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.

THE LAUNCH CONTINUES...

Today the emails went out to local groups and individuals extending the invitation to join the Fibrearts Alliance Network and I hope we will have a great response. Please feel free to share the link to the blog on your groups or Guilds website and I am happy to hear from all of you when you feel you would like to join us and share news from "your end of the fibre world".

Please share the news with friends and do plan to join me at St. Lawrence College this Thursday, July 14th... see the blog entry below or in the archive to the right of the main entries.

Happy stitching!