lectures internationally, and has mounted numerous one person exhibitions, including Inspired by the Masters (Visions Quilt Museum 2016). She is the former President of the Surface Design Association.
This lecture is an entertaining overview of the concepts in Jane Dunnewold's book Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Encourage Artistic Genius.
• Defining creative stamina
• Cultivating the inner Rebel Artist
• Dismantling the Committee
• What makes work distinctive
• What is alignment and how do we find it
• Discovering grace through acts of making
The lecture will be accompanied by a trunk show featuring books, and one of a kind art cloth items.

Open to SAQA members and the public. Tickets are $10 each ($12 at the door, space permitting). 

Sunday, August 7th, from 1pm - 4pm at the Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, Oregon.

For more information, contact Georgia French, gfrench1946@gmail.com or Sheryl LeBlanc, chinabug5@yahoo.com.

SAVE THE DATES - Two SAQA Openings in Oregon June, 2016

The National SAQA exhibit "Concrete and Grassland" at the Grants Pass Museum of Art opening reception will take place Friday, June 3rd 2016 from 6 - 9pm. We're told by the curator the openings are very well attended by 300-400 people. The exhibit runs from June 1st to July 29th.

The Regional SAQA exhibit "Blending Poetry and Cloth" runs June 3rd to July 29th at The Rogue Gallery in Medford with the reception taking place Friday June 17th from 5pm to 8pm.

Attend both shows by stopping by The Rogue Gallery from 10am to 5pm on June 3rd and then taking the 30 minute drive to Grants Pass to attend the opening there.

Central Oregon Pod Meets April 14

The founders of the annual Art in the High Desert show, Dave and Carla Fox, will be the guest speakers at the Central Oregon SAQA meeting, Thursday, April 14 from 3-4:30 at the Stitchin' Post in Sisters. In the nine years since the Alfalfa artists founded Art in the High Desert, the show has received national acclaim.  This year there were 596 submissions for the 115 spots for the festival. This year the festival will be Aug. 26-28 in the Old Mill area of Bend. The Foxes will speak about art in Central Oregon, how to promote it and the jury process used for Art in the High Desert.

Bring show and tell and be prepared to talk about your work, completed or in progress.

For more information contact Jan Tetzlaff at jmtathome@hotmail.com

Portland Pod to meet April 20

The next Portland Pod meeting will be on April 20, at 10:00AM, at the Beaverton Community Room, 12350 SW 5th St, Beaverton.  One of our members will be presenting a sampling of her quilts, and another member, Terry Grant, will show us how to prepare our photos for entry into an exhibit.  Any additions to the agenda or questions, can be sent to Annette Mcfarlane, annettemcfar@gmail.com