On my last day, I want to give a shout out to my challenge group within SAQA. Karol Kusmaul was our founder and is our leading light and has recruited 11 members from 8 countries. We take turns issuing a prompt and we have two months to finish our quilt. We are in round two […]
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[This is the fourth in a series I am posting on the SAQA –Studio Art Quilts Associates– members only Facebook page. It follows my journey as an art quilter.] After stumbling for a bit, I realized that what actually inspires me is that which surrounds me. And in rural Eastern PA, that means hills and
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My husband and I retired from our Pittsburgh jobs and moved to the house we’d built near Hamburg, PA, in 2014. I floundered at first, both in my imagery and in the use of found objects. Thinking at first that I should continue with the industrial images associated with the work I’d done in Pittsburgh,
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I started transitioning from painting to art quilts while living in Pittsburgh. I was greatly influenced by The Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh and the Fiber Arts International which the Guild organizes. I took my first art quilt classes from Sandy Kephart and Tina Williams Brewer in 2008-2010, and I was immediately off and running.
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I was asked to be the Artist of the week for SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), and will be posting on their members only facebook page every day this week. I will share the posts here on my blog as well. Day one: I ask myself each time: “Why create this artwork using fabric?” What
I was invited to join an exhibition organized by the Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia entitled Black Lives Matter. The piece I entered is Harriet Tubman as a Superhero. Last night a Zoom panel discussion took place among the artists in the show. Here are my comments: Harriet Tubman has long been my most revered
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I was pleased to open a package the other day from William Reker, Director of Global Exhibitions for SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates). It was the catalog for Upcycle! an exhibition of art quilts which is set to premier at Quilt Festival Houston in Houston, TX from October 31 through Nov. 3, 2019. Here is
Every now and then I get an update from William Reker, the director of traveling art quilts for SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates.) This one is notable because it is the final venue for Turmoil and Tranquility: ” The International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, Texas will be hosting portions of both exhibitions
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