SAQA Art Quilt Auction begins today!
Hi all… at 2 pm east coast time today, the SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual fundraising auction began here and here. If you’d like to help support SAQA by bidding, or just would like to see and enjoy the stunning small (most are 12×12 inches) art quilts, surf over to the SAQA site. The price begins at $750, then is reduced this week in increments…does one risk waiting too long for a lower price and losing a gem? If I were independently wealthy….
SAQA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development and documentation. Their quarterly journal has become one of my favorite “magazines” because it not only profiles great art quilters, but also addresses issues of interest to us from creative blocks to marketing. Anyway, Martha Sielman, the SAQA president (and also the curator behind the two wonderful Masters Art Quilt books from Lark–click on the links for more info for Volume 1 and Volume 2) invited us to be virtual curators ourselves and pick some of our favorites as an online show.
La Mere de la Tranquilite by Genevieve Attinger, above, is one of my favorites. The Title translates literally to the Mother of Tranquility, but is also a play on the French for the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. Stunning!
Mary Pal’s study of Jane Goodall is stunning in its simplicity and its complexity.
Composition XIII, by Deidre Adams, is another favorite. Though I generally prefer representational art, I am one who is thrilled by the quilting line, and this piece thrills. One of these days I hope I’ll muster the courage to quilt something, then paint it!
Kate Themel’s GottaHavaCuppa is another joyous celebration of line and stitch…and steam!
In next week’s auction (there are three sessions), Terri Stegmiller’s quilt charms me:
A Little Bird Told Me, by Terri Stegmiller
Which quilts are your favorites? I’ll try to post again in the next two weeks with more of my favorites… so many quilts, no lottery win (yet)!
September 13th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Wow, choosing a favorite out of the ones you highlighted is tough. I like each of them for their virtues.
The tranquility one just made me sigh. I love art celebrating the female figure.
The threadwork of Jane Goodall is amazing I knew who it was right away!
I like the abstract feel of the Composition piece.
The steam captured in thread — I’m a threadwork geek, so need I say more?
And the bird? has such personality!!! I can also hear him talk.
No outstanding favorite. I like them all!