Museum of Arts and Crafts

On my way out of town before heading east we stopped to see the Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement. The interior mirrors Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum's tiered interior as its staircase. Definitely a strange adaptation, but but still sculptural. 
 

Night Out

Friday night, the SAQA conference held a spot for the Visionary Reception at the Florida Craft Art Gallery in St. Petersburg. A busman's holiday, we had a chance to see fiber art SDA curated. Yes, bit of wine, and nibbles, but mainly a chance to talk about the fiber art we love.
 

Imagine Museum

One pic would not explain this glass work. There are mirrors and clear glass, and I can't explain how it works, but it's a hell of a lot of fun to look into it. This was yesterday's excursion to the Imagine Museum here in St. Petersburg. 
 

Speakers Speakers

The crowd at the SAQA convention in St. Petersburg, Florida, paid close attention to speakers, taking in vast quantities of information. The after-lecture discussion was almost as heated as the weather outside (88!) but no fear, we were cool inside. And the promise of a pool (outdoors!) waits.

Shirts are Packed

This back of quilt was at the Iowa Quilt Museum. A good fill-in for my packing an unpacking here in Florida. I'm at the SAQA conference getting ready to meet load of friends and have some good solid diversion and quilty topics with meat on them bones. 
 

Print East or Print West

This spring's workshop is in the lovely Finger Lakes, near me, in Auburn New York. The Schweinfurth Art Center (Quilts=Art=Quilts sponsor) has a week of printing May 5-9. If you're west, head north to Coupeville, Washington on Whidbey Island, and print July 21-25. Join me, you won't regret a thing.

 

Random Images

I'm clocking the hours this week putting a lecture together for the upcoming SAQA conference this weekend. So, random images are getting pulled and sorted, which means that I run through years of workshops and travels. This is from Vancouver Island, I believe, maybe in 2017 or so. Time!
 

Last Up On the Wall

Since I'll be teaching here and there, I've offered my Studio 301 to a friend till mid-May. I'm hoping that she'll take advantage of the space and can treat it as a 'residency.' I've got plenty to do in the days that I'm home between gigs, and getting this top quilted is one of the tasks at hand. 
 

Art Tour with Music, Too

Nancy Wiley's exhibit had one more day to be seen at the Little Cafe, and I took time to get over tonight and take in her paintings. She is both a painter as well as a sculptor, with diverse talents. A fine jazz quartet made it easy to slow down and study the work, and yes, I've picked out what I'd love to have.
 

Envy is Good

I'm always curious to see what shows up in the quilter's stash at design workshops. This fab stripe fabric had me returning to look at it again and again. You know I've been caught up in printing stripes, and this had such energy and workability. When I get a chance to print again, I'll try one with this in mind.
 

Quick Look Back

My Des Moines 'Dozen Ways' workshop took place in "big sky" country, and we had "big room" space to work in as well. I can't remember when I've had such a glorious classroom to spread out, so well lit, and easy to move around. It was a joy, and I believe the DMAQG knows how lucky they are.