COLOUR THEORY Course starts at St. Lawrence College Thursday, January 19th

The Winter Term " Colour the Quilt Artist's Way" Course at St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus begins January 19th and runs through April 5th. The Colour course is one of the ten required for the Textile Design Diploma in the College's Fine Arts Program. Students will explore all aspects of colur using the basics as a guideline and taking their all new work in so many directions, including use of fibre, threads and paint/dye.

 

We welcome students of all levels of experience to join in on the fun and come explore COLOUR, beautiful, joyous colour in all of it's many aspects with the students who have registered so far. At last count 11 students were on board and we love to have a classroom filled with exciting new projects underway in this Winter Term Course. Registration is open online at www.SL.ca or at the College Student Services Office at 613-544-5400, ext. 60 Monday through Friday each week.

 

The course will include many aspects of colour study including the Colour Wheel basics using both fabric and paints. We will dye and paint threads to be used in various small projects. There will be postcards and small collage works created, along with some covers for the most popular high-tech devices like Kindles, iPods and iPads. Some students will want to get started on projects for their submissions to local art exhibits and some will be finishing quilts for the great Quilts Kingston 2012 Show scheduled for early June. Mark Making and the art of the hand made stitch will be a focus for this term as well, and those who love their machines are encouraged to add highlights and hits of colour to each project taking colour in threads as far as they can imagine.

 

If you have loved playing with COLOUR in your work, and/or have a bit of fear when it comes to the many aspects of colourplay including coordinating colour palettes, transparency, harmonies and the amazing values of colour used in the fibre pieces you so admire, then come and put your imagination and talent to work in this 12-week course. We start at 6:30 pm January 19th - Hope to see YOU there.

Contact Instructor, Bethany Garner, for more details. garner@kingston.net

Christmas Greetings to all of our FIBREARTS ALLIANCE blog readers...

Here we are at December 21st and the big weekend is fast approaching. This message sends a very heartfelt wish for a family focused and blessed Christmas season for you and your family. Be safe as you travel and make sure to think of those who do not have family close by and make a contact with the over the Holidays.

The Kingston and area Quilt Shop's classroom season is over, and our local Quilt Shops are holding special sales and events over the next several weeks to draw customers and patrons in for their year end specials. This is a great time to plan for next year. Make sure that you are stocking in the supplies from the sales that will serve you best in the New Year. Have a look at their Winter calendar for exciting new classes.

QUILTS KINGSTON 2012 is fast approaching as the Kingston Heirloom Quilters and the Limestone Quilters Guild members work together to plan this stellar event in Kingston for June 2012. Please visit the QUILTS KINGSTON website at http://www.quiltskingston.org for more details. Renowned quilter KATHY WYLIE will be the Guest Artist for the Show.

An amazing WEARABLES Show is up at the John M. Parrott Gallery at the Belleville Public Library. A short visit there last week saw friends enjoying the beautiful work of ANDREA GRAHAM, ELINOR RUSH and HEDY CAMPBELL along with many other talented area Artists. All of the wearables including jackets, hats, scarves, dresses and more are for sale and would make wonderful Holiday gifts. Many beautiful silk scarves dyed by CHRISTINA BARNES of Kingston are available through the Library Gallery Shops on the third floor, along with the art of many fine area artists presenting amazing wood work including hand make fountain pens, boxes, and jewellery, handbags and so much more. Glorious pottery and porcelain work is also there for the collector. Don't miss a drive to Belleville this winter holiday season! Visit the Library Website for details and library hours.

Winter Term Courses at St. Lawrence College begin again on Thursday, January 19th as we launch the "COLOUR THE QUILT ARTIST'S WAY", a  12 week course running through April 12th (there will be no class on March 29th as I will be travelling to the SAQA/SDA Conference in Philadelphia). Our course this term will cover all things colour related and will see students focusing on the layering of colour and stitch in all new contemporary work. Those who are passionate about traditional work are most welcome to join in on the fun and take a traditional design to all new and exciting heights using the beautiful new fabrics that the manufacturers are bringing to the marketplace in glorious colour. Registration is available at the Student Services Office, St. Lawrence College or by calling 613-544-5400, ext. 60 or online at http://www.SL.on.ca. Everyone welcome and this is a full credit course in the Textile Design Diploma Program. No pre-requisites for the course and all levels of skill are welcome, beginners to advanced. Interest Only students are encouraged to register and join in on the fun!

 

FIBREWORKS KINGSTON presents two amazing Instructors with their workshops in March and April. Travelling from Coburg will be ALICE VANDER VENNEN and from London, ON, JOHNNENE MADDISON. Each Instructor brings a wonderful and all new approach to their work and will share techniques that will excite and prepare their students to take on the challenges of creating original work in all new ways! Alice's "FINDING A NEW STORY: Working with Textiles and Found Objects" and Johnnene's "THREAD DRAWINGS WITH AQUABOND" are courses that will take Kingston and area students to a whole new place as they explore collage, and machine stitching in many exciting new ways. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Friday evening lectures at St. Lawrence College on the Friday evenings March 9th and April 20th in Room 12050, Upper Link Hallway, Administration Wing at the rear of the College Campus. Details from Donna Hamilton, Fibreworks Registrar at fibreworks@cogeco.ca.

Watch for two great exhibitions by the KINGSTON FIBRE ARTISTS GROUP - the foyer in the downtown branch of the Kingston Public Library during the month of April 2012 and then a 6 week long exhibition in the WINDOW GALLERY at the Kingtson School of Art on Princess Street beginning in November 2012. The group welcomes new member, JANINE GATES in the New Year. Janine's designs are truly exciting and she will be a valuable and contributing member of this active Fibre Arts group in Kingston. Congratulations to Janine.

Have a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for an amazing and art filled NEW YEAR... it is fast approaching now, and soon we will all be back together at the exciting groups and gatherings that we all love to attend.

PLEASE JOIN US... SAQA Central Canada Group Meeting November 29, 2011 at Odessa Fairgrounds Hall

Please mark your calendar:

Everyone interested in SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates) is welcome and encouraged to attend. Bring Friends, and RSVP to garner@kingston.net

The SAQA Central Canada Group will meet on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall located in the Village of Odessa just west of Kingston. Every member is welcome and encouraged to attend, and to bring a friend who you might feel is interested in SAQA membership. The meeting will be hosted by SAQA Regional Representative, Bethany Garner, and will begin with Business Meeting at 10:30 am to allow for travel time by members coming from a distance. Please plan to participate in our "Creative Buffet" sharing during the late morning, as we so enjoy seeing YOUR new work.

Agenda items are welcome from all members. Please forward to Bethany at garner@kingston.net no later than November 15th. Pat Caffery, SYNTHESIS II Curator, will have a report for all of us to share the latest news about the "next steps" for our exciting Exhibition.

Discussion about future meeting dates/venues will be at the top of the list. Your input is very important and we encourage members who are willing to host a regional meeting to please advise your Regional Representatives: Sharon Collins, Dwayne Wanner or Bethany Garner.

After the am meeting, please join us as we share a members-provided POTLUCK LUNCH at 12:30 pm (coffee/tea/water provided), followed by an afternoon of visiting and moving through a few techniques demonstrations shared by local members. We hope you will be able to stay throughout the afternoon if at all possible. A small "donation" to help cover the hall rental will be appreciated.

DIRECTIONS: The Odessa Fairgrounds Hall is located just south of the Odessa exit off Highway 401, and a quick drive from 401 to the stop lights in the village. Proceed south through the lights and the entrance to the Fairgrounds property will be on your left about one city block past the stop lights. Parking is available next to the "Palace" (white Barn with a red roof) building on your left as you enter the Fairgrounds property. The meeting will be held in the meeting hall attached to the rear of the building and with a ramped, accessible entrance. Please click on the link below for the Google Maps, Odessa, ON directions from your location.

http://g.co/maps/vckct

Looking forward to seeing you November 29th in Odessa. RSVP attendance to Bethany encouraged to garner@kingston.net , please and thanks.

MARY PAL is featured artist at FIBREWORKS KINGSTON, November 11-13th

Please mark your calendar and plan to join Hilary Scanlon next week on Friday evening, November 11, 2011, for an exciting evening with Guest Instructor MARY PAL as she shares a Lecture and sampling of her beautiful new work before her comprehensive two-day workshop,  "PAINTING WITH CHEESECLOTH" to be presented to 20 very lucky workshop weekend students.

The Lecture will be held at St. Lawrence College, located at the corner of King St. and Portsmouth Av. in Kingston, ON. Please enter the college campus off Country Club Drive, just a short distance west of the King St./Portsmouth Av. intersection. Once on Country Club Drive, take the second right turn into the campus, driving past the Technology Building on your right, and enter the parking lot beside the Administrative Wing (behind the Tech Building). Enter Door E12, and take the elevator in the lower hallway beyond the stairs or travel the stirs to the second level. A left turn off the elevator will take you into the LINK Hallway. The first door on the left is the 12050 Classroom where Mary's Lecture will begin at 7 pm.

The Lecture entry is a $5 donation at the door. Please plan to bring friends. You will not want to miss this exciting evening with Mary and her beautiful work. Contact Donna Hamilton, FW Registrar at 613-544-7324 for more information.

QUILTS=ART=Quilts opens at Schweinfurth Art Centre, Auburn, NY

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center Quilts=Art=Quilts Oct 30 - Jan 8, 2012 Director's Tour: Tuesday, Nov 1, 2pm Kathleen Loomis, Crazed 9: Blue State Blues (detail)

Quilts=Art=Quilts October 30 - January 8, 2012 This exhibition includes 82 quilts by 74 artists from across the United States, as well as Canada and Japan. This annual exhibit, now in its 31st year, has become a tradition at the Schweinfurth Art Center and is one of the longest running Quilt Art exhibits in the country. Quilts on view in the exhibit express the diversity of styles, techniques and designs in contemporary quilt making. Quilts range from those based on innovative interpretations of traditional block quilts, to pictorial quilts and abstract designs. Techniques include traditional piecing, hand quilting, hand dying, machine thread painting, and appliqué. Admission is $6, free for members, exhibiting quilters & children 12 and under. THIS TUESDAY Director's Tour Tuesday, November 1, 2pm Enjoy a second opportunity to tour the 31st annual quilt show with Executive Director Donna Lamb. Included with $6 general admission to exhibition, free for Schweinfurth membersand exhibiting quilters. Quilts for Art: Mini-Quilt Raffle October 29, 2011 - January 8, 2012 Purchase your chance to win a small quilt donated by one of the exhibiting quilters. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. Purchase your tickets by phone or at the Art Center. Drawing will be held on January 8. You do not need to be present to win - winners will be notified by telephone. Proceeds benefit the Art Center's ongoing exhibitions & programs, including Quilts=Art=Quilts, Quilting by the Lake & QBL2. Admission: $6 Adults; Members, exhibiting quilters & children 12 and under are FREE Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. Closed Mondays, major holidays, and between exhibitions. Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Visit www.myartcenter.org for more information.

QUINTE FIBRE ARTISTS' SHOW OPENS November 3rd, 2011

Quinte Fibreartists invite YOU to attend their new Fall 2011 Show and Sale.

Please mark your calendar for the GALLERY OPENING EVENT of the Quinte Fibre Artists Group fall exhibition " RE-INSPIRED" on Saturday afternoon, November 5th, 2-4 pm in the John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville Public Library. Everyone Welcome.

The Library is located at 254 Pinnacle Street, downtown Belleville. The Exhibition will run from November 3-24th, 2011. Library hours are Monday - Saturday 9:30-5 pm, except Thursday, 9 am - 8 pm.

 

This is an exceptional opportunity to view the latest work of these stellar Artists working in the Fibre medium, and enjoy some time with friends as you tour their 2011 exhibition.

SAQA Central Canada Members work to go to the Quilt Museum at Michigan State University

SAQA CENTRAL CANADA Members work to go to Michigan State University Quilt Museum Permanent Collection

We are so pleased to announce that three members of our SAQA Central Canada group have been honoured by the selection of their submission pices to SAQA's travelling exhibition "This is a Quilt". Congratulations to Catharina Breedyk-Law, Mary Pal and Dwayne Wanner.

As part of the planning for This is a Quilt! SAQA arranged for 50 pieces to become part of the permanent collection at the Michigan State University Museum. SAQA engaged gallerist Michael Solomon to select those pieces. The pieces will go to the Michigan State University Museum at the close of the trunk show travels.

Michael Solomon wrote:
When Kris Sazaki first asked me to be the juror for a collection to go to the Michigan State University Museum, I willingly accepted, thinking it would be a piece of cake. After all, I had owned a fine art gallery in Sacramento for over 10 years, and I had certainly chosen art and artists for many gallery exhibits. I faced a slightly greater challenge with group shows as opposed to solo exhibits, but I felt I had a pretty good grasp of the contemporary painting and sculpture we exhibited. I have also juried shows outside of my gallery, as well as my own photography exhibits.

For the SAQA show, I came to realize that my mandate would limit and challenge me when I faced the prospect of selecting just 50 pieces out of 268 submissions. I have spent many hours in art museums around the world, I am an avid collector, and I have formulated some ideas as to what constitutes "great art." While the quality of art may be subjective, great art is simply that which compels one to look at it, again and again and again. This is the truth, if not a truism. And that's the reason museums full of art that visitors repeatedly visit, contain great art. I can't stop looking at and admiring the art on my walls and pedestals; if I do, I end up replacing it with something better, and then repeat the process.

In jurying this show, I looked for aesthetic design, shapes, color, composition, texture, and subject matter. I am somewhat partial to figurative subject matter, so that may have affected my judgment in some respects. All of the work I viewed exhibited high artistic quality, and I found myself initially choosing way more than my allotment of 50. I then faced the agonizing task of deselecting many pieces I appreciated. In any event, I hope you enjoy my selections.

Artists whose trunk show pieces were chosen to become part of the Michigan State University Museum's permanent collection:

1. Affolter, Regula
2. Branjord, Sandra
3. Bruvry, Patricia
4. Carrigan, Sherry
5. Chen, Yeu-Chiu
6. Chuang, Huei-Lan
7. Clover, Jette
8. David-Cohen, Yael
9. Drucker, Tamar
10. Ecob, Aileyn
11. Filatoff, Julie
12. Fingal, Jamie
13. Fitzsimmons, Micaela
14. Fricke, Rebecca
15. Henry, Susan Elaine
16. Horne, Connie
17. Huang, Ming-Mei
18. Jensen, Jill
19. Jurgenson, Jean Renli
20. Lachman, Mary F.
21. Law, Catharina Breedyk
22. Limmer, Andrea
23. Lin, Hsin-Chen
24. Lin, Mei-Mu
25. McClean, Sarah Louise
26. McLaughlin, Linda
27. Milholen, Vivian
28. Miller, Linda
29. Ortelle, Cathy
30. Owoc, Pat
31. Pal, Mary
32. Phillips, Margaret A.
33. Pixeladies
34. Puetz, Casey
35. Read, Priscilla
36. Robertson, Ruan
37. Robertus, Linda
38. Rushbrooke, Rose
39. Simpson, Gayle
40. Smith, Catherine Whall
41. Smith, Lura Schwarz
42. Stegmiller, Terri
43. Stoltz, Heather G.
44. Tateo, Tiziana
45. Themel, Kate
46. Thomas, Rosalind
47. Tunnell, Karen Reese
48. Wambaugh, Debbie
49. Wanner , Dwayne
50. Watler, Barbara