Call for Entries: Elliott Museum

A Patchwork History

Quilt & Fiber Arts Exhibition

An Invitational Exhibition for Innovative Quilters & Historic Quilts

June 8th – July 15th, 2017

Call for Entries

The Elliott Museum invites artists and quilters to submit original and historical family pieces to be considered for inclusion in an exhibition featuring modern and historic quilts, contemporary quilt art in non-traditional media (metal, wood, ceramic), wearable art, and art quilts. Focus on new pieces that are stitched art, out-ofthe box, innovative, 3D, and/or family quilts “from the attic” that tell a family or local/regional historical story, made by the artist or a relative of the person submitting the quilt (purchased quilts will not be considered).  Designs must be suitable for family viewing.  Fiber pieces must include three layers and be held together by stitching.  Pieces may have a sleeve to hang, or be framed or on a finished wrapped gallery canvas.  Historic quilts must be in good shape to hang for six weeks, not frayed or falling apart.  Non-traditional pieces must be ready to display.  

Submission Deadline:

Deadline for submission is Sunday, April 16th, 2017.

Notification:

A list of all artists and work accepted to show will be sent to all submitting artists no later than Monday, May 1st, 2017.

Eligibility:

Open to Florida artists.  All submissions must be original artwork. Pieces must not have been displayed at any venue in Martin County, FL.  Pieces may be for sale, and any that do sell will stay in the exhibit until the closing date. No work will be removed by the artist before the end of the exhibit. 

Size Requirements & Limitations:

Maximum size 96” max in either direction, including the frame; Minimum size is 12” in either direction.

Exhibition Location, Dates & Hours: 

The Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Elliott Museum, 825 NE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart, Florida 34996 www.elliottmuseum.org.  Exhibition runs Thursday, June 8, through Saturday, July 15, 2017. Open daily 10am to 5pm. Closed July 4. Exhibition included with regular admission fee (Members free).

Artists’ Reception:

Thursday, June 15, 2017, 5:30 – 7:30pm at the Elliott Museum. This exhibition will share a reception with the En Plein Air painting exhibit for Art Down the Hall.

Submissions:

Submission must be made digitally via email, sized to 1800 ppi on the long side of the image at 300 dpi, in jpeg format.  You may send one, two, or three images per entry, including an overall front and back, and detail shot.  LABEL your jpeg images with your lastname_entA1, etc. Example: mako_entA1.jpg will show the front of the first entry; mako_entA2.jpg will show the back of the entry (if it has a back); and mako_entA3.

jpg is a detail shot, then entB1, entB2, and so on.  Email to RMakowski@elliottmuseum.org with “Quilt Submission” in the Subject Line.  You must fill out the form and email it with your image and coordinate the title and description of your images.  There is no limit to how many pieces you may submit.  If you are submitting several pieces, feel free to use Dropbox and send an invite to the address above, allowing me to edit. Please label as instructed and include the completed form in the Dropbox.

Deadline: Deadline to submit work is 5:00pm, Sunday, April 16th, 2017.  Work submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Fees: There is no fee to submit work, however, a fee of $20 per piece will be collected at the time of delivery of accepted work.  These fees offset the some of the costs of the exhibition (average cost of an exhibition like this to the Museum is $5000 - $8000.)

Notification of Committee’s Selections:  The Selection Committee, comprised of two professional art quilters, the Elliott’s Exhibits Coordinator, and a decorative arts expert will review all submissions along with the paperwork and curate the show.  Selections will be made based on unique design, quality, and relativity to the themes.  Notification of accepted artists and a list of work will be sent to all entrmade via email, by Monday, May 1, 2017. Committee’s decisions are final.  Artists may have multiple pieces in the exhibition.

Delivery of Selected Artwork: Hand-deliveries ONLY - accepted on Sunday, June 4, 2017 from 10am – 2pm.  Deliver to: Elliott Museum, 825 NE Ocean Blvd. on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, FL in The Studio.  Check in at the Front Desk and you will be directed to the art studio.

Pick-up:  

Unsold work must be picked up on Sunday, July 16, 2017, between 10am – 2pm.  Work not picked up will become property of the Elliott Museum.  Zero-tolerance policy on no-call, no-show, “I-forgot.”  If you have an issue, please call as soon as possible.

Theme and Other Details: 

•      Contemporary Fiber: Awesome, original art quilt pieces. Entries can be any quilted object, including modern quilts, wearable quilted art and 3D art quilts.  Emphasis is on new and innovative approaches to quilting, techniques, construction and embellishments.  Images must be suitable for family viewing.

•      Historical Fiber: Family quilts that tell a story of the family and/or local and regional South Florida history.  Must have been made by the submitting artist or a family member (no purchased non-family quilts will be considered).  The idea is to show a progression of where the art form began and where it’s come.

•      Non-Traditional “Quilts”: may be ceramic, metal, wood, or other materials.  Must be ready to display.  If the piece requires installation, the artist must assist.  Weight restrictions on pieces that hang on the wall – must not exceed 50 lbs.

•      All accepted work may be for sale. 

•      A 40% commission benefiting the Elliott Museum will be deducted from all sales. 

•      No unsold artwork(s) may be removed before Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 10:00 am. 

•      A label must be sewn, pinned, or otherwise attached to each artwork with the artist’s name, quilt title and phone number. 

•      If your work requires a pedestal, or a special arrangement for display, you must provide it.

•      If your work is shown on a mannequin or dress form, you must provide it.

•      Artists must assist with installation pieces (multiple components, other than simply hung).

•      Maximum size for flat work is 96” in either direction, including the frame. 96” square OK.  Minimum size is 12” in either direction.

•      Maximum size for 3D pieces is 50lbs and/or 72” in any direction.

•      The Elliott Museum reserves the right to reject any accepted artwork that is improperly finished or otherwise not ready to hang or set up, and/or is misrepresented by the submitted digital images or description in the application in any way. 

•      The Elliott Museum reserves the right to use any accepted image and/or accepted artist information, including likeness, for promotional and advertising purposes. 

•      Work submitted may not have been shown in any other Martin County, Florida venue.  Violating artists’ work will be removed from the exhibition.

Original Work: All work submitted must be the sole creation of the submitting artist, or for historic pieces, by a member of the person’s family. The concept and design must be original, not from a pattern or kit, and not derived from any other artwork, photograph, or published image, in whole or in part, that was not the creation of the submitting artist or family member. No classroom work or work done with the help on an instructor will be accepted. 

Sales: The Elliott Museum will handle all sales, collect and pay sales taxes, absorb credit card fees, and arrange all pick-up and/or delivery of purchases to patrons.  The Elliott Museum will deduct a commission of 40% from all sales. Sold work will hang through the end of the exhibition (unless extenuating circumstances prevail, at the sole discretion of the Exhibits Coordinator.)  If the artist sells the work independently during the show, the artist owes the Museum its commission and the work remains in the show until the close. Artists will be paid for pieces sold approximately ten (10) days after the patron takes delivery after the close of the show. Artists will be notified within 24 hours of the sale of their exhibited work. To price your work, decide what you have to have for it and multiply that number by 167%, then round up to the nearest 0 or 5.  Example: I want $325 for my piece, x 167% = $542.75, rounds up to $545 or $550 list price.  List only the final sale price – not what you want for it.

Questions: Please email questions to RMakowski@elliottmuseum.org with Quilt Show Question in the Subject Line.  Technical questions will be forwarded to and handled by our experts.   

FAQs:

Who are the professional people on the Selection Committee? 

Entries will be selected by Michele Sanandajian, award winning fiber artist and owner of Urban Palm Studio, 

LLC in Jensen Beach, FL; Stephanie Foster, quilt artist from Stuart, Florida; and the Elliott’s staff Art Studio & Exhibits Coordinator, Robin Lee Makowski, professional artist and Exhibition Curator.  Jennifer Esler, President & CEO of the Elliott Museum, an expert in Decorative Arts, will also be involved.

Can I bring my friends and family in to see the show for free? 

Artists in the show may attend the Opening Reception and bring one guest at no charge.  All other guests, including Museum Members, will be asked to pay $5 to attend the Reception.  Thereafter, the exhibition is included with regular admission (Museum Members free) even if it’s “just to see the show”.  To become a Museum Member, visit www.elliottmuseum.org.  Members at the Family Level and above may visit as often as they like and bring up to three other people over the age of 6 (under 6 always free).  Exhibiting Artists visiting to stay in the gallery for any length of time to talk to patrons about their work are welcome at no charge, but asked not to bring small children with them at that time.  Any other guests who come at that time are subject to regular admission (Members free).

How many pieces will be in the show? 

Hard to say, but we’re shooting for between 35-50, depending on size and how they fill the space. 

Are people allowed to touch my work?

No, but some do anyway.  Delicate and historic work can be stanchioned off.

The Legal Stuff:

All care will be taken in handling work, however, stuff happens. If your work has glass on it, we are in no way responsible if it breaks and ruins your artwork for any reason, and you will be responsible if it ruins someone else’s work. Acrylic glazing is strongly recommended over glass.  Beyond that, work is insured for 60% of the listed retail price or listed insurance value. 

We do not allow guests to photograph the artwork without the artist’s permission in respect of the artists’ copyrights. Signs are posted and if we see guests shooting work, we stop them. However, we cannot be held responsible if someone gets by us and misuses or posts your image. 

By submitting work to this exhibition, you verify that your entries are your own concept and work, and/or the work of a family member, alive or deceased, and not derived from any source material, in whole or in part, from images that were not your/their own; and that your work was done on your/their own and not in a classroom or under the supervision of an instructor; and has not been shown in any other exhibition in Martin County, Florida, including but not limited to the Elliott Museum, House of Refuge, the Court House Cultural Center (aka Arts Council of Martin County), the Martin County Fair, etc. Those found in violation will have their work removed from the exhibition. Other artists you exhibited with WILL report ineligible work! 

By submitting work to this exhibition, you have thoroughly read and understand all of the rules about being part of this exhibition, including sales percentages and commissions.  

By submitting work to this exhibition, you understand that the Elliott Museum reserves the right to respectfully and safely use any and all images of accepted work, artists’ information including likeness, name, and hometown, and other information pertinent to the exhibition in advertising, on Facebook, on the Elliott’s website, etc. without first contacting the artist. Artists are also encouraged to post exhibition photos to the Elliott’s Facebook page.

Please email the guild if you are interested and would like the submission forms. 

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Pardon Our Dust

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Jacquie Gering Workshops & Trunk Show

Our guild was pleased to welcome Jacquie Gering to teach two workshops and present her gorgeous quilts at a Trunk Show. This was Jacquie's second Orlando MQG workshop stint as she taught two classes for us in 2013. You know a teacher is a favorite when she is asked back for encore workshops! Besides being a great teacher and talented quilter, Jacquie sits on the board of directors for The Modern Quilt Guild (affectionately known as "the mothership!"). 

The Dr. Phillips library is a great venue for our workshops.

Marge had fun with her new skills.

Friday, March 17th was the Creative Quilting with a Walking Foot workshop where Jacquie showed how to mark our individual walking feet so we could maneuver several straight line designs that are remarkably easy and stunning. We learned numerous different walking foot designs featured in Jacquie's new book "Walk – Master Machine Quilting with Your Walking Foot."

One of Jacquie's beauties. Click on photo to see the quilting design up close. Done with a walking foot!

Spirals with a walking foot! Yep!

Some wavy, organic walking foot quilting.

One of Jacquie's quilts featuring her mad walking foot skills!

Saturday's class was Slice & Insert Improv which produced some fun improvisational blocks.  It's amazing to see all the fabric options our members have.

Jacquie sharing her tips and tricks.

Jacquie's cross quilt was stunning and gave insight into grid layouts.

Another example of Jacquie's slice & insert improv quilts.

You can find more examples from Jacquie's workshops on our Facebook page. We encourage you to post your creations to share with everyone. Jacquie's blog can be found here.

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Block of the Month for April Meeting

This block is being brought to you by the lovely Kate Toney!!

She was unable to make it to our meeting because she is working at the quilt show in Daytona but she chose a fun block for spring.  We will be making Wonky Stars in bright fun beach colors and on sand colored backgrounds.

Here is your color inspiration:

And here are Kate's sample blocks.  She made three different sizes.

There are so many good tutorials for making these fun, scrap busting stars.  Choose whatever size you want.  Here are a few links to different sized blocks.

3", 6" and 9" Wonky Stars
5" Wonky Stars
6" and 12" Wonky Star
If you are feeling like being an overachiever you can make this big 20" triple wonky star!!
If you prefer a video tutorial check out this one.

I can't wait to see all the pretty beachy stars next month.

Be sure to stop in the Wandering Stitches exhibit at Quilt Week and tell Kate that we missed her at our monthly meeting.

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MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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MEETING MINUTES

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Maitland, FL

PRE-MEETING & WELCOME

Membership Signups & Renewals

Sarah opened the meeting with 15 minutes for membership signup and renewal. Everyone is asked to submit a new membership form along with their dues, and each member received membership cards from the OMQG and the MQG and selected their annual gift, either a mug, project bag, tape measure, or tote bag, each with the OMQG logo.

There were 52 at the meeting: 49 members and 3 guests. Sarah welcomed each guest, who gave brief introductions, and thanked everyone who renewed their membership today.

Sarah announced that the guild had received a gift of snacks from the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild, to recognize and thank us for our efforts in the Quilts for Pulse (QFP) project. They sent us Chicago Style Popcorn, Frango Mint Chocolates and Brach’s Cherry Jelly Hearts, which members enjoyed during the meeting. A thank you will be sent to the Chicago MQG.

OFFICER REPORTS:

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Sarah thanked the outgoing officers and presented each with a gift certificate to The Sewing Studio.

Sarah mentioned that the new board has been very busy all month helping set up and man the Pulse booth at QuiltCon and planning for the year. She reported there have been changes in the structure of the board with the addition of three positions: Education Coordinator, Community Outreach Coordinator (previously the Charity Coordinator), and the new position of Member at Large. The Member at Large is Jane, who is not here today but will be introduced at the next meeting; she will be sending members a survey to guide planning this year.

Sarah reported that members who were at QuiltCon manning the QFP booth met many people from other places who participated in our project by sending us quilts, tops, blocks, and various donations last year. The booth was a nice space one could walk into and see the statistics (of time, money and materials which went into the quilts) compiled by Alissa with individual pictures of each quilts pinned to the outside showing the volume of the work. She said the work we accomplished was incredible and has not gone unnoticed, that she met several executive directors of the MQG who asked what she thought of leading this group; she believes we can do anything, and she is proud to be our leader this year – while, at the same time, we are all looking forward to getting back to regular programming.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Paula said the Board is already considering swaps, bees for charity or for ourselves (and hives for multiple bees), and other programs and she sent around a list asking for volunteers to help on the Programming Committee, which already includes Mary So, Kate and Jodi. Sarah read the OMQG Mission Statement, and both Sarah and Paula noted that, while we welcome everyone and everything, the guild is about the modern aesthetic, so programming, such as Blocks of the Months and swaps and choice of teachers we bring in, will focus on educating the guild about that modern aesthetic.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Marge reported on income and expenses and noted that currently the guild has approximately $10,000 but that about $3,000 of that is committed to teacher expenses this month, although that expense will be balanced with incoming membership fees. Sarah noted that the Board will be drafting a new annual budget. Marge added that we will get more detail so everyone understands the guild expenses for bringing in teachers and other costs.

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Sarah noted that Mary will be taking care of changes to the bylaws and will send a thank you to the MQG from the OMQG for their support on our special QFP exhibit at QuiltCon. Mary asked that, if any member should be sent a sympathy, get well or congratulations card from the guild, that you let her or another officer know.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Mary W thanked Sharleen for her outstanding work as Charity Coordinator last year and making our projects more meaningful by letting us know the who and why. She passed a sheet asking for volunteers to serve on Community Outreach committees.

She explained the projects the board has chosen for this year. The quilting project will provide quilts for children in the foster care system requested by the Legal Aid Society, which reported 221 children in the system along with 20 other younger children they provide help for as well. There will be a sewing project, which is ShareBears, requested by UCF College of Medicine students for children in the hospital; they are stuffed but flat bears to be made at Sew Days or at home. The board has not set its goal yet, but the students have a goal of 1,000 bears.

She is setting up four sub-committees: QuiltCon Charity Quilt, Festival of Trees donation quilt, QFP (QFP) Legacy, and Call for Blocks (to respond to future requests after emergencies in other communities).  

Beth spoke about the Quilters for Comfort request for quilts, tops, blocks and batting for quilts for tornado victims in Georgia and Alabama. She asked that we make Wonky Cross blocks (see this month’s Block of the Month instructions at the blog) made of rainbow color backgrounds and white crosses, 10-1/2” unfinished, to be turned in at the April meeting so they may be assembled into either tops or quilts before being sent. Debbe Z challenged everyone going to Monday Sew Day to bring or make a block there.

Mary W reported on a QFP drop at the Orange County Regional History Center, which has collected and is keeping all of the Pulse memorial items from four sites. The guild donated a quilt, with the permission of the maker in St. Petersburg, which had been signed by many in locations meaningful to the LGBT community there. The History Center is going to do an oral history and the Legacy Committee will meet with them about it.

Mary W described the Facebook Stories project. A film crew from Facebook was in Orlando last week filming a QFP quilt distribution and special sew day to tell the story of QFP in a film to be shown to Facebook employees in June as a demonstration of the power of social media platforms.

EDUCATION

Education Coordinator Anne noted that we have several classes this month. Frank’s dyeing class is this Saturday at Mary W’s house (she noted that there is a footrace in her neighborhood that day, but not on her street, for those who are attending). There are several seats still available at $75; students will end up with 8 yards of beautiful hand dyed fabric. A supply list has been emailed to those attending by Ede, the former Education Coordinator.

Jacquie Gering will be teaching classes at the Dr. Phillips Library on March 17 and 18, and, while those are full, Jacquie will be giving a Trunk Show at the Sewing Studio on the 19^th 1-3 pm, which will cost members $10 and nonmembers $20. She is currently Chair of the Modern Quilt Guild Board as well as a quilt designer and author.

Future classes include Shannon Brinkley on May 6^thand Amanda Jean Nyberg on September 30^th. Anne reported that the guild has been discussing the possibility of future classes with Sarah Sharp (paper piecing) of No Hats in the House and Chawne Kimber (piecing tiny pieces) of Cauchy Complete, among others.

EDUCATION BASKET & DOOR PRIZES

Love returned the Raffle Basket filled with many items due to her purging her stash and supplies for a local move. The basket included a number of books, a framed block, magnetic notepads, chocolate bar, quilter’s mug, and other special items. The basket was won by Rene.

A random number generator was used to choose the winners of door prizes from QuiltCon: Judi won the bag that was given to those who registered early for QuiltCon, a Moda Sketch Book was won by Sue K, Gail won a pattern, Anne won a Crimson Tide signed paper piecing pack, and Laura won a Marcus Fabrics “Revved Up Retro” layer cake.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

A number of Wonky Cross blocks were won by Jane (through her proxy, since she wasn’t here). Jodi showed next month’s star block for Kate, who is working at the AQS show in Daytona today. Kate will post instructions for the Block of the Month for April on the blog today. There are several size options, and the colors should be sand background and bright beach colors for the stars.

GUILD LIBRARY           

Guild Librarian Yanick brings the guild’s library of modern quilting books to meetings. The book list is available at the guild website. Books may be checked out for a month and must be returned at the following month’s meeting.

FABRIC AUCTION

Marge said that fabric auctions the last two years brought in $1,000 and over $900, and this year we have fabric left from QFP, including some donated that was no appropriate for that project. She asked that members bring good fabric they no longer want to the April meeting – measured and marked with the size – and the program at the May meeting will be the Fabric Auction, from which all proceeds go to the guild’s education funds.

QUILTCON REVIEW

Mary So provided a wonderful review of QuiltCon quilts in projected photographs. She asked members at QuiltCon to email her photos of their favorites, and, with her photos and those received (from some but not all she asked), she created a fascinating quilt show in categories, including our QuiltCon charity quilt (which Debra J reported a video at the MQG site shows as background to an Angela Walters interview). The show ended with a number of pictures of the guild’s QFP booth.

 Best of Show 2017

Closeup of Debra's Quilt

Self Portrait

9-Patch Challenge Winner

Quilts for Pulse Booth

OMQG at our QFP Booth

SHOW AND TELL

Anne - QuiltCon Classes

Debra & Rene - QuiltCon Class

Zonetta

Mary So

Laura

Gail

Marge

Sarah's QuiltCon Bag

Paula's 1st Show and Tell

Jeff's Mosque Shooting Block

Jeff's QuiltCon Class Quilt

Jeff

LUNCH           

Today members going to lunch will meet at The Coop on Morse in Winter Park. Members will meet for lunch after the April meeting at Chuey’s on 17-92 in Winter Park.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:00.

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 1-4 - AQS QuiltWeek Daytona Beach Quilt Show

March 4 - Frank’s class on dying fabric at Mary W’s house (if 10 register)

March 6 – Sew Day – Maitland Public Library, 10-4

March 17 – Jacquie Gering’s “Creative Quilting with the Walking Foot” class, 10-4,        

Dr. Phillips Public Library

March 18 – Jacquie Gering’s “Slice and Insert Improvisation” class, 10-4,

Dr. Phillips Public Library  [NOT SEW DAY]

March 19 – Jacquie Gering’s trunk show – The Sewing Studio, Maitland, 1-3

 [$10 for OMQG members; $20 for others]

April 5 – Guild meeting – bring fabric for May Fabric Auction and Wonky Cross blocks for

             Quilters for Comfort (tornado victims in Alabama & Georgia) – lunch at Chuey’s

April 10 – Sew Day – Maitland Public Library, 10-4

May 6 – Shannon Brinkley’s class

September 30 – Amanda Jean Nyberg’s class

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