In the IQSC Permanent Collection
I received quite the lovely e-mail a few days ago from Vou Best of the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) about the piece pictured above. It said:
“Congratulations! Your piece in “Meet the Artist: SAQA 20th Anniversary Trunk Show” has been chosen to be one of the 55 pieces archived in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. It will be available to researchers and students as a record of the art quilt in 2009.
“Sandra Sider selected the works for the IQSC collection. “One of the best parts of the 2009 SAQA conference was the three hours I spent in my hotel room, with the 20th Anniversary Trunk Show spread out over beds, tables, chairs, and floor. What an explosion of creative energy! My curatorial task was to select approximately fifty pieces that would be donated in 2010 as a SAQA collection to the International Quilt Study Center. This collection documents the various techniques, processes, materials, and artistic styles in quilt art during the early 21st century, and the SAQA Board envisions these quilts as research tools, far into the future. Your quilt was selected because it represents a particularly distinctive or original approach. Congratulations! Sandra Sider SAQA Vice President.”
“During the past year, many people have viewed the Trunk Shows in venues across the United States and in several other countries. They have been shown at SAQA Regional meetings, to Quilt Guilds, in Gallery shows, at IQF receptions, and I’m sure to neighbors and friends wherever the trunks have visited. Everywhere they’ve traveled, they have received an overwhelmingly positive reaction.
“The SAQA Exhibition committee and I wish to thank you for supporting this endeavor during our 20th Anniversary year. Each and every piece represents the outstanding artistic quality present in the membership of SAQA today.
Vou Best
SAQA’s 2oth Anniversary Trunk Show Curator”
To say that I am thrilled is a serious understatement! When I saw the names on the rest of the list, here…wow! I am humbled, pleased and utterly astonished to be in such good company!
March 4th, 2010 at 10:05 am
congratulations!!! you deserve the honour.
Audrey
March 4th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Doesn’t it feel great to have your work recognized for the unique piece it is? You do wonderful pieces and you deserve the recognition. Congratulations.
March 4th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Congratulations Sarah! Well deserved
March 4th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Yeah!
Well done!
Big pat on the back… you deserve it…
March 4th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Congratulations, Sarah. An excellent piece of work. How fantastic that it will be available for research for generations. Thank you for sharing the news with us! I enjoy all the different techniques you try and your record of it here.
March 4th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
That is awesome! Congratulations!
March 4th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Congratulations, Sarah! A well-deserved honor. Of course, I would love to see your work in person, but have to be content with seeing it on your blog or in magazine articles. It’s always inspiring. Thanks for sharing your quilting expertise.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:40 am
How wonderful for you to be selected! You have been keeping some very exalted company lately …
I love it!
March 5th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Sarah – I am thrilled for you. What a brilliant honour.
March 5th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Sarah
Well done, but you are at least as illustrious as most of the other people on the list, so no need to be modest!
March 5th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU GO GIRL!
What a very cool surprise…enjoy the preservation of your legacy!!!
March 6th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Super Major Congratulations!! A very well deserved honor!
March 6th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Congratulations! How cool to have your piece in a permanent collection. What an affirmation of your creativity and talent!
March 6th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
congratulations!!!
March 13th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I tip my hat to you! Congrats!!!!