Fiberart International

 Memorial Art Gallery

Rochester, New York

Fiberart International 2010

Through July 3, 2011 in the Grand Gallery


Every three years, fiber artists from around the world submit their best recent work to Fiberart International, a juried exhibition organized by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh. In 2011, MAG will be one of only three tour stops for the prestigious show, which brings together work rooted in ancient techniques and materials, non-traditional textiles made possible by technological advances, and art made from such unexpected materials as cable ties and X-ray film.

SAQA New York member  Lori Lupe Pelish has a wonderful four panel piece in this prestigious venue.

I viewed this show yesterday 5/1 and saw Lori's artwork.  It is EXTRAORDINARY!  I strongly urge anyone in the vicinity to attend this show!

Marcia Eygabroat
SAQA Western N.Y Co-Rep
igobroke@frontiernet.net
www.quiltedartworks.com

Meeting June 11, 2011

Greetings SAQA Members,

This June presents us with a terrific opportunity to view art quilts along with a variety of other fiber art at two galleries within walking distance in Rochester, New York. I thought it would be the perfect time to schedule a regional meeting. There is a great restaurant, The Gate House Café, around the corner from the galleries which has a private room we can use to meet in and have lunch (about $15). My plans are to meet at 11 am on Saturday, June 11th, start with a quick one item show and tell, eat lunch, and then proceed to both galleries.

Parallax, View of Contemporary Quilt Artists, is an exhibition of 19 art quilters who have interpreted their ideas of a parallax view (images and ideas from multiple perspectives). Pat Pauly curated the show which includes work from Pamela Allen, Shelley Brenner Baird, Linda Bachman, Jette Clover, Marcia DeCamp, Terry Jarrard-Dimond, Sandra Townsend Donabed, Sylvia Einstein, Priscilla Kibbee, Beverly Kondolf, Paula Kovarik, Kathleen Loomis, Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Dominie Nash, Pat Pauly, Judith Plotner, Jeanne Simpson and Nelda Warkentin. Six of those exhibiting our regional SAQA members. The exhibit is located in the Kunstler Gallery at the Booksmart Studio and runs from May 30th to June 25th with an opening scheduled on June 3rd at 6pm. See the article below:
http://www.valleyfiberlife.com/imported-data/curating-fiber-greats.html

Fiberarts International will be across the street at the Memorial Art Gallery from May 1 to July 3rd. It includes work from Jeanne Raffer Beck, another regional member. The Memorial Art Gallery is one of three places that this prestigious show will be held. For more information, see below.
http://fiberartinternational.org/

For those who wish to make a full day of it, the Rochester Jazz Festival is also taking place at the same time. Plan to enjoy the festival with free music in the streets.
http://www.rochesterjazz.com/

As I need to reserve the room quickly, could I see a “show of hands” of YES, I’d love to attend, by Saturday, April 30th.

Thank you.

Marcia Eygabroat
SAQA Western New York Co-Rep
www.quiltedartworks.com
igobroke@frontiernet.net

Auction 2011-new donation procedure

SAQA's Benefit Auction is our largest fundraiser. In 2010 we received 288 donations for the SAQA Benefit Auction. It was a fantastic auction and we raised $52,450. This was SAQA's biggest income source after membership dues.

With your help, we're hoping to do even better in 2011. We hope that each of you will create and donate a wonderful piece of art for the 2011 Benefit Auction, but in order to make the process go as smoothly as possible, we need to ask you to follow the guidelines below.

To facilitate entry of your information, please use the new online submission form, available through a link under SUPPORT SAQA at saqa.com.

REMEMBER:
1.    Donations must be only 10 - 12 inches (25 - 30 cm) in either direction. 12 inches will be the maximum accepted so that we can use standard Priority shipping boxes to save time and money.
2.    Only ONE work per artist will be accepted.
3.    Works on stretchers will be accepted but they may not be any larger than 12 inches and should be no deeper than 1 inch (2.5 cm).
4.    ALL artwork donated must be ready to hang. If artwork not otherwise mounted, a sleeve or other method of hanging must be attached. Artwork on stretchers should have hooks and wire attached.
5.    All donations must have label with title (or "untitled") and artist's name clearly written.
6.    There will be a space on the online submission to put a 25 word description of your work that should include materials/techniques to help bidders understand what the image on the website represents.
7.    Images will not be posted until the work is received.
8.    Please do not use peanuts, confetti, shredded paper, or padded envelopes filled with linty fuzz - all these things make a mess when opening the package and the confetti and fuzzy stuff sticks to the quilts. Tissue paper and bubble wrap are encouraged.
9.    Please mail your donation with a tracking number or pre-stamped/ addressed postcard to let you know it arrived. Auction coordinator will not email donor when work arrives.
10.    International donations should be sent early enough to arrive by the deadline after clearing Customs. Be advised that it can take up to 3 weeks for boxes to clear customs.

PLEASE ship to:

Pat Gould
12620 Towner Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
USA

For questions about the auction and the procedures: email: patriciacgould@gmail.com.


Early Bird Deadline: March 15th This is a receive-by date. 
This will make your piece eligible for inclusion in Auction advertising,  Auction postcards, and display at IQF-Cincinnati, April 8 - 11, 2011.

Final Deadline: July 2nd.  This is a receive-by date.

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.