Southern Fiber Artists Meeting

It was my privilege to present a program on Critiquing My Art at our August 25 Southern Fiber Artists meeting in Ridgeland. This group of art quilters meets quarterly to learn, share, and show our art. I recently took an online course with Lyric Kinard to study the elements and principles of design as they relate to art quilting. I shared with the group some of the points I had learned, showing some examples of good design and some that were not successful, discussing the strong points and weaknesses. You know those magic "building blocks" Shape, Color, Value, Line, and Texture. We can learn from every piece of art we make if we understand how these building blocks function. Having a group to study and critique with can be valuable because sometimes we are so close to our own work we can not view it objectively.
At each SFA meeting we have a challenge to create an 8"x 11" piece using a specified color and object. The color/object challenge for this meeting was Forest Green/Spirit; next meeting's challenge is Red/Water. The designs and techniques the quilters come up with are amazing and inspiring.
The SFA group has been invited to create a special exhibit at the Pine Belt Quilters show October 5-6, and Marcus Weekley volunteered to curate this exhibit. This exhibit will take the place of the Hoffman Exhibit that has been a part of PBQ's last several shows.
I have two pieces accepted into the South Mississippi Art Association show in the new Lucile Parker Gallery at William Carey University. This is the first show in the new building after the hurricane destroyed the former building. The show runs September 4-27.

Red-Green Interleave

Green Fish

The Pine Belt Quilters show is nearly here. We receive the quilts and Diane Leclair begins judging on Monday, October 1. It will be a whirlwind FOUR days of activity, followed by TWO exciting days the show is open to the public.