Dinner at Eight Artists

Friday, February 8, 2013

A Year of Art

We are so pleased to support a fun fiber art fundraiser for the American
Cancer Society. Donate any amount on February 12 and 13 through Fiberart
For A Cause during "A Year of Art" and you could win a Inspiration Month
prize package worth more than $1500.
We have donated a "Rituals" book from our latest exhibit to the prize package and hope you will join the fun.
More information here: http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/AYearofArt2013.html
The generous artists and patrons of Fiberart For A Cause have already
donated more than $220,000 to the American Cancer Society.

Monday, February 4, 2013

What's for Dinner?

Most nights on Facebook, Jamie Fingal asks the question "What's for Dinner?" and her friends with respond with what they are having for dinner, so....

What’s For Dinner?

International Quilt Festival wants to know what you are having for dinner tonight, and would like to invite you to participate in our new exhibit, What’s for Dinner?, which will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival 2013 in Houston. Quilters and food have always gone together, but we have not had an exhibit that has addressed this phenomenon in quite some time.

photo credit Iowagirleats.com

We’ll “set the table” with your quilts for this Special Exhibit on the show floor, that depict enlarged “place settings”, complete with a placemat/tablecloth, napkin, fork, knife, spoon, and a plate full of “what you are eating for dinner.” This could be your favorite dinner at home, in a restaurant, or what you have for Sunday dinner. We are excited about this theme and hope that it will show a variety of interpretations, fabric choices, and views into different cultures, rituals, and lifestyles. Think colorful, fun, outside the box, and visually appealing!

photo credit marthastewart.com

All quilts must be uniform in size, horizontal format, with nothing hanging off the sides, top, or bottom. The finished quilt size, or “place setting,” must be 24” x 15” (width x height) and cannot exceed 2" in depth. Please, no metal silverware attached. Artist Statements should be submitted via our entry form to explain your piece, the meal, and the meaning behind it.

photo credit meetthedeubiens.com

As many art quilters know, a loyal following of people on Facebook read and contribute to the ever- growing question of “What's for Dinner?” on quilt artist Jamie Fingal's Facebook page. In fact, this is how the exhibit idea got its start! We will have both Jamie Fingal and Dinner at Eight Artists partner, Leslie Tucker Jenison, to jury this exhibit.

photo credit elegata.com

Call for Entries on-line entry open March 29-May 17 - here is the link

Hope you will join us in making a quilt for this exhibit!

Friday, December 14, 2012

"Rituals" travels to the European Quilt Championships!

L-R: Leslie, Ada Honders, & Jamie

Dinner At Eight co-curators, Leslie Tucker Jenison & Jamie Fingal, pose with Ada Honders, the coordinator for the European Quilt Expo/Championship in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Ms. Honders

contacted the Special Exhibits coordinator of IQF, Houston to inquire about the availability of "Rituals" to travel to the European Quilt Expo for the show, which is May 3-5, 2013. We are pleased to introduce you to Ms. Honders, and include a link to the European Expo. She tells us the venue is located within a former monastery. Please stop by the website and take a look at the venue.