Winingham Exhibits in Portland

Para Winingham has 18 fiber art pieces in a 2 person exhibit

March 5th to April 26th, 2016 at:

West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

8470 SW Oleson Road

Portland, Oregon 97223

Artist Reception April 1, 2016, 6:30 - 9:30pm

Hours: Sunday 9am - 1:30pm or by appointment (call Katie 714-203-4804)

"The Collaboration" at Twigs Gallery, Sisters, Oregon

Betty Anne Guadalupe and Tierney Davis Hogan have a show, "The Collaboration" opening at Twigs Gallery in Sisters, Oregon on the 4th Friday Art Walk on March 25, 2016. The show will run through April 2016.  The show is described in Cascade A&E Magazine.

Bucknam Exhibits in Two National Shows

SAQA Oregon member Bonnie Bucknam has two quilts in national exhibits opening in March and April 2016.  Ripple Effect will exhibit at Art Quilt Elements, opening March 18 at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. And Bonnie's quilt Beach will debut at The Gala of the Unexpected at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah on April 14.  

Art Quilt Elements 2016
March 18 - April 28, 2016
Artist Opening Reception March 18, 2016
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

Ripple Effect

c 2014 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

 

The Gala of the Unexpected: 25th Anniversary of the National Quilt Museum
April 14 - July 12, 2016
Artist Reception April 18, 6 - 9pm
National Quilt Museum
 215 Jefferson Street
Paducah, KY 42001
Hours: Year round Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; March 1 - Nov 30 Sundays  1 - 5pm

Beach

c 2015 Bonnie M. Bucknam

Photo by Mark Frey

Central Oregon Pod Meets March 17, 2016

Central Oregon SAQA will meet Thursday, March 17 from 3-4:30 at June Yaeger's new home studio in Sisters, Oregon. Work spaces, from studios to kitchen tables, will be discussed. What works and what doesn't. Come prepared to talk about work completed, contemplated or in progress. Bring show and tell. The September regional conference will be discussed. Poetry and Cloth catalogs will be available for purchase. For more information call Jan Tetzlaff at jmtathome@hotmail.com.

Second SAQA Oregon Regional Conference

EXCITING SAQA OREGON HAPPENINGS COMING UP!
Many of you have probably heard about our upcoming Second SAQA Oregon Regional Conference, and here is the scoop.
When: September 22, 2016, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Where:            Willamette Heritage Center
                        Salem, OR
                        www.willametteheritage.org
Registration:   Begins June 1, 2016,  Details to be announced soon.
Conference theme:   NEW DIMENSIONS . . . into the future
     We will spend the day exploring fiber art from all angles with presentations by:

• Keynote speaker Kay Khan of Santa Fe, NM, www.kaykhanart.com
• A panel of experts discussing how we can create exhibits that encompass all types of fiber art
• A lunchtime presentation by Salem attorney Michelle Vlach-Ing on the topic of copyright issues as they relate to fiber art, focusing on useful information, not fear of lawsuit!
• Table top presentations on cutting edge ideas and techniques presented by Oregon SAQA artists, such as YOU!

Special Exhibits
         •  A display of 3-D artwork by YOU
         •  Regional Exhibit “Blending Poetry and Cloth” opening reception immediately after the Conference 5:30 pm - 7:00pm
Here’s how YOU can participate
         •    Bring a small 3-D artwork for display at the Conference, see prospectus here.
         •    Do a Table Top Presentation, see Request For Proposal here.

Sheryl Culver <sherriculverquilts@gmail.com>
OR Regional Co-representative

Valley South Pod Meets March 18, 2016

The Valley South pod will have its next meeting on March 18, 2 PM at the Eugene Textile Center, 1510 Jacobs Drive. Before the meeting, join us for lunch at 12:30 at New Day Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd. At 3:15 Karen Miller will provide a demonstration of katazome dyeing technique.

Portland Pod Meets March 16

The March meeting will be on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 10:00AM, at the Beaverton Community Center.  Two of our members will show some of their favorite work and Mary Ann McCammon will present a slide show on her experiences teaching quilting to women in Kenya.  Also, please bring any show and tell.  Congratulations to our very own Elizabeth Bamburger and also to Georgia French on being nominated for the new SAQA award, Yvonne Porcella Volunteer of the Year.

Please contact Annette Mcfarlane for any questions or additions to the agenda, annettemcfaror@gmail.com