SAQA: Creative Force 2010 Slide Presentation Online

SAQA: Creative Force 2010 was exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2010.  The Quilt Show has a Smilebox presentation of the exhibit here:

 

 

Jane Dunnewold Tutorial “Resist & Discharge” Online

Jane Dunnewold has additional info that was to be included in her “Art Cloth” book, but was not because her manuscript was long  and the section on resist and discharge was not included.  She has graciously offered it to us at: http://www.artclothstudios.com/tutorials.php

The additional tutorial is: Resist and Discharge. You are invited to use any of the material on her page for your own purposes, she said.

Jane has also included a quick reference chart, “Resist Discharge Chart.”

discharged piece by Caryl Schuetz

Happy Thanksgiving!

wishing you a very

Quilt National 2011′s Exhibitors & Exhibition Dates Listed

Here’s the list of exhibitors for the 2011 Quilt National at: http://www.dairybarn.org/quilt/index.php?section=226&page=362

The 17th biennial juried exhibition of contemporary art quilts will be on view at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio,  May 28 through September 5, 2011.

For the lists and quilt photos of winners in past exhibits, go to: http://www.dairybarn.org/quilt/index.php?section=226&page=239

“Simple Batik Tutorial”

There is a tutorial called “Simple Batik Tutorial”  on Beth Bermen’s  blog: http://sewsewart.blogspot.com/2010/11/simple-batik-tutorial.html

Looks like it would be helpful to those who want to try batik.

Two Textiles Exhibits at Visions Art Museum, San Diegeo, California, through March 13, 2011

Currently there are a couple of textile exhibits at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, California.

“The Art of the Stitch, “  a juried exhibition of embroidered work, is showing now until January 23, 2011. http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibitions.asp# Click on “The Art of the Stitch” on the left.

 

World Parade by Caroline Dahl

Photo is the Museum’s.

 

The Visions Art Museum exhibition, “Quilt Visions Biennial 2010:  No Boundaries” is on now until March 13, 2011.  For more info, see this site page and click on “Quilt Visions Biennial 2010″ at: http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibitions.asp#

 

Before Sunset by Nelda Warkentin

Photo is the Museum’s.

The Museum’s info:  http://www.quiltvisions.org/

“Cream of the Cloth: Quilts from the Marbaum Collection of Hilary & Marvin Fletcher” and “Yvonne Porcella: Bold Strokes” at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California, November 16 – January 30, 2011

Forty one contemporary quilts of Hilary and Marvin Fletcher are featured in the exhibition
“Cream of the Cloth: Quilts from the Marbaum Collection of Hilary & Marvin Fletcher,”
showing at at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California.   See:  http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/exhibitions_upcoming.html

The exhibition runs from Nov. 16, 2010 – Jan. 30, 2011.

Heaven and Earth by Jane Sassaman

The second exhibit that is showing at the same time is that of Yvonne Porcella’s work, entitled: “Yvonne Porcella: Bold Strokes.”

Monkey Sighting by Yvonne Porcella

For museum info: http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/visit.html

Sale of Fiber Art at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California, November 5 and 6, 2010

High Fiber Under Five is the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles‘ third annual  Benefit Art Sale.  It will be held Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6, when you can buy fiber art for under $500. View more of the fabulous artworks available at High Fiber Under Five at their online gallery.

“Transformation X” by Linda Gass  $250.00 (4.5″ x 4.5″)

 

“Rain at Night 2″ by Elizabeth Barton  $440.00 (14″ x 21″)

For museum info: http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/visit.html