tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10135436699601857122024-03-13T11:14:15.655-07:00SAQA AlaskaCats Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892391621335790005noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-69066177053950054012017-04-12T15:14:00.001-07:002017-04-12T15:14:12.272-07:00AK SAQA April 2017 Meeting<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">The April 2017 AK SAQA Regional Meeting was held on Tuesday April 11 at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">We had a great turn out—<a href="http://mariashell.com/,">Maria Shell </a>, <a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat Larrea</a> , <a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/%3E">Carrie Payne </a>, <a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart#!about/c10fk">Gail Ramsay </a> Jeannie Bench, <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/">Amy Meissner</a>, Bonny Riveria, Barb Hanson, and Gene Looman were in attendance.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Amy Meissner gave a great presentation on a public art project she spent many years making happen. You can read the full story here <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/blog/category/public-art">on her blog </a>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We discussed the details of our fall juried members show Art Cloth North III at the blue hollomon gallery. The details about submitting work are being finalized . This information will be sent to all members later this spring. If you are hoping to make new work to submit for consideration, the tentative deadline for submissions is August 15, 2017. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Show Tell was great as always.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Jeannie Bench shared two new pieces.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">At the end of the meeting Carrie gave us our pieces back from the AK SAQA Regional Members Show at the Girdwood Visual Arts Center. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">We hope you will join us in May. We will be meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 10AM to 12PM at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. Upcoming meeting will include a short presentation from SAQA member Gail Ramsay on an Elementary School Quilt Project she did.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Jan Wallace, Diane Melms, Bonny Rivera, Carrie Payne, Kate Beebe, Rebecca Starry, Jeannie Bench and Gail Ramsey were all in attendance at the March 2017 Alaska SAQA meeting.</span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1"><b>The Alaska SAQA Regional Member's Show at the Girdwood Center for Visual Arts</b></span>Bonny was impressed with the site and the art presented. Carrie reported no negative comments about the SAQA show. Show closes on March 30, 2017, and we can pick up the pieces then or at the next SAQA meeting from Carrie. Members need to coordinate with Carrie for pickup if either of these two options don’t work. Thanks from the group to Carrie for making all of this happen.<br />
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<span class="s1">This is a juried show, AK SAQA members can submit up to three pieces for consideration. Pieces should be examples of your voice as an artist. Proposals will be due late summer (mid-August?). A complete application will include the following--head shot of artist, photos of submissions, and an artist statement. Work is not to have been shown in Anchorage (Girdwood is OK). Must meet SAQA definition of art quilt.</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">Diane reported on her Homer show and had a slide show of the Bunnell Street Art Center with quilts hung.</span><br />
<span class="s1"><br /></span><span class="s1">Jan Wallace reported on her visit to the Visions Art Museum in San Diego. Exhibit included show of works by Susan Else as well as two juried shows of member works. Their process of selecting member works includes frequently checking member websites to select items that fit into a theme or are of interest – they make requests of members as desired. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Jan reported that she will have a show at Kaladi’s in Soldotna during the month of April.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">There as a group discussion on ways to handle circular and “non-square” quilts. Ideas included using floral wire, round collapsible fans with wire rims, etc.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">All members would like to thank Carrie Payne for excellent organizational and exhibiting. She made this show happen. Thank you Carrie!</span></h4>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Our Feburary 2017 AK SAQA Regional Meeting was held on Tuesday February 14th at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. We had a great turn out—<a href="http://mariashell.com/">Maria Shel</a>l, <a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat Larrea </a>, <a href="http://www.dianemelms.com/">Diane Melms </a>, <a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/">Carrie Payne</a>, <a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart#!about/c10fk">Gail Ramsay</a>, Jan Wallace, Jeannie Bench, Bonnie Riveria, Gene Looman, and Kate Beebe. We also welcomed new member Gene Looman and guest Karen Fogarty.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We discussed our upcoming member’s show at the <a href="http://gcvaonline.org/blog/">Girdwood Center for Visual Arts </a> Members Gail Ramsay and Carrie Payne are planning to hang the show on March 1. The opening reception for the show is Saturday March 4, 2017 from 6PM - 8PM at the center. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Diane Melms has a solo show opening at the <a href="http://www.bunnellarts.org/diane-melms-complex-cloth-february-exhibit/">Bunnell Street Arts Center</a> in Homer, Alaska the same weekend. She shared her maquette of the show which was really interesting to see.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">AK SAQA member Mary Gerken (not present) met with some of the Hawaii SAQA members to continue to move the concept of a joint show forward. We have settled on the size 12’’ x 24’’ or smaller and the theme Non-Contiguous. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Amy Meissner is continuing to work with Diane Melms (who coordinated our previous shows) and the Blue Hollomon Gallery to make a November 2017 Alaska SAQA juried exhibition happen. It will be called Art Cloth North III. We are looking at an August 15th deadline for submitting work. Each member may submit three pieces for consideration. Work should not have been exhibited in Anchorage before. Complete details will be announced at up coming meetings. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Cat Larrea shared her new work that just got into the SAQA traveling exhibition <a href="http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?cat=8&ec=2&ex=65">Textile Posters</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Jan’s guest and now new SAQA member, Karen Fogarty shared her beautiful dolls. </span></span></div>
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Maria Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-86853953089200325392017-02-16T15:11:00.007-08:002017-02-16T15:11:53.979-08:00AK SAQA January 2017 Meeting<div class="p1">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Our January 2017 AK SAQA Regional Meeting was held on Tuesday January 10 at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. We had a great turn out—<a href="http://mariashell.com/">Maria Shell </a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,<a href="http://catlarrea.com/"> Cat Larrea</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, <a href="http://www.dianemelms.com/">Diane Melms</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,<a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/"> Carrie Payne</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, <a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart#!about/c10fk">Gail Ramsay </a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, Jan Wallace, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Rebecca-Starry-Artist-232360250527239/">Rebecca Starry</a> ,</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Jeannie Bench, and Kate Beebe. We also welcomed new member Gene Looman and visitor Carol Baker.</span><span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">We discussed our upcoming show at the <a href="http://gcvaonline.org/blog/">Girdwood Center for Visual Arts</a> . All AK SAQA members are invited to share their work. Members may submit two-three pieces for consideration. The work can be brought to the next SAQA meeting which is schedule for Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 10AM to 12PM at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. Or you can contact<a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/?page_id=106"> Carrie Payne</a> via her website to make other arrangements for delivery of work. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Diane Melms gave an incredible presentation about the opening of<a href="http://www.schweinfurthartcenter.org/exhibits_details.cfm?id=81"> Quilts=Art=Quilts</a>. We all truly enjoyed seeing the quilts that were featured in this exhibition held annually at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">We hope you will join us in February. We will be meeting on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 10AM to 12PM at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. Upcoming meeting will include a Maria Shell’s recent visit to China and the 2016 China International Patchwork Invitational Tournament.</span></div>
Maria Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-18285526928700272172016-12-27T14:54:00.002-08:002016-12-27T14:56:28.151-08:00AK SAQA DECEMBER 2016 MEETING<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">Kate Beebe, <a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat Larrea</a> , <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/">Amy Meissner </a>, <a href="http://www.dianemelms.com/">Diane Melms </a> <a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/">Carrie Payne</a> , Faye Stiehm, <a href="http://mariashell.com/">Maria Shell </a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bethblankenship.art/">Beth Blankenship </a>, Debbie Even, Bonnie Rivera, and <a href="http://www.spottedstone.com/">Krista Fleckenstein</a> were in attendance.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Our next gathering is scheduled for Tuesday September 13 from 10AM to 12PM at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton. We hope to see you there! < <a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm"><span class="s3">http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm</span></a>></span></div>
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<span class="s1">These new pieces explore fairy tales through the media of beautiful textiles, many of which Carrie has created herself.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Carrie Payne is a self-taught mixed media fiber artist and quilter. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">She combines fabric, thread, paper and found objects to create art quilts, fabric books, journals and other stitched creations. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">In addition to making art, Carrie designs art quilt patterns and text print fabrics and teaches classes on showing the world your creativity with fabric and thread. See more of Carrie’s work at on her website Believe Magic. <<a href="http://www.believemagic.com/"><span class="s2">www.believemagic.com</span></a>>. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Each of Carrie’s art quilts is an adventure in happiness.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The show is up through the end of August, we hope you will take the time to see Carrie’s new work in person!</span></div>
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AK SAQA members Kate Beebe and <a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart">Gail Ramsey</a> <> traveled to the Palmer, Alaska on Thursday August 4th to give a presentation to the <a href="http://www.valleyquiltersguild.com/">Valley Quilter’s Guild</a>. The Valley Quilters Guild, Inc. was formed in 1985 to promote quilting in the Matanuska Valley. They currently have a membership of over 200 quilters. <span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Kate and Gail shared dozens of art quilts with more than 50 quild members.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Kate shared her experience of moving from being a traditional quilter working with patterns to being an artist who explores many different techniques in her work.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It appears everyone had a great time learning about SAQA, art quilts, and how to make the leap towards designing original quilt compositions.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">If you are interested in learning more about SAQA and art quilting, please join us for our next meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday September 13th from 10AM -12PM at the<a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm"> Kaladi Brothers on Brayton</a>.</span></div>
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We had a great turn out for our July meeting. </div>
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<span class="s1">Kate Beebe, Mary Gerken, Barb Hanson, <a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat Larrea</a>, <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/">Amy Meissner</a>, <a href="http://www.dianemelms.com/">Diane Melms</a>, <a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/">Carrie Payne</a> , <a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart#!about/c10fk">Gail Ramsay</a>, Faye Steihm, Jan Wallace, <a href="http://www.nancydobson.com/index.html">Nancy Dobson</a> (visiting from Colorado) were in attendance.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Many of our members had SAQA news to report. Here is what they are up to.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Amy Meissner is still working on making contact with Andrea Noble at the<a href="https://education.alaska.gov/aksca/"> Alaska State Council on the Arts</a> about scheduling a field trip to thier office to learn more about 1% for Public Art. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Diane Melms is now a member of SAQA Education Committee and is in charge of creating a SAQA Pinterest board featuring machine stitching. One of the artists she has found is Harriet Riddell, who has a portable/solar powered sewing machine, which she sets up and uses for her “performance sewing.” You can read more about her <a href="http://institchyou.co.uk/">here</a> .</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Diane also recommended the many webinars now available on the SAQA site, the newest of which is “<a href="https://www.saqa.com/hotnews.php?ID=385">Working in a Series</a>.” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Gail Ramsay, Mary Gerkin and Kate Beebe are presenting at the <a href="http://www.valleyquiltersguild.com/">Valley Quilter's Guild</a> in Palmer, Alaska on Aug. 4. Several members brought quilts for the team to share with the Valley Quilter's Guild. The selection of quilts included examples of an array of art quilts. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Cat Larrea talked about the evening she hosted at her home with SAQA board member <a href="http://www.susanelse.com/">Susan Else</a> as well as new work. Cat let everyone know that the </span> AK + HI exhibition is still moving forward, but at a slow pace.</div>
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<span class="s1">Jan attended Susan’s workshop in Kenai and gave an account of the success of that experience and she also shared new work.</span></div>
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Barb Hanson had a great new piece to share.</div>
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<span class="s1">And Kate Bebee shares a fusible piece that she has been working on.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There was an insightful discussion about the merits of juried exhibitions and how best to go about showing our work. In fact, we are going to continue the discussion at the August Meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday August 9th from ten to noon at the <a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm">Kaladi Brothers on Brayton</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We hope to see you there with new work and ideas about where to show it.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">PS—Krista Fleckenstein <<a href="http://www.spottedstone.com/"><span class="s2">http://www.spottedstone.com/</span></a>> wasn’t in attendance, but is interested in having a fall gathering and informal workshop at her home in a few months.</span></div>
Maria Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-63474654320255634432016-08-05T10:54:00.005-07:002016-08-05T10:54:53.950-07:00AK SAQA June 2016 Meeting<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">The AK SAQA June meeting was small and informal. It featured great conversations and art work. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart">Gail Ramsey</a>, Mary Gerken, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bethblankenship.art/">Beth Blankenship</a>, <a href="http://www.believemagic.com/journal/">Carrie Payne</a> and<a href="http://www.dianemelms.com/"> Diane Melms </a>were in attendance. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Gail brought a big "sea life" piece she is working on. It is fantastic, and we encouraged her to get it done and submit it to one of the upcoming shows outside. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Keri brought two magazines she has been recently published in and lots of samples of her work, and we talked about her marketing strategies pricing etc. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Diane Melms has joined the SAQA Education Committee. </span>She also brought examples of handwork from the summer.</div>
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<span class="s1">Diane Melms, Gail Ramsay, Barb Hanson, Beth Blankenship, Krista Fleckenstein, Cat Larrea, Mary Gerkin, Carrie Payne, Amy Meissner, and Maria Shell were present.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We celebrated Amy Meissner and Diane Melms webinar performances for the SAQA Lightening Talks. The webinar is now archived on the SAQA website and SAQA members can view it by clicking <a href="https://www.z2systems.com/np/publicaccess/neonPage.do?pageId=2&">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Amy Meissner offerend to organize a SAQA members “field trip” to the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) to speak with Andrea Noble about 1% for Art and public art as well as ASCA’s role as arts advocates. Everyone agreed this was a great idea, and that Amy should move forward with organizing the field trip for this fall.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><a href="http://susanjoyshare.com/">Susan Joy Share </a>has an upcoming bookbinding workshop at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage. You can find more information about the workshop <a href="http://www.igcaalaska.org/events/">here</a>. </span></div>
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SAQA member <a href="http://www.spottedstone.com/">Krista Fleckenstein</a> has offered to give AK SAQA members a short workshop this July on block printing and dying. Krista’s new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Cotton-Making-Modern-Projects/dp/1940655153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463355225&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+cotton">Beyond Cotton</a> is about these technigues.<span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span class="s1">We hope you will join us for the meetings which are usually (the July meeting is an exception) from 10AM -12PM on the second Tuesday of the month at the <a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm">Kaladi Brothers on Brayton</a>.</span></div>
Maria Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-33587633363864275742016-05-15T16:43:00.003-07:002016-05-15T16:43:30.573-07:00AK SAQA April 2016 Meeting<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">We welcomed new members <a href="http://sewpsychd.blogspot.com/">Lori Landenberger </a>, <a href="http://www.spottedstone.com/">Krista Fleckenstein</a>, Debbie Evan and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Beth-Blankenship-bethbeads-235105453166/">Beth Blankenship</a> . WELCOME! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">SAQA member Krista Fleckenstein has a new book out called “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Cotton-Making-Modern-Projects/dp/1940655153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463355225&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+cotton">Beyond Cotton</a>”. If there is interest, Krista would like to offer a surface design workshop exploring some of the techniques in her book. We are hoping to schedule this for early summer.</span></div>
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Carrie Payne let us know that the <a href="http://gcvaonline.org/">Girdwood Center for Visual Arts</a> is looking for new artist members. As an artist member, you may sell work in their gallery for a 25% commission. This gallery is a co-op so all members do have to volunteer in some capacity for the Center.You can find more information <a href="http://gcvaonline.org/">here</a>. </div>
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Kate Bebee asked us if we would be interested in presenting for the <a href="http://anchoragelogcabinquilters.blogspot.com/">Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters, Inc.</a> on November 17, 2016 at 10:30AM. We agreed that it would be fun to do this. </div>
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Kate also shared information about a new maker’s space called <a href="http://www.anchorageremade.com/">Re-MADE</a> located at 13500 Old Seward Highway and there Facebook page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageREMADE?notif_t=page_new_likes">here</a>.</div>
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Show and tell was brief but very good. Cat Larrea shared some dying experiments.</div>
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Our next informal coffee talk meeting will be Tuesday April 12th from 10AM -12PM at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton <<a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(1, 26, 153); color: #011a99;">http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm</span></a>> We will be in the meeting room with Nixon.</div>
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AK SAQA members Amy Meissner, Diane Melms, Cat Larrea, Barb Hanson, Gail Ramsay, Faye Stiehm, Maria Shell, Jan Wallace, and Kate Beebe</div>
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We had a great discussion about several Alaska art projects and opportunities. Jan Wallace let the group know that the Kenai Arts Center will be exhibiting an All Media Show. The juror is Anchorage Museum Director Julie Decker. The deadline for submissions is February 26, 2016.</div>
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Here are the official details from the<a href="https://redoubtreporter.wordpress.com/arts/"> Redoubt Reporter</a>.</div>
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“The Kenai Fine Art Center is accepting entries for its biennial juried exhibition, “Wildfire,” which will go on display in March. Entries should explore the concept of wildfire, what it means and the many forms it can take. This exhibition is open to all mediums with an entry limit of two items. The entry fee is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. All entries must be ready to hang/display. Submit artwork from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 22 to 26 at the Kenai Fine Art Center. For more information, call 283-7040, email ourkfac@gmail.com or stop by the center.”</div>
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We also discussed the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Anchorage-Guerrilla-Knitters-137465929635718">Anchorage Gorilla Knitters </a>project to recover the people chairs at the Loussac Public Library. If you are interested in this project you can learn and follow their progress on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Anchorage-Guerrilla-Knitters-137465929635718">Facebook page</a>. </div>
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<a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat Larrea</a> gave an update on the joint exhibition we are planning with the SAQA Hawaii group. It has been decided that the pieces for the exhibition must fit in a board game flat rate box which is 23 1/2” by 11 1/2”. We discussed possible names for the exhibition with several members liking the idea of playing around with the word non-contiguous which is what we are. There will be a Go to Meeting for both Alaska and Hawaii SAQA members to discuss the exhibition plans. The meeting is scheduled for 12:30PM AK time on Monday February 22. If you would like to participate in the meeting, please contact <a href="http://catlarrea.com/">Cat </a>via her website for more information. Cat would like some one to be in charge of locating exhibition space for the show. We are planning on having the show in 2017. A Hawaii member has agreed to write a grant for SAQA. Maria Shell agreed to proof read the document if necessary.</div>
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The Valley Quilters Guild program coordinator Jessica Salter contacted us about having an AK SAQA presentation for their quild. Kate Beebe, Gail Ramsay, and Cat Larrea agreed they would do a presentation called “Let’s Talk Art Quilts” on August 4th for the Valley Quilters Guild. They would like AK SAQA members to loan pieces to them for this presentation. If you are interested, please bring your quilts to a AK SAQA meeting. </div>
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Cat Larrea is also giving a class called Color Confident Fabric Selection at the Quilt Tree. She would also like to borrow quilts to share with her class. If you have a quilt with great color composition, please consider loaning it to Cat for her March 5th and 12th class. </div>
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Cat will be offering a Photoshop Elements day long workshop for artists (including SAQA members, but also other interested artists) on Monday February 29th. If you are interested in this workshop, please contact<a href="http://catlarrea.com/"> Cat</a>.</div>
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ART CLOTH NORTH is currently on exhibit at the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluehollomon-gallery-199056263565284/"> Blue Hollomon Gallery</a> here in Anchorage, Alaska. You can see the show until the end of February. You can see photos of the <a href="http://saqaak.blogspot.com/2016/02/art-cloth-north-ii.html">First Friday event here</a>.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Last Friday was the opening of ART CLOTH NORTH II at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluehollomon-gallery-199056263565284/">Blue Hollomon Gallery</a> here in Anchorage, Alaska.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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ART CLOTH NORTH II is a SAQA Alaska juried regional show. This is the second year we have had this members show hence the II after the name.</div>
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As you can tell by the images, we are a very diverse group. If you are in Anchorage and interested in learning more about the Alaska SAQA group, please join us for our monthly meeting. Our next gathering is scheduled for Tuesday March 8th from 10AM to 12PM at the meeting room in the<a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm"> Kaladi Brothers on Brayton Road</a>. </div>
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Within 48 hours,<a href="http://catlarrea.com/"> Cat Larrea</a> had sent the Alaska Dispatch a press release and we were officially advertised in town. How cool is that?</div>
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We had an incredible Show and Tell session.</div>
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There is also a great display of her work and patterns at <a href="http://www.akseams.com/">Seams Like Home</a>.<br />
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Jan Wallace joined us from Soldotna, Alaska. This photo does not do her beautiful handmade tunic justice. </div>
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Jan has also been exploring some ideas related to the Modern Quilt scene. </div>
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New member Kate BeeBe (welcome Kate!) shared a recent handwork that she completed while on the road traveling. </div>
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If you are in town, I hope you will join us for the opening of ART CLOTH NORTH at the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluehollomon-gallery-199056263565284/"> Blue-Hollomon Gallery </a> for our First Friday Opening on February 5th from 5PM- 8PM. </div>
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Or join us for coffee. Our February meeting is scheduled for Tuesday February 9th from 10AM -12PM at the <a href="http://kaladi.com/locations_brayton.cfm">Kaladi Brothers on Brayton</a>. We will be in the meeting room with Nixon.</div>
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Maria Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09957467971593083397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013543669960185712.post-37312020731255792382016-01-16T15:09:00.001-08:002016-01-16T15:17:36.842-08:00ART CLOTH NORTH II<div style="text-align: center;">
The members of the Alaska SAQA region would like to formally invite you to join us for the opening of our second regional Exhibition Art Cloth North II on Friday February 5, 2016 from 5PM -8PM.</div>
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The show features the work of nine Alaskan artists--Amy Miessner, Gail Ramsay, Diane Melms, Maria Shell, Julie Drake, Barb Hanson, Carrie Payne, Nancy Dobson, and Cat Larrea.</div>
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We had a great September meeting. Amy Meissner, Diane Melms, Cat Larrea, Gail Ramsey, Barb Hanson, Nancy Sopp, Carrie Payne, Julie Drake, and Maria Shell were in attendance. The meeting was held at the Kaladi Brothers on Brayton from one to three in the afternoon.</div>
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Julie Drake said she had a great time at the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Chttp://expochicago.com/about/news-press%3E">Chicago International Contemporary Art Expo</a> held at the Navy Pier in Chicago. She highly recommended it. </div>
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Our next group exhibition, Art Cloth North, is scheduled for February 2016 at the bluehollman.gallery in Anchorage. Show guidelines are currently listed on the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Chttp://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=4784%3E.">SAQA Calls for Entry</a> page. AK SAQA members may submit up to four pieces for consideration in this juried show. The application deadline is October 31, 2015.</div>
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If you are submitting work for Art Cloth North, be sure to have hi-quality images. 1800 pixels or MORE is recommended. If accepted into the show, artists will need to send a short bio for the show book.</div>
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For the first Art Cloth North, which was held in November 2014, AK SAQA member Diane Melms created a show book featuring works by each of the artists as well as an artist statement. Diane Melms has agreed to create a show book for the 2016 show. Cat Larrea has agreed to create template based on the 2016 show book which can then be used for future shows.</div>
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We want to try and find a venue for the 2017 Art Cloth North show. If you have an idea of a good place for us to present a group show, please let us know.</div>
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You can learn more about the hand dying adventure by visiting this recent <a href="http://saqaak.blogspot.com/2015/10/simple-silk-dyeing-with-ak-saqa-member.html">AK SAQA blog post</a>.</div>
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AK SAQA member and guest blogger Barb Hanson shares a recent fabric dyeing adventure in this blog post.</div>
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WHAT: <b>Simple Silk Dyeing Workshop by Wendy Smith-Wood</b></div>
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WHO: 2 experienced (read that as PROs) fabric dyers and 2 inexperienced, meaning nothing, nada, well maybe a class at Color Creek years ago</div>
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WHEN: Friday through Sunday, September 26 – 28</div>
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WHERE: LITTLE BEAR CABINS, Majestic View</div>
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We (Cat Larrea, Diane Melms, Faye Stein, and Barb Hanson) drove our way to Palmer and stopped for a tasty lunch at Turkey Red and then enjoyed the full colors of autumn the next hour and a half as we headed north towards the Sheep Mountain area. The weather was turning as we arrived, but we settled into the comfortable cabins and changed into painting togs and Wendy gave us a preview of the next two days.</div>
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Both Diane and Cat are very experienced fabric dyers using cottons in their work. <br />
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The silk (and Wendy had many varieties of cloth to choose from including broadcloth, crepe, twill, chiffon and Crepe de Chine) was beautiful. <br />
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The big difference that the two pros saw right off the bat was the time involved in the process was much less; so one could do much more experimenting in a short amount of time. Also, it really was amazing to dip, dribble, squirt, and plunge the fabric into the dye and then prep for ‘cooking’ and place a sample into the microwave to set the dye. Two minutes later, ‘voila’ the sample was done. It was cooled a bit, removed from its plastic wrap covering, rinsed and put out on the line to dry. </div>
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Of course, the first morning the weather didn’t cooperate very well and the dryer inside the studio was needed to complete the drying process, but once dried and ironed the pieces looked stunning.</div>
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I'm seeking those interested and able to attend Ann Johnston’s workshop, "Approaches to Quilt Design with Raw-edge, Reverse Appliqué", in Lake Oswego. The dates of the workshop would be December 7<span style="font-size: 7.3px;"><sup>th</sup></span> through 11<span style="font-size: 7.3px;"><sup>th</sup></span> (Mon-Fri). </div>
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Information about Ann and this workshop can be found at her <a href="http://www.annjohnston.net/annworkshops2015.3.html">website</a>.</div>
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Anyone who dyes their own fabrics for art quilts probably is familiar with some or all of Ann’s publications and works. While her summer workshops are all about dying, the fall classes are about what to do with your lovelies! </div>
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My ideal vision is for<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;"> </span>3-4 of us to fill and “all Alaska” workshop (space is for four). There are plenty of hotel options nearby and shared rooms might be a way to economize. Ann provides lunches during the day, and coffee, fruit and bakery items for a light breakfast. </div>
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Amy Meissner's <i>Reliquary</i> is currently being exhibited at the <a href="http://www.bunnellarts.org/art/gallery/">Bunnell Street Arts Center</a> in Homer, Alaska. </div>
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After rave reviews at the recent SAQA conference, we asked Maria to share her presentation with the larger SAQA membership on a Mentorship Webinar. She graciously agreed. Maria’s webinar will touch on several topics including doing the work, networking, applying and following through. Take a look at Maria’s art work and read her blog to get an idea of her vision and experience. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(18, 85, 204); color: #021eaa;"><a href="http://mariashell.com/">http://mariashell.com</a></span></div>
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Diane Melms talked about our upcoming gallery exhibition at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/bluehollomon-gallery/199056263565284">blue.holomon gallery</a> in November. This will be our second annual exhibition. Although we still need to have a meeting to finalize details with gallery owner Gina Holloman, we think we will have similar entry requirements and schedule as last year, but more pieces might be submitted - up to five per person. We assume the jurors will still select a similar number of pieces as last year (approximately 20-25). </div>
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We discussed Maria Shell's idea of having an annual statewide SAQA meeting to coincide with the show’s opening on November 6, 2015. Members present decided we could easily host our out of town members in our guest rooms for the weekend and maybe have a studio tour and perhaps some classes or workshops. If we want to do this we will need volunteers to organize and make arrangements for this gathering. Feedback would be appreciated.</div>
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We also talked about the possibility of requesting one of the SAQA "Trunk Shows" for that possible meeting. There are just a few available for that time frame (they have 8 sets available to loan), but it would be nice to see real examples of work from other SAQA artists. We do have funds available for the $50 fee charged for shipping that mini show. To learn more about SAQA’s trunk shows, you can by clicking <a href="http://here./">here</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://winfree-studio.com/sandys-art.htmlshowed"><b>Sandy Winfree</b> </a>shared several new pieces of her wonderful shibori and wet felting. She said the wet felting shrinks 35%. She also folds up her large quilts for shipping and has no problem with the shibori or anything getting wrinkled.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/">Amy Meissner</a></b> brought three pieces that will be exhibited in her solo show called “Reliquary” at the <a href="http://www.bunnellarts.org/">Bunnel Street Arts Center </a>solo in Homer, Alaska this coming June. The pieces featured wonderful hand stitching and vintage fibers. She also brought a sample of her timekeeping sheets for us to look at. She logged 24 hours on just one section of french knots!</div>
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<b><a href="http://gsramsay.wix.com/gail-ramsay-fiberart">Gail Ramsay</a> </b>showed her newest experiment in “Comic Strip Quilting”. She is planning to write a quilt book on the subject and include projects as well as methods for quilters to create their own comics. This piece is a super fun table runner.</div>
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<b><a href="http://dianemelms.com/">Diane Melms</a></b> brought 4 parts of a very large (79” square) piece she has been working on for several weeks. The work features curved lines in her fabulous solid hand-dyed fabrics. While those who were at the meeting got to see pieces of this quilt, the rest of us will have to wait....</div>
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Diane also shared “Cool Mints” a finished piece made from solids and stripes.</div>
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If members are looking for an educational fiber experience, they should visit the <a href="https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/s%C3%A1mi-stories-art-and-identity-of-an-arctic-people/">Sami Exhibition</a> at the Anchorage Museum . The exhibition features a 50 foot long embroidered piece as well as other amazing story textiles. AK SAQA member Amy Meissner shared her experiences with the show and lectures on her <a href="http://www.amymeissner.com/blog/sami-stories-in-alaska">blog</a>.</div>
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Thank you Gail Ramsay for taking notes and photos during the meeting.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Our next informal coffee talk </span>will be at the same Kaladi Brothers on Brayton Street on Tuesday April 14th at 1pm. Hope to see you there!!</div>
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