Current Events

Pamela Stricker's "Fish Dreams"

Quilts on the Wall Member Pamela Stricker, Nelda McComb and Tara Ritacco's art works

were selected for Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)

Spotlight Auction

The Spotlight Auction will be an online event taking place from April 19-29. 

Pieces will also be displayed at the 2023 SAQA Toronto Conference.

You do NOT have to attend the conference to participate - bidding is open to everyone.  All proceeds will help support SAQA programs.

Over 380 pieces of artwork will be available for bidding.

For More Information visit: https://www.saqa.com/spotlight

Nelda McComb - Open the Door

Tara Ritacco - Blue Moon

Congratulations to five very talented artists showcased in Art Quilting Studio Spring 2023 issue!

• ANN TURLEY wrote an article about her Fiddle Me A Tune quilt from our recent Fiddling With Fabric challenge
• JULIE SCHLUETER was interviewed by Danielle Williams, the Assistant Senior Managing Editor of AQS, on Texture, Dimensions, and Hand Stitches.
• JUDY CROTTS wrote an article about her quilt Sassy Lady.
• CAROL NILSEN wrote an article on Capturing the Light.
• LAURIE MUTALIPASSI wrote an article on exploring gastronomy, based on her quilt Is There Hope?, that was selected for the SAQA global call for entry for their Gastronomy exhibit.

In Person Meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 11,  July 29 and November 11, 2023

We meet at the Orange Coast Unitarian Church located at 2845 Mesa Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa 92626

Zoom Meetings will occur on May 13 and September 9, 2023. 

Be sure to update your email addresses with the Secretary, Robin Valles at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive your Zoom invite.

CHALLENGE THEMES

This year there are three opportunities to create art projects to be exhibited in multiple venues across the U.S.

CELEBRATE ! 

It is due April 8, 2023 with dimensions of 18"x 24" portrait orientation. 

Please read the Artist Entry Form Agreement and the Juror Guidelines, as this will provide valuable guidance to new members. 

This theme will not be juried; all entries will be exhibited.

Due July 8th is Music Lyrics/Musical Moods.        It is 24" x 30" portrait orientation. 

This themed exhibit will first appear at Road2CA in January 2024, and then travel with the Mancuso show across the U.S.

Due November 11th is Africa's Beauty. 

This will also be a juried challenged submitted to Quilts Inc for consideration at Houston and Long Beach in 2024.

The size is 24" x36" landscape orientation.

As part of your membership dues, professional photographs will be taken of your challenge entries.

Some venues do not want their exhibits shown publicly until after their show. Photos will be mailed to members after the exhibit.

Looking forward to a wonderful year.    Hope to see all of you in person soon.

Carol Churchill, Exhibit Committee/Webmanager

• Also on Sunday, 1/22, three of our QOTW artists –Carol Churchill,  Laurie Mutalipassi, Tara Ritacco and Ann Turley – are featured at the opening reception from 12-2 of an exhibit called " Lift the Sky " at the Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad.  Artists in this exhibit answer the question of What’s Your Message to the World? through fiber art, paintings, mixed media, collage and photography.  The Front Porch Gallery is located at 2903 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, CA  92008.  Exhibit dates are 1/22-3/18/23 and gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday 11 am-5 pm.

Healing by Tara Ritacco, July 2022

We Are All Made of Stardust by Carol Churchill 2022

The "It's All Around Us" challenge really  inspired member Karen Guthrie.

She created four amazing entries: Air, Earth, Water and Fire.

The Winter 2023 issue of Art Quilting Studio features all four, and shares her technique for perfect circles.

President Bunnie Mauldin and Exhibit Committee Chair Carol Churchill

attended the Signal Hill Community Foundation Fundraiser on October 7 2022.

Greenly Art Gallery asked Carol to donate a piece to be auctioned,

the proceeds going to fund a senior food pantry program. 

Summer Serenity was sold for $600.

Bunnie and Carol manned a table with textile greeting cards that were also sold to raise money for the Foundation

Congratulations to Sharon Jaeger and Beth Shibley. 

Their "It's All Around Us" challenges were publised in Art Quilting Studio, Winter 2023.

BOARD CHALLENGE - CELEBRATE

The non-juried challenge is due March 9, 2023

Size 18 wide x 24 tall - Portrait Orientation

Celebrate Party, Party, Party! We all have something to celebrate, be it big or small. Pick an occasion and share the joy.

SONG LYRICS & MUSICAL MOODS

The juried challenge is due July 29, 2023.

Size 24 wide x 30 tall, Portrait orientation

Pick lyrics from a song – children’s songs, Broadway musicals, genres such as rock and roll, country music, hip hop and opera. The feeling that you get when you listen to music – happy, sad, hopeful, lively, dark, intense.  As you listen, your body and mind react to the rhythm, harmony, tempo and intensity of the melody. Capture the moody, visual imagery through the use of color, line, form, rhythm, emphasis, movement and balance.

AFRICA'S BEAUTY

The non-juried challenge is due November 11, 2023

SIze 30 wide x 24 tall - Landscape orientation

Africa’s Beauty The continent of Africa encompasses vast lands with endless diversity. From Botswana, which is dominated by the Kalahari Desert, to the Okavango Delta, one of the world's largest inland river deltas, South Africa contains some of the oldest archaeological and human-fossil sites in the world. Archaeologists have recovered extensive fossil remains from a series of caves in Gauteng Province. The area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been branded "the Cradle of Humankind”. Kenya has considerable land area devoted to wildlife habitats, including the Masai Mara, where blue wildebeest participate in a large-scale annual migration. The "Big Five" game animals of Africa, that is the lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros, and elephant, can be found in Kenya. Kilimanjaro is the fourth most topographically prominent peak on Earth.

Jeanette Floyd was selected to be one of 50 artists to create a special art quilt depicting a black Pioneer of the American West

The Exhibit takes place atthe James Museum in St. Petersburg, FL until March 2023.