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. 

Dawn Allen - Great American Road Trip Opens March 14, 2020 - Easthampton, MA

Dawn Allen's New Exhibit

Great American Road Trip: Fiber Art

Mill 180 Park 180 Pleasant St #217 

Easthampton, MA 01027  

OPENING EVENT: March 14, 2020 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Mill 180 Park in Easthampton MA with fun facts tour of the states in a great indoor park which can be enjoyed by the entire family.

The Great American Road Trip will be on display the the Mill 180 Indoor Park in Easthampton MA March 14 - April 6 2020

"The Great American Road Trip" series features fiber art pieces colorfully depicting vintage cars and trucks “traveling” all over the United States. The inspiration behind the show is my experience as a mother of young children, feeling trapped at times, lacking the freedom to go where-ever, when-ever! I chose to feature vehicles because the car is a symbol of total freedom. You can jump in and go anywhere at a moment’s notice. The nostalgia of the antique vehicles from 1940-1970 is an important aspect of my work. The intention is to evoke a sense of “the good old days”. Conveying the idea of being young and free and perhaps of “simpler” times.

Most importantly “The Great American Road Trip” series is uplifting. The pieces are brightly colored, cheerful images of places we can all relate to, or places we would love to go.

*$25 donations to the artist get a print of one of the Great American Road Trip pieces or an animal print at the opening event only.

https://dawnallen.net/events/2019/12/11/great-american-road-trip

Dawn Allen, Artist

dacpublishing@gmail.com

413-585-8268

http://dawnallen.net/

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Gallery 53 - Call for Entry - PRIZE MONEY

The SAQA-CT Meeting at Gallery 53 on Saturday May 2, 2020 is also the drop-off date for the exhibit. 

Reception and Awards - Saturday, May 9, 2020 from  12 - 2 pm, 

Pick up date - Friday, June 12, 2020 from 12 - 3 pm & Saturday June 13, 2020 from  10-1pm.

SHOW -  Saturday May 9 – June 7, 2020

Entry Fee  - $15 for 2 entries

Judges: Jan Doyle and Mary Lachman  CASH PRIZES

Eligibility: Limit 2 entries “READY TO HANG” There are no size or date restrictions. Mounted or sculpture in fiber also accepted. Artwork does not have to be For Sale.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

A 30% commission will be taken on sold items

Price On Request (POR); and, Not for Sale (NFS) are acceptable entries

A big thank you goes out to Catherine Whall Smith for coordination with Gallery 53 to make this happen.

 

Accepted LC4 Art - Important Detail

Another point that was made clear by Maureen Lopes at the Saturday meeting -

Accepted art MUST be wired and ready to hang. The exhibition committee will not be doing this!  

Highlights from Today's Meeting

Local Color 4

• Deadline for online submission is February 20, 2020 (window Jan 20-Feb 20, 2020)
• Submission link: http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?ID=3716
• Acceptance notification is Feb 28th.
• Drop-off of accepted works is March 7th at the SAQA-CT meeting at the Windham Textile and History Museum - if you cannot be at that meeting send it there with a friend

Trove of Twelves

• Troves can be mailed to Maureen Lopes, 25 Old Farms Road, Madison, CT 06443 (phone 203-245-9682 and leave a message)
• Be sure to include check for submission fee 
• Send an email to LocalColorExhibit@gmail.com to notify the organizers that it your work(s) are on the way. 

Dawn Allen 

solo exhibit reception March 14, 2020 from 3:30-5:30 p.m., Mill 180 Park, Easthampton, MA

Kate Themel and Carol Vinick and Phyllis Small exhibiting in and around Hartford

See Newsletter for exhibit and reception dates