Jean Cacicedo Leach
Jean Williams Cacicedo
We are thrilled to have Jean Williams Cacicedo, renowned innovator of the Wearable Art Movement of the 70’s presenting at the May 9th, 2015 joint meeting of the Surface Design and Contemporary QuiltArts Associations. Her presentation will be on “The Transformation of Cloth”.
Jean is known for her “signature coats”, her pieced and sewn, slashed, felted and dyed constructions have been both published and exhibited throughout Western Europe, Japan and the United States. In 2000, a 30-year retrospective of her work was featured at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California, and Museum of Art and Design, NYC. Jean received an NEA Fellowship Grant in 1976. She is currently a Board Member of the Textile Arts Council of the de Young Museum, San Francisco.
Jean replaces Yoshiko Wada who had to cancel due to family issues. All Washington State SDA members are invited to attend the meeting, which will be held on the Seattle Pacific University campus from 11AM to 1PM.
SDA Washington Traveling Exhibition
We have worked out the preliminary details for the exhibition and are now in the process of shopping exhibition venues. The juried shows are planned to rotate to at least three venues in the State in the 2016/2017 timeframe. Many thanks to the Advisory committee– Larkin Van Horn, Whidbey Island Surface Design ; Catherine Kirsch, Member Resource Team Surface Design Association; Jennifer Love, former Surface Design Association representative for British Columbia and the Steering Committee–Maura Donegan, Eastside SDA; Vicki Gerton, South Central SDA; Pat Herkal, North Penisula SDA; Judith Noble, Seattle SDA; Colleen Wootton, Whidbey Island for their invaluable input in formulating the plan. We will share news as we have it and would love to have your ideas and input!
Other News
SDA’s Financial Standing—Pledges totaling over $150,000 were received enabling SDA to move forward with such plans as redesigning the Web site and digitizing the Journal; a strategic plan is being developed. Fulfill your pledge here.
eNews–The latest eNews provided information for the ‘Materialities’ call for entries for a juried catalog and Arrowmont show.
Newsblog—Features Cameron Mason’s installation at the 2014 Burning Man Celebration
Janet Echelman Exhibit–Janet’s installation is up at the Gates Foundation in Seattle. We were not able to coordinate a time in her schedule for her presentation to SDA Washington, however you can view the installation (best at night) from a public viewing area at the Foundation on 5th Avenue across from the Seattle Center. The installation can also be seen from I-5.
Area Meetings
Eastside – Sunday, Mar 15th, 2-4PM, at VALA Art Center & Studios, 16409 NE 74th St, Redmond Town Center. Bring your work finished or in process for show and tell with other artists.
North Central (Wenatchee, Manson, Leavenworth area) –For more information. please email Geraldine at gwarner@nwi.net.
North Peninsula: Wednesday, March 11, 3-5 pm. Kindy Kemp’s home/studio. We’ll discuss our upcoming group show this summer. Jeannie McMacken (jeannie@blueheartstudio.com).
North Sound (Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties)— Monday, March 30th, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts at 12636 Chilberg Road in LaConner. Contact Area Leader Linda Downing (creekwaterld@yahoo.com) or Valerie Wootton (vjwcamis@frontier.com) for more information.
South Central Group — March 14, 2015, at 10 am, we will meet at the home of Katherine Sylvan, 802 S Kellogg, Kennewick, at 10 am. Hands on fabric printing with thickened Procion MX dye, the third layer of our surface design study. Email Vicki Gerton (vgerton@gmail.com) for directions or questions.
Seattle—March 7, 10AM-12 Demonstration of Japanese and Western papermaking at Mary Ashton’s studio, 6511 19th Ave NE. Please bring art finished or in process to share.
South Sound, next meetings Saturdays, February 28th at the Arbutus Folk School in Olympia, please RSVP to Faith Hagenhofer, faithkeh@hotmail.com.
Whidbey Island, please contact Debra Calkins <dcalkins@whidbey.com>for more information.
How to get SDA news
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Surface Design Association–Washington 
Thanks for this. Lots of interesting stuff going on in your part of the world.Did you get the info about our upcoming exhibition, mended? Your members are of course welcome to attend our opening reception, or the monthly meeting the following month (April 14) at the Il Museo gallery where the exhibition will be displayed – the director there is going to give a talk on Italian Textiles. See info on our website: http://www.surfacedesignbc.org/I'm wondering if it would be ok if any of our members were to attend the Jean Cacicedo Leach event in May. Unlikely, but it’s possible that 2-3 people might want to make the journey, or be in your area anyway around that time. Please advise.Thanks,Jennifer
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:18:41 +0000 To: jenniferannelove@hotmail.com