Hanging Day at Festival in Long Beach

Greetings!  Jamie and I worked on banners to make use of an open wall in our exhibit space at the Long Beach quilt festival.  For two days prior to hanging the exhibition we worked in Jamie's studio stitching the already-fused pieces (by Jamie).  We had fun working together, as we always do.

Wednesday, July 31:  Our wonderful hanging crew met us at the Long Beach Convention Center
to hang "An Exquisite Moment".  The crew was amazing!  There was quite a "quest" for the proper length of hanging rods amongst the show supplies but we eventually pieced things together.  With the great eye for detail Judy and Indigo Perez helped us arrange, then re-arrange pieces so they looked fabulous together.  Everyone on the crew:  Peggy Calvert, Stacy Hurt, Sherri Kleinman, Jeannie Palmer Moore, and Indigo and Judy Coates Perez were awesome.

We examined the Stkr.it label I placed on the back of my quilt.

Check it out!

Here are some shots of the exhibit..

We even had a little "sword fight" with our pool noodles.

Lunch after the set-up at the Hyatt was fun!

Judy, Leslie, & Jamie

Jamie, Jeannie, and Peggy

Peggy, Sherri, and Stacy

How lucky are we to have these amazing women to help hang the 

Exquisite Moment exhibition?

Pretty lucky!

From Quilts, Inc - Promoting our Exhibit!

An Exquisite Moment to debut in Long Beach!  View this email in your browser

Experience "An Exquisite Moment" in Long Beach!  Among the exhibits debuting at this year's Quilt Festival in Long Beach is "An Exquisite Moment," a diverse and inspiring collection of quilts from Dinner at Eight Artists, and curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison. Each quilt in the exhibit offers the artist's interpretation or representation of one of life's "exquisite moments" (a personal milestone, the birth of a child, the realization of a dream, a moment shared with a lover or friend, a treasured memory) in 24" x 60" format. While the common theme (and size) ties the collection together, the quilts vary significantly in terms of style and technique. So, Festival attendees get a chance to see how a single idea can inspire a multitude of differing, incredible works. See the complete list of participating artists on the Dinner at Eight Artists blog. Special thanks to exhibit sponsor Moore's Sewing Centers.

The Visitor by Susan King. Stitching, Interrupted by Pamela Price Klebaum. Birds Eye View  by Wen Redmond.

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An Exquisite Moment - The Book!

The book is available on Blurb.com, designed by Loris Bogue -  To view click here for $21.09/each

Cover artwork is by Cheryl Sleboda; Geschwindigkeit (Speed), a detail of her piece in this collection.

 "An Exquisite Moment"  Consider the following:  The unfurling of a flower. A hummingbird in flight.  A magical moment shared with a lover or friend.  The birth of a child.  A personal milestone.  The realization of a dream.  A treasured memory.  The sacred moments of the ordinary.  These are the Exquisite Moments that make us who we are.

Venues:
International Quilt Festival in Long Beach; August 1-4, 2013; sponsored by Moore's Sewing Centers
International Quilt Festival in Houston;Oct 31- Nov 3, 2013; sponsored by Havel's Scissors

Artists:
Frances Holliday Alford; A Moment of Passion
Sue Bleiweiss; The Hummingbird
Deborah Boschert; Glimpse
Paula Chung; Ancient Jupiter
Gerrie Congdon; XXOO
Cindy Cooksey; Grocery Shopping with Sammy
Diane Doran; California Dreaming
Sheila Frampton-Cooper; Ode to Lavandula
Diane Hock; Serenity
Stacy Hurt; Lift
Lyric Kinard; Bach Suite
Susan King; The Visitor
Pamela Klebaum; Stitching, Interrupted
Sherry Kleinman; Waiting Expectantly
Susan Brubaker Knapp; First Snow
Jane LaFazio; Havana
Susie Monday; One, All One
Jeannie P. Moore; The Ring
Jayne Larson; Rainbow:  A Moment of Reflection
Rachel Parris:  Ordinary Day (pictured above)
Judy Coates Perez; Fear of Flying
Yvonne Porcella; The Power of Yellow
Wen Redmond; Birds Eye View
Karen Rips; Fiji
Carolyn Ryan; Shattered
Cheryl Sleboda; Geschwindigkeit (Speed)
Sarah Ann Smith; Listen to the Song in the Night
Virginia Spiegel; Golden World
Cynthia St. Charles; Winter Walk II
Terry Waldron; Water Dance
Kathy York; Balance

Leslie Tucker Jenison
Jamie Fingal

A 33-Piece Collection - 24" wide by 60" high; vertical format

Artist Profile: Co-curator Jamie Fingal

Jamie Fingal
Orange, California

1,  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or art?  1981, a traditional nine patch

2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts?  Venue?  3 for 3 in 2003;  Road to California, Journal Quilts Houston, Sacred Threads

3.  What is your artistic style?  bright, whimsical, painterly, representational, abstract

4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?  Yes!  Took the leap to art quilts in 2001, and never looked back.  I hope my style is always evolving.

5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  Surface design has always intrigued me. 

6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  Painting, watercolors, stencils

7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.  Quilting Arts June/July issue, Mary Janes Farm Magazine June/July issue, line of stencils through Stencil Girl Products, co-curator for What's for Dinner? for IQF Houston, guest on Pat Sloan's radio show on Aug 26.  Teaching at Art & Soul in Portland and IQF Houston!.

8.  Where will your art take you from here?   Onward and upward, to fulfill some of my artistic dreams and goals

9.  Describe your studio space:  1,000 square feet of industrial space, room for my long arm, and Bernina, large design table, various work tables around studio, fabric stash, paint area, office, and sitting area.  Lots of large wall space, room for classes, small gallery show.

10. What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?"  The size is a bit unweildey, but that is part of the challenge.  I found it difficult to decide what to do, something sentimental, or abstract?  Number one thing - keep it simple, happy and create this piece about my ankle replacement.

http://JamieFingalDesigns.blogspot.com/ 

Artist Profile: Co-curator Leslie Tucker Jenison

Leslie Tucker Jenison San Antonio TX 1.  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or  art?   My first quilt was made around 1980 or 81.  I began as a quasi- traditional quilt maker, though I was not very prolific early on due  to work & family demands. I became interested in creating my  own unique work in the early 90s. 2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered  your art quilts?  Venue?   I didn't show any of my work until after we moved to Texas.  My first quilt show was local:   The Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild.  In 2001 I showed a quilt that I  feel was somewhere between a traditional and art quilt called, "What Bugs Me The Most".   It won 2nd place in the mixed technique category. 3.  What is your artistic style?    I vary between representational and abstract, but lean more heavily toward abstraction.   Certain themes come up again and again:  the meaning of home, the effects of pressure  upon objects, cells, circles. stones, nests, the garden lifecycle.  These things are symbolic  and meaningful to me in my work. 4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?   Oh yes, I think my style is always evolving.  I like to push myself.  I do this with the surface  design work on the cloth, and again with the quilts I create. 5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?   I am revisiting my roots of making useful quilts within the framework of the Modern quilt  movement.  The aesthetic is very appealing to me and I enjoy the occasional foray into  this world.  I try to stay open to the possibilities out there. 6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?   I'm also a painter.  I like to draw and paint and try to do this fairly consistently because it forces me to stop, pay attention, and really look at things.  I'm also a photographer:   my camera is never very far away.  I may be addicted to Instagram! 7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.   In addition to "Exquisite Moment", Jamie and I juried "What's For Dinner, to debut this  fall at the Houston Quilt Festival. I have created a quilt for the Ovarian Cancer Fundraising  event for MD Anderson for fall, 2013.   I'm teaching at several places this year:  "Don't Fade  Away", a quilt documentation seminar, and at City Quilter in New York City, both  sponsored by the Quilt Alliance.  I will teach several workshops at the Art & Soul Mixed Media Retreat in Portland OR in late September/early October, and also at the  International Quilt Festival in Houston TX, fall 2013.  I've written several articles this year  and my studio will be featured in an upcoming book.  It has been a busy and wonderful year! 8.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.   Does anyone know how to answer this question?!  As my studio life, writing, and teaching  unfold I hope I continue to learn.  There is no question I will enjoy it!  I love the give and take of teaching and working with a group.  My work on the board of the Quilt Alliance  continues to inspire me.  9.  Describe your studio space:  My main studio is a large second master suite in our home.  I recently re-organized the  space to better accommodate my work habits and reorganized my storage.  I hope to  recreate the bathroom/vanity area into a more functional wet work space.  The small sink  is a bottleneck!   I also share studio space at Art Cloth Studios.  As the wet studio in the new studio location gets up and running I will be spending part of my time there and hope to  organize a few workshops in the space. 10.  What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your  art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?"   I had my theme picked out immediately!  My biggest challenge was getting the digital images sized to the appropriate scale for the piece.  It was very frustrating!

Artist Profile: Jayne Larson

Jayne Larson
Indianola, WA

1. What year did you make your first quilt? Traditional or art?  The first quilt that I finished was an art quilt for a mini group challenge in 2002/2003. I had started several other quilts, a mix of art and traditional, before then, but never finished any of them.

2. What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts? Venue?  My quilt was in a group show in southern California in 2003 or 2004. And I can't remember the venue.

3. What is your artistic style?  Expressionistic realism probably describes most of my work. But I am interested in moving toward more abstraction.

4. Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?  I started using mostly machine work, piecing, appliqué and stitching, but now handwork is my preference.

5. What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  In the past I have occasionally used digital photography in my quilts which I would like to explore further. Its very exciting how images can be manipulated and printed or applied to textiles, with the software and technology that is available.

6. What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  Drawing is the key starting point and means to focus my inspiration.

7. What do you have coming up? Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.  This year, I plan to participate in a gallery show in Hilo, Hawaii in September and a show in Thousand Oaks California in October with my mini group, Extreme Quilters.

8. Where will your art take you from here?  I am interested in experimenting with drawing more.

9. Describe your studio space.  I work in a bonus room area. Although it's part of a walk out basement, there are lots of windows and my yoga room is adjacent. I've recently added a new TV so that I can watch Netflix while I'm stitching. My husband calls my studio the "woman cave" and I love my time there.

10. What is the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment"?   Although an idea came to me fairly early, I struggled to find a way to translate the idea into an image that was not too literal or trite. Serendipity of fabric bits floating around my design wall and a luminous gray hand-dyed fabric provided a solution.

Artist Profile: Diane Perrin Hock

Diane Perrin Hock
Heraldsburg, California

1.  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or art?  I made my first quilt back when I was in high school, in the early 1970's.  My sister and I collaborated to make a gift for a cousin.  She drew cats on fabric (remember Liquid Embroidery?!) and then we alternated the cat blocks with traditional squares.  I suppose that means it was an "innovative" first quilt!

2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts?  Venue? I'd shown quilts in local guild shows, but the first significant show in which I entered an art quilt was Pacific International Quilt Festival, in 2003 or 2004.

3.  What is your artistic style?  I ponder this question myself, because sometimes I feel like I'm all over the place.  I am drawn to a more graphic style, and tend to use a lot of color.  I also tend to use more realistic imagery in my art quilts, rather than pure abstraction.  I consider my style to be always evolving.

4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?  Yes, definitely.  I started out making traditional quilts, although with contemporary and usually bright fabrics. As I discovered the fun of making art quilts, I started trying a lot of different things.  I hope my style continues to change as I grow and learn.

5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  It's easier for me to define the few things that don't appeal to me in working with fiber art than the ones that do.  There are so many wonderful avenues to explore!  I am increasingly drawn to painting on fabric and using whole cloth as a base for a painted quilt.  I would love to explore the concept of abstraction more, too.

6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  Drawing and painting definitely influence me.  I'm doing a lot of watercolor painting and I can see that starting to creep into the way I think about fiber art. 

7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.  I am one of the twelve quilt artists in the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge group, and I'm pleased that the Twelve by Twelve collection quilts are continuing to travel for upcoming exhibits.  The Colorplay set of 144 quilts will be exhibited at Midsomer Quilting in Bath, England in July, 2013, and the original set of 144 quilts will be exhibited at the Northwest Quilt Expo in Portland, Oregon in September, 2013.  I am also one of 30 American quilt artists participating in an international invitational fiber art challenge between Japan, France and the United States, in which each artist is interpreting a painter's work.  Those quilts will debut in Japan in 2014.  I am also a newly certified quilt judge, with the mission to help other judges and show hosts understand art quilts, and I will be judging in several Northern California quilt shows this summer and fall.

8.  Where will your art take you from here?  Who knows!  I consider art my adventure, my therapy, my expression, my experiments, my fun. 

9.  Describe your studio space:  For several years I have had one small 10x12 foot bedroom which both my housed my work materials (desk files, books) and my sewing and art materials.  A few months ago I was finally able to move my work office into another room, so I now have one room dedicated to sewing, quilting and fiber art.  It's still 10x12 feet, but those extra feet make a huge difference.   

10. What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?"  The size and the unusual shape.  I had many ideas that, to my mind, required a horizontal orientation.  Because of the space constraints in my studio, and the fabric collage technique I was using, it wasn't always easy to step back from the quilt to see its full effect.  But those sorts of challenges are good lessons and present opportunities for problem solving, I find!

http://www.goingtopieces.blogspot.com

Artist Profile: Frances Holliday Alford

Frances Holliday Alford
Grafton, Vermont

1.  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or art?  1986.  It was quasi-traditional.  Cut "blooming" squares, alternating squares of dark and light blue.  I still use it.

2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts?  Venue?  The International Quilt Festival in Houston.  1996

3.  What is your artistic style?  Multi-media, brave colors, unexpected elements, humor and innovation.

4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?  It shifts all the time.  I like to try different mediums, different techniques.  But, eventually they look like I made them.

5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  Modern Quilt Guild, old crazy quilts, postage stamp quilts.

6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  Sculpture, Outsider Art, Old Masters, Collage.

7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.  IQA Houston - Celebrate Spring!

8.  Where will your art take you from here?  It keeps me in the community of wonderful artists.  It gives me something to keep me moving forward personally, physically, and spiritually.  I want to make art for the rest of my life.

9.  Describe your studio space:  I rent a converted two story barn several blocks from my house.  The sewing and design are all upstairs in one big room.  Downstairs, I have a collage room, an office and a kitchen.  I have decided it would be nice to work at home so am considering a remodeling job to make that work.

10. What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?"  The biggest challenge was to think of the perfect exquisite moment.  I finally decided that I would follow Rachel Parris' lead and use a simple pleasure.  As a child, finding passion flowers growing wild behind our house was a spectacular moment for me.  

http://www.franceshollidayalford.com    

Artist Profile: Pamela Price Klebaum

Pamela Price Klebaum
Ventura, California

1,  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or art?  In law school, I had a list of what I wanted to do when I graduated – have a baby, learn quilting, calligraphy and stained glass. I did them all in 1978!

2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts?  Venue? Buenaventura Art Association, 2007.

3.  What is your artistic style? I strive for an aesthetic I describe as “spare,” uncluttered. I like a pared-down image, with line and texture telling the story.

4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts? I think this core goal of simplicity has been consistent. I love a good line-story.

5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  I have studied discharge and wax methods, and would like to try my hand at those, nice spare marks.

6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  Currently my work intersects with my how I create my art glass pieces – what has developed is a delightful cross-fertilization of image and texture. I am trying to see how I can transfer textile surface design techniques to my glass-making.

7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc. I have a solo show this fall at a local art association, and a “joint-solo” show at another local art association in the fall of 2014.  I have a piece in Martha Sielman’s latest Art Quilt Portfolio book.

8.  Where will your art take you from here? I am focused on translating my glass work into textiles. Depicting the multilayered transparent curved glass images in a flat undulating surface is quite a delightful undertaking.

9.  Describe your studio space: My studio is a former bedroom that has a spectacular view of the Pacific. Sweeeeet!

10. What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?" My hand stitching is intense and took months. I wanted long elegant stitches, but I felt they would be fragile if not anchored. So I did tiny anchoring stitches as well, which tripled the time required. Partway through the piece, I had shoulder surgery, which forced me to stop stitching for six months. I was so afraid I would not be able to finish the piece in time.

http://pamprice.blogspot.com

Artist Profile: Jeannie Palmer Moore

Jeannie Palmer Moore
Escondido, California

1,  What year did you make your first quilt?    Traditional or art?  I made an airplane motif traditional quilt for my first quilt in the 1990's. My first art quilt was in 2005 when I started dyeing my own fabrics.

2.  What is the first show, and year, that you ever entered your art quilts?  Venue?  I entered my shibori dyed "Sunset" quilt in 2006 at the Escondido Arts Partnership "Tall & Thin" show and received a 2nd place ribbon.

3.  What is your artistic style?  I'd say my style is more graphic with surface design Because of my graphic design background.

4.  Have you ever changed your style from when you started making quilts?  Oh, Yes! I am constantly evolving- right now I'm enjoying combining my painterly style with surface design.

5.  What other style in quilt making piques your interest?  I've always enjoyed life drawing and I want to start putting more people in my designs.

6.  What other medium in art influences your work as a fiber artist?  At the moment watercolors are influencing my quilts. I'm able to produce depth in my designs with painted dyes and inks.

7.  What do you have coming up?  Shows, Articles in magazines, Books, etc.  I was accepted into SAQA "Radical Elements" which debuts in Houston. My "Tasty Tomatoes" in SAQA "Seasonal Palette" will be at Long Beach. The April/May issue of Quilting Arts Magazine includes my article on Tsukineko inks and Newspaper Transfer techniques. I have donated 2 fundraiser items for SAQA's 12x12 and "Kick off Your Heels". I hope to have 2 other quilts accepted into IQF Houston.

8.  Where will your art take you from here?  Where ever it wants! I've been an artist my entire life and creating is my way of life.

9.  Describe your studio space:  Since my kids have moved out I have taken over their 2 rooms. One is my sewing room with my Handiquilter Sweet 16 and my Bernina. The other is my wet room with large tables and supplies for creating along with my cat; Rocky.

10. What was the biggest challenge you have encountered in the making of your art quilt for "An Exquisite Moment?"  My idea came instantly and once I silkscreened my background it went together quite quickly. It was a great theme!

www.JPMArtist.com