Monday, May 11, 2015

May 11, 2015

A few announcements:

• Check out this site for inspiration and admiration of our current Urban Graffiti.
The link shows: Street Artist NeSpoon's Lace Murals Bring A Bit Of Harmony To The World.
Linda Anderson will be showing three works at the Brigham City Museum
of Art,International Quilt Invitational 2015 from 
July 1 to August 29, 2015.


• Both Linda Anderson and Ellen November have one piece each at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, juried exhibition, from July 7 to August 22, 2015.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

May 2015

Saturday, May 9th was a well-attended meeting including one new member, Laura Mutalipassi from Westminster, welcome!!

A field trip is planned for Saturday, June 20th at the Visions Quilt Museum in San Diego.
Meet there at 11:00 am. There are plenty of good places to eat nearby.
Here is a link to their website where you can get directions.
http://www.quiltvisions.org/


Featured at Visions will be a husband/wife team's show called:
Dual Perspectives: Lura Schwarz Smith & Kerby C. Smith

Our next challenge 'Urban Graffiti' is due to be turned in on Saturday, July 11, at our next meeting.

Show and Tell brought many displays of 'Urban Graffiti' entries. As well as many pieces that had been inspired and begun at Asilomar. Stunning work! Other work shown was a beautifully recovered UFO, an entry for the SAQA 'Oasis' challenge from Trish Charity, and a piece by Deb Weir that is going off to the Land of Oz for a show.

Members requested that the galleries on our website: http://www.quiltsonthewall.com/ be updated.
Please send at least on digital image to Carol Churchill at churchillca@me.com. She is our Webmistress and will post the image for you in the slide show.

To update and add to your own gallery here are a few simple steps:
1. Go to: http://www.quiltsonthewall.com/galleries.html2. Click on the gallery that has your name3. On the right hand side click Edit your Gallery4. Click on: Add a new item in this category5. Give it a title, and fill in other blanks. Then click on button called IMAGE6. Locate file/image on your hard drive and upload.

Have a great two months and hope to see you in San Diego!!

Friday, May 1, 2015

Member Deborah Weir Hosting Dyeing Workshop


Quilts on the Wall member, Deborah Weir,
is hosting a Dyeing Workshop at her studio
in Rolling Hills Estates on June 24.
Please contact her at fiberfly@cox.net 
to reserve a place.