Clara Nartey in CT Women's Artists Show (East Hartford, CT)

Congratulations, SAQA-CT artist Clara Nartey! Clara's fiber artwork "Shadows" was juried into 85th Annual CT Women Artists (CWA) Members' Show.

The exhibition is from March 1 – 28, 2014
Hartford Fine Art and Framing
80 Pitkin Street
East Hartford, CT

image: Shadows by C.Nartey

The Connecticut Women Artists organization was founded 85 years ago in 1929 when thirteen women artists exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. Since exhibition opportunities were rare for women at that time, these women started a society of female artists.

One of this country’s oldest continuing art organizations for women, CWA now has over 200 elected members.

 

For more information, visit the CWA website:
http://www.ctwomenartists.org/

Phillips and Weinberg Juried into Greenwich Art Society's Annual Exhibition (Greenwich, CT)

Congratulations to SAQA-CT artists Mayann Weinberg and Margaret Phillips, whose fiber artwork was juried into the Greenwich Art Society's 97th Annual Juried Exhibition!

  image: Pink Annie by M.Phillips

image: La Mascara by M.Weinberg

This mixed media exhibit was judged by Cara Manes, Assistant Curator and Collection Specialist in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

GREENWICH ART SOCIETY JURIED EXHIBITION
97th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
February 28 – March 28, 2014

The Bendheim Gallery of the Greenwich Arts Center
299 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich CT 06830
203-629-1533

Viewing hours:
Weekdays 10am - 5pm
Thursdays until 7pm
Weekends 12-4pm

For more information visit the Greenwich Art Society's website: www.greenwichartsociety.org

CT Fiber Arts Collective Presents "Spring Thaw" (Bloomfield, CT)

The Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective (CFAC)'s current exhibition is titled, “Spring Thaw” and is being hosted by the Duncaster Retirement Center at 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002.

The show opened on March 2nd, and included an artist talk by members of CFAC.

image: Roses and Old Lace by M.Lachman

Mary Lachman and Toni Torres were among several CFAC artists who attended the Opening Reception on March 2nd

image: Vintage Garden by K.Loprete

image: Fishing Season by R.Spann

 
Rosalind Spann and Carol Vinick talk about the artwork during the Opening

In addition to wall art providing a much needed splash of spring the collective revealed their “Grey Matter” challenge pieces. Each member received a small packet of grey fabrics and was asked to use at least 2 of the fabrics in a small open-themed art quilt. Please stop by through the month of March to view the exhibition.

To learn more about Connecticut Fiber Arts Collective, visit their blog: http://ctfac.blogspot.com/

Important Announcement for LOCAL COLOR Artists

Dear Local Color participants,

It's hard to believe our first Regional Exhibition is coming to a close!

Your artwork will be available for you to pick up at the SAQA-CT regional meeting on Saturday, March 22 from 10am - 2pm at the Guilford Art Center.

Guilford Art Center
411 Church Street
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-5947
http://guilfordartcenter.org/

IF you are unable to attend the meeting to retrieve your work, you must alert Diane Wright and make alternate arrangements.

Your work may be shipped to you if you have provided a sturdy container for mailing. To have your artwork shipped, please send Diane a prepaid shipping label.

If someone else will pick up your artwork on the 22nd, let Diane Wright or Kate Themel know who will sign for it (BEFORE March 21). Artwork will NOT be released without the artist's express permission.

Our traveling exhibit has been a huge success thanks to the beautiful artwork and to the many volunteer hours from jurors, captains, PR contacts, hanging crews…oh, the list goes on and on.

Thank you ALL!!

Quilt by Christina Blais at NY Transit Museum (New York City, NY)

SAQA-CT artist Christina Blais' award-winning quilt is now on display at the New York Transit Museum in NYC. 

Blais earned an Honorable Mention for her challenge quilt Meet Me at the Clock (image, below).  Congratulations, Christina!

Read more about the exhibition on MTA's website:
http://new.mta.info/news-grand-central-terminal-metro-north-new-york-transit-museum/2014/02/24/new-quilt-show-celebrates

This exhibition is free and will be open to the public March 15 to July 6 at the New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store at Grand Central Terminal.

On Thursday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 16 at 12:30pm, representatives from The City Quilter will lead casual, free lunch-time tours of the exhibition in Grand Central. No registration necessary.

See all the finalists' quilts here:
http://cdn.allpeoplequilt.com/magazines-more/american-patchwork-quilting/grand-central-winners?page=7%2C0 

You're Invited to the SAQA PA Regional Symposium (Wayne, PA)

Want to chase away the winter doldrums and rev up your creative juices? Come to The PA SAQA Regional Symposium, “Would You Like to Know More?” on Saturday March 22, 2014.

Held in conjunction with Art Quilt Elements 2014 at the Wayne Art Center and open to all fiber art enthusiasts. Enjoy an infusion of fiber art and garner lots of information to move you forward on your creative path.

There is more than one way to be a fiber artist. Come and hear the inside story of how three successful fiber artists have blazed their own trails. Get the scoop from Dianne Koppish Hricko, Cathy Stechschulte and Betty Busby. Each has come to the world of fiber from a different background and each has carved out her own unique niche. Hearing these three approaches to a life in fiber is sure to get you thinking.

Stuck on a piece, don’t know which way to go? Amy Orr and Cindy Friedman will share how to add critiquing to your toolbox. They will explain what a good critique really is and how you can go about it using it to move your work forward.

Finally, we will hear from jurors Susie Brandt and Gerhardt Knodel, two of the jurors for AQE after which we will join them and AQE 2014 artists in a Wayne Art Center Walk and Talk tour of the show.

Come and get energized, connect with other fiber folks, catch up with old acquaintances and make new. Maybe make a date to go out for a bite to eat after the tour to compare notes, or perhaps form a critique group! How great would that be?

All in all, it will be a great day to stretch your horizons. You’ll have so many new ideas the rest of the winter will fly by!

The Symposium is being held in conjunction with the opening weekend of the ART QUILT ELEMENTS show at the Wayne Art Center, located in suburban Philadelphia at 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087.

For more information and registration form, visit:
http://www.saqa.com/members.php?cat=40

Fiber Art Exhibit and Workshop at City Lights Gallery (Bridgeport, CT)

Upcoming exhibit "COMMON THREADS" opening on February 20 at City Lights located at 37 Market Court, Bridgeport, CT 06604 will include quilts from Gees Bend quilters Mary Lee Bedford and Loretta Pettway Bennett.

Loretta will present a quilting workshop on Saturday Feb. 22, 2014 from 11-4 with a one hour lunch break. The fee is $100 per student at City Lights Gallery space.

View the process of quilt making while surrounded by original quilts and art in the exhibit "COMMON THREADS".

To register and submit your payment call: (203)334-7748 . Participants are asked to bring their sewing machines and materials.

City Lights Gallery Hours: W-F 11:30a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat 12-4, Thursdays open 'til 7p.m.  

For more info: www.citylightsgallery.org (203) 334-7748