Crescendo 1 by Burton

Minding Color
Studio Art Quilt Association
Washington Region

August 4 - October 31, 2021

For the artist and viewer, color is an essential part of the art.  However, color bears often a hidden message, certainly the full spectrum of emotions and has enormous impact on human reception or memory.  It often elicits an emotional response in the viewer.  Sometimes, even the deliberate absence of color where one would expect color, or a faded, muted color scheme can create this response. 

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: “a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure.”

SAQA is a dynamic and active community of nearly 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.  Their vision is that the art quilt be universally respected as a fine art medium.  Through exhibitions, resources, publications, and membership opportunities, they seek to increase the public’s appreciation for the art quilt and to support their members in their artistic and professional growth.

SAQA artists in the Washington Region thrive in our remarkably diverse and inspiring landscape.  We welcome our regional SAQA artists back to the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum.  We hope you enjoy their creative work in this vibrant exhibit.

For more information on SAQA, visit www.saqa.com/regions/washington

Exhibiting Artists
Carolyn Burton
Geneva Carroll
Janet Darcher
Donna Deaver
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Ginnie Hebert
Lisa Jenni
Donald Larson
Margaret Liston
Val Mayse
Barbara O’Steen
Stephanie Ostmann
Lynn Pittsinger
Linda Riesterer
Sarah Roberts
Julie Sevilla Drake
Susan Smith
Geraldine Warner
Lynn Woll
Colleen Wootton
Chandra Wu

Detail, Ghost Birds by Leslie Dickinson

Rhythm of Light
Surface Design Association
North Peninsula Chapter

July 7 - October 10,  20211

Both traditional arts such as quilting, sewing, embroidery, applique and weaving and such contemporary techniques as fabric dyeing, painting, printing, collage, beading, and felting are seen in the 58 two- and three-dimensional pieces displayed by 24 members of the Surface Design Association’s North Peninsula chapter. Many of the exhibited pieces are for sale; SDA members will also have cards and other pieces available in the museum gift shop.

The North Peninsula SDA chapter is one of several western Washington affiliates of a national organization. For more information about it, see www. surfacedesign.org.

Exhibiting Artists
Bainbridge Island:
Donna Lee Dowdney
Chimacum:
Erica Iseminger
Mary Tyler
Nordland:
Joyce Brustad Gordon
Port Angeles:
Evette Allerdings
Barbara Houshmand
Michelle Johnson
Port Ludlow:
Jeri Auty
Port Townsend:
Leslie Dickinson
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Sue Gale
Pat Herkal
Sandee Johnson
Kindy Kemp
Debra E. Olson
Barbara Ramsey
Jean-Marie Tarascio
Cathie Wier
Joyce Wilkerson
Erika Wurm
Sequim:
Linda Carlson
Kathie Cook
Liisa Fagerlund
Redmond:
Donna Lark

Paper Quilt by Kelly Cook

Color is my Second Language
Paper Quilts by Kelly Cook

September 1-26, 2021

From the Artist:
I attended the University of Nebraska from 1970 to 1974, receiving a BFA in art. In 1976 I attended the SummerVail Art Workshop in Vail, Colorado. I moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1978 to attend the University of Puget Sound. receiving my MFA in 1980. After graduate school I attended the Banff Centre of Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta. It was in Banff that I met Nedi-al-Helali, whose work I own and have always admired. Her work was paper that was woven and then pressed and painted giving it a three dimensional look. And that was my inspiration for beginning to work with paper.
 
I started experimenting with dyes and different papers doing mold made and cutting and pasting paper with paint. I went into a store in Seattle called Cerulean Blue and found Procion Dyes, which are Fiber-Reactive Dyes, introduced in England in 1956. Salt is used in the process to force the dye into the paper. After 12 to 24 hours in the dye it is then set with Soda Ash. Then waiting another 8 to 12 hours for the dye to set, it is then rinsed 3 or 4 times with water and allowed to dry.