Allison Wilbur Teaches Shibori Dyeing Class

Shibori Dyeing Class

Meraki Studio, 30 Cutler St, Warren, RI

March 15, 2019 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee $75

Allison Wilbur will be teaching an all day Shibori Dyeing class at Meraki Studio in Warren, RI on Friday, March 15, 2019 from 10:00 am  - 4:00 pm. Shibori is an ancient Japanese art of dyeing using indigo dye combined with various folding, clamping, stitching and pole wrapping methods which creates beautiful geometrics and organic patterns. Spend a day learning how to create several patterns as well as how to mix the dye vat.

To sign up, contact Meraki Studio at https://www.merakiatcutler.com/product-page/shibori-dying-with-allison-wilbur.

Hanabi (Fireworks) by Allison Wilbur

Fiber Art by Joan Blade Johnson and Catherine Whall Smith

The Ruth Wells Center for the Arts

 proudly presents:

Stitched

Fiber Art by Joan Blade Johnson

and Catherine Whall Smith

March 3rd  - April 1st, 2019

Reception and Gallery Talk
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
111 Main Street

Southbridge, Massachusetts 01550

Jeanne Holtzman Donates Work

Jeanne Holtzman Donates Work

 to the Franklin Public Library

355 East Central Street

Franklin, MA

Be sure to check out the beautiful work of Jeanne Holtzman at the Franklin Public Library (America's first public library).  On display next to the circulation desk, Jeanne has done a painstaking job of replicating a photo of the exterior of the library, where she is a volunteer.

Franklin Public Library by Jeanne Holtzman

Gwyned Trefethen in exhibit Twisting Fibers

Gwyned Trefethen in Exhibit

"Twisting Fibers" at

Blackstone Valley Tourism Council

and adjacent Gallery 175

175 Main Street

Pawtucket, RI

March 8 through May 8, 2019

Artists Reception on

 Thursday, March 14, 2019

5:30 - 8:00 pm

Gwyned's artwork "Changing of the Guard" was accepted into Twisting Fibers (https://artleaguerhodeisland.org/2018/10/24/call-for-entry-twisting-fiber-exhibit/).  She hopes to be in attendance at the artist's reception, and would like to meet up with other SAQA members possibly for an early dinner nearby.

Changing of the Guard by Gwyned Trefethen 

Read Kathy Ford's Book

Read Kathy Ford's Book

 "Adding Wood to The Fire,

 A Quiltmaker's Way"

With candid writing, and over sixty pages of rich color illustrations, author Kathy Ford offers an inspiring account of how art and life come together to be seen. Part tale of artist finding voice, of quiltmaking process, and of awakening, the heart of this book is a story of creative spirit. (press release)

"Adding Wood to the Fire, A Quiltmaker’s Way celebrates the creative spirit and puts into words what quilters know intuitively. Being committed to an artistic practice is a way of life and a metaphor for life. The book perfectly captures the connections between life choices and artistic choices. By artfully stitching together personal history with the making of quilts, the book illustrates how enriching and cathartic the creative process can be. Pushing boundaries, taking risks, letting go – all are themes that surface in both quilts and in life. By piecing together her life experiences and her quilts in this memoir, Kathy has given more meaning to both.”
      - Donna Lamb, Executive Director, Schweinfurth Art Center and Quilting by the Lake

Kathy's studio is in Worthington MA, and she will participate in the Hilltown Open Studio Tour again this June.  Her quilts have been selected for QuiltsArtQuilts for the past 3 years and for Quilt National 2019. Her website is www.kathyford.net. 

Meet MaryJane Millington

Meet MaryJane Millington

I’m MJ Millington, a Stratford, Connecticut-based poet and artist. As a poet I translate the world of the senses—including the visual—into the written word. As an artist working in textiles, photography and book arts, I like to play with the structures and forms of poetry to create works of visual art. My current work is a series of conceptual quilts exploring poetry in textile form, entitled Verse Forms. I’ve exhibited nationally, and my work is in the collections of the Beinecke Library at Yale University, as well as private collections in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California and New York. In 2018 I was an artist in residence at Trail Wood, in Hampton, CT. www.mjmillington.com".

I'm currently exhibiting my art quilts in the following venues:

• The Edwin Way Teale Artists-in-Residence at Trail Wood Exhibit. Connecticut Audubon Center. Pomfret, CT

• The Arts at Yale Health Inaugural Exhibition. Yale University. New Haven, CT

Verse Forms: Space by MJ Millington

Verse Forms: The Song and the Sun by MJ Millington