de¡ light/FULL An exhibit of contemporary fiber art presented by the Kansas / Missouri / Oklahoma region and Indiana region of Studio Art Quilt Associates
Premiering
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO July 12 - August 31, 2019
Future Exhibits
Modella Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK November 7 - December 14, 2019 Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, IN February 25 - May 9, 2020 Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO June 13 - September 13, 2020 Curated by Cindy Parry, Cindy Brendzel, and the SAQA KS/OK/MO Exhibition Committee Juried by Rosalie Dace Catalog by Shannon Conley
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Table of Contents My Favorite Color Is Dragonfly Delight Rambutan Discoveries Cloud Shadows Pounce Three Sisters Swan Lake on the Farm America is Beautiful Out Loud Celebrate Be The Light Focus Alaska 2018 - Subalpine Daisy Leaning In Kayak Karma CELL-ebrate! Unity 14 Medicine Wheel Series Black and White Life Forms Two Birds in a Bush Floaters Second Galaxy Balancing Act I Beacons of Light Into the Light Blue Bentley the Rainbow Dog The Dogs Spring Storm in Denali Through the Garden Gate
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Studio Art Quilt Associates SAQA is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt and the artists who create them. We are an information resource on all things art quilt related for our members as well as the public. Founded in 1989 by an initial group of 50 artists, SAQA members now number more than 3,400 artists, teachers, collectors, gallery owners, museum curators and corporate sponsors. For more information, visit the organization’s website at SAQA.com. This Page: Detail, Celebrate, Jackie Stoaks Cover Artists, clockwise from top: Spring Storm in Denali, Vicki Conley; Kayak Karma, Karen Hansen; Pounce, Cherrie Hampton; Balancing Act, Mary Kay Fosnacht; CELL-ebrate, Kathy Suprenant; Swan Lake on the Farm, Cindy Brendzel
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Andrea Luliak, Wyandotte, OK andygal.iak@gmail.com, http://fibersong.blogspot.com 35� x 24� One of the reasons I was drawn to fabric art is the lure of color. I absolutely love all colors; they bring pleasure and excitement into my life and add immeasurably to my enjoyment of making fiber art. I find true exuberance in the primary and secondary colors and when asked what my favorite color is, I am hard pressed to pick just one.
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My Favorite Color Is
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Barbara Triscari, Lebanon, IN artsifartsi@triscartsi.com, http://triscartsi.com 39� x 37� Dragonflies delight as they flutter around my yard and pond. When photographed, you can see small details such as the shimmer on their wings and the little spikey hairs on their legs. A sunlit dragonfly is a joy to photograph. I have taken thousands of photographs of dragonflies that are abundant in my yard. I enjoy looking through them to see the fine details, like the wings, which I loosely replicated in the piecing.
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Dragonfly Delight
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Barbara Triscari, Lebanon, IN artsifartsi@triscartsi.com, http://triscartsi.com 29� x 34� I was inspired after finding the rambutan fruit at a grocery store. I had never seen them and had fun with their curved, spiky shape and having my family taste them. I explored different ways to be inspired by the curvy, reddish spikes on the quilt surface, using techniques such as hand embroidery and thread sketching for my fiber art group food themed exhibit. I love finding something new to try out at the grocery store and for them to have such fun shapes made it a delight to discover. 8
Rambutan Discoveries
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Carol Gilham Jones, Lawrence, KS carolgilhamjones@icloud.com 28� x 32� In an abstracted mountain landscape, we can delight in the essential elements of soaring peaks, sweeping valleys, fantastic clouds, and their mirrored shadows.
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Cloud Shadows
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Cherrie Hampton, Oklahoma City, OK Cherrie.Hampton@gmail.com 39� x 34� A lush and bountiful rainforest provides a beautiful playground for a curious panther cub.
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Pounce
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Cherrie Hampton, Oklahoma City, OK Cherrie.Hampton@gmail.com 29” x 27” There is nothing more universally delightful than the laughter of children. These three little girls are sharing the giggles of shy childhood’s adventures.
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Three Sisters
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Cindy Brendzel, Overland Park, KS cbren588@gmail.com 34� x 31� On the farm the swans are held in high regard by all the other animals. Some of the sheep even thought to honor the swans with their rendition of the ballet, Swan Lake. They had practiced all winter. The other sheep were dumfounded, but the swans were delighted.
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Swan Lake on the Farm
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Elizabeth Edwards, Edwardsville, IL lizjayne66@gmail.com 41� x 28�, collaborator: Ruth Gevers I take great delight in the beauty of our country. I used multiple strips of color to capture the variety of colors in the fields around us. I added texture to the hand dyed fabric in the sky with row upon row of quilting to indicate air currents swirling around the mountains. Delight in the incredible natural wonders that surround us should be a delight to us all.
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America is Beautiful
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Helen Geglio, South Bend, IN hkgeglio@gmail.com, http://www.helengeglio.com 44” x 46” Words out loud, noisy and full of emotion, unconstrained by the buttons of a middle school uniform.
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Out Loud
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Jackie Stoaks, Overland Park, KS stoaks77j@yahoo.com 48” x 25”, photo: Susan Stevenson I created “Celebrate” to honor the teamwork of all the employees of KU Medical Hospital. Regardless of gender, religion, nationality, skin color, race or sexual orientation the whole team works together to provide their patients, as well as the family and friends of those patients, with concern and caring attention. My wish is for mankind to embrace the example set by KU medical employees.
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Celebrate
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James Brown, Lee’s Summit, MO jbarch@att.net 39” x 41” This quilt was based on a photograph I took while riding down the highway looking through winter’s leafless trees at a beautiful rising sun. My inspiration for this quilt was based on a phrase by Francis Bacon, “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must first be present.” Crisis always tends to look better in the light of the early morning sunrise. The darker rolling hills in the foreground give contrast to the amazing light overtaking the darkness of night. The majesty of the sun rising from the darkness on a regular basis is one of the wonders of our universe. This very simple quilt provides a “de.light/full” experience to the viewer. 24
Be The Light
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James Brown, Lee’s Summit, MO jbarch@att.net 47” x 41” As an architect, I enjoy geometric shapes and the various patterns they can create. This quilt was designed by Betsy Vinegard and is a modern version of the traditional thousand pyramids. Made of four sizes of equilateral triangles, the design was inspired by Gary Andrew Clarke’s painting “Variation on Max Bill.” I sketched the quilt and labeled the colors of the various triangles placing the dominant black triangles to carry the viewer’s eye from the four corners of the quilt to the epic center. The various shapes and patterns created throughout the quilt by the different sized triangles and their colors provide interesting areas to view over the entire quilt. After piecing the quilt, I labeled the directions of the quilting I envisioned for the quilt. The quilting was done at one quarter inch on center. The large triangles at the perimeter move to smaller triangles until meeting at the center of the quilt forming a hexagon. It reminds me of a camera reflex shutter, thus the name, “Focus”.
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Focus
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James Reese, Columbia, MO jwreese@tranquility.net 26� x 37� The piece is a memory of a nature walk my wife and I took while traveling in Alaska in 2018.
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Alaska 2018 - Subalpine Daisy
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Jane Bromberg, Kansas City, MO janebromberg@gmail.com, http://janebrombergquilts.com 34” x 26” “Leaning In” is a combination of two of my own photographs merged together to make this composition. One photograph was of a railing taken at the local YMCA. The other photo was of beautiful poppies. The combination was created using vintage blocks, piecing, needle turned applique, embroidery and beading. The question remains, “Are the flowers leaning in to get out of the dark or are they leaning in to get to the light?” Isn’t it “de-light-ful?”
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Leaning In
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Karen Hansen, Overland Park, KS hansenkm@kc.rr.com 37� x 35�, photo: Mary Kay Fosnacht What is as delightful as a clear day on the water!? A few years ago, I attended a week-long kayak retreat in the Inside Passage of Southeast Alaska. We spent our days meditating, doing Chi Quong, dining on vegetarian fare, and paddling our kayaks from base camp to neighboring islands to picnic and camp overnight. I gained many new insights and lasting friendships.
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Kayak Karma
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Kathy Suprenant, Lawrence, KS kretired16@gmail.com, http://kathysuprenant.com785 40” x 30” As a 9-year old, my Holy Grail of Christmas presents was a “powerful” light microscope and a dissection set with which my parents feared I would cut my fingers off, or poke my eye out. Fortunately, I received the optics and surgical blades and many years later landed my dream job, a university teaching and research professorship in cell biology. This woodcut and whole cloth quilt is inspired by the beautiful illustrations of Éduoard Van Beneden a Belgian microscopist who carried out pioneering studies of cell division in the 19th century.
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CELL-ebrate!
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Linda Filby-Fisher, Overland Park, KS lffkc@yahoo.com, http://www.lindafilby-fisher.com 26” x 26” We stand together Ahora Now En este momento In the light Together! And the Medicine Wheel sings: Eternidad
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Unity 14 Medicine Wheel Series
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Linda Frost, Lawrence, KS llfrost@sunflower.com 48” x 36” The light spectrum between black and white contains an infinite range of colors, some seen and some unseen. I find working with color, line and shape “de.light/FULL.”
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Black and White
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Linda Frost, Lawrence, KS llfrost@sunflower.com 38” x 31” A quote from a favorite childhood book by Robert Lewis Stevenson reads, “The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” This phrase runs through my head every time I venture outdoors and experience the vast and delightful abundance and diversity of life. Even indoors, life finds a way to colonize and thrive, from the spreading philodendron in the sunroom to the mold on the overripe oranges in the kitchen. Life can be “de.light/ FULL.”
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Life Forms
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Lori Lee Triplett, Overland Park, KS lori@quiltandtextilecollections.com http://www.quiltandtextilecollections.com 29” x 29” I hand painted the center medallion and the birds in the four corners. It was my goal to have a light and airy color scheme completely different from my usual color palette, but a good fit for the inspiration of Delft tiles from the Netherlands. The proverb, “a bird in hand is worth two in the bush” kept coming to mind, so I added the birds in the corners.
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Two Birds in a Bush
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Marge Banks, Lawrence, KS margebanksmeb@yahoo.com 42” x 40” My art quilts always begin with selecting a compatible group of fabrics and then selecting which Seminole strips I want to piece. In this case I chose three strip patterns. I put my base fabric on my “design floor” and began experimenting with laying down the strips in curves, moving them around until I found a pleasingly balanced arrangement. Those were then pinned in place. Several small squares of the motifs were sewn to circles of the base color and scattered in the open spaces and pinned. Once all those parts were appliquéd in place, machine-embroidery added color and delicate patterned lines to enhance the design. I felt that the circular pattern of free-motion quilting brought the piece to a pleasant presentation. This playful approach brings me delight! 44
Floaters
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Marge Banks, Lawrence, KS margebanksmeb@yahoo.com 40” x 39” My exploration of Seminole strip piecing has entered a phase where I’m playing with curves and experimenting with incorporating machine appliqué. With this piece, once I completed the strips, I cut away the fabric outside the motifs before appliquéing them to the base fabric. Some “play” comes from moving the strips around on the base fabric seeing how much curve I can get before they wrinkle and trying to arrive at a balanced and pleasing arrangement. The bubble-like pattern of free-motion quilting seemed compatible with the dotted fabric and sweeping curves of the strips. 46
Second Galaxy
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Mary Kay Fosnacht, Overland Park, KS mfosnacht@mac.com, http://piecefularts.com 24” x 48” This piece was first a drawing and then created in fabric using a rawedge appliqué technique. I used bright colors and enjoy the feeling of excitement that they generate. I am also inspired by the modern aesthetic of bold graphic design and negative space. Minimal quilting adds texture and a subtle background.
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Balancing Act I
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Mary Kay Fosnacht, Overland Park, KS mfosnacht@mac.com, http://piecefularts.com 42� x 34� Beacons of light will only be seen in a dark sky. In this piece, I explore using the beacons of light against varying shades of darkness. Even a narrow beam of light appears intense against a dark black.
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Beacons of Light
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Mary Kay Fosnacht, Overland Park, KS mfosnacht@mac.com, http://piecefularts.com 42” x 34” This design features a wonky 9-patch with superimposed concentric circles over top. The colors get lighter toward the center of the circles with bits of yellow sparkles of light. The black lines delineate the 9-patch and also give the illusion of looking through a window. The top is pieced using a freezer paper pattern technique where the paper is ironed to the front of the fabric. The black lines are appliquéd.
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Into the Light
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Shannon Conley, Moore, OK la.emperatriz@gmail.com, http://shannonconleyartquilts.com 37� x 27�, photo: Mike Cox The cool grey blue water, white surf, and beige sand of the Pacific coast inspired this quilt featuring cyanotypes of my photographs from the Monterey Peninsula.
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Blue
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Shannon Conley, Moore, OK la.emperatriz@gmail.com, http://www.shannonconleyartquilts.com 40� x 36� One of the most joyful things in my life are my two pitbull mutt rescues, Bentley and Blue. They have such sunny friendly personalities and love to snuggle and play. One of my passions is advocacy for shelter dogs in general and bully breeds in particular. There is so much misinformation about these animals, and shelters are full of them. This piece was an effort to capture the brightness and fun that Bentley brings me!
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Bentley the Rainbow Dog
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Vicki Conley, Ruidoso Downs, NM vickiconley55@gmail.com, http://vicki-conley.com 41” x 32”, photo: Doug Conley I captured a picture of my two delightful rescue dogs (mother and daughter) looking out my gallery door. I thought it was the perfect subject for a fun piece using wild Kaffe Fassett type fabrics.
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The Dogs
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Vicki Conley, Ruidoso Downs, NM vickiconley55@gmail.com, http://vicki-conley.com 24� x 40�, photo: Doug Conley Sudden storms coupled with warming at the end of a long winter lead to ever changing spring colors in Denali National Park. As the white snow recedes to the high mountains, early green and wildflowers beyond imagining appear in the valleys below. A delightful landscape awaits exploration around every bend in the road.
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Spring Storm in Denali
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Vicki Conley, Ruidoso Downs, NM vickiconley55@gmail.com, http://vicki-conley.com 36� x 30�, photo: Doug Conley The soft desert colors glow through the gate overlay. I enlarged, blurred and digitally printed one of my desert photos. Then I cut it up, sewed it back together, and overlayed the original gate cutout.
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Through the Garden Gate
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