Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth
Regional Exhibition
This exhibit focuses on the current state of the Pacific Ocean ecosystem, its marvelous natural diversity, and the human activities that both sustain and threaten oceanic life.
Art Quilts from 7 SAQA Pacific Regions: Alaska, Hawaii, Northern California & Northern Nevada, Oregon, Southern California & Southern Nevada, Washington, Western Canada
Forty-five pieces were selected by juror Ann Johnston. A printed exhibition catalog along with audio recordings by the artists were created for this exhibit.
Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth Steering Committee:
Sonja Campbell and Georgia French, Co-Chairs
Phyllis A. Cullen
Giny Dixon
Carolyn Higgins
Lisa Jenni
Jennie Johnston
Cat Larrea
Jennifer Hammond Landau
Sheryl LeBlanc
Denise Oyama Miller
Patricia Porter
Merely because we live in this part of the world, we as individuals are part of the Pacific ecosystem. On a daily basis we may not recognize the changes that are happening, but they are of vital importance to our world. In the prospectus for this exhibit, we challenged SAQA artists to consider the ramifications and consequences of their Pacific connection. We were stunned with the variety and emotional intensity of their responses, as well as with the beauty and graphic impact of their work. An exhibit was born, and it far exceeded our expectations.rinted imagery, and sewn fibers, are a seemingly ancient combination. At their confluence, thee is pigment and pressure, woven layers, and borders sewn with fiber. There is color as well as texture, form, intention, ingenuity, and many stories. Textile and print go hand in hand, and the combinations are constantly being reinvented. We invite you to create new work using both techniques for this exhibition. –Sonja Campbell and Georgia French, ShiftingTides co-chairs
Exhibition Schedule
Works/San José
San José, California, April 19 – May 5, 2019
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum
La Conner, Washington, June 26 – September 29, 2019
Chehalem Cultural Center
Newberg, Oregon, March 3 – April 25, 2020
CityScape Community Art Space
North Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 15 – June 13, 2020
Wailoa Center
Hilo, Hawaii, July 10 – July 30, 2020
International Gallery of Contemporary Art
Anchorage, Alaska, September 4 – September 26, 2020
Pratt Museum
Homer, Alaska, October 9 – November 28, 2020
Visions Art Museum (now Visions Museum of Textile Art)
San Diego, California, January 16 – April 4, 2021
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Pacific Grove, California, July 16 – September 12, 2021
Accepted Artists
Clare Attwell, Surging Tides of Consequences
Karen Balos, Port of Oakland
Nancy Bardach, Rising Tides
Diana Bartelings, Help Me!
Alice Beasley, In My Wake
Beth Blankenship, Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide
Bonnie Bucknam, Estuary – Anaheim Back Bay
Sharon Carvalho, Colors of Melting Glaciers
Barbara Confer, Requiem
Judith Content, Sea Change
Phyllis Cullen, The Burning Sea
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Splash
Judith Quinn Garnett, 2050
Alisa Golden, Undersea Colonies
Louise Hall, Atomic Atoll
Janet Hiller, An Instance of Change
June Jaeger, Topical Metamorphis
Lisa Jenni, Rings of Eternity
Jennifer Landau, Mighty Mussel
Cat Larrea, Tidewater Glacier
Sheryl LeBlanc, Pacifica
Nancy Lemke, Seaside 2
Jacqueline Manley, Widening Gyre of Flotsam Kathleen McCabe, A Quiet Moment
Amanda Miller, Jumping the Gorge
Denise Oyama Miller, Pelagic Produce
Cathy Miranker, Whither the Waterfront?
Deborah Runnels, Promise of the Pinecone
Nancy Ryan, Water
Roxanne Schwartz, Agua CalienteJanet Scruggs, Plastic Chowder?
Maria Shell, Break Up
Sue Siefkin, Blue Reverie in Peril
Sigrid Simonds, Oil On The Beach
Gail Sims, Spiraling Out of Control
Bonnie Smith, Moss Beach
Amanda Snavely, Life In Abstraction