Two Reminders

Registration is now open for our Texas Region Retreat!

 

September 10 - 12

Great Expectations Creativity Center

and

Texas Quilt Museum

in

Historic LaGrange, Texas

• Spend two days working on your latest and greatest creation with your SAQA friends during our Open Studio at the Great Expectations Creativity Center
• Then join us for "A Curator's Perspective: Critiquing Art Quilts" workshop with Dr. Sandra Sider, Curator for the Texas Quilt Museum
• If that's not enough, you'll have an opportunity to visit the Texas Quilt Museum, hear an additional lecture from Sandra Sider on her new book 1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern and Art Quilts followed by a gallery talk and walk through of the Intuitive Symmetry: Works on Silk by Judith Content exhibit currently on display at the museum

 



 

Call for Entries

for the

Fiber Artists of San Antonio

41st Annual Fiber Art Show

opens on

Monday, August 24

 

Click here for entry requirements, juror info,

timeline, entry form and much more!

 

Fiber Artists of San Antonio Call For Entries

Here is a new call for entry that may be of interest to SAQA members!

The Fiber Artists of San Antonio (FASA) are pleased to announce a call for entries for the 2015 Annual Exhibition. Part of our mission is to promote and advance fiber art through the education of members and the public. This is an opportunity for fiber artists to exhibit their work and for the community to gain a greater appreciation for fiber art.

The Call for Entry opens August 24, 2015  

and runs through October 15, 2015

Click here for rules, timeline, entry form and much more

or visit FASA's website for more information

Call For Entry - Tactile Architecture (non-SAQA)

International Quilt Association's Annual

“Tactile Architecture” Exhibit at Quilt Festival

Link to exhibit information http://callforentriesarchitecture.com/ 

Registration http://callforentriesarchitecture.com/register/new_artist

Tactile Architecture™ is an exhibit that showcases architectural quilts. The quilt may feature any type of building or be a close up of an architectural detail. It may be realistic or an abstract interpretation. This exhibit will premiere at the International Quilt Market and Festival, October 24–November 1, 2015.

We would like to invite you and your guild to have your best work shown in this exciting exhibit focusing on quilts inspired by architecture.

Quilts must be a minimum of 25” x 25”. There is no “made after” date requirement. Please do not submit a quilt that was included in a previous edition of Tactile Architecture™. Completed submissions with visuals must be received online by Sunday, May 17, 2015. We would also like to retain quilts for possible exhibit at International Quilt Festivals in 2016.  

The registration link for Tactile Architecture™ is http://callforentriesarchitecture.com/register/new_artist and the link for the information page is http://callforentriesarchitecture.com/ 

If you have questions or need additional information about the Tactile Architecture exhibit or entering a quilt, please contact:

Becky Navarro    
Special Exhibits Coordiator

Quilts, Inc.             

Tel. 713.781.6864 ext. 105                   
beckyn@quilts.com

Call for Entry SAQA-TX @ Houston 2011

The Call for Entry for the TX-Mini Quilt Exhibit/Sale at International Quilt Festival-Houston is now available for download from the SAQA Texas Regional Page.  I've included two file formats there for your convenience:

WORD document compatible with earlier versions of WORD. You can type in your information and submit by email.

PDF document, which you can print and complete. You may scan and submit by email.

We look forward to another exciting display at the SAQA booth.  In order to have an idea how many quilts will be coming, I would appreciate your sending me an email by October 1 with the number you intend to submit.

If you have any questions or cannot download from Regional Page, please contact me.

Mary Ann Littlejohn
Co-Rep Texas
Studio Art Quilt Associates
houstonsaqa@gmail.com

TMFA - Call for Entry

Y'all Come! TMFA is proud to announce its 2011 Call for Entries. The theme this year is "Texas by the Yard and Yarn - Texas a Fabrication." Texas' finest fiber arts have been exhibited in the past four years. This year promises to be the best ever in displaying Texas' resources and talent. We're excited about your participation in the exhibit located in a prominent downtown Austin venue. Regardless of the rompin' deadline, there ain't nothin' Texas artists can't do when called to rise to the challenge. So take off them spurs and that ten-gallon and get stitchin'. Enter artwork(s) for the theme prize and/or the non-theme prizes.  Please click application for the entry form and other important information. Ya'll come to the awards party and the exhibit! Carol Ikard Texas Museum of Fiber Arts 3806 Bailey, #2 Austin, Texas 78759 www.texasfiberarts.org

Call for Entries: “SAQA Texas @ Houston 2010”

All Texas members of SAQA are invited to exhibit one or more mini-quilts in an exhibit to hang behind the SAQA Booth at IQF-Houston. The booth is right outside the SAQA “Creative Force 2010” and “Sightlines” exhibits, which will draw a lot of visitors.

This is a showcase for Texas SAQA members. There is no specific theme. It is your choice. This is your chance to get your work seen by up to 50,000 visitors to the Houston show.

After Quilt Festival, the exhibit will circulate around TX to the SAQA Circle meetings, and other Fiber Artists groups.

If you are able to send more than one, the merrier. Should we not be able to hang all at one time, they will be rotated in and out through the days of Quilt Festival.

Entry Fee: $5 to cover return shipping

Size: 9 x 12 – Portrait
A hanging sleeve is not required, but if you already have one on your work, that is okay.

Important Dates:
September 15 Email your intent
October 15 Deadline for receipt of quilts
November 3 Preview night for IQF
November 4-7 Houston Show

NOTIFY: To get an idea of how many quilts to expect, please email your intent to Mary Ann Littlejohn by September 15.

Guidelines are available on the SAQA Wiki.

Call for Consideration - Lark Books

 Art Quilt Portfolio – A New Series from Lark Crafts First volume in the series to be published Spring 2012
Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World
An Inspiring Collection of Art Quilts By Martha Sielman
Lark Crafts is very pleased to announce that Martha Sielman will be authoring a new series of art quilt books. A new title will be published each year, starting in 2012. The first volume will focus on nature – animals, insects, fish, birds, microbes, flowers, trees, water, desert, icebergs – whatever inspires you about the natural world.  
Subsequent themes may include Landscapes/Cityscapes, Abstract/Geometric Art, People and Portraits, and Art with a Message.
Each volume in this new Art Quilt Portfolio series will include a Feature section, focusing on 15 to 20 artists in depth; this section will include an interview with each artist, several images of works by the featured artist, and a glimpse into each artist's studio. The books will also include a Gallery of works by 70 to 80 selected artists, with one full-page image per artist. Both Feature and Gallery artists will be chosen from this Call for Consideration. Artists who are selected for inclusion in Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World will receive full acknowledgement, a complimentary copy of the book, and the option to purchase additional copies from Lark at a discount.
This first title has a very short time frame due to publication schedules. Subsequent titles will be announced with much more notice time.
ELIGIBILITY This opportunity is open to all quilt artists. This is a Lark Crafts publication, not a Studio Art Quilt Associates publication. Complete entry instructions are on the attached document, which includes the Entry Form and the Photo License Agreement.
·     Entry is by upload only via box.net; both entry forms and images will be uploaded .
·     You may submit up to 3 entries.
·     You must also complete and and sign the Photo License Agreement, which must be mailed to Lark Crafts.
·     There is no fee for submission.
CALENDAR July 15, 2010                           Call for Consideration OPENS
August 15, 2010                     Call for Consideration DEADLINE 
September 15, 2010              Notification of acceptance via email
October 15, 2010                   Additional images and text due, if requested
May 1, 2011                             Draft completed
Spring 2012                              Book published
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION Please use the forms for consideration as either as Feature or Gallery artist. Please read the digital photography requirements carefully and adhere to them strictly. To upload most successfully to box.net , use a fast, reliable Internet connection. Click here: LINK TO LARK CRAFTS APPLICATION FORM.
Valerie Shrader
Senior Editor, Needlearts Team, Lark Crafts
67 Broadway, Asheville, NC  28801
828/253-0467 x735
Visit our new blog @ www.larkcrafts.com!
Please note my new email address: valerie@sterlingpublishing.com

Calling Texas Quilters

From Karey Bresenhan

If you are a Texas quilter (living in Texas) who does pretty remarkable work (even if it's just in your own opinion!), then this message is for you. 

Nancy Puentes and I are in the final agonizing throes of selecting quilts for our third book with the University of Texas: Lone Stars--Texas Quilts Today. This will join the other two Lone Star books we've written, one covering 1836-1936 and the other covering 1936-1986. Despite the name, the books cover all types of quilts, not just Lone Stars. Texas Quilts Today will come out in the fall of 2011, to coincide with the opening of the new Texas Quilt Museum and to mark our Dequasbicentennial or the 175th anniversary of Texas' independence. (By the way, we hate that word--Dequasbicentennial--but it's the best we could find on Wikipedia, so if anybody has a good, easy to say, easy to spell alternative for 175th anniversary, boy, would we love to hear from you!)

We are looking for traditional quilts and art quilts. We already have made preliminary selections from the many wonderful pieces we have to choose from--a plethora of riches!--but we'll never be satisfied until we feel we have seen everything that's out there that might be eligible. We've reviewed more than two decades of quilts entered in IQA's annual judged show in Houston; we've reviewed many of the Texas quilts in recent special exhibits at one of our International Quilt Festivals; we have guild recommendations and have requested more...and now we are asking you. 

We cannot accept images of quilts that are Journal Quilt size--that's just too small for this book. We can accept mini-quilts, however, though they should be at least 12" on each side. Otherwise, there are no size limitations. We cannot accept garments. Workmanship will definitely be a consideration. (I know the argument that artists shouldn't have to concern themselves with workmanship...I just don't personally agree with it...and since this is Nancy's and my book, we get to make the rules!)  

If you have any particularly nice quilts that you made IN TEXAS (required), why don't you email me digital images right away? Email images to: spexhibits@gmail.com  (We are using that address because we do not want our regular emails to crash from an overabundance of incoming images. That's a problem for us, but it's a bigger problem for you if you are trying to send us an image and find it impossible.) If you made the quilt in Texas and then moved out-of-state, it's still ok to enter the quilt. But if you lived elsewhere when you made the quilt, and then moved to Texas, then it would not be eligible. Quilts must be MADE in Texas. We are looking for pieces made between 1987 and today.

We need full size and close-up shots, with the year it was made and measurements, plus  the name of the quilt, your name, and where the piece was made. Please put that information in one line to make it easy for us to copy and put under the quilt as a caption. You do need to send only your very best, because what we already have is pretty terrific. And the only promise I can make is that we will carefully consider everything that's sent to us before July 12.  Remember to use only the email address we have set up for this project:  spexhibits@gmail.com  

If there are other really, really good Texas quilters whom you know, work with, admire, etc...please help us spread the word. Suggest that they send digital images of their work to us, following the guidelines I mentioned above. Again, tell them to use the special email address: spexhibits@gmail.com 

My instinct tells me that there are super quilts out there that we are not seeing. This whole selection process is so challenging that I almost hope I am mistaken and that there are NOT these wonderful quilts out there...but I don't think I'm wrong. Remember July 12 is the deadline and spexhibits@gmail.com is the email address to use! I look forward to seeing what you send us. 

Karey Bresenhan spexhibits@gmail.com 

No Place to Call Home

Patricia Gould asked that we pass on this information to members in our Region about an exhibition opportunity.

Theme: Homelessness exists all around the world. There are a myriad of
conditions that result in homelessness: poverty, unemployment, lack of
education, drug addiction, abandonment, mental illness, war and civil unrest,
along with man-made and natural disasters. This exhibit is taking a look at
homelessness in all its implications.

Curator: Kathleen McCabe
kathmccabe@gmail.com
www.kathleenmccabecoronado.com
619-435-1299
250 H Avenue
Coronado, CA 92118

Eligibility and Guidelines:
• Entry is by digital images only (directions below).
• You may submit up to 3 entries.
• Quilts must be created after 2005 and not shown in a previous SAQA exhibition.
• Entries must be 24" - 40" width, and 48" maximum in length
• 3-D, free-standing works will NOT be accepted.
• Artwork must meet the SAQA definition of an art quilt: a contemporary artwork
exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual
arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and
sculpture, which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the
folk art quilt from which it descends.
• Artists are responsible for shipping and insurance to Kathleen McCabe in
Coronado, CA and for return shipping to their homes from the last venue. SAQA
will arrange to insure the artwork during the exhibitions and while it travels.
• Artwork MAY be for sale. SAQA will charge a 25% commission on all sales;
exhibiting venues may also charge a commission, but total commission will never
exceed 50%.
• Work MUST be available to travel for up to a year. Travel details to follow.
Calendar:
March 1, 2010 Call for entry
May 20 - June 20, 2010 Online entry open
June 20, 2010 Online Entry Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
June 25 - 30, 2010 Selection Process
June 30, 2010 Notification of acceptance
(All notifications will be forwarded via email)
July 25, 2010 Artwork to be RECEIVED in Coronado, CA
August 1, 2010 Quilts shipped to Manchester, NH
August 19, 2010 Exhibit opening
May 1, 2011 Exhibit closing
June 1, 2011 Return of work to Artists unless more venues are
scheduled.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
During the online registration process (which will be open May 20, 2010) you will
be asked to provide artist information, a description of each piece and to upload
digital images: here is a checklist of what you will need to provide:
Artist Information:
Artist’s First Name:
Artist’s Last Name:
Address (street):
City/Postal Code/Country:
Phone (include country code):
Email:
Digital Images:
• Submit one overall DIGITAL image and one detail DIGITAL image for each
piece of artwork.

HOW TO SUBMIT DIGITAL IMAGES
• Save your digital images as a high quality JPEG file (No TIFF files).
Finished image should be 1800 pixels on the longest side.
• Label each digital image with first 1-3 words of the artwork title, no spaces and
no punctuation and indicate if detail or full. Examples: ScarabbbeetleFull.jpg or
WhylskyDetail.jpg

Information about each piece:
Artist’s statement (25 words or less)
Title:
Size: height x width, in inches
Year Completed:
Total Sale Price in Dollars (if for sale):
Insurance Value in Dollars:
Materials and Techniques (25 words or less)

You will be asked to agree with these Terms and Conditions:
I agree to loan my artwork to Studio Art Quit Associates, Inc. I understand that
the costs of insuring and shipping my artwork are my responsibility: I further
agree to permit the images of details image and/or all or part of my artist’s
statement to be used in the exhibit catalog, articles, ads, promotions, books,
websites, blogs, CD’s, current event news coverage, television productions,
and/or multi-media productions for and about exhibit or for and about the shows
at which the exhibit may be seen.

Fee: US$30 (22 €) for entry of up to 3 pieces. Members must pay their fees using
a credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express) though the SAQA website:
www.saqa.com – scroll down to the bottom of the page to “buy” a Jury Fee for
International Members.

Call for Entry - Craft Texas 2010

CraftTexas 2010
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
September 25, 2010 – January 9, 2011
Entries September 1,2009 - March 1, 2010

CraftTexas 2010 is the sixth in a series of juried exhibitions showcasing the best in Texas-made contemporary craft. The exhibition is open to all artists currently residing in Texas and working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and in found/recycled materials. For more information visit http://crafthouston.org .

Entries at www.callforentry.org

Call for Entry - Materials Hard & Soft - Denton Arts Council

February 6 - April 1, 2010
Entries due September 11, 2009

This annual competition and exhibition of contemporary crafts was started in 1987 and is now in its 22nd year. Recognized nationally, Materials: Hard & Soft attracts hundreds of entries from every state in the union. Nationally recognized jurors select the show from slides and then award $5,000 in prize money. The juror has always selected the winning pieces on-site. A catalog is printed. Many of the artists seen in the Materials exhibitions have been featured in national publications such as American Crafts. Prospectus is available at the Greater Denton Arts Council website.