SDA Member News May 25, 2009

"Lotus Shoe: Grandmother Chen" by Joan Pao.

SDA member Joan Pao's "Lotus Shoe:Grandmother Chen" will be part of the "Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories" exhibit at Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA, June 6,2009 - January 3, 2010. Opening reception Sunday, June 14, 2009, 2-5 PM.

Joan constructed this shoe in memory of her paternal grandmother. She also made a "Lotus Shoe: Grandmother Wong" for her maternal grandmother as well. Both grandmothers had their feet bound. To recreate the shoes they wore, Joan used polyester curtain fabric with straight pins.


Larry Schulte's exhibit of woven painted paper at the Lobby Gallery of 499 Park Avenue, NYC, has been extended through June 30, 2009.

SDA Member News May 18, 2009

EXHIBITION NEWS

River Notes by Judith Plotner

Four new fiber works by Judith Plotner, Gloversville, will be in juried exhibitions around the country. "River Notes", one of two pieces inspired by a kayaking trip in the Adirondacks, will be included in Images 2009 at the Robeson Gallery at Pennsylvania State University from June 10-July 12, 2009, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Arts Festival.

Another piece from this series, "Notes on a Stream," will be in Quilt National at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, opening May 22 - September 7. The show will then travel for two years. For a list of venues please go to the Quilt National website.

Judy will also have two pieces in the upcoming show, "Musings", at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, MI this summer.

Jeanne Beck's "Parables 3" will be on display at "The Quilted Surface V", May 18 - June 20, 2009, at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 139 W Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215.

MEETING NOTICE

The Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY) invites you to its next meeting.

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM

Speaker: Mia Pearlman

Location: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist
40 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues), New York City

Admission:
$5 special guest fee for members of other textile organizations
$10 for unaffiliated guests attending a TSGNY meeting


REMINDER: JOHN MARSHALL MINI-WORKSHOP FRIDAY, MAY 22 at All Things Art, Canandaigua, NY, 7-9 PM.

SDA Member News April 26, 2009

CORRECTION ON JOHN MARSHALL CLASS

CLASS OPENINGS-- My apologies, I listed the wrong date for this class last week, so let's try again.

John Marshall's class on traditional Japanese Katazome has ONE opening left.

Dates: May 19- 24, 2009.
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $575 plus $140 materials fee.

Michele Whipplinger's class on African Mudcloth, learning how to use tannins and traditional mud dyes plus a session on indigo dyeing has ONE opening.
Dates: August 13 -15, 2009
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $425 plus $85 materials fee.

If you are interested in attending either one of these excellent classes, please contact Sara Burnett at sjburnett@frontiernet.net

EXHIBITION NEWS

Elaine Longtemps

Corkgun by Elaine Longtemps

"Corkgun", a statement about gun control, responds to the story of an inner city boy playing cops and robbers with his friends and a toy cork- gun. Security police mistook him for a real gunman and fatally shot him.

"Bearing Witness: Arts as Social Action"
Dates: May 17 - June 20, 2009
Opening Reception May 29
Hours: Wed - Sat, 12-6, Sun 12-4

ARC Gallery
832 W. Superior St., #204
Chicago, IL 60622

Larry Schulte

"S068" by Larry Schulte, 20" x 20", printed in an edition of five.

Larry Schulte had a print selected by curator Polly Apfelbaum for the International Print Center exhibition, "New Prints 2009/Spring." IPCNY is located at 526 West 56th Street, 8th floor, New York City.

The exhibition will run through May 30th.

Arle Sklar-Weinstein

"A Local Gallery Spreads Its Wings" by Susan Hodara This is a link to an article about the new gallery.

A juried exhibition of 37 works inaugurates the Blue Door Gallery, located at 13 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers, NY. Hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-5 PM and Friday, 2 - 7 PM.

Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Director
Blue Door Gallery
Cell: 914-584-6291

Patricia McKasty, Manager
Blue Door Gallery
BDG 914-375-5100


OTHER NEWS

Barbara Murak presented a hands-on workshop, Fabric Painting and Printmaking Techniques, at The Society for the Arts in Healthcare's 20th Annual International Conference, April 22-25.
The Center for the Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo hosted this year's conference, highlighting the new Healthcare Initiative at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo.

SDA Member News April 19, 2009

CLASS OPENINGS

John Marshall's class on traditional Japanese Katazome has ONE opening left.

Dates: May 19- 24, 2009.
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $575 plus $140 materials fee.

Michele Whipplinger's class on African Mudcloth, learning how to use tannins and traditional mud dyes plus a session on indigo dyeing has ONE opening.
Dates: August 13 -15, 2009
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $425 plus $85 materials fee.

To register or ask additional questions about these classes or future ones, please contact Sara Burnett by phone at 585-554-3540 or via e-mail at sjburnett@frontiernet.net

EXHIBITIONS

Bonnie Epstein's work is included in Pulp Function, an exhibition of contemporary works made of paper at the James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, from March 28 -June 28, 2009.

Pulp Function was curated by Lloyd Herman and organized by the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA where it opened in June 2007. It has traveled to venues across the country since January 2008. The James A Michener Art Museum is Pulp Function's last venue.

BULLET STEAMER FOR SALE

Contact Jeanne Beck at beckwriter@aol.com if you are interested in purchasing a stainless steel full-size bullet steamer. It does not have an inner core but it does work. I bought it used and have used it only once. Cost: $150. They sell for about $1100 new now. Would be ideal for a fiber arts program at a college or university or for a production silk painter.

SDA Member News March 30, 2009

Special Evening Lecture by John Marshall
Date: Friday, May 22, 7-9 PM
Location: Ontario County Arts Council Building, 65 South Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424
Tickets Available at the door: $35



Elaine Longtemp's Trapped has been selected by Roy Slade for inclusion in the Katharine Butler Gallery 4th Annual National Exhibition in Sarasota, Florida.

March 27 to April 26, 2009
Tuesday - Friday, 12 -5 PM, Saturday April 15 - May 9, 2009
Towles Court
1943 Morrill Street
Sarasota, FL 3423612 -3 PM, or by appointment

Artists Reception in the Towles Court Courtyard April 17, 2009, 6 - 10 PM

Clay- Fiber- Metal- Wood
at Indigo Art - 74 Allen Street - Buffalo, NY 14202 - 716-984-9572

An exciting opportunity to see the accomplished work of six members of the Buffalo State College Design faculty:

Jozef Bajus - Sunhwa Kim - Tara Nahabetian - Stephen Saracino - Carol Townsend - Robert Wood

Artists' Reception: Friday, April 3, 6 - 9 PM.

Surface Design Classes
SDA member Sara Burnett is sponsoring a variety of surface design classes in the Rochester area. Although classes with John Marshall and Jorie Johnson are currently filled, there are three spaces in Michelle Whipplinger's three-day class, "Mudcloth with Mud Pigments and Tannins" (with an afternoon of indigo dyeing), scheduled for the week of August 11-17, 2009 (exact dates not available yet.). If you are interested in attending this class or would like to be on Sara's contact list for future classes, please send your contact information (e-mail, phone number and mailing address) to Sara at sjburnett@frontiernet.net.

Hijacked Blog; New Address

Jeanne Beck's blog Exploring the Surface fell into the hands of ruthless pirates. If any of you were readers and wondered why the address suddenly brought up a random spam ad site, that's pretty much it's sad demise. If you would still like to read about Jeanne's art explorations, it's now on line again with a new name, Art by Jeanne Beck.

SDA Member News March 9, 2009

Fiber + Thread = Art

SDA member Natalya Aikens is one of 31 fiber artists participating in this exhibit at the Mohopac Public Library. Please check the library website for hours and directions.

The exhibitors in Fiber + Thread = Art are all members of a fiber arts group that meets in Somers, NY. The members hail from surrounding areas in Westchester County, Dutchess County and Eastern Connecticut. Many people in the group are also members of SAQA.

The show opened March 2 and the work will be on display until April 3.

Women's History Month Celebration Exhibit in Buffalo

The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County, the New York State Council on the Arts and Empire State College SUNY, in collaboration with National Fuel, are proud to celebrate Women's History Month with the third Virginia Weiss Invitational exhibition. Select local women artists will commemorate Virginia Weiss' legacy through their art.

SDA member Barbara Murak is one of the Western New York women who has been invited to participate in the exhibition.

This year's exhibition theme is Silver Linings. The exhibition, open March 6-31, 10 AM - 5 PM weekdays, will be held at Empire State College, Appletree Business Park, 2875 Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY, 14227. Please contact Empire State College at 716-686-7800 and check availability before visiting as the viewing schedule is subject to change.

SDA Member News March 1, 2009

Textile Study Group News
Lectures and Workshops

A Lecture/Demo by D.James DeeThursday, March 12, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
The SOHO Photographer's Studio
12 Wooster Street (1st floor)
New York, NY 10013

Open to Non-members for $35.00
Seating limited to 25

James Dee's lecture will cover most aspects of shooting with a digital camera: 1.Lighting: Quality vs. quantity and the proper exposure. 2. The camera: technology terms, their meanings and where to use them; file formats and exposure. 3. Camera specifics: manual vs. automatic, what each means and what each does (you may bring your camera). 4.Choice of file formats: raw, tiff or jpg. 5. Post production: what to do with a file after you shoot the picture. 6. Question and answer.

D. James Dee opened his studio in 1974 to provide photography of the highest quality at affordable rates for the art community. Many TSGNY members have been his customers.

TSGNY Class for Knitters and Crocheters

Saturday, March 14, 12:00 - 5:00 PM

Ann Loeb's apartment:
1111 Park Avenue, #10A (at 90th St.)
New York, NY

Spend an adventurous afternoon making fabulous fabric using a diversity of yarns and stitches. Under Arlene Mintzer's expert guidance, participants will knit or crochet their own swatches, switching between techniques as inspiration directs and changing from one traditional or nontraditional material to another. You might choose to exchange swatches and continue working while learning from someone else's creative approach. Come and play. Good basic skills are required.

Arlene Mintzer has been a faculty member at Parsons School of Design for 29 years. She has taught workshops throughout the country, most recently in New York City at Habu Textiles and the Museum of Art and Design.

Limited to 10 participants. Deadline for payment is March 7. Non refundable unless the workshop is filled.

For each individual lecture/demo and workshop, please mail your name, address, phone number and e-mail address with check payable to Textile Study Group of New York c/o Barbara Arlen, 210 E. 68th St., #6E, New York, NY, 10065

Call or write Barbara if you have any questions: 212-628-1289 /b.arlen@mac.com

Discover Hidden Hungerford
Artists' Studios' Open House

Hungerford Building
1115 East Main Street
Rochester, NY

Friday, March 5, 2009
5 PM - 9 PM

It's a first! Over 25 artist studios in the converted Hungerford factory building will be open to the public on Friday, March 1st as part of Rochester's growing First Friday gallery opening nights.


Visit Jeanne Raffer Beck's studio, #366, enjoy a glass of wine and see selected works from her Pages, Parables and Seeds series.

All visitors will have a chance to enter their names in a drawing to win one of her "Notations" pieces.