The
MA/RI Regional exhibition, Explorations:
Journeys in Creativity: Inside the Quilt Artist's Studio, Part 1,
will debut on October 13, 2018 at the New England Quilt Museum (NEQM), 18
Shattuck St, Lowell, MA at 1pm in the Genre Gallery. A MA/RI meeting is
planned at NEQM prior to the opening at 12 noon. PLEASE NOTE THIS CHANGE IN MEETING TIME! The Museum closes at 4 pm. All are
welcome to the meeting as well.
This
exhibition is a two-part juried show on display from October 3 through December 30, 2018, featuring New England SAQA members
focusing on art quilting techniques. The twelve artists in Part 1 have created
a piece for the exhibit highlighting chosen techniques, and each piece is
accompanied by a banner detailing their process. Five of the twelve artists from Part 1
will give Lightning Talks about their creative process as part of the
opening reception/meeting on October 13.
Lightning
Talks will be given by:
Agusta Agustsson (MA) Intuitive Quilting
Madalene Murphy (MA) Leading Questions:
How Did I Get From There to Here?"
Susan V. Polansky (MA) The Many Layers of
Photoshop, Quilts, and Meaning
Catherine Whall Smith (CT) “How a
Multi-Tasking Fiber Artist Really Works” or, “Getting the piece ready for
the Hand Quilting seems like a sedentary activity - BUT IT’S NOT!”
Nancy Turbitt (RI) Solving Problems with
Technique
You
won't want to miss these interesting Lightning Talks!
Timna Tarr will
be giving a Brown Bag Lunch talk at NEQM on Thursday, November 1 at 12:30
pm on “Cloth Cartography: Making Map Quilts”.
Susan Polansky
will be giving a Brown Bag Lunch talk at NEQM on Thursday, December 6 at
12:30 pm on “Fused Applique Collage”.
Also
showing at NEQM will be Susan Carlson, including her amazing crocodile,
in the Main Gallery and Salley Mavor's exhibit, "Liberty and
Justice: New Artwork by Salley Mavor". Many of you will not want to
miss this amazing opening day at NEQM.
The
Explorations catalog is finally complete, and it is marvelous! The full
color catalog for "Explorations: Journeys in Creativity: Inside the
Quilt Artist's Studio" can be purchased at the opening reception at
NEQM. The 160 page full color catalog is priced at $24.95 and includes a
6-page section for each of the 24 artists detailing their chosen
technique.
The SAQA artist's and their techniques
included in the catalog are:
Agusta Agustsson - printing with gelatin
plate
Sue Bleiweiss - raw edge fusible appliqué
Ann Brauer - quilt-as-you-go
Diane Cadrain - thread painting and felting
Sue Colozzi - layered fabric collage
Judy Dales - curved piecing
Janis Doucette - eco printing
Diane English - improvisational piecing
Janice Jones - surface embellishment
Mary-Ellen Latino - digital image
manipulation and shibori, discharge & vat dyes
Marya Lowe - improvisational piecing
Jeanne Marklin - fabric dyeing
Valerie Maser-Flanagan - improvisational
piecing
Sharon McCartney - printing and image
transfer
Suzanne Munroe - painting/portraiture
Madalene Murphy - fabric manipulation
Susan V. Polansky - photoshop composition
and fabric collage
Wen Redmond - digital photo manipulation
and paste mediums
Cheryl Rezendes - surface design and hand
embroidery
Diane Sheckells - applique and perle
cotton embroidery
Catherine Whall Smith - hand quilting from
reverse
Sarah Ann Smith - fused collage
Timna Tarr - applique and machine quilting
Nancy Turbitt - surface design with
markers
Sales of the catalog will support future
programs and exhibitions in the MA/RI region. Catalogs will also be
available through the New England Quilt Museum gift shop during both
segments of the exhibition in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, and part of the
proceeds will go to help the museum.
A big shout out
to all of those who have helped create “Explorations”. Curators Nancy Turbitt and Allison
Wilbur formulated the Prospectus and Call for Entry and worked with the
artists to gather the many elements that went into making this a
multilayered exhibit. The
twenty-four artists devoted six months of their time pushing their
techniques and documenting their process to share with their
audience. A thank you to the
artists for their patience with the process of this exhibit, and to those
doing extra work in the form of Lightning Talks, Brown Bags, and
lectures. Allison Wilbur created
the banners and catalog (no minor accomplishment!), giving selflessly of
her time, with tremendous support from Dixie Walker (photo management and
editing) and Jeanne Holtzman (editing and technical support). Nancy Turbitt kept this entire
enterprise on course, dealing on a daily basis with every aspect of the
exhibition. Karen and Bud McCann
and Allegra Printing in Providence, RI did a beautiful job printing the
banners that accompany the art work.
Janice Jones wrote an excellent Press Release. Sue Polansky organized the Lightning
Talks and assisted in hanging the show. Suzanne Munroe helped with
publicity, and Margaret McGrath helped with publicity and file
storage. Special thanks go to
Vicki Jensen and PRO Chemical and Dye in Fall River, MA, who provided
much appreciated sponsorship for the banners and the catalog to accompany
the exhibit. Thanks to the
volunteers who came out and helped to hang the exhibit: Agusta Agustsson, Diane and Sara
Sheckells, Janice Jones, Tricia Deck, Sarah Ann Smith, Sue Polansky,
Nancy Turbitt, and Allison Wilbur.
A
big thank you to the jurors of “Explorations”, Pamela Weeks and Jane
Davila, for so carefully choosing the artists. And most of all,
thank you to Pam, Nora and the staff of the New England Quilt Museum for
inviting our regional group to create this two-part exhibit.
We
hope you are as excited as we are about this amazing exhibit and catalog.
Please use social media or your blog or website to get the word of the
opening reception and catalog out. See you at the opening!
Please join us for our October 13 regional meeting at the
New England Quilt Museum (more information below) at 12 noon, and the opening at 1 pm.
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