Five active Saskatchewan SAQA members and a guest met on Friday, Feb. 25th to connect, network, show and share their work and enjoy some great food. Our brand new member, Judy Morningstar from MB, joined the day prior to the meeting! Our region is growing - these are exciting times!
BC and Alberta reps are setting dates and are in the process of determining locations for meetings in the very near future. Watch for details on this blog and in your email inbox.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
SK Members Parlour Meeting
Saskatchewan SAQA members are invited to our next parlour meeting!
When: February 25th, 2011
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Where: Home of Susan Wittrup
2876 Cameron Street; Regina
Items on the agenda:
Discussion of expectations from regional members
Goal setting for possible future events
Show & Tell
Critique Know How
A potluck will be shared at lunch time!
Please email Anna if you have questions or additions to the agenda.
When: February 25th, 2011
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Where: Home of Susan Wittrup
2876 Cameron Street; Regina
Items on the agenda:
Discussion of expectations from regional members
Goal setting for possible future events
Show & Tell
Critique Know How
A potluck will be shared at lunch time!
Please email Anna if you have questions or additions to the agenda.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
PAM Membership Info
SAQA offers two memberships. While all members are eligible to participate in Calls for Entry across the board, the Call for Submission for inclusion in the SAQA Portfolio is open exclusively to PAMs.
Consider applying for PAM membership, if you have contemplated a status change over the past year. The deadline for consideration by the PAM selection committee is March 1st! There is still time for you to gather and organize the required documentation!
Click here to see what you need to do!
http://www.saqa-pamapplications.com/announcements/pam
Not quite convinced yet? Here are some other perks for PAMs...
1. Work in the Gallery of SAQA’s web site, which then becomes part of the Home Page slide show.
2. Listing in the Teachers Workshops/Lectures section of the web site.
3. Work included in the annual SAQA Portfolio -- in 2010 SAQA sent 4000 copies to museums, galleries, architects, interior designers, art consultants, etc.
4. Work included in the SAQA PowerPoint, which is rented out to various groups.
5. Eligibility for special exhibit opportunities.
6. Notice of professional opportunities.
7. Personal satisfaction from supporting the world’s largest organization for art quilters and its work to promote the art quilt.
Consider applying for PAM membership, if you have contemplated a status change over the past year. The deadline for consideration by the PAM selection committee is March 1st! There is still time for you to gather and organize the required documentation!
Click here to see what you need to do!
http://www.saqa-pamapplications.com/announcements/pam
Not quite convinced yet? Here are some other perks for PAMs...
1. Work in the Gallery of SAQA’s web site, which then becomes part of the Home Page slide show.
2. Listing in the Teachers Workshops/Lectures section of the web site.
3. Work included in the annual SAQA Portfolio -- in 2010 SAQA sent 4000 copies to museums, galleries, architects, interior designers, art consultants, etc.
4. Work included in the SAQA PowerPoint, which is rented out to various groups.
5. Eligibility for special exhibit opportunities.
6. Notice of professional opportunities.
7. Personal satisfaction from supporting the world’s largest organization for art quilters and its work to promote the art quilt.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Message from the SAQA President
From Sandra Sider:
After three months of settling into my new position as SAQA's President, I have been thinking about the challenges of this honor and how I might best serve our members. I have been phoning the SAQA regional representatives, listening to their concerns and ideas, and speaking with individual members. Below are the three main goals that I hope to accomplish between now and the fall of 2013, with your help.
1. Guide the Board through a five-year long-range planning process, in which we look to the future of our organization and determine how we can better serve the members. We have a planning committee in place, chaired by Kris Sazaki, and have already begun meeting via conference calls. Our long-range planning will be the focus of two days of Board meetings in Denver.
2. Chair the SAQA Endowment Campaign (to be launched this spring), with the goal of raising at least $150,000 by the end of 2013 in a permanent fund, whose earnings will enable some of the initiatives in #1 to be developed, and also support our other projects. Soon you will be receiving a letter in the mail about the endowment campaign, and we will have an endowment page on the web site.
3. Travel across the U.S. and Canada, giving critique sessions without any fee for our regional groups, raising the awareness of quilts as an art form and encouraging the establishment of local critique groups. These sessions, directed especially toward non-PAM members, will include works in progress as well as completed quilts.
Thank you to the Western Canada members that have already expressed interest in Sandra's offer to visit and offer a free critique session. If you are interested, please let your regional rep know as soon as possible, so we can begin to plan a visit by SAQA president Sandra Sider.
After three months of settling into my new position as SAQA's President, I have been thinking about the challenges of this honor and how I might best serve our members. I have been phoning the SAQA regional representatives, listening to their concerns and ideas, and speaking with individual members. Below are the three main goals that I hope to accomplish between now and the fall of 2013, with your help.
1. Guide the Board through a five-year long-range planning process, in which we look to the future of our organization and determine how we can better serve the members. We have a planning committee in place, chaired by Kris Sazaki, and have already begun meeting via conference calls. Our long-range planning will be the focus of two days of Board meetings in Denver.
2. Chair the SAQA Endowment Campaign (to be launched this spring), with the goal of raising at least $150,000 by the end of 2013 in a permanent fund, whose earnings will enable some of the initiatives in #1 to be developed, and also support our other projects. Soon you will be receiving a letter in the mail about the endowment campaign, and we will have an endowment page on the web site.
3. Travel across the U.S. and Canada, giving critique sessions without any fee for our regional groups, raising the awareness of quilts as an art form and encouraging the establishment of local critique groups. These sessions, directed especially toward non-PAM members, will include works in progress as well as completed quilts.
Thank you to the Western Canada members that have already expressed interest in Sandra's offer to visit and offer a free critique session. If you are interested, please let your regional rep know as soon as possible, so we can begin to plan a visit by SAQA president Sandra Sider.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Call for Entry / General Blog Update
The Call for Entry for "Connected Across the West" is now open for submission! Visit the guidelines on the Call for Entry page.
In addition I want to announce our Featured Member pages. Starting Monday, February 7th, 2011 and every Monday thereafter, one Western Canada SAQA member will be showcased. I need everyone's cooperation with this: Please send a picture of yourself (ideally you working in your studio), an image of your work and a short bio. All this will be posted on the member's page.
Beginning with the Western Canada co-reps for now I need your information as soon as possible, as it takes some time to format the info. I will feature members on a first come first "publish" basis and look forward to receiving your info!
Send the requested information to Anna at your earliest convenience, subscribe to the RSS feed and meet some of the members for the first time! Thanks for your cooperation!
In addition I want to announce our Featured Member pages. Starting Monday, February 7th, 2011 and every Monday thereafter, one Western Canada SAQA member will be showcased. I need everyone's cooperation with this: Please send a picture of yourself (ideally you working in your studio), an image of your work and a short bio. All this will be posted on the member's page.
Beginning with the Western Canada co-reps for now I need your information as soon as possible, as it takes some time to format the info. I will feature members on a first come first "publish" basis and look forward to receiving your info!
Send the requested information to Anna at your earliest convenience, subscribe to the RSS feed and meet some of the members for the first time! Thanks for your cooperation!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
New member Susan Wittrup
SAQA Western Canada welcomes Susan Wittrup from Regina, SK. This brings Saskatchewan members to 9 - we have more than doubled our membership over the past three months in this province!
Welcome Susan! We look forward to getting to know you better!
Welcome Susan! We look forward to getting to know you better!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Puzzled by Artist Statements?
Jill Sullivan, rep for BC wanted to share her thoughts about artist statements. She writes:
"Many of us, who are not regular participants in exhibitions or may be new to the process altogether, are sometimes puzzled by just what is being asked for in the Call For Entry. One of the things that was always unclear to me was what to say in the Artist's Statement. As I was reading the latest SAQA Journal, I found the best summary yet!
Make sure to read Volume 20, No.4, Fall 2010 of the SAQA Journal. It has an article called PAM Review Committee - First Year Reflections on page 29. The paragraph I am referring to can be found in the center of the page, and it clearly conveys just what to include in the 'artist's statement'. Just as important it points out what not to include! Last but not least, it tells us to "keep it short, and to the point, and in the first person".
I realize most of us read the Journal cover to cover, but just in case you missed this article during the busy Christmas season I wanted to make sure to point out this interesting contribution by Leni Levenson Wiener. Hope this helps everyone with recent and upcoming Calls For Entry."
Remember: Submissions for the July Exhibition for Western Canada SAQA members opens February 1st... Get your submissions ready!
Questions? Email any or all of your SAQA Western Canada reps!
"Many of us, who are not regular participants in exhibitions or may be new to the process altogether, are sometimes puzzled by just what is being asked for in the Call For Entry. One of the things that was always unclear to me was what to say in the Artist's Statement. As I was reading the latest SAQA Journal, I found the best summary yet!
Make sure to read Volume 20, No.4, Fall 2010 of the SAQA Journal. It has an article called PAM Review Committee - First Year Reflections on page 29. The paragraph I am referring to can be found in the center of the page, and it clearly conveys just what to include in the 'artist's statement'. Just as important it points out what not to include! Last but not least, it tells us to "keep it short, and to the point, and in the first person".
I realize most of us read the Journal cover to cover, but just in case you missed this article during the busy Christmas season I wanted to make sure to point out this interesting contribution by Leni Levenson Wiener. Hope this helps everyone with recent and upcoming Calls For Entry."
Remember: Submissions for the July Exhibition for Western Canada SAQA members opens February 1st... Get your submissions ready!
Questions? Email any or all of your SAQA Western Canada reps!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
New Alberta Co-rep
Great news! Patti Morris, respected and very accomplished quilt artist from Red Deer, Alberta has just accepted the co-rep position for Western Canada. Patti will be your Alberta contact! Jill and Anna are looking forward to working with Patti.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Member News...
Dale Anne Potter was a guest on Artistically Speaking Blog Radio Show on Jan. 21. Here is what she posted on the SAQA group:
I didn't get a chance to post before the show today, but I was a guest
on Artistically Speaking Blog Talk Radio Show .
I promoted Quilt Art a lot ......
Here is the long link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artisticallyspeaking/2011/01/21/famm-live-with-dale-anne-potter
or a smaller link:
http://tobtr.com/s/1489345
Dale Anne in SW Saskatchewan
Congratulations, Dale Anne! The link has also been added to the Networking Page of this blog!
I didn't get a chance to post before the show today, but I was a guest
on Artistically Speaking Blog Talk Radio Show .
I promoted Quilt Art a lot ......
Here is the long link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artisticallyspeaking/2011/01/21/famm-live-with-dale-anne-potter
or a smaller link:
http://tobtr.com/s/1489345
Dale Anne in SW Saskatchewan
Congratulations, Dale Anne! The link has also been added to the Networking Page of this blog!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Call for Entry - Start Spreading the News!!!
Art Quilters of Western Canada
"Connected Across the West”
"Connected Across the West”
(Members of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba)
Artists use quilts to express experiences, emotions and personal observations through their work. This exhibition will focus on the environment each artist experiences around them.
Theme: A survey showcasing the breadth and depth of work being created by SAQA artists residing in the four Western Provinces
To be exhibited in conjunction with the “Sunshine Coast Quilters’ Guild Show”
July 2nd & 3rd, 2011
Gibsons and Area Community Centre
700 Park Road
Gibsons, BC
Times: 10 a. m. – 4 p. m.
Curators: Jill Sullivan & Anna Hergert & Patti Morris
Curators: Jill Sullivan & Anna Hergert & Patti Morris
Deadline April 30th, 2011
Submit up to three images of work created within the past three years.
Dimensions are not to exceed 60” h x 36” w
Artwork must meet the SAQA definition of an art quilt: A contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, which retains, through material or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends.
Calendar
January 21, 2011 | Call for entry announced |
February 1, 2011 | Email entries open |
April 30, 2011 | Online Entry Final Day-Deadline at 6 pm PST |
May 1 – May 10, 2011 | Jury Process |
May 15, 2011 | Notification to artists |
June 15, 2011 | Deadline for artwork to arrive |
June 30, 2011 | Installation of Artwork |
July 2 & 3rd, 2011 | Exhibition open to public |
July 4 - 10, 2011 | Return/pick up of work to/by artists |
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
During the registration process you will be asked to provide artist information, a description of each piece and digital images. The following is a checklist of what you will need to provide:
Artist Information:
Artist's First Name:
Artist's Last Name:
Address (street):
City/Postal Code:
Phone (include area code):
Email:
Artist's Last Name:
Address (street):
City/Postal Code:
Phone (include area code):
Email:
Information about each piece:
Artist's statement (50 words or less)
Title:
Size: height x width, in inches/cm
Year Completed:
Total Sale Price in Dollars (if for sale):
Insurance Value in Dollars:
Materials (25 words or less)
Techniques (25 words or less)
Title:
Size: height x width, in inches/cm
Year Completed:
Total Sale Price in Dollars (if for sale):
Insurance Value in Dollars:
Materials (25 words or less)
Techniques (25 words or less)
Digital Images:
Submit one overall image and one detail image for each piece of artwork.
Submit one overall image and one detail image for each piece of artwork.
HOW TO SUBMIT DIGITAL IMAGES
- Save your digital images as a high quality JPEG file (No TIFF files).
- Finished image should be 1800 pixels on the longest side.
- Email images to all curators
Upon acceptance: The artist will submit a one-time entry fee of $ 25.00.
This fee will offset cost of special promotion and shipping expenses to those members who cannot pick up their artwork due to geographical constraints.
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