The four SAQA Oregon groups met
this month.
The “Blending Poetry &
Cloth” SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibit finished its run at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg. Thanks to the team that took down the
quilts – Diane and Fred Born, Deb Sorem, and Erin from the Center. The exhibit is on its way to the final venue
of its two year run in Baker City. It
will open at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center at 10am on Friday June 2nd.
The opening reception is from 5:30-8pm on Friday June 2nd. The show ends Friday June 30th.
Registration
for the “Bridge” SAQA Oregon Regional
Exhibit is now open … closing May 31st, 2017 at 10:00 PDT (Note: The Art Call system operates in
the Central Time Zone.)
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Packaging information is
available in the prospectus APPENDIX
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The fee is $25 for the 1st piece and $5 for each subsequent piece (limit of 3 total)
A little known fact: The juror can filter
the order of images by a number of different fields, however, the default is
the order in which they are received. So, to all members who have already
submitted entries, currently your entries are at the top of the list.
Submissions
are being accepted for the 2017
SAQA Benefit Auction. These
12" x 12" pieces will be auctioned online starting this September. Final
Deadline: June 1st.
The 2017
SAQA Conference,
“Creation to Curation”, was held April 27-30 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Layered Voices SAQA Exhibition opened at the
International Quilt Study Center & Museum during the conference. The 2017 SAQA Trunk Show premiered at the conference. SAQA Oregon members Wendy Hill and Georgia French gave “Lightning
Talks”, presenting 20 slides for 20 seconds per slide. Wendy presented “On Making, Creativity and
Closing the Gap” and Georgia presented “Oregon – She Flies With Her Own Wings”. A SAQA video debuted at the conference; Oregon’s Sherri Culver is one of the people
interviewed in the video
The 2017 SAQA Trunk Show is in Oregon from May-August 2017.
We have Trunk F, a collection of 57 pieces. In
May it was shown at the Central Oregon SAQA meeting, in June it will be at the
Valley-South SAQA meeting, and in July at the Portland SAQA meeting. However -
this does not mean it will appear only at Pod meetings. As much fun as
it is for us to see the great artwork in the trunk, it is also an outreach tool
for SAQA. If any SAQA member had an idea for where the trunk show could
be taken - to a guild? to an art center for a brief presentation? -
contact Georgia French (gfrench1946@gmail.com) and we will try to
make it happen. Also, the exact dates that the trunk will be
moving around the state aren't yet set - we'll be reaching out to you to see if
you can help with that. We hope all SAQA Oregon members get a
chance to see the show.
Thanks to Katie Walwyn and Carolyn
Walwyn for facilitating the Valley-South meetings. Welcome to Lynda Christiansen and Jana
Cunningham as the new Valley-South facilitators. Thanks to Georgia French and Pat
Pease for volunteering to work on the 2018 Conference Committee.
Sherri Culver and I will be
finishing up our terms as Regional Co-Representatives this year. Serving as a Regional Co-Rep is a great
opportunity to contribute to the organization and to work with other local and
global members. If you are interested
in serving as a Regional Co-Representative, please contact marion.shimoda@gmail.com or sherriculverquilts@gmail.com or Desiree Vaughn, SAQA’s
Regional Rep Coordinator, repscoordinator@saqa.com for more information and an
application form.
In this Newsletter:
1. Requests for Input and
Participation
2. SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibits
3. 2018 SAQA Oregon Regional Conference
4. SAQA Oregon Pods
5. SAQA Oregon Blog and SAQA Oregon Facebook Group
1. Requests for Input and
Participation
2. SAQA Oregon Regional Exhibits
The exhibit will open at its final venue, Crossroads in Baker City, Oregon on Friday, June 2nd.
Address: 2020 Auburn Avenue, Baker City, Oregon 97814
Hours: Monday thru Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Opening
Reception: Friday, June 2nd from 5:30 to
8pm
Closes: Friday, June 30th
Online
submissions will be accepted May 1-May 31, 2017. The complete Bridge prospectus
is available on the SAQA site: Bridge Exhibit
Please
direct any questions or concerns about the Bridge Exhibit to any committee
member
3. 2018 SAQA Oregon Regional Conference
Our third SAQA Oregon Regional
Conference will be held Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Lane Community College,
Center for Meeting and Learning in Eugene.
Daisy Schrock and Katie Walwyn are our conference co-Chairs.
4. SAQA Oregon Pods – Rogue Valley,
Central Oregon, Portland and Valley-South
ROGUE VALLEY SAQA Pod
The Rogue Valley
group usually meets on the third Monday of the month at Sew Creative in
Ashland. Times and days of meetings may be different, so check in advance with Grace
Ladygo at gladygo@outlook.com
The dates for 2017
meetings, all held on the third Monday of each month, except for November (2nd
Monday):
January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May
15, June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18, October 16, November 13, December 18.
CENTRAL OREGON SAQA Pod
Central Oregon SAQA met
Thursday, May 18th at 3:30 pm at the Stitchin’ Post in Sisters.
Viewed the SAQA Trunk Show. SAQA’s Lincoln, Nebraska Conference was
reviewed. Member entries to SAQA
Oregon’s Bridge juried exhibit were revealed.
PORTLAND SAQA Pod
The May meeting of
the SAQA Portland pod was on Wednesday, May 17, 10-12PM, at the Beaverton Community Center, 12350 SW 5th St,
Beaverton. Mary Arnold presented her
applique technique.
Just a
reminder that our May meeting is on the 17th, 10-12PM, at the Beaverton
Community Center, 12350 SW 5th St, Beaverton. Mary Arnold will be
presenting her appliqué technique Just a reminder that our May meeting is on
the 17th, 10-12PM, at the Beaverton Community Center, 12350 SW 5th St,
Beaverton. Mary Arnold will be presenting her appliqué technique Just a
reminder that our May meeting is on the 17th, 10-12PM, at the Beaverton
Community Center, 12350 SW 5th St, Beaverton. Mary Arnold will be
presenting her appliqué technique.
VALLEY-SOUTH SAQA Pod
Valley-South met on Friday, May 19th at 2 pm at
Eugene Textile Center. The meeting had a
Show N Tell and members showed their creations for Bridge. Deb Sorem gave a demo on Sleeves, Bags and
other quilt preparations for shows.
Our Artist of Inspiration is Mary Oliver and
members' works will be presented at the June meeting to allow ample time for
the creative spirit to strike everyone
5. SAQA Oregon Blog and SAQA Oregon Facebook Group
The SAQA Oregon Blog, 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.
