Thank-you to all who attended Silk and Wool Magic in February. It was an educational and inspirational day!
LOCAL MEETINGS :
These are the smaller, more local or special interest Surface Design Assoc. meetings.
SDA Felting Group:
Sunday May1, 2011, 1:00-4:00pm
A Surface Design Felting group is forming. Felters and those interested in felting are invited. We need to find a place to meet. Can anyone suggest a central meeting place which can be a public space or someone's home. debbie@skyhighway.com
Santa Rosa Surface Design Association Group:
Sunday March 13 at 1:00pm
Contact Joy Stocksdale for details at joystocks@comcast.net
or 707/829-1756.
Mark you calendars for other 2011 meetings: May 15, July 10, September 11 and November 13.
The SDA Muse10 Fiber Arts Guild:
Sunday, March 20, 2011, 11am
The Muse10 Fiber Arts Guild and SDA Surface Design Journal ENews Contributor, Cherie Blackwell, host regular bi-monthly meetings for SDA members in Fairfield, California. Fairfield is conveniently in the North Bay along I-80 with easy access from the East Bay, Sacramento, and Napa and Solano counties. These meetings provide a great opportunity for SDA members and non-member guests at any skill level to meet and learn from established textile artists.
Topic for March 20 Meeting: Special SDA member registration for up-coming Basic Textile Dye Class at Solano Community College; bring work to show.
Location: Vintage Caffe, 2522 Mankas Corner Road, Fairfield, CA 94534.
Contact: Cherie Blackwell at cherieblackwell@cherieblackwell.com. Studio: 707-863-1876.
Bay Area SDA Critique Group:
Sunday March 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
They will be meeting in the home of Teddy Milder, 716 Colusa Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707. Bring along a project you've finished or one on which you would like comments on. Critique is optional and you choose which aspects you would like to be critiqued. You may pose the questions or just share your work.
Bringing a food item to share is optional.
Directions or questions:
Contact Debbie Wambaugh at Debbie@skyhighway.com or 831-419-4607.
BAY AREA EVENTS:
Bojagi and Beyond
June 16--September 18, 2011
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
51 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103
Organized by internationally recognized artist, teacher, and writer, Chunghie Lee, who has studied traditional Korean wrapping cloth extensively, this exhibition is accompanied by a rich public program to include an international symposium, a workshop, a gallery tour, and numerous educational activities.
Bojagi (Bo-Jah-ki) or traditional Korean wrapping cloths were once used in formal ceremonies and daily activities in Korea. Similar to American patchwork, traditional Bojagi was made from simple pieced cloths or papers, which were elaborately embroidered together. Although this folkloric custom continues in the country, now the craft of Bojagi has had a great influence on contemporary artists from Korea and around the world. Bojagi and Beyond brings together contemporary artists from Korea, and ten other countries that are inspired by this Korean folk art. Unlike the traditional form, contemporary Bojagi varies in medium, size, and functions to create a new meaning that transcends borders. Bojagi and Beyond explores both traditional Bojagi, and its multiple reinterpretations in contemporary art.
“The show will be of interest to those who teach/study Bojagi with its traditional and contemporary aesthetics and modern application from Korean Folk Art to Contemporary Art. For the Korean people, it will be interesting to see Bojagi through western eyes in this cultural exchange bringing fresh ideas and inspiration back to the Korean people,” remarks curator Chunghie Lee. By supporting exhibitions and artists who work with cultural traditions, the Museum hopes to foster the preservation and generational transfer of such traditions.
MEMBER NEWS:
Eddie Brown: Two years of dedicated study for Santa Cruz artist, Edie Brown, will culminate in an exhibition of her work from March 28 through June 3 at the Radius Gallery in San Antonio Texas. Brown, along with 11 other artists from across the country, will be presenting their work in a show called Twelve Voices from One, Graduates of the 2009 Art Cloth Mastery Program with instructor Jane Dunnewold. Along with the exhibition of her recent work she will be hosting an artist talk about her work Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. The opening reception is Thursday, March 31 from 6-9 p.m. Brown was accepted into the Art Cloth Mastery Program in 2009. Graduates completed a two and a half year study of surface patterning techniques, design concepts and color theory. Brown’s other art work can be seen on her website at www.ediebrown.etsy.com.
For more information contact: Edie Brown
831-479-9425, ediebrownmum667@yahoo.com
www.ediebrown.etsy.com
Sharon Cahn has been included this year in the Tacoma YWCA's Rags Fashion Show. This is the 17th year of the show and she has been accepted several other times. The proceeds of the event are designated for domestic violence prevention and intervention programs of the YWCA Pierce County, Washington and to help provide shelter to women and their families whose lives are at risk. For more information call 206-375-7503 or email kris10g68@hotmail.com Sharon’s piece this year is called "Flaming Desire " and is a 5 piece ensemble.
Marion Coleman has been commissioned to design a public art installation for the North Berkeley Branch Library. She is also a semi-finalist for the Norman Mayer (Gentilly) Library in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marion was interviewed by KQED, channel 9 as part of the Textural Rhythms exhibit at the Museum of the African Diaspora, http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/thisweek/ .
Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists (CQFA) presents Primal Green: Environmental Art Quilts at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. SDA members Diane Carver, Maureen Lardie, Nancy Riffle, Julie Stiller and Debbie Wambaugh have work in this exhibit. The exhibit will be on display from March 1-July 30, 2011, in and around the Wallace Stegner Environmental Center on the 5th Floor. The library is located at 100 Larkin Street in San Francisco. In connection with Earth Day, a program at the library on April 17th at 1 p.m. will present art quilters discussing their techniques. The program will be followed by an artist reception. Music will be provided by renowned Bay Area jazz musicians, including Wally Schnalle and Jeff Massanari.
Emily Dvorin has work in the JAPANESE CULTURAL EVENT: 6 artists show techniques and stylistic influences reflected in their current work now through April 1st at the Urban Space Gallery show, Oakland, CA.
Emily has work in TEXT AND TEXTURE: California Fiber Artists Show now through March 10th at The Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom, CA and FIBER OPTICS: California Fiber Artists Show now through May 31st at Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA. Emily also has work in NATIONAL FIBER DIRECTIONS now through May 28th at the Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. Emily is also teaching Twined Basketry to 3rd and 4th grades throughout March at Brookside School and Manor School.
Emily gave a presentaion to the Petaluma Arts Association, "TRANSORDINARY VESSELS" - The Sculptural Basketry of Emily Dvorin.
Suzanne Friedland: Gualala Arts will present an exhibition of large works by artist Suzan Friedland from Friday, April 1 through Monday, May 30, 2011. The exhibit reception will be Friday, May 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. along with The May Show.
Linda Gass has work in the Baulines Craft Guild Master Annual
Exhibition, through March 17, 2011, at the Marin Community
Foundation, Novato, CA The exhibit showcases the art of studio craft
featuring works in fiber, clay, glass, wood and metal. Open 9 am - 5
pm Monday - Friday.
Linda's work is included in "Green: the Color and the Cause" at The
Textile Museum, Washington DC. April 15 - September 11, 2011. http://
www.textilemuseum.org/
Linda was awarded the Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker
Foundation. She is one of 12 Bay Area artists selected for the award
based solely on artistic merit by a panel of three nationally known
arts professionals. Eligible artists are nominated by local nonprofit
visual arts organizations. The panel reviews sample artwork without
information as to the artists' identity or professional history.
http://www.fleishhackerfoundation.org/eureka.html
Jenne Giles: Feltmaker Jenne Giles will be offering feltmaking classes out of her San Francisco studio in March. To view class list and to sign up, visit the following site: http://www.harlequinfeltworks.com/Announcements/MarchCLASSES.htm
Jenne Giles is a master feltmaker known for her innovative felt wearables and fine art felt work. She is author of Felt Fashion: Couture Projects from Garments to Accessories (Quarry 2011).
http://www.harlequinfeltworks.com
http://www.jennegiles.com
http://feltworks.wordpress.com
John Marshall will be adding a new class on Meiji Design. The Meiji Period (late 1800's) has long been one of my favorite eras in terms of energy and innovation in Japanese contemporary design. I will have hundreds of samples for you to examine and from which to draw inspiration. http://www.johnmarshall.to/J-MEIJIstyle.htm
To view all of John Marshall workshops visit his calendar of events: http://www.johnmarshall.to/C-calendar.htm . To visit the sale at John Marshall see http://www.johnmarshall.to/HinaSalePageONE.htm
Marilou Moschetti will be teaching Old World, New Age Felt.
Make a connection to ancient cultures and distant lands by learning to combine natural wool fibers and hand dyed silks to make laminate felt. Felt making is forgiving, flexible, deceptively simple and yet endlessly complex.
Information:
March 26, 2011
Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild
Aptos Grange Hall
www.nunofeltdesigner
felting07@gmail.com
April 9, 16, 30, 2011
Osher Life Learning Institute
http://www.creativearts.sfsu.edu/olli
Chris Motley has had a piece accepted into National Fiber Directions 2011 show at the Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, KS. In addition, two of her pieces will be shown in the Fantastic Fibers 2011 show at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY.
Connie Rose is offering an INTRODUCTION TO SHIBORI workshop on Saturday & Sunday, March 26 & 27, at Origin Design Lab, http://www.origindesignlab.com (website), Origin on Facebook (FB Page) in Old Town Eureka. The class will meet from 10-5:00 pm both days and costs $150 for the weekend. This is an opportunity to learn how to use fiber reactive (Procion) dyes, and how to manipulate fabric by binding, folding, stitching and clamping to create beautiful resist patterns on dyed cloth, while having a load of fun!
For images of her work with shibori, click this link, http://constancerosedesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/shibori, to see all of her blog posts and photos related to shibori. You can also see more of her work at Constance Rose http://www.facebook.com/pages/Constance-Rose/99343683586?ref=nf
You MUST preregister for the class. To do so, contact Andrea Baker acbakerco@yahoo.com at Origin Design Lab by email or phone (707) 497-6237. Supplies list will be provided when you register.
If you haven’t done much or any fabric dyeing and you want to learn how to create your own fabulous fabrics, don’t miss this class. It’s going to be a blast! Hope you’re there!
You can contact Connie Rose, as well, for more information – by email connierose0218@att.net, or phone (707) 499-4382.
http://constancerosedesigns.com
http://constancerosedesigns.blogspot.com
http://zazzle.com/constancerosedesigns*
Megan Scott of C & T Publishing announces that TAP® has been selected the winner of the 2011 Winter Innovations Showcase. Lesley Riley’s TAP® Transfer Artist Paper http://www.ctpub.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=1817 is a premium-quality transfer paper for artists, quilters, and crafters. With TAP, you can transfer inkjet-printed images to virtually any surface with the heat of an iron. From fabric to paper, wood, glass, metal, and more, there are very few surfaces that can’t be “TAPPED.”
April Sproule will be offering several surface design weekend workshops at her business, Sproule Studios, in Fortuna, CA. For more information call (707) 725-9124, e-mail: aprilsp@suddenlink.net, or check the listings on her website at: http://www.sproulestudios.com/workshops
The scheduled classes to date are:
Shibori Dyeing with procion Dyes, March 12-13, 2011
Working with Speciality Fabrics, May 20-21, 2011
Fabric Painting with Setacolor, July 23-24, 2011
Indigo Shibori, September 30, Oct. 1 and 2 (three consecutive days)
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