The Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. is a wonderful association dedicated to art quilters. They are having a fundraiser for the 2010 SAQA Benefit Auction which is starting September 20th
http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1423 Take a look at the beautiful art quilts.
To learn more about Studio Art Quilt Association visit their web site. http://www.saqa.com

What a wonderful week we had with OWCA (Oregon Women Caucus for the Arts) “Her Colours,” and with the international artists who participated.
This is the first time anything like this has been in the United States of America. I am pleased to have participated in this event.  Here is a link to nice article by Kate Loftesness of the Oregonian, our local Portland newspaper.
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2010/08/psu_hosts_first_her_presence_i.html

I have so many good pictures it is difficult to decide which ones to use. Therefore, I’m including just a few of the opening ceremonies at Portland City Hall, with the mayor Sam Adams and one of the artists involved in organizing the program.

Mayor Sam Adams opening the ceremony at city hall.

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I am thrilled to be able to return to Buenos Aires, Argentina to teach some quilting classes. I was there last March and took part in their quilt show at the Romulo Raggio Museum, in Vicente López, just ousted of the city. I had a wonderful time and met many nice people.

I will be teaching a two-day Placemats class using a variety of methods, as well as a one-day class showing my students how to transform shapes into interesting designs. I will also talk about Notan–is the dark – light principle of design or negative and positive space–and how it is used.

Take a look at the Buenos Aires web site http://www.buenosairesquilting.com.ar/ Even though it is in Spanish you will be able to see some of their work. Click on the red INGRESAR AL SITIO to enter the site you will see a slide show. After that just click around and discover things.

I have been very privileged to be included in some wonderful shows. I just want to share these events with you. The Albina Bank Gallery, Six Street Gallery, Littman Gallery and the Geezer Gallery are the places where my work will be showing in August.

The Albina Bank Gallery is sponsoring a show for Oregon Women’s Caucus for the Arts OWCA. I am pleased that I have been juried into this show. It runs from Aug 5-30th in Portland’s Peal District. The Reception is Aug 5th 6 to 9pm.

The Six Street Gallery in Vancouver, Washington, also has accepted a piece for August. The reception is Aug. 6, 5 to 9pm.  http://www.sixthstreetgallery.com

The Oregon Women’s Caucus for Arts (OWCA), in partnership with Malaysia-based, International Women Artists’ Exhibition, and Conservatory of Fine Arts are sponsoring the exhibition, “Her Presence In Colours/ Reflections of Self,” presented Aug 5 to 27. I have one piece in this show, also. OWCA is hosting this significant event, and working hard to make it a success. The Reception is Aug 5th at the Littman Gallery,  Portland State University, from 5 to 7pm.  www.oregonwca.org

I have also been juried into the Geezer Gallery for August. This is exciting for me because it is open to an exceptional group of artists. Check out their site, http://www.geezergallery.com

Having work in all these show has kept me very busy, with little time for anything else. I have been making progress on my “fiber art challenge,” with the chickens now planted in the background. I will soon post a picture to show you how it is coming along. I am also in a design concept phase with another bike piece. (more…)

I finally had a chance to see the Bird’s Eye View show and I was be very pleased at the results. The Camas Library is a beautiful building, with a nice gallery on its upper floor. The lighting is wonderful that really show the quilts off. Below is the schedule of where Bird’s Eye View show can bee seen. I have put several pictures of the art work in the show. I am pleased to be part of this show. The Camas Library show finished the end of July.

• White Sturgeon Gallery Vancouver, WA , July 10 to August 28, 2010, (reception not set yet)
  
• Pacific International Quilt Show, Santa Clara, California, October 14 to 17, 2010
  
• Stitches in Bloom, Silverton, Oregon at the Oregon Garden, January 28 to 29, 2011

• If you are interested in booking “Bird’s Eye View” email Mary Arnold for information.

Diane Born                                           Christina Brown

I was lucky to visit the Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) international traveling show in the beautiful gallery at the Grants Pass Museum of Art. http://gpmuseum.com/  The show called Transformations ’09 is outstanding.  The quilts are wonderful and very diverse. I recommend a visit to this show.

Here is a quick look. The quilts from left to right are by artists Chiake Dosho, Brooke Atherton and Fenella Davis.

August 1-7, 2010, the Oregon Women’s Caucus for Art, in partnership with the Malaysian based arts organizations, International Women Artists’ Exhibition and the Conservatory of Fine Art are sponsoring the exhibition, “Her Presence In Colours / Reflections of Self.” This significant international multi-cultural conference and exhibition will feature 84 women artists from 24 countries. This is the 9th bi-annual exhibition that originally opened in Beijing in 1993. Since then, Her Presence In Colours has been held in Thailand, England, Canada, and South Korea. The 2010 exhibition will be held in the USA at The Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR.

The OWCA has been working hard during the past year to make this a successful cultural exchange. Seminar presentations, artist gallery talks, tours of local attractions, the exhibition opening, and a gala banquet to be held at the PSU Native American Center are scheduled.

Oregon’s High Fiber Diet http:/www.HFD-highfiberdiet.blogspot.com a group of fiber artists from Western Oregon and SW Washington, and a subgroup of the Columbia FiberArts Guild http://www.columbiastitchery.org has a traveling show entitled, Bird’s Eye View, which is on the road right now!

Mt. Hood from the Air by Terry Grant

The show’s first venue will be the Camas Public Library’s Second Story Gallery at 625 NE Forth Ave in Camas, Washington. The opening Reception will be held on May 7th, 5 to 7pm, and show show will run for the entire month of May. Other venues will be: The White Sturgeon Gallery in Vancouver, Washington, July 10th to August 28th Pacific International Quilt Show, Santa Clara, California, October 14th to 17th. Stitches in Bloom, Silverton, Oregon at the Oregon Garden, January 28 to 29, 2011 High Fiber Diet Artists whose work is included in the show are Mary Arnold, Chris Brown, Diane Born, Bonnie Bucknam, Caroline Burton, Gerrie Congdon, Mary Goodson, Terry Grant, Amy Hahn, Carol Heist, Laura Jaszkowski, Shirley MacGregor, Karen Miller, Deanna Robinson. (more…)

The Japanese Garden in Portland Oregon is hosting a show entitled, Texture: The Art of Paper and Fiber, which will be on display at the tea house from April 10-18. There you will find work created by more than 25 artists. This show reflects the influence of Eastern traditions, with a deep appreciation for exquisite texture and beauty of fine paper and handmade textiles. The artists employ Japanese motifs and pursue traditional techniques. I feel very fortunate to be able to take part in this show and sale. Below are three pictures from the exhibition, and two of the three quilts that I have entered.

Here are the links to the quilt show in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first link will show most of the quilts entered.

http://picasaweb.google.com/leal.teresita/IISALONINTERNACIONALDEQUILTSBSAS2010#

The second will show the festival and presentations.

http://picasaweb.google.com/leal.teresita/IFestivalLatinoamericanoRaggio2010#

I was fortunate to attend, and participate in, the second international Argentina quilt show, entitled, Segundo Salón Internacional de Quilts, which is being held between 15 and 27 March, in the the community of Vicente López, just to the north of Buenos Aires. The venue for the show is the beautiful Romulo Raggio Museum, a truly impressive setting in its own right. The show’s coordinator, Teresita Leal, did an outstanding job of hanging the artwork and seeing that everything was in order. For such a young community of quilters, I was a truly impressed by the effort and expertise evident in the show. There were entries from Argentina, Brazil. Spain, UK, Uruguay and the United States, featuring both traditional and contemporary quilts. Below are a few examples of quilts on display at the show. There are two places where you can find pictures of the show www.buenosairesquilting.com.ar and www.pachworkycia.blogspot.com. There will be more pictures of the exhibition soon on these sites.

High Fiber Diet, a fiber arts group to which I belong, hosts a challenge each year for its members. This year’s challenge is called, “View from Above.” I based my effort this year on scenes of farmland I have viewed many times from airplanes flying back and forth across the country. For my stylized interpretation, I used paints, discharge dying and stitching. The resulting piece will be traveling for a year with the High Fiber Diet show.

This is a challenge which includes Japan, France and the United States, and for me it has been and exciting adventure. Thirty festivals from countries around the world were chosen, and one person from each of the three participating country was selected to produce a quilt representing a… (more…)

This is something I am looking forward to. It is Her Presence in Colours IX, International Women Artists Exhibition in Portland, Oregon, USA 2010.  To take place Aug 4 through Aug 15, 2010.

There will be 93 women artists of various nationalities who will present their works together at Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Among the 93 artists 69 are from countries outside USA. The theme is Reflection on Oneself: Self-portrait. The art works may be a literal self-portraits or one reflecting her feelings and ideas.

Please visit the website: www.art-her.com for details and the program activities.

Reaching Out (30″ x 45″) is the finished piece of quilt art work that came out of the hot weather we had back in July. I expanded parts of ginkgo leaves and a pitcher for this design. Using a fusible interface I created the leaves and pitcher. Next came the challenge to put all the parts together. I used paint and stamping on the background fabric before adding the leaves and pitcher to make it more interesting. This quilt is now hanging at the Lake Oswego Library in Portland Oregon for the month of October as part of a group show for Tactile Expressions. Tactile Expressions is a contemporary fiber arts collective.

The Global Art Project (www.globalartproject.org) is a challenge given to the members of OWCA Oregon Women Caucus for arts. They asked us to make some sort of art on an 8″ x 10″ surface. Each person will create a work of art expressing their vision of world peace. The contribution can be in any medium — visual or literary art, audio or video tape – which can be sent from one person (or group) to another.

The purposes of this project is to create a work of art expressing your vision of global peace and goodwill to exchange with another person or group. OWCA will be making 10 copies of each artist work and selling them to raise funds for the project.

The artwork will be displayed in the Janovec Gallery in Portland, Oregon April 1st through 22nd 2010. They will be bundled up and sent to Tucson to be matched up with a group for exchange. OWCA will then receive a show from another group (somewhere in the world). This art can be displayed or distributed to all who sent artwork out. Each artist will be able to keep one piece.

This is how I started my piece of art work. I used a wax paper place-mate from a pub, a plastic part of the caution sign they use for construction, a symbol from the web and some fabric flowers.   Click here then scroll to the bottom to comment

I used the checked place-mat as the background and then treated it as quilt art. I fused the flowers to the background along with the other parts.The plastic “caution” part could not be fused as it will melt. I used machine stitching or quilting it hold it all together. A checkered ribbon was used for the border. This is what I ended up with as the finished piece of quilted artwork.