Over the Bridge!

The jurying for the 2011 Long Beach Quilt Exhibit is complete! 

Thanks to all for submitting your quilts the the BRIDGES exhibit.  Jurors were Connie Rohman, SAQA and Matthew Leslie, Muckenthaler Cultural Center. 

The jurying was blind (without artists' names).  They were each provided with "booklet" consisting of a photo of the quilt, title and artist's statement.  The jurors examined all quilts as they were held up vertically.  This process took 2 hours, and their subsequent discussion between just the 2 of them was more than 2 hours.  They did not take the process lightly.

 

The following artists were chosen: 

 Laura Bisagna
David Charity
Partricia Charity
Carol Churchill
Linda Friedman
jo p. griffith
Skip Heller
Rose Hughes
Stacy Hurt
Lisa Kijak
Helene Lohr
Julie Schlueter
Beth Shibley
Deborah Stanley
Linda Stone
Mary Tabar
Janet Lane Tranbarger
Susan K. Willen
Eileen Wintemute
Sally Gould Wright

I thank you all so very much for all your talents.

jo p. griffith
BRIDGES coordinator
Quilts on the Wall

New in Members area

Howdy members! Hope everyone is enjoying time in the studio during this weird weather. It has been raining and sunny off and on all day in Temecula. Nice time to hunker down and do some hand work.

I had Heather update the website. A "Reports" section was added to the members area. I have put the minutes, exhibition reports and other similar things under this heading.

The "Forms" area will now only have the entry and membership forms. This is also where you will find things like the membership list and bylaws.

This should make it faster and easier to find what you are looking for. Current items will always be at the top of the listing.

Hope you approve the new layout.

Discovery Challenge Update

The Discovery Challenge quilts will be exhibited in Denver, Co. at the Denver National Quilt Festival from april 28 - May 1st. 2011.   

 See HERE  

The quilts are also confirmed to be exhibited at  the Flying Geese Quilt Guild show, Soka University, October 1-2, 2011.  Please mark your calendars; we will need volunteers to help with this event. 

Congratulations!

 

 

"Hope Is The Thing" by Susan Brubaker Knapp

Dinner at Eight Artists is happy to announce that the following pieces have been accepted into the special exhibit "The Space Between." The exhibit will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach July 28-31, 2011 and is sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers. Our plan is to exhibit at Festival in Houston also, after securing a sponsor.

Natalya Aikens, Steni Mezhda Sosedyami/Walls between NeighborsFrances Holliday Alford, Pisces
Betty Amador, Symphonic Dances

Astrid Bennett, Anticipation
Loris Bogue, Sedimentary Silk
Deborah Borschert, Fence and Flourish
Paula Chung, Intervals
Joanell Connolly, Life Happens in the Space Between
Cindy Cooksey, Between the Air Conditioner and the House

Barb Forrister, Lost Cavern
Linda Frost, Black & White
Terry Grant, Between Mother and Child

Desiree Habicht, Forest of Blues
Lyric Kinard, Dream
Susan Fletcher King, Schooling Through the Jellie's
Pam Klebaum, Figure and GroundSherry Kleinman, The Family Tree
Susan Brubaker Knapp, Hope is the Thing
Jane LaFazio, Industrial AgedJayne Larson, Breathing Space
Gwen Mayer, Saber Dancers

Linda T. Minton, The Antechamber
Susie Monday, Reading Between the Lines
Jeannie Moore, The Red TomatoRachel Parris, The Sands of Time
Judy Perez, Black and Bloom All Over
Yvonne Porcella, Storybook
Wen Redmond, Trees Singing
Karen Rips, Spinal Study 1
Carolyn Ryan, Pre-Teen-Between
Cynthia St. Charles, Spring Blossoms, aka Yearning for an End to WinterJulie Schlueter, Knee High to a Grasshopper
Teresa Shippy, Twins
Gayle Simpson, Mind the Gap
Sarah Ann Smith, Clothed in Color
Terry Waldron, Meadow Gold
Laura Cater-Woods, Fault Lines
Kathy York, Blue Towers