Hello Fall!
SDA Meeting -October 15th
Meeting for SDA Colorado Members October 15, 2011 10:30 am The Heritage Room The Lakewood Cultural Center 470 South Allison Parkway (Alameda & Wadsworth), Lakewood, CO 80226-3123 At approximately 10:30 we will have a SDA meeting to discuss future happenings for our organization, ideas and creativity are welcome. I am looking to have a meet and greet and gather ideas and suggestions on what members would be interested in doing. I have arranged to have the famous SDA Swatch Library (see below). So come and check it out, it is a wonderful resource. I really look forward to meeting all of you!Regina Benson will be giving an artist talk on her work in the show “Re-Visioning Fiber” shown in the North Gallery, Mezzanine Gallery and James J. Richey Gallery at 10:00 in the Heritage Room so please join us for that and to see the amazing show. The SDA meeting will immediately follow.
Swatch Library: The Surface Design Association’s Fabric Swatch Library is a collection of 12” x 12” fabric samples which demonstrate the wide range of fiber techniques practiced by our members. Contribution to our collection by members is ongoing.
To contribute to the Swatch Library: Finish the edges of one or more 12” x 12” squares of fabric samples. Sew into finished edge a 3”x 5” index card on the back with the following information:
· Name, address, phone number, email, website · Fiber and technique of swatch · Note if you teach this techniqueNow Showing…
MORPHING -Edwina Straub
August 1 – October 16, 2011
Nalanda Gallery
Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
About this Exhibition: Recently the artist referred to her work as “a variation in medium and appearance, my work is a search of what is constant in both the past and the present. My art is a facility without its own territory, an experimental process of creating something as a result of where my emotions, my inner rhythms lead me. This process begins inside but I take my cues from the outside. Process and cues produce complementary images of contradiction and harmony. White images of clouds hovering on the wall with a foreign presence, at once strange and familiar as seen in Morphing and Flow I). My strategy is to package my most personal, complex and innovative ideas for consumption and reflection. By taking them out of an identifiable territory, my inner narratives of longing, resistance and pain become utterly available.
“On Fire” Dramatic New Textile Installations by Regina V. Benson
Sept. 15 – October 8, 2011
Ice Cube Gallery, 3300 Walnut St., Denver, CO 80202
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 6 – 9 pm
Regina’s recent contemplations of forest fires and volcanic eruptions has led her to create this body of work that asks the viewer to share in a visual space filled with glowing embers, emerging flames and distant fire bursts – works that undulate off the wall and ceiling. Creating her marks directly on the landscape, Regina Benson uses rocks, grasses, and even the falling snow, to inform her vision, marrying the message with the medium.
“In/Visible” -Sara Rockinger August 26 – Sept 30 The Dairy Center for the Arts, BoulderMcMahon Gallery
Opportunities
Initiatives in Art and Culture At the Frontier’s Edge: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Denver and Environs September 21-25, 2011Through an exploration of the Arts & Crafts movement in Denver and environs, “At the Frontier’s Edge,” challenges a notion that was advanced at the end of the 19th century: that the American frontier was closed.
Find out more and register! Art Initiatives
CREATE DENVER BUSINESS WORKSHOP SERIES FALL/WINTER 2011 Saturday mornings, September – December 2011This Saturday morning workshop series is tailored specifically to members of Denver’s creative business community. Whether you own a business, work out of your studio or are a creative entrepreneur, this series will help demystify various business planning principles and challenges that will help you plan for the future. Workshops $10 each, 10% discount for three or more!
Your Creative Brand Marketing Basics for Artists Online marketing Tools for Business Increasing You Potential for Grant Success Maximizing the Power of Your Creative Life By Spending Less Overcoming Health Obstacles for the Creatively Uninsured 8 Steps How To Master Search Engine Optimization Online Relationship Between Artist, Gallery & the Public Financial Literacy: Tax Planning for Creatives Get more information and register! Create Denver Workshops
Member Profile
Patty Hawkins
Patty Hawkins
A renowned art quilt maker and teacher, Patty’s first fabric dyeing class was with Sue Benner in 1992 at Quilt Surface Design Symposium, followed quickly in Ann Johnston’s and Heidi Stoll Weber’s dye classes; Kerr Grabowski is her screen printing guru.
Patty says “My inspiration is found in nature, the multitude of patterning prevalent wherever the eye looks, trees are most favorite in their skeletal form, as well as rock formations, cracks and crevices of rock walls; colorations and shadows of nature equally are inspirational.”
Patty creates her art in a wondrous 800 square foot studio built by her husband Wes. Her art quilts have been juried into Quilt National six times and into Quilt Visions three times. She also won the Quilt Japan Prize which included a teaching trip to Japan in 2007. Patty teaches a variety of workshops several times a year in the US and abroad.
See Patty’s work at her current show
Fiber Visions in the Bas Bleu Gallery
August 24 – October 30
Upcoming Shows
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts October 7 – November 13, 2011 Opening reception: October 7 from 5-8pm Lincoln Center, 417 WEST MAGNOLIA, FORT COLLINS, CO 80521This juried exhibition features the current work of the finest national and international contemporary quilt artists. Art quilts accepted for exhibition will exemplify innovation in quilting and surface design techniques as well as excellence in artistic composition and craftsmanship. The goal of the exhibition is to recognize the world’s finest contemporary quilt artists and to advance the art form. For more information see their website.
“Glow Structures”: The Foxfire Series -PJ Bergin
Opening First Friday, October 7th Artwork Network 878 Santa Fe Drive Denver, Colorado 80204
“I find when I am working on the layout for a new Glow Box™ I blend colors just as an artist covers a traditional canvas with paint. My design is an abstract “painting” but the medium here is wool fiber. The “canvas” I use is created with silk chiffon and wool, then wrapped around a custom wood frame specially equipped with LED lights to make the piece self-illuminating from behind.
COLORADO QUILTING COUNCIL September 23-24 Quilt-A-Fair, 9AM-5PM, at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, Hover Street and Nelson Road, in Longmont CO. Merchant’s mall, quilt show by Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild, raffle quilt, silent auction and more. Admission $5.00. Lots of free parking.
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 1213 Washington Avenue, Golden CO. “Magnificent Obsession: The Quilts of Ann Elliott” and “Kathie Kerler: Evolutions Featured Artist” , through Oct 29. Experience the diversity of quilts with Ann Elliott’s exquisite hand appliquéd traditional work and Kathie Kerler’s cutting-edge contemporary pieces.
Longmont Quilt Guild Show and Boutique. October 14, 5 – 8PM and October 15, 9AM-5PM. Boulder CO Fairgrounds, Barn A, Longmont CO. $5.00 admission. A show of members works. Lots of boutique items for sale. On Saturday, there will be antique bed turnings with Jeananne Wright as well as demonstrations. www.longmontquiltguild.org
Please bear with me as I adjust to my new position as your representative. I welcome any and all feedback. Please notify me of any events or opportunities you would like me to share with our fellow members. I would like to thank Jamie Bolane for all of her hard work and patience in helping me acclimate. I hope to see you all on October 15th!!
Kristi Baca -Colorado Area Representative
