Pam Berry in The Artery

Pam Berry, in partnership with Theresa Haight, has a collaborative exhibit at The Artery in Davis. The show, "Hard & Soft", combines the talents of Pam's Fiber Art and Theresa's glass art.  It is a very interesting show with several collaborative works.  Pam and Theresa enjoyed the challenge of creating work that complemented each other's art form.

Dates:  July 5 - Aug 6
The Artery -- 207 G St. Davis, 530-758-8330, Hours M-Sat 10-6, Fri 10-9, Sun 12-5

The Artist Reception on Friday July 12, is the same evening as the Davis Art-About. Not only can you view Pam's exhibit, but all the Davis galleries will be open.  Many stores make room for artists to display their art, ranging from painting to music.

Pam Berry, "Three In Flight"

Teresa  Haight, "Glass Dish"

Franki Kohler's "Mendelssohn" in IQF Show

Franki Kohler's "Mendelssohn" has been selected for inclusion in the special exhibit Festival Awareness Project 2013: It's Raining Cats and Dogs opening at IQF Houston. The exhibit will be on view October 31 - November 3.

This is the second year of a three-year IQF project intended to throw the spot light on the plight of homeless cats and dogs. Last year a hand full of art quilts depicting animals was hung in Houston and fabric postcards were sold to raise money for local animal shelters. This year's exhibit of 30 art quilts will travel through 2014 to various IQF sponsored shows.

Franki Kohler's "Mendelssohn"

Detail-Franki Kohler's "Mendelssohn"

Studio, Sewing Room, or Scary Place?-Guest Post by NorCA/NV SAQA Member Lani Longshore

I've had a dedicated room for quilting since I've been a quilter. I won the space on the condition that my quilting paraphernalia not creep out into the rest of the house. Clear, flat spaces don't last long around me; nor do uncluttered corners, tidy shelves or closet doors that close all the way. To build a platform for my quilting science fiction novels, I started a blog on cleaning my studio. I've been writing it for three years and the room still isn't organized. I'd be discouraged if cleaning the space is all I had done with it. It isn't.

Studio Closet

What I lack in organizational skills I make up for in happy coincidences. If I need to break out of my color comfort zone, for instance, I can always pull something from the stacks of fabric on my cutting table. Many a project started because part of one pile fell on another, and the scattered fabrics begged to be sewn together. I've experimented with outside-the-box border, backing and binding treatments because something that was within reach looked interesting. I've also learned to abstract, given that many of my inspiration photos disappear just when I'm ready to tackle the concept, and I can only remember the essentials of the landscape, cityscape or portrait that I want to create.

Studio Wall

My family generally respects my space, but I must admit it is the house equivalent of the scary drawer. If there isn't an obvious place to store something and I think I might need the item, it goes into my studio. My family laughs, but like the magician's top hat I can usually produce whatever they need. My greatest triumph was creating a costume for my son's fourth grade oral history report on Robert E. Lee one hour before he left for school (I cut gold lame stars and basted them to a taupe linen jacket).

All of my quilting friends have dedicated space for their supplies and equipment, but not all of them call that area a studio. I sometimes call my space a sewing room, but more and more I refer to it as a studio. When I think of all that I have learned in that room, all the creativity having my own space has sparked, all the self-affirmation having a place to work gives me, I think studio is exactly the right word to use.

Studio Bookshelf

Lani Longshore

Blog: (www.lanilongshore.wordpress.com)
Theatre: Broken Dishes Repertory Theatre

             (www.brokendishesrepertorytheatre.com)

Books: Death By Chenille (www.smashwords.com)       

           When Chenille Is Not Enough (www.smashwords.com, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com)

Nancy Bardach Juried Into Two Shows

Nancy Bardach's piece "Mountain Blossoms Pursue the Rising Sun" has been juried into the Quilts, Inc  show "In Full Bloom" which will be in Houston this fall.

Nancy Burdach-
"Mountain Blossoms Pursue the Rising Sun"

Also "Accelerating-Decelerating" has been juried into the SAQA show, "Color Wheel of Emotion".

Nancy Bardach-"Accelerating-Decelerating"-
Juried into SAQA show-Colors of Emotion

Grand Central Terminal Centennial Quilt Challenge

American Patchwork & Quilting magazine and The City Quilter have partnered up to offer the "Grand Central Terminal Centennial Quilt Challenge". The immediate past, "June" issue of APQ devotes an entire page to this competition, and the just-out "August" issue has another article about this.

The organizers state: 2013 is the 100th Anniversary of Grand Central Terminal, one of the most famous and beautiful buildings in the world. Naturally, we felt this called for fabrics to help celebrate! Consequently, we developed two designs, "Grand Central" and a complement, "GCT Constellations," both in two colorways, beige and GCT-ceiling aqua. GCT Constellations is inspired by the amazing ceiling. These mark the 8th & 9th original, New York-themed fabrics created and exclusively sold by The City Quilter. Images of the four fabrics are attached. Note that these photos don't fully capture the 24 inch repeats; nor do they adquately reflect the gold metallic that is extensively used in both designs.

So to properly commemorate one of America's most important pieces of pubic architecture, we partnered with American Patchwork & Quilting magazine, which is coincidentally celebrating its 20th Anniversary. We believe this is the first national quilt-making challenge themed on a building.

Here are the key points about the Challenge:

• Quilts can be up to 36" X 36"

• Grand Prize is $ 2,000. There are other prizes as well.

• Winners & finalists will be exhibited in Grand Central Terminal for about 3 months, starting in March, 2014. This affords a wonderful opportunity to expose quilt art to a wide public.

• APQ plans to write about the submissions & competition next year

• 25% or more of the quilt's surface must use one or more of our GCT prints.

• Submissions must be made via photographs mailed to APQ by August 21

• Up to 5 submissions per person/group. Only U.S. residents may apply.

• More details on rules, prizes, and submission details, including a submission form, will be found on our web site, Grand Central Terminal Centennial Quilt Challenge, or on American Patchwork & Quilting's link here.

Naturally, we'd appreciate your spreading the word to others that might be interested in our Grand Central fabrics and the GCT competition. Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Dale
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Dale Riehl
The City Quilter
133 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-807-0390
www.cityquilter.com

Bonnie J. Smith will be receiving an award from Voters Injured Art Work  on June 19, 2013 for her leadership in the Arts and for documenting her experience as a injured worker. The fiber art series she created "Swimming Upstream" tells her story about the injury. The series is now a total of twelve fiber art works.

The award ceremony will be at Mezcal Restaurant 25 West San Fernando Street, San Jose, 95113 from 6:00 to 8:30. full invitation is attached.
Bonnie J. Smith

Bonnie J. Smith-"Swimming Upstream"

Opening Reception for Our Regional Exhibit "Layered and Stitched"

The opening reception for "Layered and Stitched" will be held Saturday, June 15th at Blue Line Arts in Roseville from 7PM-9PM and will feature works by members of the NorCA/NV SAQA Region. Members of Blue Line Arts may enter the reception at 6PM. "Layered and Stitched" was juried by NorCA/NV SAQA member Merle Axelrad and includes works by 33 members.

The artists featured are: Karen Balos, Nancy Bardach, Wendi Bucey, Anne Burns Johnson, Paula Chung, Linda Cline, Winifred Dell'Ario, Giny Dixon, Joan Dyer, Aileyn Renli Ecob, Susan Else, Margaret Fabrizio, Susan Fuller, Carolyn Hanley, Franki Kohler, Carol Larson, Dolores Miller, Denise Oyama Miller, Cathy Miranker, Cathy Ortelle, Geri Patterson-Kutras, Lynda Pike, The Pixeladies, Patricia Porter, Sandra Poteet, Priscilla Read, Jean Renli Jurgenson, Kathleen Russeth, Ann Sanderson, Lin Schiffner, Gayle Simpson, Sandra Wagner, and Martha Wolfe

Blue Line Arts is located at 405 Vernon St, Ste 100 in Roseville, Ca, 916.783.4117. The exhibit will be showing in the WestPark Workshop Gallery. Be sure to stop by to see our first NorCA/NV SAQA Regional exhibit at Blue Line Arts.