September Southern NY SAQA Meeting

Hi there from your Southern New York SAQA Co -Representative Susan Schrott. I am thrilled to report that we had a fantastic turnout today for our Fall Southern NY SAQA Meeting.

(Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Sandra Sider, Susan Schrott, Deirdre Abbott, Jeri Riggs)

We were extremely fortunate to kick off our meeting today with Sandra Sider who generously volunteered to critique several of the SAQA members work including: Tamar Drucker, Jamie Horikawa, Martha Levites and Lynda Long. But, before we got down to the critiques, presentation of artwork and discussions about upcoming plans and goals, we made sure to leave a good half hour to get to know each other. Folks came from NYC, CT, East Rockaway, New Rochelle and various towns in Westchester County. Everyone truly enjoyed making connections, meeting people in person and taking the time to get to know one another and do a bit of networking. Here first are some photos of our time getting to meet and greet each other over  lunch.

(Sandra Sider, Beth Carney, Muriel Stockdale)

Checking out the "eats"

 

We settled down to business and Sandra began her critiques. To begin with, she has an natural approach to making artists feel safe, comfortable and supported, so much so that she makes a point of noting what is particularly positive about the artwork from the get-go. With that said, her critiques are based on her expertise, extensive art background  and long career of jurying and curating works (since 1998). We were extremely fortunate today to have Sandra critique five pieces and each artist as well as the members attending all gained tremendously from her comments.

Sandra Sider and Lynda Long's work

Lynda talking about her piece

Sandra looks at Tamar Drucker's work

Sandra critiques Martha Levites Work

Most Saqa Members who attended did bring some work to share and talk briefly about. Gathered today was Lynda Long, Deborah Bein, Jeri Riggs, Nancy Beckerman Martha Levites, Arle Sklar Weinstein, Randy Frost,  Barbara Sferra, Judy Gignesi, Judy Plows, Brenda Schlechter, Lisa Finney, Lori Light, Alice Brody, Eda Steinman, Beth Carney, Maxine Oliver, Jamie Horikawa, Deirdre Abbotts, Kendell Storm, Muriel Stockdale, Nancy Kelly, Tamar Drucker, Lisa Chipetine and Sandra Sider.  

 Here is a detail of Jamie Horikawa's piece.

Lisa Finney shows her work

and here is a detail of the same piece

Barbara Sferra's work

Randy Frost discusses her piece

Maxine Oliver's talked about her piece and her new found love for photoshop

Muriel Stockdale presents just one of the many, many flags in her series American Flags

Judy Plow

Brenda Schlecter

Following the presentation of our individual work, I  spoke more about the upcoming exhibition Fiber Celebration at the Chappaqua Library. The enthusiasm for this exhibition is palpable and it looks like will have quite a beautiful collection of small works for the show.  We discussed meeting times and everyone unanimously agreed that we would like to meet every three months. The next meeting date will be sent in the coming weeks. Possible future plans include a group challenge and other topics to be discussed at our next meeting. Lisa Chipetine, President of SAQA, spoke about all of the opportunities available for learning on line through SAQA. Many of us didn't even know SAQA has a You-tube channel.

Just click on the link above and it will take you directly to it. Lisa let us know that if we have our own  art related videos, tutorials etc, we can now put them on the SAQA You tube channel if we are members of SAQA. Contact Lisa directly if you are interested in more information about this.

Finally, I thought I would share some of the comments folks jotted down before leaving to give you a feel from the day:

"This was fabulous, it is a wonderful way to connect names, faces and work. I look forward the next meeting and I am not a "meeting" person.

"It was a wonderful informative meeting. Great to gather and see other members of SAQA and their work"

"I enjoyed the structure, the combination of critique and presentation of members artwork"

"Today was a good day to find out what is happening in SAQA in our region"

"Sharing concepts, techniques and work is perfect"

"Fun and educational meeting"

If you missed previous emails or posts about the entry for FIBER CELEBRATION,  please find the information needed below.

Until next time,

Susan

SMALL WORKS

12” X 12”

EXHIBITION DATES:

Nov 27 - Jan 8, 2011

~THE GALLERY~

AT THE CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY

195 South Greeley Avenue

Chappaqua, New York 10514

Phone: (914) 238-4779

Artist Reception Sunday December 12^th

1:00-3:00PM

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00AM to 8:00PM, Friday 9:00AM to 6:00PM, Saturday 9:00AM to 5:00PM, Sunday 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Gallery Curator: Larry D'Amico

Contact: Susan Schrott

SAQA NY Co-Regional Representative

Email: sbfschrott@aol.com

914 217-5835

FIBER CELEBRATION

A SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
12” X 12”

ARTIST INFORMATION Please print clearly.

Name ___________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

City, State, Zip ____________________________________

Home Phone with Area Code _________________________

Cell Phone with Area Code __________________________

Email____________________________________________

Title of entry _____________________________________

Year Completed __________________________________

Materials (list): ___________________________________

Insurance Value ______________________

Sale Price (USD) __________________________________

NFS (not for sale) _________________________________

Techniques (check all that apply)

·      Hand Pieced   _____

·      Machine Pieced  ___

·      Hand Appliquéd  ____

·      Machine Appliquéd ____

·      Hand Quilted  ____

·      Machine Quilted ____

·      Hand Dyed ____ 

·      Hand Painted ____

·      Other__________

ENTRY INFORMATION: ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THE RECEIPT OF ARTWORK, DIGITAL IMAGE AND ENTRY FORM IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6^TH, 2010

*Please submit via email one full digital image to: sbfschrott@aol.com

*Digital Image should be 300 DPI in a finished size of 5” x 7”

*Submitted artwork and entry form must be mailed to:
 Susan Schrott

 21 Fox Den Road Mt. Kisco

NY 10549

*ALL SUBMITTED ARTWORK MUST INCLUDE RETURN POSTAGE & PACKING MATERIALS

*All WORK MUST HAVE A 3 – 4” INCH SLEEVE ON THE BACK OF THE ARTWORK

*ALL WORK WILL BE RETURNED DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 9^TH, 2011

CONTACT: SUSAN SCHROTT sbfschrott@aol.com        914 217-5835

Sunday September 12th, Southern NY SAQA Meeting

Reminder:
Southern New York Saqa Meeting Susan Schrott's home
21 Fox Den Road
Mt. Kisco, NY 10546
Sunday September 12th
12-3PM
Sandra Sider will be critiquing four member's work
Show and Tell
Fiber Celebration Exhibition
and future plans
RSVP: Susan Schrott
sbfschrott@aol.com
914217-5835

SAQA NEW YORK FEATURED ARTIST, ELIZABETH ROSENBERG

Each month, SAQA New York will be featuring an artist from the great state of New York. Our members come from all parts of this very large state and we hope to feature folks from north, south, east and west of New York. This month we are featuring Westchester Artist, Elizabeth Rosenberg.

Elizabeth Rosenberg uses her sewing machine to create art from fabric and thread. Her carefully crafted, award-winning pieces feature abstract images of flowing lines.

Elizabeth teaches and lectures about art quilting. Her schedule appears on her website, http://www.elizabethrosenberg.com. She is also presently a full-time college student, enrolled at SUNY Empire College, where she is pursuing a Bachelor degree in the Arts. Attending college as a returning adult student after a more than thirty-year break to raise two sons has been an exciting, fun and challenging experience.
She lives in White Plains, New York with her husband and her little chihuahua, Topolina (the Italian word for “Minnie Mouse”).

"I create art using fabric and thread.
I am fascinated by lines, especially flowing lines that meander and curve as they form organic, sensuous paths. I see beautiful lines everywhere in the world around me. It give me enormous pleasure to translate them into lines of thread that create dimension and cast shadows as they hold the layers of my pieces together. For me, it's all about that flowing line."

In Elizabeth's Own Words...
I have been sewing since I was a child, as soon as my legs were long enough to reach the pedal of the sewing machine. I learned to knit, crochet, embroider, macramé and bead-weave as a young child. I have wonderful memories of many enjoyable hours spent doing crafty things such as painting-on-velvet, baking “shrinky-dinks” and weaving pot holders out of knitted fabric strips. Those childhood endeavors led to a life filled with the love of making handmade items.
As a young mother, I wanted to make a quilt for my newborn son, so I signed up for a class at the local library. That was in the late 1980’s. I’ve been quilting non-stop since, and have never looked back! I joined the local quilting guild; over the next few years I signed up for just about every workshop the guild offered. I was lucky to begin my quilting journey by studying with nationally known quilters such as Roberta Horton, who taught me how to piece with plaids, and her sister, Mary Mashuta, from whom I learned to love stripes. Taking a workshop given by Ruth McDowell, I developed complex piecing skills; from instructors with styles as varied as Elly Sienkiewicz, and Jane Sassaman, I learned to appliqué. Traveling to quilt shows and seminars, I was able to study with great artists such as Melody Johnson, Michael James, Harriet Hargrave, Emily Richardson, Hollis Chatelain, Cynthia Corbin and Nancy Crow. Those fabulous instructors opened my eyes to the artistic possibilities in the world of textile art.

In 1995 I began to work in a local quilt shop (now closed) where I taught classes in free-motion machine quilting, couching by machine, free-motion machine embroidery, fusible appliqué, reverse appliqué, color/design classes, and even classes based on quilts from my own pattern line, Inventing Tradition, as well as many popular patterns and books.

I created my pattern business to fill a void for quilt shop customers who complained that although there were plenty of patterns available for Christmas quilts, there were no patterns available to celebrate Jewish traditions such as Hannukah and Passover. I designed a few such quilts and offered classes in the quilt shop. They proved popular, encouraging me to develop them into patterns. I marketed the patterns, selling them to quilt shops and distributors for a few years. In 2008, I sold the pattern company to 1-800-Dreidel, a Judaica distributor located in California.

About six years ago I was invited to give a slide presentation to my own guild, and then branched out, traveling to other guilds in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region. Recently, I travelled to the Washington D.C. area to present my “Goddess Project” lecture and workshop for the Friendship Star Quilters. The trip whet my appetite for travel-teaching, and I hope to repeat the experience again soon . .  if I am able to fit it into my busy school schedule!

In 2008, during a trip to Venice, Italy, I discovered the ancient art of lacemaking, still practiced today on the lagoon island of Burano. I was so fascinated by the beautiful, intricate lace that the following year I travelled back to Venice to take lessons from a master lacemaker for three weeks. The lace, and the experience of learning to form the stitches, has influenced my work and has led to a new series of quilts called “Venetian Lace.” In this series, I employ the use of both improvisational piecing and fused appliqué, along with a machine technique I call “free-motion-blanket-stitching.” Also new to this series is the use of hand-embroidered edgings. I am presently developing a Venetian Lace power-point presentation and a workshop.

My most recent endeavor is a book proposal that I am currently “shopping around” to publishers. The book will focus on the design element of the flowing line, how I use it in my own quilts, and the various techniques I employ to bring the flowing line to life. I’m excited about it . . . keep your fingers crossed for me!

Marcia Eygabroat SAQA NY co-rep Open Studio Trail

Please join me at my studio on October 2nd and 3rd from 10AM to 5PM. I will be taking part in the Naples Open Studio Trail. This is a very prestigious juried event! There are twenty artists from all mediums taking part in this trail.

The Finger Lakes area of New York will be in full fall foliage, so it would be a nice drive.

For more information please go to www.naplesopenstudiotrail.com. If you would like me to mail you the trail brochure, which includes a map, contact me.

Marcia Eygabroat
SAQA Western New York Co-Rep
www.quiltedartworks.com
igobroke@frontiernet.net
585-229-5384 home
585-419-5750 cell

SAQA NY meeting in Geneseo, New York September 15, 2010

I would lilke to invite any SAQA member, and Western New York members in particular, to a get-together.We will have a meeting, with works to share. We will have a catered lunch (we will order and ask for folks to chip in). There will be a gallery tour of the exhibition "Exquisite Corpse: An Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts" and a lecture at 2:30. We will meet in the room 322/323 at the MacVittie Student Union at SUNY Geneseo on September 15 from 10 to 1, with a lecture "Contemporary Quilts" in the same room at 2:30.

Please email me at your earliest convenience to igobroke@frontiernet.net to let me know if you will be able to join us for the day.


Marcia Eygabroat
SAQA Western New York Co-Rep
www.quiltedartworks.com
igobroke@frontiernet.net
585-229-5384 home
585-419-5750 cell

CALL FOR ENTRIES

I am happy to announce a call for entries for :
SOUTHERN NEW YOUR SAQA MEMBERS.
For all entry forms please email me directly at:
Susan Schrott
SAQA: STUDIO ART QUILTS ASSOCIATES

~CALL FOR ENTRIES~

SOUTHERN NEW YORK EXHIBITION

~THE GALLERY~

AT THE CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY
195 South Greeley Avenue
Chappaqua, New York 10514
Phone: (914) 238-4779

“FIBER CELEBRATION”

SMALL WORKS

12” X 12”

EXHIBITION DATES:

Nov 27 - Jan 8, 2011

Artist Reception Sunday December 12th

1:00-3:00PM

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00AM to 8:00PM, Friday 9:00AM to 6:00PM, Saturday 9:00AM to 5:00PM, Sunday 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Gallery Curator: Larry D'Amico

Contact: Susan Schrott
SAQA NY Co-Regional Representative
Email: sbfschrott@aol.com
914 217-5835

Exhibition News Continues

Three NY SAQA members will be represented in ART QUILTS LOWELL 2011 exhibit at the Brush Gallery in Lowell, Mass. Many other SAQA members also in this annual art quilt exhibit. Exhibit runs from August 11 through September 11, and we three NY artists represented will be there for Artists' Reception on Saturday, August 14, from 3 to 5 pm. Who are we three? Benedicte Caneill, Carolyn Speigel, and me, Deborah Bein. Brush website is: http://thebrush.org.

Lots to do in Lowell that weekend, Images quilt show, The Whislter (which also features art quilts by NY and national SAQA artists), SAQA meeting at The Textile Museum.