NorCA/NV SAQA

Shifting Tides – Convergence in Cloth

July 27, 2021

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural HistoryExhibit Dates: July 16 through September 12, 2021

Artist Talks with Nancy Bardach, Alice Beasley, Judith Content, Lisa Jenni (Washington), Denise Oyama Miller: Thursday, July 22 , 6-7pm

Closing Reception: September 10, 5:00-7:00pm

Museum Address: 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Museum Hours: Friday – Monday, 10 am – 4 pm

Museum Phone: (831)648-5716

Museum Website: pgmuseum.org

From their strikingly different vantage points—from Southern California northward to Western Canada and Alaska, plus Hawaii—artists from a range of backgrounds were asked to express their concerns and feelings about the Pacific. “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,” write Gteorgia French and Sonja Campbell, co-chairs of the exhibit planning committee.

Artist Talks

The artist talks were well attended and the art looked fabulous in the museum. Denise Oyama Miller shared some her photos from the event. Click on the photo to expand the view.

Shifting Tides debuted in San Jose, California at the time of the 2019 SAQA Conference for the purpose of showcasing the talents of SAQA members living in the greater North Pacific region. The show will tour seven participating Regions, bringing to public view the innovative contemporary art that SAQA stands for.
Juror: Ann Johnston, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Created as a group exhibit to shine a light on the issues facing the Pacific Ocean today, Shifting Tides is a collection of work by 45 artists chosen from the seven Pacific-facing regions of SAQA. Curated by renowned textile artist Ann Johnston, the exhibit offers a variation of style and context about the plight of oceans and the communities they support.

Regions: Alaska, Hawaii, Northern California/Northern Nevada, Oregon, Southern California/Southern Nevada, Washington, Western Canada.

Nowhere To Run To, Nowhere To Hide
Beth Blankenshp

Estuary – Anaheim Back Bay
Bonnie Bucknam

Next Venue Wailoa Center, Hilo Hawaii: October 8 – 28, 2021 – Live and Online.

Artists in Residence: Art in the Time of the Pandemic

November 23, 2020

The SAQA Local Connections group for the Greater Sacramento/Foothills Region issued a call to artists from our Northern California and Nevada region for a non-juried showcase exhibit for art quilts made during the pandemic. The exhibit of forty 12″ x 12″ art quilts opened at the Blue Line Arts Gallery in Roseville, CA on November 20, 2020. See images of the individual quilts on the Feature Foyer Gallery page.

Blue Line Arts
405 Vernon Street
Roseville, CA 95678
Friday, November 20, 2020 through Saturday, January 2, 2021

This exhibit focuses on work inspired as a result of the pandemic and explores how artists have grappled with sheltering at home, for example social distancing, isolation, loss, grief and the opportunities for more intense creative expression made possible by the slower pace of life.

Artwork by Northern California/Northern Nevada Members for the SAQA Benefit Auction

August 3, 2020

The annual Benefit Auction is SAQA’s premiere fundraising event! The 2020 auction will take place online from September 11 through October 4. All proceeds help support SAQA’s exhibition programs, publications, and education outreach.

Members from our region stepped up and donated fifty-six 12″x 12″ pieces to SAQA’s Benefit Auction. The pieces from our region are shown below. See hundreds of beautiful pieces by SAQA members and learn more at the Auction Preview. In September be sure to bid on your favorite(s).

Art Quilts Reception

January 12, 2020

The Art Quilts reception on Saturday January 11, 2020 at Sebastopol Center for the Arts was a huge success with over 200 attending.

Linda Blust
Grayson, An African Grey Crowned Crane
Merit Award

This International Juried Exhibition is a collaboration between Sebastopol Center for the Arts (SCA) & Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). “Art Quilts” are art objects that reference stitched layered sculptures, using modern and/or traditional quilting techniques. Join the artists for wine and refreshments at the opening reception and enjoy this collection of beautiful, thought-provoking, cutting-edge artwork. The exhibition will be on display from January 10 through February 16, 2020.

Additionaly, the SAQA North Bay Local organized a showcase exhibit How Do They Do That? which runs concurrently with the Art Quilt exhibit.

Announcements by Juror Bill Yoes and Creative Director Catherine DeVriese

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Art Quilts

Giny Dixon
Coastal Passage: Beautiful Victim

Angie Frey
Reflecting on Increased Population
Third Prize

Jane C Joost
Tribute to Our Foremothers, Mothers, Daughters, and Granddaughers
Merit Award

How Do They Do That?

Display of unusual materials used in Art Quilts

SAQA Booth at PIQF

November 4, 2019

October 17-20, 2019

Our SAQA booth at the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) was a great success!

Northern California/Nevada Regional Rep, Sonja Campbell, was there every day and reported “PIQF is always special to me because I have the opportunity to talk with the members staffing the booth. We also get to see members who drop by to say hello. The best part is prospective members that look at our trunk show and know they have found their people. We had 25 people that either joined or renewed their memberships.”

Local members, Giny Dixon, Dolores Miller, Jenny Lyon, Cynthia Minoli, Joan Barker, Ann Grundler, Jean Jurgenson, Aileyn Ecob, Karen Swift, Priscilla Read, Judith Content, Barbara Confer, Cara Gulati, Mel Beach, Roxann Burns, Sue Bianchi, Jennifer Landau, Barbara Kibbe, Randa Mulford, Katherine Reader, and Susan Heller, pitched in to set-up and staff the booth where the trunk show of over 50 art quilts on display.

Member Priscilla Read with our regional representative, Sonja Campbell

3-D pieces by Dolores Miller, Sonja Campbell, Jen Landau, Jean Jurgenson and Susan Heller were especially popular.

Thanks so much for being part of the fun and sharing your experiences as a member of SAQA.

Stitching California – Opening Reception

August 20, 2019

August 17, 2019

Forty two Northern California/Northern Nevada SAQA fiber artists interpreted the diversity, illusions, realities, and hopes to depict the complexity of the Golden State. The show opened at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, CA on August 17. The opening was attended by over 300 people.

Here’s a link to the article about the show on the front page of The Ukiah Daily Journal.

Catalog available at Amazon

Show curators – Holly Brackmann and Jennifer Landau

Pomo Basketry Adaptions – Holly Brackmann
Painted Ladies – Jen Landau

Jurors Katie Pasquini Masopust and Karen Holmes

Jurers Katie Pasquini Masopust and Karen Holmes talked about the process of selecting the pieces for the show.

Show Highlights

California Sojourn – Jerrie Cogdon
Blue Collider Event Display -Ann Baldwin May
Pink Coneflowers – Jan Soules
Then and Now: Connectong Waterways – Donna Brennan
Bodie Lat 38.21354, Long 119.0156 – Roberta Lagomarsini
California Topo – Lin Schiffer
Oak Leaves and Acorn – Aileyn Renli Ecob
California Cuisine – Laura Fogg
California Cuisine – Laura Fogg
Museum Director David Burton
Susan Kelly – Second Wind – Fort Point
Fault Line – Pixeladies Deb Cashett and Kris Sazaki

Artwork by Northern California/Northern Nevada members at the SAQA Benefit Auction

July 19, 2019

Sept 13 – October 6, 2019

The annual Benefit Auction is SAQA’s premiere fundraising event! The 2019 auction will take place online from September 13 through October 6. All proceeds support SAQA’s exhibition programs and other outreach.

Members from our region stepped up and donated fifty-two 12″x 12″ pieces to SAQA’s Benefit Auction. The pieces from our region are shown below. Check out the beautiful array of over 400 pieces by SAQA members and learn more at saqa.com/auction. In September be sure to bid on your favorite

Shifting Tides – Opening Reception – April 20, 2019

April 23, 2019

Fiber Art from the Seven Pacific Regions of Studio Art Quilt Associates. Shifting Tides is presented as a world premier traveling exhibition in collaboration with Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).

Shifting Tides opened in San Jose, at Works San Jose. It was successful in so many ways. We had large crowds over the two weeks. The show was at Works/San Jose until May 5, 2019. We sold a high volume of catalogs and three quilts. The Exhibition is now moving to Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, Washington. It will be there from June 26- September 29, 2019. Catalogs will be available at all meetings.

Robert Porter, Patricia Porter, Denise Oyama Miller, and Sonja Campbell

Pelagic Produce – Denise Oyama Miller
In My Wake – Alice Beasley
Rings of Eternity – Lisa Jenni
Atomic Atoll – Louise Hall

Alice Beasley, Barbara Confer, and Jennifer Hammond Landau

Shifting Tides – Sneak Preview – Opens Friday!

April 15, 2019

The show opens April 19 and runs through May 5, 2019.

Learn more about the show on our Regional Events page.
The Artists’ Reception is on April 20 – 1 – 3:00 pm. Don’t miss it!

A great crew of local volunteers hung the show for Shifting Tides 7 at Works San Jose. They tooks some photos so we can get a preview of the show.

The crew (left – right) Denise Oyama Miller, Giny Dixon, Dean Miller, Jennifer Landau, Aileyn Ecob, and Joe Miller (Gallery Director)

Works/San Jose
365 S. Market St.
San Jose, CA

The Best of 3D

February 16, 2019

Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
April 4 – May 27, 2018
Exhibition of 3-dimensional fiber art shown in conjunction with the Art Quilts: Work by Members of SAQA

Here are a few highlights from the show.