Benefit Auction

Greetings All,

SAQA's 2013 Benefit Auction begins in just 2.5 weeks!

Help promote our biggest fundraiser by sharing the Dream Collections or posting your favorite pieces on your blog, Facebook page, Pinterest board, etc.  Tell your friends, your mother, your workout coach - the more people who know about the Auction, the better! 

There are 421 gorgeous pieces of art up for bid.  The action will start on Monday, September 9th at 2:00 Eastern.  Bid early and often to help promote the art quilt!

Broad Changes: Women of Social Justice exhibition and Fiber Artists for Hope

 

Greetings All,

My piece "Harriett's Gone Up Yonder" will be a part of  "Broad Changes: Women of Social Justice" art quilt exhibition.  An Exhibition featuring 25 original artworks from an international fiber artist group, Fiber Artists for Hope.

August 16th- September 15th, 2013...
Opening Reception: Friday August 16th, 6-10PM

Chicago, IL—The HumanThread Center at the Bridgeport Art Center proudly presents the work of The Fiber Artists for Hope in its next exhibition, Broad Changes: Women of Social Justice. The
Fiber Artists for Hope (FAH) is a diverse group of artists representing all aspects of the human experience including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, and nationality committed to creating fiber art that addresses today's social issues, promoting dialogue for change, and fostering understanding.

Exhibition Concept: The word "broad" is a feisty reference to women; when combined with "changes," it implies a double meaning, since broad can mean big. This term used in our title aligns with the definition from Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words about Women (1985) by feminist Jane Mills, where she defines BROAD as, "a woman who is liberal, tolerant, unconfined and not limited or narrow in scope."

Opening Night Reception: Bridgeport Art Center, Friday August 16th, 6-10pm.

BAC: 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 (Enter on North Side off of Racine/34th).

There is a parking lot next to the building. Exhibition will be on the 5th floor. This is in conjunction with Bridgeport’s 3rd Friday opening receptions, including several other art openings and open studio tour.

ABOUT HUMANTHREAD

HumanThread is a non-profit organization that seeks to popularize a Culture of Peace and non-violence through educational, artistic and cultural programs and events focused on youth. Celebrating a culture of peace, HumanThread expresses Chicago’s creative culture by curating monthly exhibitions that discuss issues of cultural identity and social importance.

The HumanThread Center:

Website: www.humanthread.net

Email: info@humanthread.net
Tel: 312.646.0627

Curated by: Jeanette Thompson (jevirgo27@gmail.com)

Update - SLO Jazz Festival

Greetings All,

I got this email and thought that I would share it with you.

"Hi Trish,

I found the image for your International Textile. Great work! I love it.  I'm creating a new website for SLO Jazz Festival, and would like to request permission to use your image for a page on our site relating to Jazz Conversations - a new series of talks relating to our new education program. Would you be willing to let us share this artwork and spread knowledge of your work to California? We can include an artist mention on the page where we feature the graphic - of course want to give you
proper credit".

Well I did check him out and found out that this was legit and so I went ahead and gave them permission to use the image.  I love jazz and thought why not?  I asked what international textile site he found my work on and was pleasantly surprised when he said Fiber Artists Coalition.  I have gotten more exposure being member of this group than any of the others that I belong to and just wanted to say thank you for allowing me to be a part of it and we got international status in some one's eye.

Mancuso - FAC - Pretty Planet exhibit.

Greetings All,
Do you ever Google yourself to see what's out there?  Well today I did and this is what I found.

Pretty Planet is an exhibit of art quilts inspired by the beauty of the earth. Members of the Fiber Artists Coalition find inspiration in the environment, the people, and the joy of living in a wonderful world. Whether firmly planted in the soil or soaring through the sky, their art absorbs and reflects this pretty planet. Left: "Big Sky"  8/15/2013 - 8/18/2013 Manchester, New Hampshire

  
Thank you Mancuso, Laura Wasilowski, and FAC for allowing me to be a part of this exhibit.

F.A.C. Blue World/Green World at the Textile Center

Greetings All,

F.A.C. Blue World/Green World opens at the Textile Center, 3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414, Phone: 612-436-0464  My pieces Save Darfur-II (above) and Soaring @ Twilight (below) are a part of this exhibit and if you are in the area we would love it if you stop by.

Blue World Green World opens May 17. (The Joan Mondale Gallery is closed for installation May 6-17).  This exhibition was organized by the Fiber Artists Coalition. Fiber Artists Coalition is a group of Midwestern textile artists and we have joined together to promote the art quilt by bringing this exciting art form to the public through traveling art exhibits.

Participating Artists: Pat Bishop
Kathie Briggs
Shelley Brucar
Jennifer Conrad
Cheryl D. Ferrin
Clairan Ferrono
Linda Witte Henke
Kasia
Peg Keeney
Pat Kroth
Casey Puetz
Gwyned Trefethen
Laura Wasilowski
Maggie Weiss
Trish Williams

Join us for the opening reception Friday May 17, 6-8 pm. Free and open to the public.

 

Our society has a complex relationship to nature. Blue World/Green World, a diverse exhibition of vibrant art quilts, explores this connection. Through multifaceted work that crosses the boundaries of the representative, to the impressionistic, to the abstract - this show reveals the beauty and pathos of our association to the contemporary natural world.

F.A.C. Milagros Exhibit

Greetings All,
Here's another great exhibit of the F.A.C. and it runs May 8th thru June 8th, 2013.  It's titled "Milagros" and the artist reception is Sunday, May 19, 2013.  My piece "Behold the Child" is a part of this exhibit at the Addison Center For The Arts, 213 N. Lombard Rd. Addison, IL 60101 Phone: 630-458-4500 info@addisoncenterforthearts.com and if you are in the area do stop by.

Milagros are small metal figures used to thank Christian saints for fulfilling requests in time of need.  The custom of creating Milagros accompanied the Spanish as they arrived in the Americas and continues to be a part of folk culture throughout rural areas of Spain as well as in Central and South American and parts of North America.  In Spanish, the word milagros literally means miracle or surprise.

Reminder

Greetings All,

Here's a gentle reminder of the exhibit at the Illinois Art/Artisan Center.

 

  Contemporary Fiber Art/Sculpture Exhibition