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New Daytime SDA Meetings in Seattle!
Please join us as we kick off the daytime Seattle SDA group.
Wednesday, September 5th
Roberta Nelson’s home/studio
7304 53rd Ave. NE, Seattle, Washington.
(to those of you have RSVP’d already, this is a location change)
Lunch at noon and meeting begins at 1-1:15. Roberta will provide a salad with assorted toppings. We need three generous souls to bring either bread, a sweet or drinks (other then tea or coffee.) Please RSVP to robertasn@comcast.net and let her know if you will be attending lunch and meeting or one or the other.
This is your opportunity to participate in creating this group; bring your ideas, positive energy and openness to creating a collaborative and supportive group of surface designers.
Also, if you are interested in coming but can’t make this meeting, we would love to hear from you too!
Next meeting will be Wednesday, October 3rd and we need a volunteer to host/facilitate at the location of your choosing.
Yarn-Bomb With Fellow SDA Members!
Luke Hayes, SDA member, invites you to
Yarn-graffiti a store!
He will provide some materials and some instruction and we will take over the whole front of a building!!
He has all the afghans and granny squares he could find at all the area Goodwills and materials you can use to make your own squares to add or embroider your name or images or anything you want [within reason] to the wall of this building.
He’s even bringing the pattern to make some space invaders out of squares.
8-bit graffiti! He’ll bring patterns for Marios and other game figures for the more adventurous.
Come down and meet other stitchers or bring all your friends!!
There will be materials for those who don’t have any or bring your own additions.
This will be awesome! You know you have always wanted to do this.
Contact: luke@lukehaynes.com
828- 273-2066
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/433687686682015/
Location: 482 15th Ave E, Seattle WA
Time: Friday 8/24 5pm- dark
Saturday 8/25 12pm- dark
Cost: FREE!
Go to the Facebook Event Page to learn more and sign up to attend:https://www.facebook.com/events/433687686682015/
Quilting Arts Magazine Spotlights the “Thursday Art Group” In Latest Issue
Three members of Surface Design Association (Washington), Lynne Rigby, Kristine Service and Mary Berdan, along with Mary Lewis and Deborah Jaffe, meet as a small group weekly to study art history. Referring to themselves as the Thursday Art Group (TAG-5), they have been meeting faithfully for about three years.
An article regarding these artists, their art, and art studies has been published in the August/September 2012 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. The article is titled Replenishing Your Creative Well: Fiber Art Groups by Lynn Krawczyk.
The group also has a blog which chronicles their art history journey. http://arthistorygroup.blogspot.com/ Their blog states: “Our intention is to inspire each of our blog readers as we share some of our art history studies with you.”
How do you get inspired? Consider sharing something that works for you in the comment section below.
TEXTILIA Show Features Several SDA Washington Members
Why Choose Sides – Janet Steadman
An artists’ reception will be held Saturday August 4 from 2-4 PM. Penn Cove Pottery is located at 26184 State Route 20, between Coupeville and Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island. Penn Cove Pottery is open from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sunday.
For further information on Penn Cove Pottery, click HERE.
To learn about FiberOptix and their members, click HERE.
Populate Your Page Event – Saturday in Seattle and Sunday in Portland!
A reminder about our Populate Your Member Page/Networking event on July 14th in Seattle and July 15th in PortlandYour member page on the SDA website is one of your many member benefits. Populating your page is only a few clicks away and we want to help you!
Seattle: Saturday July 14, 2012 1pm-4pm
Ballard Library
5614 22nd Ave NW
Portland: Sunday July 15, 2012 1pm-4pm
the home of Gerrie Congdon
2812 SE Moreland Lane, Portland 97202
ph: 503.788.3322
Join us for a an afternoon of networking and network help. All you need to bring are:
- Two digital images of your artwork (as large as possible)
- Details about the work – name, size, date, medium
- Your SDA login and password
We’ll provide:
- Photographer for your head shot (or you can bring your own)
- Assistance to help you write your “About Me” statement (250 character limit)
- Computers and technical support to upload images and text
- And remember, all Washington and Oregon SDA members who have their member page populated by July 15 (whether or not you attend an event) will be eligible for two prize drawings for $100 Dharma Trading Co. gift certificates. And Washington members who populate their national SDA pages will have their names linked on the SDA-WA website
There will be time for informal show and tell– bring something you’re working on to share. Refreshments will be served
For FAQ’s about populating SDA member pages including accessing your SDA login and password pages, Click Here.
PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT!
Seattle event July 14th – Peggy O’Heron
Portland event July 15th – Gerrie Congdon
Peggy
SDA-Washington Area Rep
The Fabric Workshop comes to the Tacoma Art Museum Tonight!
Innovation and Collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Thursday, June 21, 6 pm
Free for Third Thursday
Learn how The Fabric Workshop collaborates with contemporary artists to create new work in new materials. Discuss how the studio works with artists, from an initial idea all the way through to the final work of art, and get a unique, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the installation-in-progress of Marie Watt: Lodge (opens Saturday, June 30) Jennifer McTague, Project Technician for The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, PA will present.
For more information about these events, click HERE
Artist Trust Hosts a Weekend of Textile Exploration, Wine and Art
This is from the Artist Trust Newsletter. Field trip anyone?
June 29-30 :: Mighty Tieton, WA
Join Artist Trust and Family Wineries of Washington at Camp Mighty Tieton for a packed weekend of textile exploration, art, wine and a special Pecha Kucha.
Featuring: Artist Trust; 15 Family Wineries of Washington; Artist Trust grant recipient Mandy Greer; Kathryn Gustafson; Textiles Tieton; Friends of the Rag; Moveable Type Letterpress Van; Yurts; Camp-Out Weekend; Felting; Dance Party! Plus a special Pecha Kucha on “Fabric of Creative Community,” at which presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each — a whirlwind of creativity!
Take on the Gimme Shelter! Design Challenge: Design and build your own lodging for the weekend, and display your functional design while camping out in Tieton. Unusual materials and shapes are encouraged. The smartest, the most extravagantly creative will take home prizes and bragging rights.
Volunteers needed! Felting assistants, community crochet assistants, gallery attendants, A/V person, ticket seller. Please contact Sylvia Imbrock for information.
Daniel Smith is Looking for Demo Artists
This in from Deborah Burns, the Events Coordinator at Daniel Smith.
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We are looking for Artists to demonstrate at our Seattle and Bellevue
DANIEL SMITH Stores, Artists who can do inspiring and informative demos!
We have free demos on the weekends to demonstrate different art techniques,
show how different art materials are used, different art mediums, etc.,
things that our customers would like to know more about, and would come to
our Free Demos to find out about!
We offer a $100.00 DANIEL SMITH Gift Certificate as compensation for 2, one
hour demos.
If you are interested please send an email to Deborah.Burns@danielsmith.com
(please do not contact the stores) with your name, phone number, website or blog and a paragraph describing what your demo would be about. Please be sure to fill in the subject line with: “Artist interested in doing Demos”
Some ideas for demos:
Airbrush (Iwata Airbrushes)
Copic Markers
Artist Transfer Paper
Silk Painting (with Jacquard products)
Fabric Painting & Dyeing (with Jacquard products)
Oil Bars (W&N)
Relief Printmaking: Safety-Kut, or Linoleum (DS Relief Inks)
Silk Screening (Versatex inks)
Egg Tempera (Sennelier)
Acrylic (prefer DS brand – though others we carry are fine)
GOLDEN Open Acrylics
Watercolors (prefer DS brand – though others we carry are fine)
Oils (prefer DS brand – though others we carry are fine)
Collage
Mixed Media
Encaustic
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground – and creative ways to use it
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks
Portraits, Landscape, Animals
Gesso – DS Gessos
And????
Demos work best when they are fun, inspiring and informative! We’d love to
hear your ideas! You can find out about our current demos on our Store
Events Blogs:
Seattle: SeattleDanielSmithEvents.blogspot.com
Bellevue: BellevueDanielSmithEvents.blogspot.com
Find us on Facebook at: Facebook.com/DanielSmithArtStores
Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Deborah Burns, DANIEL SMITH Events Coordinator
Jason Pollen, President Emeritus of SDA, Is Coming To Vancouver, BC
Consider taking a road trip to Vancouver to hear Jason Pollen, internationally recognized fiber artist and President Emeritus of SDA speak on June 22. It will be an inspiring evening. Thank you SDA- BC for the invitation!
This event has been sponsored by members of the BC Chapter of the SDA.
Surface Design Association–Washington 
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