Metamorphosis Acceptances

Congratulations to MA/RI SAQA member

Suzanne Housley Noonan

Her piece called "Wicked Thoughts" was accepted into the global "Metamorphosis" Exhibit.  

"Wicked Thoughts" by Suzanne Housley Noonan

Suzanne Housley Noonan's Artist Statement:

Metamorphosis is not always a beautiful thing. A great number of people walk among us hiding our emotions. The feeling that hits us at times: Grief, Shame, Doubt, Frustration, Fear, Envy, Depression and Sadness. We have an outer shell for all to see. This fiber art is made of layers of cotton fabrics. Cut and peeled away to reveal the color below. The fabric is shredded along the edges to represent our fragile existence.

Congratulations also to MA/RI SAQA members

 Diane M. Bailey ("Fragmenting Circles"),

 Mary-Ellen Latino ("Dance of Life:  Tidal Pool"),

 and Valerie Maser-Flanagan ("Wood Grain #1"), 

who also had works accepted into the "Metamorphosis" call for entry.

Exhibition Schedule:

Quilt Festival Houston - November 8-11, 2018

Quilt Festival Chicago - April 2019

Textile Posters Exhibit

Textile Posters Exhibit

Travel Muse: Wanderlust

 and Travel Muse: Endurance

by Mary-Ellen Latino

I have been selected by SAQA to exhibit 2 pieces in the “Textile Posters Exhibit”: Travel Muse: Wanderlust and Travel Muse: Endurance, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, 11/2-11/5/17 and International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois in 2018.

Travel Muse: Wanderlust
by Mary-Ellen Latino

Travel Muse: Wanderlust (detail)
by Mary-Ellen Latino

Travel Muse: Endurance
by Mary-Ellen Latino

Travel Muse: Endurance (detail)
by Mary-Ellen Latino

Here are parts of my artist statements for Wanderlust & Endurance:

Travel intoxicates my senses and fuels my soul. I can never get enough. I muse over what art I might create once I return home. The world is my oyster and there are still so many wondrous experiences to fill me up until my cup runneth over. “I have miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep”. (Robert Frost) Life is a series of convoluted circles, spirals, a roller coaster full of ups and downs, sometimes euphoria, at times hardship and despair. Trees are a metaphor for life: relentless strength, resiliency, endurance. How we choose to handle the day-to-day, how we embrace the limitless plethora of opportunities and challenges is up to us. I have faith that we can write our own destiny. Like the trees we get shaped by our environment and must beware of being swept away by the winds of conflict, stress and life provoking change.

Mary-Ellen Latino
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