Centennial Quilt by Patti Morris

Patti Morris of Red Deer, AB is proud to see her quilt titled "Centennial Quilt" hanging for the entire city to enjoy!    Check it out here or if you are in Red Deer check it out in person. 

“The Red Deer Centennial Art Quilt” was commissioned in April of 2012 by the Red Deer 2013 

Centennial committee to celebrate the city’s 100th Birthday in 2013.  

The piece is a triptych in “map art” format. 

The goal was to deliver a geographical & historical perspective that would incorporate the 100 year 

journey. The Red Deer River is the visual focal point of the piece emphasizing the environmental impact 

it had in the early history to the present. The piece is bordered by brightly coloured blocks which 

represent the unique and dynamic structure of our city and incorporates the interlocking building blocks 

of Paul Klee’s “Red Deer Public Library” Logo. 

Acknowledgements: The Red Deer 2013 Centennial Committee, Mayor Morris Flewwelling, 

Local art Instructor: Tanya ZuzakCollard BFA MFA. The City of Red Deer Engineering Department, Copies Now, & former Director of The Red Deer Library Dean Frey.

And lastly, my husband Tony Morris, for his never ending patience, support over the past 10 months to 

make this all possible.

New Membership Categories

Information for Current Members - (Membership changes as of October, 2013)

Note: All current members will automatically be moved to the new categories.  Active Members will become Supporting Members; PAMs will become Studio Artists.

Arts Professional 

This new category has been added for members who are involved in art quilts and the arts in general but who are not primarily spending their time working in studios.  They may be teachers, curators, appraisers, writers, collectors, etc.  They may make art quilts but their focus is primarily on other related activities.

There is no application process necessary for this category.  The additional $25 fee allows Arts Professionals to market their businesses through the SAQA website. 

Arts Professionals will each have a page on the SAQA website, similar to the old PAM pages.  Arts Professionals will be able to promote their businesses with a brief description, along with link to their website and full contact information.  They will be able to upload a headshot of themselves and a photo of what they primarily offer.  For example, they may choose to show students taking their workshop or an image of the cover of their new book or a copy of their logo.  Arts Professionals will be able to choose searchable key words to make it easy for people to find them and their businesses.

If you are currently an Active Member and wish to upgrade to Arts Professional, visit the Membership Upgrade page.  Once your upgrade has been processed, you may add the information and images for your business to your membership profile page, along with your choice of searchable key words.

Studio Artist 

Studio Artists will continue to have the same benefits as the former Professional Artist Members (PAMs) and will have some new additional benefits.  Selection will continue to be based on application via resume and portfolio juried in by a panel of current Studio Artists, who meet on a bi-monthly basis.

Studio Artists’ work will continue to part of the SAQA website’s Image Library for online galleries and slideshows.  They will continue to be eligible to be part of the annual Portfolio, both in print and as a digital, searchable version.  The print Portfolios will continue to be mailed to galleries, museum, libraries, collectors, interior designers and architects.

New benefits for Studio Artists will include the ability to post up to five (5) images of their work (rather than the two allowed under the old system) which will rotate in a slideshow on their Studio Artist page.  Another new benefit is that they will have the ability to sell those pieces in the SAQA Store. Studio Artists will be responsible for shipping any pieces that are sold through the SAQA Store; SAQA will charge a 25% commission on all sales.

Studio Artists will be able to choose searchable key words to make it easy for people to find them and their artwork.  This is a fabulous new feature.

Studio Artists who teach, appraise, write, lecture, curate, etc. may also set up a page in the Art Services Directory advertising their business.  They may include a brief description of their business, along with a link to their website and full contact information.  They will be able to upload a headshot of themselves and a photo of what they primarily offer.

Current PAMs (now Studio Artists) who wish to upload additional images, add key words, and have their work available for sale in the SAQA Store will need to visit their membership profile page and make the necessary changes and choices.

Burgess Shale Project - TREX

Patti Morris

Western Canadian SAQA members have joined together to create this Burgess Shale Textile art exhibition. In 1909, the Burgess Shale was discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in Yoho National Park. The fossils found in the Burgess Shale give us a glimpse into what the world looked like half-a-billion years ago. The Burgess Shale is one of the most important fossil beds in the world and its right in our backyard! Each 24”x24” piece in this exhibition represents one of the fossils found in the Burgess Shale.

The Burgess Shale is a touring exhibition developed by the Alberta Society of Artists for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. This exhibition is currently circulating throughout the southwest/central parts of Alberta. The AFA Travelling Exhibition Program is financially supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

For further information on the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program contact: 

Caroline Loewen, Manager / Curator

Alberta Society of Artists

#305 - 1235 26th Avenue SE, Calgary AB T2G 1R7

Telephone: 403.262.4669; Fax: 403.263.4610; Email: caroline@albertasocietyofartists.com

If you visit the TREX website, you will now find The Burgess Shale exhibit listed in "Current Exhibitions".  There is a PDF file you can download (3 pages) that has a current schedule.  

The link is HERE: 

http://www.artists-society.ab.ca/media/29799/asa_calendar_2013-14_04.pdf

NOTE: Currently the exhibit is at Annie Gaetz School in Red Deer.  It moves from there to Turner Valley and from there to the Bighorn Library in Exshaw, where it will reside over the holiday season, till the second week in January.

First Ever Manitoba Parlour Meeting

Hello Manitoba SAQA Members!

I would like to arrange a Parlour Meeting in Winnipeg.
A few possible dates are October 21 (evening), November 5 (evening) & November 6 (afternoon).
Let me know what your preference is and I will set a location & final date. 

Drop me a line at (204) 572-6173 or email:  dawnpiasta@gmail.com

Surface Design Alberta Exhibition

An Exhibition of Art Quilts, Fibre Arts & Mixed Media

Sunday, October 20, 2013
12 noon to 3pm

Canyon Meadows Community Hall
844 Cantabrian Drive SW, Calgary

Featuring:  "THE TRUNK SHOW"

Works by:
Trudy Cowan, Diane Duncan, Meredith Helgeson, Karen Jurek, Lil Mountjoy, Colleen Peake, Marilyn Samuels, Fran Sayles, Jan Scruggs & Suzanne Strank.

Free Admission --- Refreshments

BC Parlour Meeting

The next meeting will be October 2nd, at the home of Jennifer Cooper, 5701 Owl Court, North Vancouver, 11 am until about 2:30. Please bring your lunch. Jennifer will provide beverages.
Please let Jennifer know if you are able to attend.    coopernordic@shaw.ca   or 604.987.5701

Catherine Nicholls has agreed to give a presentation at the meeting and has asked for ideas. You may learn more about Catherine and the many topics that she could cover by going to   www.thr3foldjournal.com/ .

At this meeting we will also discuss the direction that people wish to take with this group. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

I have THIS IS A QUILT, Trunk show B and it will also be at the meeting and is available for anyone to use at other groups such as guilds. This is a trunk show that is designed to be laid out or passed around. There are suggestions on how to discuss this show in a group setting. Please let me know if you can use this in your local guilds or other groups. I have this show until the end of December, at which time I will ship it back to SAQA.
Hope to see you soon

Best of The West Exhibit will be in Cowichan Valley, Duncan BC

Cowichan Valley Arts Council will host the Best of the West Exhibit on August 30 - September 17, 2013. Details are available at www.cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca

The following Western Canadian SAQA Members that have joined together for; Meet the Best of the West Travelling SAQA Textile Art Exhibit

IIse Anysas-Salkauskas	Cochrane AB.	Emerging
Marie Barry	Sechelt B.C.	Imagine
Margaret Blank	Mirror, AB	Mutt & Jeff
Leann Clifford	Regina, SK	At Garden’s Gate
Trudy Cowan	Calgary, AB.	Griffith Woods After the Windstorm
Paulette Cornish	Nanoose Bay B.C.	S2-#5- It’s All About The Bark!
Donna  Cutler	Beaver Creek, SK	The Iris
Gloria SDaly	Duncan, B.C.	Red Brick
Margie Davidson	Edmonton, AB	Orange Fern
Diane Duncan	Calgary, AB	H is for Heart
Wendy Greber	Red Deer, AB	Alberta Trees #2
Daphne Greig	North Saanich, B.C.	Windblown Poppies
Anna Hergert	Moose Jaw, SK	Give me Time Forever III
Jaynie Himsl	Weyburn, SK	Full Spectrum
Rena Holma	Regina, SK.	From my Hands
Dawn Hunt	Canmore AB.	Wild Rose Country
Paula Jolly	Mossbank SK.	Internal Combustion
Karen Johnson	Langley, B.C.	Guacamole Still Life
Karen Jurek	Cochrane, AB	Lightning Storm on Mars
Barbara McCaffrey	Victoria, B.C.	Nesting Patterns
Patti Morris	Red Deer, AB.	Patti’s Rocks
Pippa Moore	Comox, B.C.	Makola Market
Catherine Nicholls	North Vancouver, B.C.	Home in the City
Susan Purney Mark	Victoria, B.C.	Redante
Mardell Rampton	Burnaby, B.C.	Into The Light
Judith Panson	Lockport, MB	From Tiny Beginnings
Sharron Schoenfeld	Saskatoon,SK	Azami Ha
Patricia Scott	Didsbury, AB	I AM
Linda Sharp	North Vancouver	Those who knew the child are now gone
Jill Sullivan	Sechelt, B.C.	Fractured
Barbara J West	Canmore , AB	Point and Stitch 4: The Grid
Valerie Wilson	Winnipeg, MB.	Bliss
Susan Wittrup	Regina, Sk.	I See A Symphony
Coreen Zerr	Nanaimo, B.C.	Arbutus Sunrise
Ginette Guevremont	Edmonton, AB	Earth Memory
Susan Krznar	Regina, SK.	Wonderful World
Deborah Bray	Calgary, AB	Magic Lake

Western Alberta SAQA Members Parlour Meeting

Western Alberta SAQA members Parlour meeting
Red Deer, Alberta September 16th

Place : 61 Allan Close Map Google for directions to my home.

Time 930 a.m. -> 2 p.m.

Lunch; Pizza, salad & fruit tea, and juice all provided by me.

Agenda: Bring something to share with members, a project or talk about something you have been working on.

It has been far too long since we got together, so this will be a meet, greet and visit meeting. Any SAQA concerns bring so I can address them before stepping down Jan 2014. Unfortunately, sadly my time is overdue for sitting as your Alberta SAQA Rep and truly will miss continuing on after Jan 2014. It has been way too much fun and truly an honour to be part of such an incredible group of talented artists! "Wow"  I would still like to manage the installment and delivery of "The Best of the West" to The Royal Alberta Museum and "The Burgess Shale" project. If whoever steps up to be our new Alberta SAQA Rep is in aggreement with that.
Otherwise, I will be an active member within the group and help out when asked.

Looking forward to seeing you on Septembert 16th, 2013.

Those that can come please email me p.tmorris@shaw.ca

A Walk in the Forest Exhibition

A group show by;  The Quilters Out of Bounds
July 18 - August 19, 2013




The International Year of the Tree 2011, resonated with Quilter’s Out of Bounds – so the Sunshine Coast group challenged its self to create “ A Walk in the Forest ” and explore “treeness” at its core. 

A dozen imaginations have answered the question in a multitude of ways. 

Quilters Out of Bounds takes quilting to the next level! Moving away from classic forms of quilting, this group of textile artists with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds reveals their unique and unconventional creations. 

Quilters Out of Bounds often choose themes around which everyone is encouraged to create something, and this generates an interesting work flow which allows them to put on stunning group shows. The chosen theme was inspired by the fact that 2011 was named the UN’s International Year of the Tree, which is when they began creating the 20+ works that will be shown.

For complete details contact: 

Leigh Square Community Arts Village

1100 - 2253 Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 3B8

604.927.8400 | arts@portcoquitlam.ca

www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare

BC Meeting

The next meeting for BC will be April 18, 11:00 am at the home of Jennifer Cooper.
Patt Wilson will talk to us about her art and where it is taking her,
Please bring your lunch and any books that you borrowed at the last meeting.
Show and tell is, as always, very important to all of us.
Hope to see lots of you there.

Jill Sullivan