“SAQA in Florida” Exhibit
The Peabody Auditorium, in Daytona Beach, FL, is currently showing “SAQA in Florida,” an exhibit of thirty art quilts made by Florida members of Studio Art Quilt Associates.
I got to see the exhibit over the weekend, and was very impressed with it. The Best of Show was Barbara Watler’s “Transitions.”
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This amazing piece is nothing but thread painting! Oh my! Do click on the image below to get an idea. Perhaps you’ll be able to make out individual stitches in the blue area.
Jayne Gaskins won first place for her 3D piece “A Note for Papa H.”
I think you can tell that this piece is stuffed. But, click on the image below to see more fantastic thread painting.
Pat Kumicich won second place with her quilt “Weight Weight Don’t Tell Me.” A piece we can probably all relate to.
Pat has filled her piece will all sorts of newspaper and other text, which helps to tell the story.
Marianne Williamson’s “The Inlet” won a well deserved third place. (Do click on the image below to see some of the detail.)
Marianne used tiny pieces of fabric, paint, and LOTS of free motion stitching to add a wonderful painterly quality to her piece.
Honorable Mention went to Sandra Donabed for her piece “Fandangode Tortuga.” The judge commented that she particularly liked the contrast in this quilt, as well as the abstracted leaves.
Although these pieces were deemed the best of the show, there were many more wonderful ones. I’ll show you some of those in my next post.
Ellen Lindner
Oh, my goodness! What amazing art in the Florida SAQA exhibit! Barbara Watler’s work is unbelievable–except for your great photography. And I have long been a fan of Sandra Donabed’s writings. Thanks for this interesting post.
Martha