dinner at eight artists: we curate, teach, write, and make art
We are happy to announce that Dinner at Eight Artists is a sponsor for "stitched - the film" and our name will roll in the credits. Isn't that cool?! The movie will be shown at the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati, and Leslie and Jamie have their tickets! |
| Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal will be teaching at Festival in Cincinnati. It's pretty cool to see our names in print in the class catalog! |
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| Musical Chairs: A Painted Canvas Collaboration - an all-day class on Saturday, April 9th. We will paint a huge canvas in the morning, and then cut it up and give a section to each student to make into the following items in the last photo on this post. It's a really fun class! |
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| The Sketchbook Challenge was launched on January 1, 2011 with the theme “Highly Prized” Anyone can follow along with the 16 artists on the blog; there is a Flicker site set up for uploading your own drawings that interpret the theme each month. Impressive giveaways too! “Beneath the Surface” artists who part of the 16 artists are: Jamie Fingal Leslie Tucker Jenison Jane LaFazio |
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| Grab yourself a pot of tea or coffee and sit down and watch this exclusive interview with Yvonne Porcella, Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson inside Yvonne's amazing art studio. You can join for the month of December to watch this episode. It is long, but you will want to watch it in its entirety. Click on this link to get to the website |
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| The newest DVD for the Quilting Arts TV Series 700 is available for pre-order; Beneath the Surface artists who are guests in this series are listed below Series 700 Episodes 1–13 Episode 701: Jeannie Palmer Moore shows how she stitches first, then paints with water-soluble crayons • Leslie Tucker Jenison and Jamie Fingal introduce a quilt exhibit and share tips for shipping quilts Episode 702: Tea bags as imagery for mixed-media art quilts with Judy Coates Perez Episode 704: Hanging sleeve how-to with Leslie Tucker Jenison Episode 705: Screen printing using dye and facial cloths with Leslie Tucker Jenison Episode 706: Save my UFO with Pokey and Leslie Tucker Jenison Episode 707: Free-motion zigzag stitching and zippers with Jamie Fingal Episode 709: Save My UFO with Pokey and Judy Coates Perez Episode 710: Judy Coates Perez uses oil paint to create and enhance imagery on fabric for art quilts Episode 713: Art quilts that incorporate zippers with Jamie Fingal You can pre-order your DVD today |
