Fiber Celebration Opening Reception

A wonderful time was had by all this rainy afternoon as participating artists, friends, family and neighbors came from far and wide to enjoy this exquisite exhibition. There are 36 SAQA artists from NY in the show and 50 pieces. Here are lots of photos highlighting the afternoon. Enjoy and please do leave us your comments!

Susan

 Nancy Beckerman

 Martha Levites

 Tamar Drucker

 Martha Levites, Tamar Drucker, Susan Schrott, Carolyn Speigel, Maxine Oliver 

 Susan Schrott, Andy Ross and Friends

 Viewers

 Randy Frost

 Gallery Director Larry Dimico

 Friends

 Ruby and Joe Horansky and Madeleine Appell

 Viewers

 Viewers 

 Susan Schrott and Benedicte Caneill

 Madeleine Appell, Nancy Beckerman, Martha Levites, Susan Schrott,

Linda Schoenfeld, Ruby and Joe Horansky

 Susan Schrott and Arle Sklar Weinsten

 Views

 Jerry Tepper, Susan Schrott, Helen Tepper

 A little viewer

 Barbara Sferra, Susan Schrott, Vivien Zepf, Linda Schoenfeld

 Jonathan Schrott, Benedicte Caneill

 Jane  Barrows Broaddus

 Vivien Zepf, Maxine Oliver, Susan Schrott, Linda Schoenfeld, Tamar Drucker, Jeri Riggs

 Viewers

 Benedcite Caneill, Barbara Sferra

 Friends

 Jeri Riggs and Randy Frost

 Linda Schoenfeld and Jonathan Schrott

 Madeleine Appell and Vivien Zepf

Benedicte Caneill

Second Quarterly Meeting of Southern SAQA NY

Twenty-seven Southern NY SAQA members arrived at the home of Southern NY Regional Representative Susan Schrott for the second quarterly meeting.  Members brought a bounty of food for the first half hour and folks had the opportunity to reconnect and talk in a casual atmosphere.

This was followed by a one man presentation about his long career in photography by artist photographer Victor Friedman.  Friedman has been creating photographic art for over forty years. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York. He has exhibited in galleries in New York and Philadelphia as well as the University of Mexico and Haifa University, Israel. His prints were selected by the U.S. Ambassador to Germany for display on the walls of the US Embassy in Berlin. Photo credits include The New York Times, Popular Photography, Black & White Magazine and publications by West Publishing, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley, Harper & Row, and Penguin Group. His book Flag was recently published by Penguin Press. 

Friedman spoke to SAQA members about his  40 plus years journey as an artist. He brought a wide selection of his artwork and members had the opportunity to ask varied questions about his artist life and career. It was especially helpful for many of the members to hear Friedman speak anecdotally about how he connected with galleries, museums and other fine art arenas. An interesting Q & A followed allowing SAQA members to make meaningful connections to their own work as fiber artists.

Iris Karp generously sent all of the members a generous supply of Misty Fuse. Although she couldn't attend the meeting, we thank Iris for her thoughtfulness and generosity. Immediately following members were invited to bring one piece of their artwork for critique and or show and tell. It was inspiring to see the varied artwork and to hear members discuss the inspiration for their work as well as the varied techniques used. Some members sought ideas for titles, quilting their work, art venue entries, ongoing exhibitions to name just a few.

In light of the holiday season, some members did bring a fabric stash to exchange with other members.

Many of the artists present at today's meeting are also exhibiting in the Fiber Celebration which will hold it's artist reception next Sunday December 12th from 1-3 PM at the Chappaqua Library. 

The next quarterly Southern NY Meeting will take place on Sunday April 3 2011 from 12-3PM. The agenda will be announced in the coming weeks.