I sent in my piece for the SAQA Trunk show in time for the deadline. It is, somehow, the first time I’ve participated in this great concept.
My piece is called “Of Trees and History.” It’s an “out take” from a piece that was a study for “The Secrets It has Kept,” inspired by my visit to the 500 year old Angel Oak in South Carolina. I color shifted: orange for green on the tree, and turquoise for the trunk color.
This small section thus become an abstract. It really was the best part of the original piece. Sometimes that is what you need to do! Cut it up.
SAQA ( Studio Art Quilts Associates) organizes members to submit small (10 x 7”) art quilts. They will be mounted on a 12 x 9” backing board and sealed inside a clear envelope. The artist’s location, artwork title, statement and information about techniques and materials will be on the back.
There are about 400 pieces in the Trunk show, and they are then divided into groups to travel.
Our Pennsylvania chapter of SAQA reserved the Trunk Show last year for one of our meetings. It was so much fun to lay them all and look at each one – so very different in style and technique. And yes, they did arrive in a real trunk!
This year’s Trunk Show will premiere at the 2017 SAQA Conference, which will be held at the end of April in Lincoln, NE. After that, it will travel to venues both in and out of the United States for up to 3 years.
You can make reservations for the 2017 Trunk Show, available in May, by contacting William Reker at shipping@saqa.com. I think the cost is about $50.
I’m thinking about how to bring it to Reading, PA in the coming year.
SAQA Trunk Show
