Edges Special Exhibit

Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, Julie Schlueter, Terry Waldron have work in the upcoming juried special exhibit "Edges" (a 21 piece collection); presented by Pacific Coast Fiber Artists & Friends, and sponsored by Quilting Arts, LLC. The exhibit will debut at Festival in Long Beach; July 23-26th; and travel onto Festival in Houston (sponsored by the artists in the exhibit). Curated by Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison, who will also have pieces in the exhibit.

June Member News

Vickie Valdez Green will be the speaker at the Simi Valley Quilt Guild; Every quilt has a story; June 17th. http://www.simivalleyquiltguild.org/

Everything Under the Sun - Postcard Quilt

This quilt was the cornerstone of the special exhibit "Everything Under the Sun" for Festival in Long Beach 2008. A compilation of fiber postcards (8-1/2Wx5-1/2H - horizontal format) made by 20+ artists all of the quilts in the exhibit, and points of interest in the City of Long Beach. The other quilts in this exhibit were made by groups of three or more people and were of The Queen Mary, The Pike, Toyota Grand Prix, Skyline, Latin American Women Artists, Long Beach Blues Festival, and the Rose Apartments. The overall quilt measure 36Wx50H and is sewn onto household screen.

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Look for this quilt when you go to Festival in Long Beach this Summer 2009 - Quilts, Inc., has become its new owner. Now, how cool is that?

April Gathering

At our April Gathering we made stamps out of fun foam! It was quite fun and I always enjoy the conversations that take place while people make art.

Member News - April '09

Cindy Cooksey and Terry Waldron's work are part of "Fire and Fiber Show", a California Fiber Artist Show that is running through the month of April in Woodland, Ca at the Gallery 625, County Administration Building, 625 Court Street. California Fiber Artists group.

Joanell Connolly and fellow artists - Susan Willen, Rose Hughes and Cindy Rinne are showing their work in an exhibit entitled "Earth Voices" at the Fontana Art Assoc, 8536 Sierra Ave, Fontana 909-823-6036 - March 31-April 25th

Stacy Hurt has a postcard in the Raven Challenge

March Gathering

Jamie Fingal (pink) and Julie Schlueter (black)

Cindy Cooksey (yellow), joanell connolly (green) & Peggy Calvert (blue)

Stacy Hurt (stripe), Anne Copeland (pink), Vickie Valdez-Green (floral)
we had a nice evening of having dinner together, sharing our work, talking, laughing, getting caught up, and we missed Terry Waldron, who couldn't come

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EXHIBITIONS
Feb 20-22; Hillcrest Fine Arts Festival at Hillcrest Congregational Church, 2000 West Rd, La Habra Heights; free parking and admission. Opens at 10:00am. Joanell Connolly will have a booth at this show.

March 11-15th Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge, TN. Jamie Fingal's art quilt "Divine Inspiration" is part of the Sacred Threads '07 special exhibit.

March 14-April 5th; SAA Squared Juried Exhibition, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles; Gallery hours are Sat/Sun Noon-4pm; opening reception on Sat, Mar 14th from 7-10pm. Joanell Connolly and Jamie Fingal have pieces in this exhibit.

"Springing Forward" an exhibit that is touring the country, beginning at Road to California '09, and including three Mancuso shows (New Jersey, Denver & PIQF). This special exhibit will also appear in all four Original Creative Festivals. Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt, and Terry Waldron have pieces in this exhibit

Stacy Hurt has a postcard in the Raven Challenge and it will also included in the Collage Mania auction in May.

"Unfettered Letters" challenge organized by Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists is touring the country. It will be at the Denver National Quilt Festival April 30-May 3, Original Creative Festivals in Cincinnati, OH June 25-27 and Reno, NV July 30-Aug 1, PIQF in Santa Clara, CA Oct 15-18, and Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Feb-Mar 2010. Cindy Cooksey, Stacy Hurt and Terry Waldron have pieces in this exhibit

Cindy Cooksey's quilt “Gaps” continues to tour the country with the "Alzheimer’s: Forgetting Piece by Piece" exhibit. In 2009 it will be crisscrossing the country in Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, Minnesota, Alabama, Maine, Pennsylvania and more. Go to Alzquilts.org to see detailed schedule information.

Peggy Calvert is heading up the Orange County Quilters Guild show in September of 2009; Juried Show open to all quilters worldwide. Entry form available soon on website "Quilts - Our Global Language." Show Dates: Sat/Sun, Sept 26 & 27; Cal State University, Fullerton. Orange County Quilters Guild website


PUBLICATIONS
Pretty Little Mini Quilts, published by Lark Books, which is yet to be released; Cindy Cooksey (2) and Jamie Fingal (1) have pieces in the book.

Cindy Cooksey is on the front page of the Local section of the OC Register dated February 9, 2009 about the quilts at the Bowers Museum, where she and other quilters gathered to demonstrate what they make.

Jamie Fingal has an article in the March/April 2009 issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine "An Apron as Personal Armor."

TELEVISION
Jamie Fingal will be a guest on Quilting Arts TV, Season 4 that will air in July 2009