Parlor meeting

The Hudson Valley and Upstate region of SAQA NY will be having our first parlor meeting on October 23, 2010 at the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn, http://www.greenvillearms.com/ in Greenville, NY from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Kim LaPolla, the inn’s owner, has generously opened her doors for our meeting. Here’s how to get there: http://www.greenvillearms.com/greenville-arms-directions.html

Please bring some pieces for show and tell so we can all share in what everyone’s working on. There will be coffee, tea and light refreshments provided.

What I'd like everyone to think about between now and October 23rd is how we're going to proceed from here. Where will we hold future meetings? How often? Will we have set agendas or just keep it loose? This is our region; let's do things our own way.

Thanks and I hope to see everyone on the 23rd!!

Eileen Keane
www.designingquilts.com
mpkemk@frontiernet.net
Maybrook, NY
SAQA NY Hudson Valley & Upstate Regional Co-rep

The Auction has started!

Here's a running slideshow of the wonderful quilts up for bid. Tell all your friends to go to the SAQA website and bid on these awesome pieces of art.

Eileen Keane
www.designingquilts.com
mpkemk@frontiernet.net
Maybrook, NY
Hudson Valley & Upstate Co-Rep

September Southern NY SAQA Meeting

Hi there from your Southern New York SAQA Co -Representative Susan Schrott. I am thrilled to report that we had a fantastic turnout today for our Fall Southern NY SAQA Meeting.

(Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Sandra Sider, Susan Schrott, Deirdre Abbott, Jeri Riggs)

We were extremely fortunate to kick off our meeting today with Sandra Sider who generously volunteered to critique several of the SAQA members work including: Tamar Drucker, Jamie Horikawa, Martha Levites and Lynda Long. But, before we got down to the critiques, presentation of artwork and discussions about upcoming plans and goals, we made sure to leave a good half hour to get to know each other. Folks came from NYC, CT, East Rockaway, New Rochelle and various towns in Westchester County. Everyone truly enjoyed making connections, meeting people in person and taking the time to get to know one another and do a bit of networking. Here first are some photos of our time getting to meet and greet each other over  lunch.

(Sandra Sider, Beth Carney, Muriel Stockdale)

Checking out the "eats"

 

We settled down to business and Sandra began her critiques. To begin with, she has an natural approach to making artists feel safe, comfortable and supported, so much so that she makes a point of noting what is particularly positive about the artwork from the get-go. With that said, her critiques are based on her expertise, extensive art background  and long career of jurying and curating works (since 1998). We were extremely fortunate today to have Sandra critique five pieces and each artist as well as the members attending all gained tremendously from her comments.

Sandra Sider and Lynda Long's work

Lynda talking about her piece

Sandra looks at Tamar Drucker's work

Sandra critiques Martha Levites Work

Most Saqa Members who attended did bring some work to share and talk briefly about. Gathered today was Lynda Long, Deborah Bein, Jeri Riggs, Nancy Beckerman Martha Levites, Arle Sklar Weinstein, Randy Frost,  Barbara Sferra, Judy Gignesi, Judy Plows, Brenda Schlechter, Lisa Finney, Lori Light, Alice Brody, Eda Steinman, Beth Carney, Maxine Oliver, Jamie Horikawa, Deirdre Abbotts, Kendell Storm, Muriel Stockdale, Nancy Kelly, Tamar Drucker, Lisa Chipetine and Sandra Sider.  

 Here is a detail of Jamie Horikawa's piece.

Lisa Finney shows her work

and here is a detail of the same piece

Barbara Sferra's work

Randy Frost discusses her piece

Maxine Oliver's talked about her piece and her new found love for photoshop

Muriel Stockdale presents just one of the many, many flags in her series American Flags

Judy Plow

Brenda Schlecter

Following the presentation of our individual work, I  spoke more about the upcoming exhibition Fiber Celebration at the Chappaqua Library. The enthusiasm for this exhibition is palpable and it looks like will have quite a beautiful collection of small works for the show.  We discussed meeting times and everyone unanimously agreed that we would like to meet every three months. The next meeting date will be sent in the coming weeks. Possible future plans include a group challenge and other topics to be discussed at our next meeting. Lisa Chipetine, President of SAQA, spoke about all of the opportunities available for learning on line through SAQA. Many of us didn't even know SAQA has a You-tube channel.

Just click on the link above and it will take you directly to it. Lisa let us know that if we have our own  art related videos, tutorials etc, we can now put them on the SAQA You tube channel if we are members of SAQA. Contact Lisa directly if you are interested in more information about this.

Finally, I thought I would share some of the comments folks jotted down before leaving to give you a feel from the day:

"This was fabulous, it is a wonderful way to connect names, faces and work. I look forward the next meeting and I am not a "meeting" person.

"It was a wonderful informative meeting. Great to gather and see other members of SAQA and their work"

"I enjoyed the structure, the combination of critique and presentation of members artwork"

"Today was a good day to find out what is happening in SAQA in our region"

"Sharing concepts, techniques and work is perfect"

"Fun and educational meeting"

If you missed previous emails or posts about the entry for FIBER CELEBRATION,  please find the information needed below.

Until next time,

Susan

SMALL WORKS

12” X 12”

EXHIBITION DATES:

Nov 27 - Jan 8, 2011

~THE GALLERY~

AT THE CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY

195 South Greeley Avenue

Chappaqua, New York 10514

Phone: (914) 238-4779

Artist Reception Sunday December 12^th

1:00-3:00PM

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00AM to 8:00PM, Friday 9:00AM to 6:00PM, Saturday 9:00AM to 5:00PM, Sunday 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Gallery Curator: Larry D'Amico

Contact: Susan Schrott

SAQA NY Co-Regional Representative

Email: sbfschrott@aol.com

914 217-5835

FIBER CELEBRATION

A SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
12” X 12”

ARTIST INFORMATION Please print clearly.

Name ___________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

City, State, Zip ____________________________________

Home Phone with Area Code _________________________

Cell Phone with Area Code __________________________

Email____________________________________________

Title of entry _____________________________________

Year Completed __________________________________

Materials (list): ___________________________________

Insurance Value ______________________

Sale Price (USD) __________________________________

NFS (not for sale) _________________________________

Techniques (check all that apply)

·      Hand Pieced   _____

·      Machine Pieced  ___

·      Hand Appliquéd  ____

·      Machine Appliquéd ____

·      Hand Quilted  ____

·      Machine Quilted ____

·      Hand Dyed ____ 

·      Hand Painted ____

·      Other__________

ENTRY INFORMATION: ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THE RECEIPT OF ARTWORK, DIGITAL IMAGE AND ENTRY FORM IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6^TH, 2010

*Please submit via email one full digital image to: sbfschrott@aol.com

*Digital Image should be 300 DPI in a finished size of 5” x 7”

*Submitted artwork and entry form must be mailed to:
 Susan Schrott

 21 Fox Den Road Mt. Kisco

NY 10549

*ALL SUBMITTED ARTWORK MUST INCLUDE RETURN POSTAGE & PACKING MATERIALS

*All WORK MUST HAVE A 3 – 4” INCH SLEEVE ON THE BACK OF THE ARTWORK

*ALL WORK WILL BE RETURNED DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 9^TH, 2011

CONTACT: SUSAN SCHROTT sbfschrott@aol.com        914 217-5835

Sunday September 12th, Southern NY SAQA Meeting

Reminder:
Southern New York Saqa Meeting Susan Schrott's home
21 Fox Den Road
Mt. Kisco, NY 10546
Sunday September 12th
12-3PM
Sandra Sider will be critiquing four member's work
Show and Tell
Fiber Celebration Exhibition
and future plans
RSVP: Susan Schrott
sbfschrott@aol.com
914217-5835