Fiber Fusion Show Opening 2016

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We are thrilled to have had such a wonderful response to our Fiber Fusion show opening! We had an amazing turn-out and we were even on the local NBC affiliate news!!

NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | (please note there will be a short ad prior to the video starting up.)

2016-06-10 15.33.15 Allied Arts Gallery at the Park was the perfect location for the opening and all of the artwork looks phenomenal in the bright and airy gallery!

Congratulations to:

The artists for creating such spectacular works of art!
The Jurors for selecting such a diverse and interesting set of artwork for the show!
and to The Executive Committee for creating and executing such a fabulous show!

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Juror’s Choice “The Birth Of The Grid” by Nancy Loomis Adams

Winner Best Use of Mixed Media “A Resinable Trio” by Rebecca Wachtman

Honorable Mention “Match Sticks” by Melisse Laing

Deborah E. Taylor Spirit of Innovation Award “Doom” by Francesca Penchant

Honorable Mention “Exercise 4” by Angelica Sta. Teresa

The Fiber Fusion show executive committee. Top: Maura Donnegan, Jeannie McMacken, Bottom: Christina Fairley Erickson, Barbara Matthews, and Allied Arts Gallery Regional Show Chair Vicki Gerton

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Juror Layne Goldsmith talking about the Juror’s Choice award winner “The Birth Of The Grid”

Fiber Fusion Exhibition Venue at Allied Arts Gallery at the Park

Apr16 by SDA-WA Blog

Yes, it is really going to happen!

SDA WA is going to have a traveling exhibit!

Whether one of your pieces has been accepted in the Fiber Fusion Exhibition or you just want to see the show, you need to make your plans now to travel to Richland, WA and the Allied Arts Gallery in the Park for the first venue of the traveling show. The opening reception will be held June 5, 1-3 at the Gallery in the Park, 89 Lee Blvd., Richland, WA 99352. Awards will be presented and juror Layne Goldsmith will speak about the jury process. Come expecting beautiful weather in Richland where the temperature ranges from a high of 78˚F and a low of 52˚F, cooling off delightfully at night. The exhibition runs June 1-23.

Recommended Places to Stay

Hampton Inn, 486 Bradley Blvd, Richland.

Hampton Inn

For your convenience we have reserved 10 rooms for June 3 and 4 on the river side of this hotel at $159/night for a double queen or $139/night for a king.

This hotel is a half block from the Allied Arts Gallery. Don’t wait ─ this is a very busy weekend. You make your own reservations with your own credit card, no minimum minimum nights stay. To get the group rate, specify SDA WA; the rooms will go back into general availability after May 10. Call 509-943-4400 or reserve online at http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/P/PSCRLHX-SDA-20160603/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Red Lion Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland.

On the Columbia River and a half block the other way from Allied Arts Gallery. Call 509-946-7611.

Shilo Inn, 50 Comstock, Richland.

On the Columbia River and a 5 minute walk to Allied Arts Gallery. Call 509-946-4661.

Days Inn, 615 Jadwin Ave., Richland.

A 10 minute or less walk to Allied Arts Gallery. Call 509-942-9400.

Homewood Suites by Hilton, 1060 George Washington Way, Richland.

A 15 minute or less walk from Allied Arts Gallery. Call 509-371-1550.

What to Do in Richland?

Riverwalk

Take a SDA WA sponsored workshop.
Walk the 22 mile Columbia Riverwalk.
Walk to the 28 or so restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and bars within a 15 minute walk of your hotel.
Tour some of the over 200 wineries in the area. Drive yourself or book a tour through A+ Pacific Limousine service at http://www.limo01.com/winetours.html, 509-585-7717; or Four Star Limousine tours, http://www.fourstarlimos.com/wine.html, 509-521-7849; or http://www.fruitofthevinetours.com, 509-546-1044.
Take a kayak or canoe tour on the Columbia River. Call Columbia Kayak Adventures at 509-947-5901, http://www.columbiakayakadventures.com.
Visit the USS Triton Submarine Memorial Park, Port of Benton Blvd., Richland 99354.
Visit the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center, 1943 Columbia Park Trail, Richland, WA 99352. For hours call 509-943-4100, http://www.visitthereach.org.
Visit the Richland Farmers’ Market Fridays 9-1, corner of Lee Blvd. and The Parkway, a 10 walk or less from the recommended hotels above.

Richland

For More Information, please see: http://www.visittri-cities.com

The Results are In!- Fiber Fusion Exhibition

Apr13 by ceartquilts

The jury for the WA SDA Fiber Fusion Traveling Exhibition met last

Fiber Fusion Jury and Helpers from left to right: Carla Stehr, Barbara Matthews, Young Chang, Layne Goldsmith, Rock Hushka, Christina Fairley Erickson

week and it’s been a non-stop flurry of activity ever since! We had an incredible response to this call for art from our members (246 pieces entered) and an amazing collection of art!

Here are the artists and pieces accepted into the 4-gallery traveling exhibition:

Mary M Ashton: Waterfall

Liz Axford: Counterpoint 1

Lanny Bergner: Craters of the Moon

Judith Bird: Zambia

Patti Bleifuss: Dust Devils

Danielle Bodine: Maiden Voyage

Arisa Brown: Trepa – Self

Bonnie Bucknam: Sea Cave

Debra Calkins: Tulip Bowl

Flora Carlile-Kovacs: Waves

Erika Carter: Ponderings VII

Maris Cavanagh: Dressed to the Nines- Victoria

Maura Donegan: 1+1+1

Crystal A Edwards: Galaxy

Christina Fairley Erickson: In Flight

Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: Fossil Fantasy #1

Vicki Piper Gerton: Peaceful Meditation

Gay Jensen: Rift

Claire B Jones: Whole Surface: Vitality 2

Cheryl Kamera: New Wave

Kindy Kemp: Rainier

Janet King: Geo Vessel

Melisse Laing: Match Sticks

Donna Lark: Bearded Teapot

Leslie Levenson: Maple Tree

Margaret Liston: Three Birds with Black

Nancy Loorem Adams: The Birth of the Grid

Gwen Lowery: Wheels

Kathy Mack: Going to Town

Barbara Matthews: Happier Days

Dorothy McGuinness: Zig Zag 4

Jeannie McMacken: 11-13-15 Dinner at La Belle Equipe Smoke Dress

Hazel C Monte: As It Is and Should Be

Roberta S Nelson: Adaptation

Barbara Nepom: Corners of My Mind 1

Gabi Nirino: Fleco

Mary O’Shaughnessy: From Whence They Came

Francesca Penchant: Doom

Seiko Atsuta Purdue: Bullet Cloth VIII

Barbara Ramsey: Collapsing Log Cabins: How the Light Gets In

Claire Renaut: 4 Knitted Pieces

Patricia Resseguie: Life Goes On Series Stanza 602

Sharon Rowley: Prayer Wheel

Laura Stangel Schmidt: Winter Poem: Stanza 2

Susanne Scott: Water, Water

Angelica Sta. Teresa: Exercise 4

Deborah E Taylor: I Like the Way You Dance

Larkin Jean Van Horn: Chaos Theory

Rebecca Wachtman: A Resinable Trio

Geraldine Warner: Cryoscape

Gale Whitney: Meltdown

Anke Wildman: Composition 12

Joyce Wilkerson: Cloth Shadow Line

April Works: City Nightlife

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The following alternate selections were chosen to be included on a space-available basis for each gallery, and are confirmed to be shown at the Schack Art Center:

Maura Donegan: 3×3

Cheryl Kamera: Silver Dots

Margaret Liston: Twelve Birds: Not to Scale

Gwen Lowery: Aurora Tower Trio

Helen Remick: Les Fleurs de la Maladie 6

Patricia Resseguie: Life Goes On Series Stanza 603, Life Goes On Series Stanza 604, Life Goes On Series Stanza Tryptych

Cicelia Ross-Gotta: Shirtbirds Waiting

Angelica Sta. Teresa: Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3

Carla Stehr: Microscape 3

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Considering the number of entries and the various sizes of our galleries, the Fiber Fusion executive board decided to have the jury pick out additional pieces to be shown at our final (and largest) gallery: the Schack Art Center. These pieces were selected to be added to the Fiber Fusion exhibition at the Schack:

Liz Axford: Counterpoint 3

Lanny Bergner: The Starlight Within

Judith Bird: Stripes

Erika Carter: Ponderings IX

Fine Gelfand: Shroud for a Memory, transparent quilt

Vicki Piper Gerton: Vineyard Twilight

GJ Gillespie: Forever Young

Faith Hagenhofer: Abundance

Ginnie Hebert: Serenity

Anne Jarnagin: Wood Head

Claire B Jones: Outburst

Leslie Levenson: Oso – March 22, 2014

Nancy Loorem: Adams Random Acts

Hazel C Monte: “Wanderlust” Booklet

Barbara Nepom: Aligned?

Claire Renaut: spreading, sporing

Sharon Rowley: Four Faces of Compassion

Deborah E Taylor: Arcane Pathways

Mary Tyler: Rings Around the Moon

Cathie Wier: Mycelium: Resilient Community

Joyce Wilkerson: Stitched

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We appreciate all our WA-SDA artists who put themselves out there and submitted artwork for the traveling show and hope we’ll see much more in the regional shows coming up (remember, your work is still eligible for the regional show in your area!).

Congratulations to all of our accepted artists… we’ll post photos of accepted artwork in the future!

Fiber Fusion – Entries due March 20!

Mar14 by SDA-WA Blog

You still have one week to enter the
Surface Design Association of Washington State
Inaugural state-wide juried art exhibition by March 20, 2016!

Allied Arts

This is your opportunity to be seen and celebrated! The first -ever traveling exhibition in the U.S. sponsored by the Surface Design Association will happen in Washington State in 2016-2017!
Premier venues: The exhibition will be hosted by four venues– Allied Arts in Richland; VALA Art Center in Redmond; Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend; and the Schack Art Center in Everett.

VALA

Impressive Jurors: The jurors for the exhibition are Layne Goldsmith, professor of art at the University of Washington, Young Chang, owner of Gallery IMA in Seattle, and Rock Hushka, Chief Curator at the Tacoma Art Museum.

Generous Size: Wall art can be small or as large as 60” wide by 74” long—let your imagination run

Schack

wild! Three-dimensional art, wearable art, jewelry, and art cloth will all be considered. We want this exhibition to showcase the latest in surface design art.

What qualifies: Art made between 2013-2016 that uses elements of surface design–dyeing, painting, stitching, or in some way creating or altering the surface of textiles qualifies. Textile here is defined as any natural or artificial fiber or a non-textile

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element, such as metal, that takes on the properties of fiber or is used in combination with textiles.

Join us and make history by doing something you love. You can find out more about the exhibition at SDAFiberFusionShow.org.

Happy Creating!
Barbara
SDA Washington Representative
Sponsored by Surface Design Association and Surface Design Association of Washington

Attention Eastern WA & Vancouver WA!

Mar1 by SDA-WA Blog

Attention Eastern WA & Vancouver WA!

BE SEEN THIS JUNE!

alliedartsgallery_sm Here’s another chance to be part of Fiber Fusion. Eastern WA and Vancouver, WA -area members are invited to submit up to two pieces of art to be displayed in a non-juried regional exhibition. Held in conjunction with our juried Fiber Fusion traveling exhibition in June.

This bonus opportunity provides members a space at Allied Arts in Richland where your work will be seen by all those attending the state-wide show. Best of Region award to be given. You’ll benefit from the exposure and publicity. Be part of the Event of the Year for Washington state SDA members. At least one piece is guaranteed to be displayed. Be part of this exciting event. Deadline: April 30 photo submission.

For more info or to enter the show, please see: Allied Arts Regional Non-Juried Art Show

Surface Design Association–Washington

Surface Design Association – Washington

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Fiber Fusion Show Opening 2016

Fiber Fusion Exhibition Venue at Allied Arts Gallery at the Park

Yes, it is really going to happen!

SDA WA is going to have a traveling exhibit!