Connecticut Hang-A-Quilt Day - June 20, 2020

Bring Some Art and Color to your Neighborhood on Connecticut Hang-a-Quilt Day

This community building event is sponsored by the Farmington Valley Quilt Guild. 

You can participate simply by hanging a quilt outdoors on that day. It can be in your front yard, in a park, at a local business, with a sign or not. You can hang it from a tree, a fence, a gate, a rail, a chair, a clothes line, or any other creative way you can think of.

Take a photo of your quilt outdoors and send it to SAQA-CT Rep Kathy Nutley at: knutley1223@gmail.com and they will be posted on this blog.

Be inspired by the 100+ photos of the 2019 Hang-a-Quilt Day posted on Instagram and Facebook.   #cthangaquilt.  Let’s share our wonderful art form!

Rain date June 21, 2020

Windsor Art Center Reception CANCELLED

The WAC opening reception for Local Color 4: Rails, Roads, and Rivers, originally scheduled for March 21, 2020, has been cancelled due to concerns about Coronavirus.      

At this time we are being told that the exhibit will go on and the WAC will remain open during its normal operating times.   The public is invited to visit during those times.   

Guilford Art Center - Call for Entry

Guilford Art Center:   CALL TO ARTISTS

FIBER FORWARD 2020: BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
Call for Submissions

Fiber works have evolved throughout history from utilitarian usage as clothing, for warmth and traditional décor, to innovative, “outside the box” and nonfunctional uses (sculptural, conceptual, installation-oriented), particularly in the realm of contemporary art and practice. This exhibition calls for works in all fiber media and techniques that reflect the best current explorations by contemporary American artists.

Exhibit Dates: June 12-July 19, 2020

Juror: Marcia Young, Publisher/Founder of Fiber Art Now, a quarterly print and digital magazine for the contemporary fiber art community, and the Fiber Art Network, which supports artists, collectors, enthusiasts, and leaders in the fiber art and textiles community.

Eligibility: This exhibition is open to works in all fiber media, including mixed media. Open to U.S. residents.

Awards: $500 in prizes to be awarded by the juror.

Entry Deadline: April 24, 2020

• Click here to download CFE

Countdown to March 7th Meeting - WHAT, WHO, WHERE

March 7th is fast approaching!  You need to know:

*  The Windham Textile and History Museum opens at 10:00 am.

*  Maureen Lopes and Kathy Bagioni will be collecting LC4 art work.  Maureen will be delivering the art work to the Windsor Art Center the following Saturday, March 14th.

*  We will be enjoying a presentation and display by Catherine Whall Smith entitled,  “Documenting What You Do”.

*  Catherine Whall Smith will also be collecting pieces for Gallery 53 show at the meeting.  She plans to have extra Gallery 53 forms available for entry. Remember this is an all-pieces-welcome show. Check the last newsletter for entry fee. 

*  Rita Hannafin has been instrumental in arranging for Lois Palmer to appraise art pieces at the meeting. Lois requests that you email her directly at lpalm5647@gmail for further information and scheduling.  

WTHM Meeting - March 7

UPDATE - March 7^th, 2020 – Windham Textile & History Museum, Willimantic, CT. 
Meeting in Dugan Mill next to WTHM

-     Program  “Documenting What You Do” presentation and display by Catherine Smith

-     Bring the following things to share:

Bring a favorite publication or maybe a show booklet.

If you have a daily diary – feel free to bring to share

Plan to spend the day and visit the new Special Exhibit at WTHM: “Unlacing the Corset, Unleashing the Vote” On View - February 15^th,  September 13^th 2020. There is a small admission fee to this exhibit.

https://millmuseum.org/whats-happening/

NOTE: 

 1 - Parking is across the street from the museum

2 - SAQACT members and their invited guests are WELCOME!

3 - Bring your own lunch. Dugan Mill has a kitchen and bathrooms for your use.  

4 - Drop off for Gallery 53 show and; SAQACT Local Color Show

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Announcing Artists for Local Color 4

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to Local Color 4.  Thank you to Martha Wolfe for jurying!

Grief Journey	Carol	W.	Capozzoli
Bails and Bugs On the Trail	Catherine	Whall	Smith
Sunset over the Pawcatuck River	Cathey		LaBonte
Crossroads	Christina		Blais
Homage to the Dutchman	Christina		Blais
Limelights	Clara		Nartey
Lighthouse, Playhouse	Dawn		Allen
Trout Brook II	Diane	Lillian	Cadrain
Boat Meadow Creek	Diane	Lillian	Cadrain
Roadside Dandies	Diane	M.	Wright
JW's Way	Evelyn	Oliver	Knight
Casting Shadows	Judy		Ross
Shadows on the Roadways	Judy		Ross
Crazy Train	Kate		Themel
A Morning Well Spent	Kathleen		Bagioni
Braided River - Denali	Kathleen		Bagioni
The Creative Road to Happy Town	Laura	M.	Lugo
River Rocks	Lin	J.	Elmo
Flying Over Connecticut	Margaret	A	Phillips
Parkway Dawn	Mary		Lachman
Road to Dinosaurs	Maureen		Lopes
Road To Brodgar	Meredith		Brooks
Making Tracks	Phyllis		Small
Sanctuary in the City	Rita	Daley	Hannafin
Metamorphosis II	Susan	K.	Ober

Shoreline POD Meets on March 10th

The Shoreline Pod Group 
Tuesday, March 10, 10:00 to 11:45 AM.
Location: Madison Senior Center, 29 Bradley Road, Madison 

Topic: Value/Tone from SAQA Seminar 2018 on Visual Design

Value "refers to relative lightness and darkness and is perceived in terms of varying levels of contrast".  

Recommend viewing, in advance, the following, from the SAQA Seminar resources: Johnlovett.com/tone and Elements of Art: Value/KQED Arts on Youtube.  

Please bring several small pieces of fabric (about 3" of any shape), solid or figured, that represent, to you, a range of values.  We will use the pieces as part of a hands-on learning experience.  

There is a fee to use the room and we ask that attendees each bring $2 to help cover the cost.