May 1st
2012 Alberta SAQA Parlour Meeting:
Place was
Red Deer Alberta, Patti Morris Rep home
Attendees;
Dawn Hunt, Barbara J. West, Debbie Bray, Bush Eastep, Margie Davidson, Wendy
Klotz, Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas, Wendy Greber, Margaret Blank, Patti Morris,
Meredith Helgesm, Lorraine Lindenbach, Diane Duncan, Karen Jurek, Trudy Cowan,
Jan Scruggs.
First
off it was wonderful to have such a big group. Thank you to those that
travelled up or down Hyw 2 even with the road being closed due to an accident.
The
meeting was called by Patti Morris at 1015 even though we knew a few members
were caught in traffic.
An
Introduction to those present;
Margaret Blank began by showing:
#1
Her beautifully executed Trunk show piece circulated #2 Her City & Guilds project
module 6 out of 8 which was Red & White blocks hand stitched in honour of Mirror,
(home town) 100 anniversary. #4 A handwork
project of 50 crazy quilt blocks to make a coat called “Garment of Praise” for
the loss of her late husband of 5 years. Each block was made up of recycled
ties, ribbons, lace and buttons. Very nice work.
Wendy
Greber: New member from Red Deer, Wendy is a very gifted individual that has
taken all the classes from Earthly Goods/ Master program. She comes to SAQA
with wonderful skills and talent. An artist on the move! Winning lots of ribbons for her original
pieces of fabric art work in Central Alberta. Wendy showed us her Trunk Show
piece, truly inspirational and very well done!
lIse;
spoke about her Art Degree in weaving / Calgary. Since 1980 she has been involved in different
Art groups out of Calgary. She has been member of SAQA 5-6 years. Her Art studies
involved Printing & Collage. Her Trunk Show piece called “Emerging” was
passed around for members to admire. A
very beautiful piece!
Wendy
Klotz; “The Edge” Regular Quilting done in new way. Working from the inside
out. Blueberry Field. Very interesting and nicely done. Passed around along
with “Grandmother Flower Garden with 3 D centers again working from inside out
making her centers stand out! Unique and thought->provoking.
Margie
Davidson; Began quilting 27 years ago. In 2002 at Quilt Canada she was inspired
by a fiber Artist. Thus her 6 year part-time job moved from teaching at a
school to a Quilt store teaching surface design. Margie then spoke about her
knitting project x 1 year and a bit. She
just returned from India and brought out some wonderful fabric art purses,
wraps and blankets. Beautiful garments. Her Trunk show piece was passed around,
another beautifully executed piece of fabric art!
Venture
Card: was brought up. A card you can pick-up at any postal outlet. It’s free
and available to anyone that has a business. Just ask for it and fill out the
form. It allows anyone shipping parcels for their business to receive a
discount.
Bush
Eastep; Spoke about her trunk show
piece, but not very happy with it as something happened to it when placed on a
cloth to be ironed? Bush’s intent is still open to enter. Were so are sorry for
what happened as it could happen to anyone of us!
Lorraine
Lindenbach; Thank you for bringing a van-full of members from Calgary! Lorraine
said she was a West Coast Fiber Artist belonging to FOG. Her (FOG) Calgary
Fabric Art group meets once a month. She then circulated a piece she &
members made with fabric, metal & beading. Very nice!
Debra
Grey, A new member to SAQA from Calgary. A Biologist/ Geologist. Has been
sewing much of her life. All her own clothes and in now involved with City
& Guilds. At module 3 & finding it a challenge as much of it is
paperwork. Showed the group “a Prairie Scene based on pointillism “Indian on
Horseback with Buffaloes” done in pen & ink dots, outline in center of
quilt. Very nicely done.
Barbara
West; spoke about the use of the grid in quilting and art with her trunk show
piece. Had a flap in it to represent the male and how it still dominates the
traditional art world! Colors used: black & greys to emphasize what was
us at the beginning of the Cubist period in art (early 20th
century) Barbara incorporated red into her piece to represent women! That we
deserve it for being so bright! Good for you!
Awesome piece of Art!
Meredith
Helgesm; Visitor to our group. Member of FOG out of Calgary. Nice to have her
attend.
Dawn
Hunt; 1975 began quilting as a traditional quilter. Now a certified National
& International appraiser. Brought up how SAQA is thinking of giving up the
PAM judging or juried in! Emphasised how SAQA needs to have a group geared for
just professional appraisers, curators, financers and other art venue
professionals added separately to PAM membership.
Big
discussion on if as PAMS if you are not juried into the Art World then you are
not considered a true artist! This is a major reason why PAMS belong to
SAQA. If this was taken out then the
Alberta PAM members felt they would no longer be a need to be part of SAQA.
Jan
Kuruggs: Member of FOG from Calgary. Showed the group a 3 D Flower Leaf design.
Beautifully done.
Discussion
2: How are the pieces of our Trunk Show going to be shipped, hung &
distributed safely? Explicit Instructions for hanging to members was
requested. Will follow-up with a fan-out
once I speak to other 2 Western Reps.
Trudy
Cowan; 2 months a SAQA member. Spent the past 6 years doing Art quilts. Had a
beautiful photo album of work she has been working on. A mommy tummy expecting
pillow quilt. Members very impressed. Trunk Show piece: Cedar Trees
with paper cut technique. Very nicely done!
Karen
Jurek: 1990 began art quilting. Finds designing an art piece it to be a
challenge. Moving from traditional to the art side. Showed her brilliant Fiery Red beautiful
Trunk Show piece, executed with colorful beading to the group. Truly exciting
and wonderful!
Diane
Duncan; Comes originally from the East moved to Calgary. Since 2009 been
travelling with husband in a motorhome, so her sewing is limited. Truly an
inspirational individual. Taught me not to complain if I feel cramped in my
sewing room!
5
minute break coffee & tea break
Barbara
West: Guest speaker; Talk about her 6 year School of Textile Art from “The
Julia Capara Middle Sex University in Great Britain”. Barbara received a BA
with Honours in 2011. Unfortunately, The Julia Capara School has gone into
bankruptcy due to high tuition costs. Barbara
talked about feeling humility after going into the program she felt the more
she learned the less she knew in textile art as an artist.
She
spoke about “Artists in the Art World” the demands for criteria in the Art World.
Content, what we’re doing; research, why we are doing what we’re doing. Work
from past quilters is mostly anonymous, no names on pieces or history trail.
Picasso became famous because he flogged his work. All famous painters were
men. Male dominated Art. Women were just
as good back in Picasso time, but were never revealed. Unknown. Women artists
are drawn to women works. For years women were not allowed into the schools of
art to paint nude female models.
Copy
Work Trace; Work now demands an original sketch-> for research photography a
running history to prove it’s your own work of art!
Work
needs to be juried by your peers. Art work councils will not submit any work
that is not juried in!
Why
do fabric artists sign their work on the back of their pieces? Why not sign our
names to the front of our work like painters?
Only
15% of work done by women is in museums.
Art
World Afghan World; Barbara showed us a piece done on Anti Macastor, Hangs on
the sofa. Piece reflects her living far away from the Afghan war zone. Feeling
out of touch of what can be done. This piece represented a war hat to be hung
over a sofa to remember. The purpose of the piece was to allow us to expand outside
our boundaries.
``
Be creative`` Final exhibition Barbara had it displayed at The Triangle Gallery
Calgary last year. The piece was 18 feet long: Based on a young girls 21st
birthday game that moved through sections. Bra & panties out of condoms,
Hat drinking game, Cosies comments for each drink. Pillow, Date rape, Tea-bag and
gang rape. Ended with crime scene-> hole in panties Evidence who did it,
mother, daughter, culture…..
A very thought provoking Textile work of Art!
After
Lunch
Dawn Hunt, an AQS certified quilt appraiser and an accredited member
of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) gave a very powerful talk on
“Why we need to have our work appraised”.
Very inspiring and thought provoking. She high-lighted appraisers do not
provide critiques of the works being appraised.
A common misconception is that antique quilts are more valuable than newly made
quilts (either art or traditional). Appraisals can be used to acquire insurance
coverage as well as to settle claims. Market value appraisals can also
help an artist establish a reasonable asking price for their art. Donation appraisals
are based on the fair market value of the donated item. Items used for prizes
for charity raffles auctions are also appraised for their fair market value. In
Alberta, if the prize value is overstated on a raffle ticket then the group
running the raffle would be liable for the difference, in cash, between the
fair market value and the value stated on the raffle ticket. Very interesting.
Certain criteria established by CRA must be met, but at a Charity Auction the
successful bidder of an item may be eligible for an income tax receipt if they
pay more than the stated fair market value of the item. Appraisals are also
useful for Estate & Divorce settlements, and to provide as gift enclosures.
Appraisals also provide a personal Quilt record documentation!!!
Quilts that are lost, stolen or missing in transit can be listed at www.lostquilt.com <http://www.lostquilt.com>
HUB International is an Insurance company that provides coverage
for quilts. I will connect with them in regards to our Meet the Best of the
West Trunk Show. I will check with Karen Goetzinger from Synthesis 2 as to what
she did for coverage for their travelling show.
Follow
–up for our Travelling Trunk show;
All
pieces submitted have been asked to have a finished 2 inch seam placed on top
back with 1 inch from each end open to allow our wooden dowel to slide through.
If your sleeve is wider than 2 inches not to worry, it still allows lots of
room for our dowel to slide through. All pieces will have fish wire placed
through them attached to each other for security reasons. If someone were to
try and steal 1 the entire show would come down! When the show is not in use it
will be sitting at one of the 3 Western rep homes. Preferably with Patti Morris
Alberta. Our goal is to have a Trunk
Show dates
listed on our Western Blog site. This way it will be up to you as members
involved to checking your saqawesterncanada.blogspot.com for updates. This way you are not inundated
with emails!
Also
any shows members are involved in please forward to your rep and we would be
happy to list them with your name on the Blog.
Shipping
of The Travelling Trunk Show will be through Canada Post by Venture Card and
through the rep. that has the show. Cost to ship the show will be provided up
to $500 from our SAQA grant.
Patti
will look into how Synthesis 2 regarding Insurance coverage. I
have business insurance while they sit in my home. Again I would have to ask
Dawn Hunt if all piece need appraisals to be covered.
If
any members have further concerns please send an email to your closest rep.
Current
Fiber Art Show in Calgary: I forgot to mention that 2 of our very talented PAM members
have work in the DaDe Art & Design Gallery Lab called “Fabricated “ April 20th->June
3rd Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas, & Margie Davidson.
Thank
you all. The pieces that I have received are ALL truly amazing. I personally
would have put a ribbon on each one of them if they were in a juried show!
Lastly,
I had mentioned that for 2013 I am in the throes of organizing a Burgess Shale
Donated Fossil project for all those interested in leaving a legacy .I am
hoping to have more information on this idea in the next few months. Updates
will be posted on our Western Blog regarding this project.
Warmest
regards,
Patti
Morris
