Hello Everyone,
Anne Beckett, quilter and former screenwriter, demonstrated her critique method using a beautiful quilt by Ruth McDowell. Art quilt analysis usually contains 3 elements: technique (coming from the craft roots of quilting); idea (coming from the art roots of quilting); and design, which is essential to both art and craft.
Anne led the group through an analysis of design elements including color, movement, scale, focal points and flow. She continued with the stories of the quilt, Ruth McDowell's story and Anne’s own story, which revealed a surprising overlap in their lives. She then emphasized the ideas behind the quilt. Anne suggested that most observers would get the same message from a successful art quilt; that the art quilter’s goal is not only to express an idea, but also to communicate that idea.
During the critique process it is essential to be honest, truthful, accurate, brave and helpful. Comments must be kept confidential.
Following the presentation, Anne and other members gave many suggestions to those who requested input on their quilts. We attempted to apply the design suggestions to our own work.
Anne also supplied copies of several articles giving different methods for art quilt critique, which I have on hand.
Thanks to Anne for her presentation, and to everyone who helped out. The next Art Quilt Explorations will be held in about 6 months. If you have any suggestions for topics, send them to Catherine or Betty.
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Call for work:
Art Quilts at Grace Hudson Museum
The show title is: Out of the Comfort Zone: New Directions in Quilting
Juried show of quilts between 8'' x 10" and 30" x 40" at the Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah.
The size range is from 8x10 up to 30x40 inches.
Open to residents of Mendocino and Lake Counties.
Important dates:
January 6, 2012 — entry deadline
March 2, 2012 — exhibit opens
July 29, 2012 — exhibit ends
Quilts are defined as having three layers.
We should be getting more information on this show soon.
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Art Center Ukiah
Reminder: Art Center Ukiah needs help during the economic slump. It’s becoming difficult to keep the doors open and the lights on.
1. Any donations are welcome. The Art Center is also seeking sugar mamas and papas to pledge $100 per month. Contact Marilyn Zensen for details, or just send a check.
2. Any other ideas which would bring in publicity and/or money are welcome, such as meetings, workshops and events which the Art Center could host. Urge your wealthy friends to help out.
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Rag Tag Notes:
We admired the crystal dye fabrics made at the workshop. Most people turned in their letters, which Marge will make into an interesting and beautiful banner for the group.
Rag Tag Future Meetings. We meet at the Art Center Ukiah at Church and State Streets in Ukiah.
November 3, Thursday, 6 pm. Challenge: polka dots
December 1, Thursday, 6 pm. Holiday gift-giving and swap.
January 6, 2012, Thursday, 6 pm. Challenge: Quilted post card (inspired by Daphne’s canyonlands postcards, or choose your own). The cards we make will be quilted, not mailable.
Suggestions for future meetings (from the signup sheet)
1. A collective quilt—all do a 12 x 12 piece. Put it together and give it away or raffle it.
2. Personal favorite quilt to bring and share.
3. Spirals.
Best wishes, Catherine
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Art Quilt Explorations III
Thursday October 6th, 7pm
Corner Gallery (actually next door at Art Center Ukiah), 201 S. State St.
The evening will begin with a brief sharing of our individual work. All members of MQA and Rag Taggers are invited to bring a finished project to show the group.
Speaker: Anne Beckett, textile artist will lead us in a discussion on the critique process. This will be a workshop in which we will be learning about how to see our quilts from a design and composition perspective. We will need approximately 3-4 artists who will present a project that is unfinished and would like to get constructive feedback regarding this work. It would be preferable to have 2 people from MQA and 2 from Rag Tag Quilters.
Closing: Comments on what was inspiring from audience. How will this make a difference in your work in the future? What will you take home from the evening?
Ideas for the next Art Quilt Explorations #4, April 5, 2012.
We encourage anyone who is interested in art quilts are to attend.
Corner Gallery (actually next door at Art Center Ukiah), 201 S. State St.
The evening will begin with a brief sharing of our individual work. All members of MQA and Rag Taggers are invited to bring a finished project to show the group.
Speaker: Anne Beckett, textile artist will lead us in a discussion on the critique process. This will be a workshop in which we will be learning about how to see our quilts from a design and composition perspective. We will need approximately 3-4 artists who will present a project that is unfinished and would like to get constructive feedback regarding this work. It would be preferable to have 2 people from MQA and 2 from Rag Tag Quilters.
Closing: Comments on what was inspiring from audience. How will this make a difference in your work in the future? What will you take home from the evening?
Ideas for the next Art Quilt Explorations #4, April 5, 2012.
We encourage anyone who is interested in art quilts are to attend.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Winners
From our Edge Project, started at our retreat on the Mendocino coast in February, Ann Horton, Joyce Paterson and Renee Gannon collaborated on and produced three quilts that hang together and tell a story. The story is about cats and birds and is in the folk art style. They have just learned that their quilts are winners in the group category in Houston at the International Quilt Festival. We don't know yet where they placed, but it's a cash prize. We're so proud.
And in other news of winnings, Ann has scored several more big wins at shows all over the country. Congratulations to all our winners.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Anderson Valley Open Studio Tour
The AV Open Studio Tour dates are Memorial weekend, May 28-30 and June 4-5. This is a great opportunity to view art and studios all around Anderson Valley. You can get more details from the AV Artist Guild website here.
Here is a tiny peek at some new work of mine. I don't want to show the whole quilt as I may want to enter it in some quilt shows, so can't post it online yet. And yes, I have been busy at my photoshop class and learned many new tricks. Yes, the sign is sideways in this part of the quilt, but it is repeated upright elsewhere.
So come up to my studio Memorial weekend and see the whole thing as well as some other new work using photoshopped images in quilts. Also, local jewelery and glass artist, Judy Nelson, will be demonstrating her glass bead work and showing her jewelry at my house too.
Here is a tiny peek at some new work of mine. I don't want to show the whole quilt as I may want to enter it in some quilt shows, so can't post it online yet. And yes, I have been busy at my photoshop class and learned many new tricks. Yes, the sign is sideways in this part of the quilt, but it is repeated upright elsewhere.
May 5 Art Quilt Meeting at ACU
Hello Everyone,
1. We discussed the upcoming show at Art Center Ukiah to be up by the first Friday August 5. The cost will be $200. I put down a deposit of $100. We can offer art for sale; the Gallery will take a 40% commission on any items that are sold. The title and theme will be Explorations in Color and Cloth.
Everyone who wants to show will have to fill out a form at the June meeting stating the number and size of pieces you will be showing, for insurance. It will expedite this if everyone joins the Art Center.
We are still searching for the ideal name for the group. Keep sending suggestions.
We need people to do publicity for the show.
2. Coming meetings:
June will be Japanese-themed, don't forget Japanese street fashion. We'll have more discussion of the nuts and bolts of the coming show.
July will be memory and/or memorial quilts
August we will put the finishing touches on the show, to open the next day.
September: Sue will present a focus on the work of a single artist (not necessarily a quilt artist)
Additional ideas: passing a project from one person to another, each adds something.
3. There is a mosaic show at the art center, and people were working on a large mosaic to be installed in Ukiah. It is not too late to participate in this: check the Art Center Ukiah website for details. There is a lot of variety in the show, so stop by if you haven't seen it.
Mosaic and quilting have a lot in common, so we studied the show with the view of applying ideas to our own work. Face images, new color combinations, and the search for the strange were among the ideas we picked up. We are also attempting to make work more dimensional and add more randomness to our work. Can tiles be added to quilts? Is there an equivalent in quilting to the lines of grout that are seen in tile?
4. Show and tell was a high point of the meeting. I cannot put this into words. Many people showed work. Mary Ann is making a complex quilt honoring ancient peoples including metamorphosis images. She showed the templates which she makes using the Illustrator computer program, and some of her amazingly precise paper pieced blocks made using those templates.
5. Miscellaneous:
Sue recommends experimenting with paint sticks.
Cheryl is seeking styrofoam trays and plastic net bags, so contact her if you have some.
Bernina is offering free webinars (online tutorials). Check their website.
Keep thinking about the show.
Best wishes,
Catherine
1. We discussed the upcoming show at Art Center Ukiah to be up by the first Friday August 5. The cost will be $200. I put down a deposit of $100. We can offer art for sale; the Gallery will take a 40% commission on any items that are sold. The title and theme will be Explorations in Color and Cloth.
Everyone who wants to show will have to fill out a form at the June meeting stating the number and size of pieces you will be showing, for insurance. It will expedite this if everyone joins the Art Center.
We are still searching for the ideal name for the group. Keep sending suggestions.
We need people to do publicity for the show.
2. Coming meetings:
June will be Japanese-themed, don't forget Japanese street fashion. We'll have more discussion of the nuts and bolts of the coming show.
July will be memory and/or memorial quilts
August we will put the finishing touches on the show, to open the next day.
September: Sue will present a focus on the work of a single artist (not necessarily a quilt artist)
Additional ideas: passing a project from one person to another, each adds something.
3. There is a mosaic show at the art center, and people were working on a large mosaic to be installed in Ukiah. It is not too late to participate in this: check the Art Center Ukiah website for details. There is a lot of variety in the show, so stop by if you haven't seen it.
Mosaic and quilting have a lot in common, so we studied the show with the view of applying ideas to our own work. Face images, new color combinations, and the search for the strange were among the ideas we picked up. We are also attempting to make work more dimensional and add more randomness to our work. Can tiles be added to quilts? Is there an equivalent in quilting to the lines of grout that are seen in tile?
4. Show and tell was a high point of the meeting. I cannot put this into words. Many people showed work. Mary Ann is making a complex quilt honoring ancient peoples including metamorphosis images. She showed the templates which she makes using the Illustrator computer program, and some of her amazingly precise paper pieced blocks made using those templates.
5. Miscellaneous:
Sue recommends experimenting with paint sticks.
Cheryl is seeking styrofoam trays and plastic net bags, so contact her if you have some.
Bernina is offering free webinars (online tutorials). Check their website.
Keep thinking about the show.
Best wishes,
Catherine
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
April 7, 2011 Art Quilt Meeting and Art Quilt Explorations
First, the coming meeting:
1. The next meeting will be Thursday May 5, 2011 at 6 pm at the Art Center Ukiah at the corner of State and Church Sts. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the challenge will be to make or bring any Latin American-themed item, possibly with some revolutionary component. Of course we will have show and tell of any other fiber things also.
We’ll discuss the upcoming show (#4 below)
As always, anyone interested in in fiber art is welcome. Please bring $2 cash for the room rent.
2. Future meeting:
June: Japanese themes/memory quilts. Bring or wear any Japanese-themed item. Japanese street fashion is a possibility. Bring a quilt related to a memory.
3. Other ideas that may be incorporated:
your first work
your worst work—or alternatively the piece you like the best
demonstration of your favorite technique or cool material. The demonstration may inspire a workshop later
fabric and material swap meet
presentations by members
4. Show at Art Center Ukiah
We have tenatively scheduled a show for the month of August, at Art Center Ukiah of course, to be up by the first Friday August 5. The cost will be $200. We can offer art for sale; the Gallery will take a 40% commission on any items that are sold. Should there be a theme?
5. Art Quilt Explorations II followed the small group meeting (more on Ann’s presentation at the end of this letter). More planning is needed to continue these explorations. A small group will form including some of our members and some MQA members. Please send any ideas you may have regarding goals and possible activities for the larger group. Virginia Hanley, Genie Dietz and Catherine Reed will represent our group, others are welcome also.
6. Ann Horton of Mendocino Quilt Artists showed 32 beautiful quilts and described her experience over 28 years of quilting. Each quilt showed a new technique, type of image or approach. Ann has made both traditional and contemporary quilts, and some of her most successful pieces combine two or more techniques, including piecing, machine embroidery, photo transfer, beading and other embellishments, and applique. She has used a variety of fabrics including cottons, Thai silk, Indian embellished fabrics, Guatemalan handwovens and old shirts. Her themes include history, both national and personal, spirtituality, nature, and experiments with color and technique.
Ann has won over 100 ribbons, her quilts are shown all over the world, and she has a corporate sponsor (Husqvarna, supplying her with top-of-the-line sewing technology). How did she become so successful? She attributes creativity to both an inner spiritual force (the creative voice within) and to life experience. The hobbyist who wants to upgrade to professional must stake out her territory, make a space to work in, invest money in decent equipment, and protect her work time. She must get her work out there: the elation of success overcomes the disappointment of rejection.
Thank you, Ann, for your thoughtful and inspiring presentation.
Catherine Reed
1. The next meeting will be Thursday May 5, 2011 at 6 pm at the Art Center Ukiah at the corner of State and Church Sts. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the challenge will be to make or bring any Latin American-themed item, possibly with some revolutionary component. Of course we will have show and tell of any other fiber things also.
We’ll discuss the upcoming show (#4 below)
As always, anyone interested in in fiber art is welcome. Please bring $2 cash for the room rent.
2. Future meeting:
June: Japanese themes/memory quilts. Bring or wear any Japanese-themed item. Japanese street fashion is a possibility. Bring a quilt related to a memory.
3. Other ideas that may be incorporated:
your first work
your worst work—or alternatively the piece you like the best
demonstration of your favorite technique or cool material. The demonstration may inspire a workshop later
fabric and material swap meet
presentations by members
4. Show at Art Center Ukiah
We have tenatively scheduled a show for the month of August, at Art Center Ukiah of course, to be up by the first Friday August 5. The cost will be $200. We can offer art for sale; the Gallery will take a 40% commission on any items that are sold. Should there be a theme?
5. Art Quilt Explorations II followed the small group meeting (more on Ann’s presentation at the end of this letter). More planning is needed to continue these explorations. A small group will form including some of our members and some MQA members. Please send any ideas you may have regarding goals and possible activities for the larger group. Virginia Hanley, Genie Dietz and Catherine Reed will represent our group, others are welcome also.
6. Ann Horton of Mendocino Quilt Artists showed 32 beautiful quilts and described her experience over 28 years of quilting. Each quilt showed a new technique, type of image or approach. Ann has made both traditional and contemporary quilts, and some of her most successful pieces combine two or more techniques, including piecing, machine embroidery, photo transfer, beading and other embellishments, and applique. She has used a variety of fabrics including cottons, Thai silk, Indian embellished fabrics, Guatemalan handwovens and old shirts. Her themes include history, both national and personal, spirtituality, nature, and experiments with color and technique.
Ann has won over 100 ribbons, her quilts are shown all over the world, and she has a corporate sponsor (Husqvarna, supplying her with top-of-the-line sewing technology). How did she become so successful? She attributes creativity to both an inner spiritual force (the creative voice within) and to life experience. The hobbyist who wants to upgrade to professional must stake out her territory, make a space to work in, invest money in decent equipment, and protect her work time. She must get her work out there: the elation of success overcomes the disappointment of rejection.
Thank you, Ann, for your thoughtful and inspiring presentation.
Catherine Reed
Monday, April 4, 2011
Art Quilt Explorations
The next meeting of Art Quilt Explorations will be this Thursday, April 7 at Art Center Ukiah, 201 S. State St. The Ukiah Art Quilters will have their meeting at 6:00, then break at 6:40 for tea and cookies. At 7pm, Ann Horton will give a presentation on her quilts and process of design and construction. Ann has won many awards and these quilts be an amazing treat to see, so don't miss this event. After Ann's talk, others are invited to bring a quilt to share. Later, Joyce and Betty will lead a discussion on where to go next with this larger meeting format.
Be there or be square.
Deanna
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Report on Ukiah Art Quilters Meeting
Hello Everyone,
1. The next meeting will be held April 7 at the Art Center Ukiah, 203 3. N. State St, corner of State St. and Church St., at 6 pm. This is Art Quilt Explorations II, the second large group meeting hosted by Mendocino Quilt Artists. Ann Horton will give a presentation on her design process.
The challenge for next month is to make a piece using a color you don't like.
In addition, bring a piece to show, completed or in progress.
As usual, we will pay cash for our $25 room rent to our Art Center contact Marilynn Zensen.
2. Laura Fogg is prepared to offer a full-day textile landscape collage class to a group of 10-16 people in late April or in May. If you are interested, contact Laura directly, <fogg.laura@gmail.com>.
3. The last month's challenge, to make a small quilt, produced lots of interesting pieces. There seems to be a developing interest in photo transfer.
4. We looked at books we found inspirational: some technical and quilt-related, some on other types of fiber art, and some just full of beautiful pictures.
5. Many people showed work of a great variety of subjects and techniques. Don't be shy about showing work. We can all learn something from every piece.
6. Daphne reported on Japanese Street Fashion and urged us to look into it and try it. Not everyone is prepared to take on that baby-doll look, but there is interest in wearing unusual clothes to a future meeting.
7. Unique Artisans was suggested as a name for the group, as opposed to the more generic Ukiah Art Quilters.
8. We could use another light or two, if anyone has any to spare.
Thanks to everyone who attended. See you next month! Feel free to invite anyone who's interested in fiber arts.
Catherine
1. The next meeting will be held April 7 at the Art Center Ukiah, 203 3. N. State St, corner of State St. and Church St., at 6 pm. This is Art Quilt Explorations II, the second large group meeting hosted by Mendocino Quilt Artists. Ann Horton will give a presentation on her design process.
The challenge for next month is to make a piece using a color you don't like.
In addition, bring a piece to show, completed or in progress.
As usual, we will pay cash for our $25 room rent to our Art Center contact Marilynn Zensen.
2. Laura Fogg is prepared to offer a full-day textile landscape collage class to a group of 10-16 people in late April or in May. If you are interested, contact Laura directly, <fogg.laura@gmail.com>.
3. The last month's challenge, to make a small quilt, produced lots of interesting pieces. There seems to be a developing interest in photo transfer.
4. We looked at books we found inspirational: some technical and quilt-related, some on other types of fiber art, and some just full of beautiful pictures.
5. Many people showed work of a great variety of subjects and techniques. Don't be shy about showing work. We can all learn something from every piece.
6. Daphne reported on Japanese Street Fashion and urged us to look into it and try it. Not everyone is prepared to take on that baby-doll look, but there is interest in wearing unusual clothes to a future meeting.
7. Unique Artisans was suggested as a name for the group, as opposed to the more generic Ukiah Art Quilters.
8. We could use another light or two, if anyone has any to spare.
Thanks to everyone who attended. See you next month! Feel free to invite anyone who's interested in fiber arts.
Catherine
Friday, February 4, 2011
Report on new art quilt group meeting
Catherine Reed reported on the meeting on February 3 at the Art Center Ukiah. Marilynn Zensen welcomed the group on behalf of the ACU. The group will pay the $25 meeting fee in cash every time, so there is no need of a treasurer.
They brainstormed on goals for the group. Goals that came up frequently included learning new techniques, setting and meeting challenges, enhancing creativity and inspiration, getting outside the box, exchanging ideas and information, socializing with people with common interests and sharing work and love of fabric.
Many of these goals can be met just by meeting regularly and showing each other our work. Other goals are better met with structured activities either at the meeting or at home. The 5” x 7” quilt is our challenge for the March meeting. The books will also help with inspiration.
Several people showed beautiful and interesting work. Some of the techniques used may be the basis for future meetings or workshops, such as the appliqued sweatshirt shown by Evette, the netting techniques and the printer transfer.
Reminders for next time:
1. The next meeting will be held Thursday March 3 at 6 pm (yes, six) at the Art Center Ukiah at 203 N. State St, near the Corner Gallery at the intersection of Church and State. All fiber artists are welcome. Bring $2 as we need to pay $25 per meeting to rent the space.
2. Make and bring a 5” x 7” (or larger) quilt to show. This project will help us overcome the fear of cutting into beautiful fabric. Marian will bring a portable display wall.
3. Bring an inspirational book to show. Put your name in it.
4. Bring other work to show, whether completed or in progress.
5. The lights in the art center are not quite bright enough. Are there a few volunteers to bring additional lights? Probably the extra lights can be stored at the Art Center.
6. Some people do not like the name Ukiah Art Quilters. Any suggestions for a better name?
7. There are many events coming up in the area that not everyone is aware of. For example, Velda Newman is coming to Clear Lake, and there are two Santa Rosa quilt guilds. If you have information on these, or just a link to a website with the information, please send this out by “reply to all” to this e-mail list.
Reported by Catherine Reed
They brainstormed on goals for the group. Goals that came up frequently included learning new techniques, setting and meeting challenges, enhancing creativity and inspiration, getting outside the box, exchanging ideas and information, socializing with people with common interests and sharing work and love of fabric.
Many of these goals can be met just by meeting regularly and showing each other our work. Other goals are better met with structured activities either at the meeting or at home. The 5” x 7” quilt is our challenge for the March meeting. The books will also help with inspiration.
Several people showed beautiful and interesting work. Some of the techniques used may be the basis for future meetings or workshops, such as the appliqued sweatshirt shown by Evette, the netting techniques and the printer transfer.
Reminders for next time:
1. The next meeting will be held Thursday March 3 at 6 pm (yes, six) at the Art Center Ukiah at 203 N. State St, near the Corner Gallery at the intersection of Church and State. All fiber artists are welcome. Bring $2 as we need to pay $25 per meeting to rent the space.
2. Make and bring a 5” x 7” (or larger) quilt to show. This project will help us overcome the fear of cutting into beautiful fabric. Marian will bring a portable display wall.
3. Bring an inspirational book to show. Put your name in it.
4. Bring other work to show, whether completed or in progress.
5. The lights in the art center are not quite bright enough. Are there a few volunteers to bring additional lights? Probably the extra lights can be stored at the Art Center.
6. Some people do not like the name Ukiah Art Quilters. Any suggestions for a better name?
7. There are many events coming up in the area that not everyone is aware of. For example, Velda Newman is coming to Clear Lake, and there are two Santa Rosa quilt guilds. If you have information on these, or just a link to a website with the information, please send this out by “reply to all” to this e-mail list.
Reported by Catherine Reed
Friday, January 28, 2011
Landscape Collage Class
As a result of the art quilt meeting in January, many of the artists present asked about classes that they could take locally. I would be happy to offer a full-day textile collage landscape class to a group of 10-16 people. My earliest available dates are in late April, and May is pretty open.
Would anybody who is interested in a Saturday class in Ukiah please email me at fogg.laura at gmail.com
Laura
New Art Quilt Group
As a result of our Art Quilt Explorations meeting early this month, a new art quilt group is starting up in Ukiah. Art quilters and other fiber artists are invited to join a group with the goals of sharing, critiquing and showing work. They will meet at the Art Center Ukiah, next to Corners Galalery, 201 South State Street in Ukiah, at 7 pm on Thursday February 3 and on Thursday March 3. Bring work to show. A larger art quilt meeting hosted by the Mendocino Quilt Artists will be held at the Art Center Ukiah on Thursday April 7 at 7 pm. For more information contact Catherine Reed. Her email is reed.catherine at gmail.com.
It's exciting to have another Art Quilt group in Ukiah and we look forward to sharing and connecting with other artists.
It's exciting to have another Art Quilt group in Ukiah and we look forward to sharing and connecting with other artists.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Notes from Art Quilt Explorations
This experience is too rich to not repeat it.
Could this be a beginning of sharing techniques?
Perhaps this group sharing could help us break out of our usual ways of quilting?
Could we possibly do workshops together?
Maybe we could share what some of us already know.
Maybe we could pool resources and hire a workshop leader.
It’s exciting to see others’ work and hear about each others’ journeys.
Lets meet regularly with challenges in between.
A few other groups could form with possible input from MQA on “how we did/do it”. Perhaps there could be sub-groups based on geographic closeness
The already established, blog could be a place to share photos and information.
The blog and email could “fill the gap” between meetings of the larger group.
There is interest in another Art Quilt group forming. We have a list of potential members who want to start another group and Catherine Reed will explore future meetings.
Next meeting of the large Art Quilt Explorations group is:
APRIL 7TH @ 7PM. Location to be decided.
A few photos from the meeting:
Could this be a beginning of sharing techniques?
Perhaps this group sharing could help us break out of our usual ways of quilting?
Could we possibly do workshops together?
Maybe we could share what some of us already know.
Maybe we could pool resources and hire a workshop leader.
It’s exciting to see others’ work and hear about each others’ journeys.
Lets meet regularly with challenges in between.
A few other groups could form with possible input from MQA on “how we did/do it”. Perhaps there could be sub-groups based on geographic closeness
The already established, blog could be a place to share photos and information.
The blog and email could “fill the gap” between meetings of the larger group.
There is interest in another Art Quilt group forming. We have a list of potential members who want to start another group and Catherine Reed will explore future meetings.
Next meeting of the large Art Quilt Explorations group is:
APRIL 7TH @ 7PM. Location to be decided.
A few photos from the meeting:
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| MQA with Woven Connections quilt presented to Grace Hudson Museum |
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| Joyce Paterson's quilt |
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| Berdette Wymer's first quilt |
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| Marian Drain's experiment with Inktense pencils |
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| Catherine Reed's quilt |
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| Robin Goldner's quilt |
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| one of Holly Brackman's quilts |
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| Possibly Sue Frame's poison oak quilt |
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Art Quilt Explorations
The Mendocino Quilt Artists will be hosting an evening of Art Quilt Explorations on January 6, 2011, at the Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah. Quilt artists in our area are invited to come and share work, ideas and/or techniques. We're hoping for people with innovative, unique and out-of-the-box ways that express their artistic vision in quilts. Since we are a small group, we are hoping this will be a venue for us to enlarge our connections with other artists working through the art quilt medium.
The evening will start at 6:30pm with the presentation of our quilt, Mendocino Woven Connections, to the Grace Hudson Museum. At 7:00 Ann Horton and Betty Lacy will begin the discussion and sharing of art quilts. Other art quilters are invited to bring one work to share. We hope this will be the beginning of more Art Quilt Explorations.
Mendocino Woven Connections was made by us, the Mendocino Quilt Artists as a tribute to our connections to other artists who have shared our love of this county. We were given permission by the Grace Hudson Museum to use images from some of Grace Hudson's work. Each of us worked on a panel, then all worked together to connect them and embellish them with hand stitching. We look forward to sharing this quilt and others made by members of our group and to seeing the work of other quilt artists from our area. If possible, send us an RSVP so we can give directions, plan for food, etc.
Please note I'm using the 1/6/11 date on this post so it stays first on our blog, but please scroll down and refer to older posts to see what we're doing.
Hope to see you at Art Quilt Explorations.
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