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I'm Not
Crazy GETS PRESS
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Colorado news
article uses I'm Not Crazy exhibition to substantiate new
findings regarding mental illnesses. |
Salli McQuaid:
Bipolar 1: Loco (CI -114) 48”w x 33h”, 2012 |
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Bi-polar 1: Loco
was chosen for the "I'm Not Crazy" exhibition in 2012 which premiered at
the World Quilt Festival, Manchester, NH, in 2012. The exhibition
has traveled with the Mancusi Quilt Festivals to venues across
the country, including CA, FL, and CO in 2012. It continues to
travel in 2013. The unusual and revealing exhibition is the concept of
Kathy Nida, curator, who initiated it through the
Studio Art
Quilt Associates (SAQA) Curator-in-Training program. Sue Reno served as
Juror. "I'm Not Crazy" has met with heartfelt response from viewers.
See catalog information below.
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Dragonfly
Dive Sold at Auction
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At
the SAQA "Expanding Horizons" SAQA Conference in
Santa Fe, NM at the end of April, small matted
donation quilts were offered up for sale to
attendees. The exhibition was titled "Spotlights."
Salli McQuaid's contribution,
Butterfly Dive (left) sold, as
did all mini-quilts in the sale.
Proceeds will help fund SAQA website updates.
Artist Statement: This art quilt is an aerial
view of a dragonfly diving into a dragonfly "dive"
to join his friends. The central dragonfly is an
original machine embroidery created in software and
sewn out in metallic and holoshimmer threads that
suggest the effervescence of a dragonfly in
sunlight. The signature is a flight pattern. Colors
are vibrant and the mood is upbeat. It's a big
dragonfly party ! |
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Salli McQuaid:
Dragonfly Dive, 6"w x 8"h", 2013.
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X-scape
& Lucky 13
chosen for major exhibitions
Cannot publish
X-Scape
photo until exhibition premier: October, 2013.
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CI-127: X-scape,
60"h x 25"w, 2013 |
Salli McQuaid:
Lucky 13
Money, 27"x 42", 2012 |
X-scape
was selected for the 2013 Studio Art Quilt Associates' "Text
Messages" exhibition, which will premier at the Houston International
Quilt Festival in October of 2013. The exhibition was juried by Lesley Riley, prominent in the art quilt field. From Houston,
X-scape will travel to other IQF festivals and venues for about
two years.
Lucky 13 Money
was a finalist at the 2013 American Quilter's Society Quilt Show &
Contest, Lancaster, PA, in March. This was the first AQS exhibition
in Pennsylvania
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McQuaid appointed SAQA Washington Co-rep
Effective
July, 2012, Salli McQuaid is serving
in tandem with Carolyn Higgens as
Studio Art Quilt Associates' Washington
State Co-representative. So far, Higgens has
scheduled several presentations in the Seattle area. McQuaid is teaching an
art class in the Walla Walla Valley area.
A newsletter has been initiated. Small
groups will soon be inaugurated. Plans are in progress to unfold the first
ever WA members' SAQA Exhibition in 2014. If
you live in Washington, USA and have any
questions about SAQA, contact McQuaid:
artistwriter6@gmail.net.; Higgens:
carolynhiggens@otbsolutions.com to
connect. |
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some
recent
WORK
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CI-113: Multnomah Falls,
28"w x 51"h, 2012. |
Salli McQuaid:
CI-115:
Bipolar 2: Daisy Duet, 36"x 36", 2012. |
CI-126: Escape,
59"h x 25"w, 2013 |
CI-128:
Accidental Escape, 55"h x 25"w, 2013 |
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