SAQA 2016 | Reflections on the keynote with Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi

I just received my latest copy of the SAQA journal which had a great article by Cindy Grisdela outlining Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi's (http://carolynlmazloomi.com/) keynote address. Dr. Mazloomi is a highly influential, African American quilter, historian, author and curator. In the '80's, she started the Women of Color Quilters Network, http://wcqn.org/.

NEWS | Art on Demand in Philadelphia MOMA

So, I just love Philly's Museum of Art's Art of Demand program.

(http://artondemand.philamuseum.org/)

Through it, you can purchase print reproductions on paper and canvas of some of the great artworks from their collection. You can also get them framed! Costs are not too bad from $25 (16 x 13 inches, $35 (22 x 18 inches) and $85 (3 x 24.25 inches) for paper and canvas.

My favorites are of course, their collection of impressionism and post-impressionism AND their vintage exhibition posters. These are the posters from their past exhibitions! So cool. What caught my eye was the poster from their 1972 Silkscreen exhibition. It's really nice!

Check it out:

http://artondemand.philamuseum.org/detail/459931/pma-exhibition-poster-silkscreen-history-of-a-medium-1972

Love it! I'll definitely plan to make a purchase. I'll be in Philadelphia for this year's SAQA conference this April and will demonstrate one of my new ventures with fabric painting at MakerSpace. More to come on this soon.

NEWS | SMARTBOX (Birchbox for Artist)

Image by Pixabay

Smartbox.com offers a great little service that sends you art supplies and a project each month. It is a little pricey at around $50 bucks per month but is a great way to learn different art media and forms. What I like is that the supplies are the real ones...no cheap dime store variety. From paints to pens, brushes to paper, they send you EVERYTHING you need to complete a full project. You can pay $50 each month or lock in for around $40 bucks for 3 months.

Check out: http://smartartbox.com/pages/how-it-works

NEWS | Bohemia Blue accepted at AQM show - May 15th to July 31, 2016

I just found out that Bohemia Blue has been accepted for this year's

AQM show in Oberlin, Ohio.
 
It was just 1 of the 34 quilts chosen out of 312 entries! 

Yeah!