HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's to another year full of opportunity! 

Holiday Shoe (Framed) by Teresa Shippy

Happy Holidays!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

FROM 

BEYOND THE EDGE FIBER ARTISTS!

Vintage Holiday Handbag by Teresa Shippy

1000 Quilt Inspirations

Sandra Sider's book, "1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern and Art Quilts" will be available soon, and we are proud to announce that four Beyond the Edge member's fiber art works will be included in the book: Cynthia Catlin, Linda Anderson, Teresa Shippy, and Laura Bisagna. Teresa's mini-bus art quilt is featured on the cover of the book, in the lower, right hand corner. Congratulations to all those whose work is published and especially our three artists!

Cool Classic Rides Exhibit - THE SEQUEL!

Have you enjoyed Teresa Shippy's Cool Classic Rides exhibit? Well, you'll be in for a treat in 2016 when Cool Classic Rides II comes out. The current exhibit of  "Cool Classic Rides" closes at the World Quilt Show in Florida,  January 2015.  The new Cool Classic Rides II will debut at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in 2016. For more information go to Mancuso’s website:   http://www.quiltfest.com/ .

Linda Anderson Receives Second Place at La Conner Show!

Congratulations to Linda Anderson for her Second Place Award in Abstract Pictorial at the 2014 International Juried Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival at La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum in La Conner, Washington.  This is the beautiful fiber art piece that was in the show. It is titled "Where We Met". 

"Where We Met" by Linda Anderson

Linda Anderson's Art on Display at the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Beyond the Edge’s Linda Anderson will be one of ten contemporary art quilters invited to display 2 pieces at Anaheim Muzeo Cultural Center, hosted by the University of Nebraska study quilt center. This exhibit will juxtapose antique quilts from circa 1850-1940 with today's art quilts.

The exhibit will run from November 15, 2014 to February 15, 2015. For more information you can go to the Muzeo web site: Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Virtual Artist's Reception - SAQA Shades of Passion

Did you miss SAQA's "Shades of Passion" show this year? If you did, you can enjoy a montage of images from the artist's reception by clicking on the link below. The video shows many of the art pieces in the show as well as artists and guests.

Thanks to Laura and Luke Bisagna for creating this video:

SAQA "Shades of Passion" 2014

Mapping Out!

Quilts on the Wall's "Maps" Exhibit will be on display with Ellen November's cartographic themed fiber art at the Malaga Cove Library in Palos Verdes Estates.

Beyond the Edge Artists Linda Anderson, Laura Bisagna, Linda Friedman, jo p. griffith, and Eileen Wintemute have fiber art pieces in this show. Eileen Wintemute’s California misson themed piece is shown on the far left of the post card below,

The artist's reception is November 8th, from 2;30 pm to 5 pm. The show runs from November 1st through 29th. Additional exhibit information is shown below. It should be a wonderful show and I hope you can see it!

Cool Classic Rides Write Up

There is a nice write-up about Teresa Shippy’s "Cool Classic Rides" exhibit in the on-line Mancuso brochure. Cool Classic Rides is an exhibit that has been traveling around the country and has received fantastic reviews.  Here is a link to the write-up about Teresa and her great car quilts:

http://quiltfest.com/activities_detail.asp?id=111

Linda Friedman's SAQA Auction Quilt Selected for Houston

Linda Friedman’s submission to the 2014 Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) benefit auction, “Homeward Flight” was among those selected to go to Houston for the live auction.

Online bidding for these quilts will begin October 27th. These quilts will also be available for in-person bidding during the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX (October 29-November 2. If you are going to Houston be sure to check out the auction and Linda's lovely work.

Here’s a photo of Linda’s quilt that was selected:

"Homeward Flight" by Linda Friedman

Textures Fiber Arts Show in Temecula

We hope you will be able to see the Textures Fiber Arts show in Temecula at the Merc Gallery. It is a wonderful fiber arts exhibit and it has works by two Beyond the Edge artists, Laura Bisagna and Eileen Wintemute.

The Merc Gallery

42051 Main Street

Temecula, CA

Phone 866-653-8696. 

This show will continue through November 2nd. 

Linda Friedman Article in Quilting Arts Magazine

Be sure to check out Linda Friedman's article on fabric painting in the October/November 2014 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine! 

SAQA Shades of Passion Show in Poway

We are proud to announce that the following Beyond the Edge Members have work on display at the SAQA Shades of Passion show now running in Poway, California:

Mia Bloom
Laura Bisagna
Linda Anderson
Linda Friedman
Eileen Wintemute
jo p. griffith

Congratulations to Laura Bisagna

Laura Bisagna's piece, "Pointless" received an Honorable Mention award at the Escondido Arts Partnership Fiber and Quilts show in September. Congratulations Laura!

"Pointless" by Laura Bisagna

Around the World Blog Hop!

Well it’s Beyond the Edge Fiber Artist’s turn to participate in the Around the World Blog Hop. We were invited by Eileen Wintemute, and you can see her blog by clicking on this link:

http://eileenwintemute.blogspot.com

Eileen is a member of Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists. Other artists in the group are: Linda Anderson, Madeleine Bajracharya, Laura Bisagna, Mia Bloom, Cynthia Catlin, Linda Friedman, jo p. Griffith, Mary Beth Kile, and Teresa Shippy. You can learn more about the artists in this group by clicking on the artists name in the list to the right.

Beyond the Edge is an invitational group of artists with a passion for incorporating fiber in our creative works. Our artistry is expressed through a wide spectrum of styles, techniques and materials, hence the name, “Beyond the Edge”.

We have two exhibits that are traveling to various venues at this time. One exhibit, “Fiber Perceptions” was at the Palm Springs Oasis show this weekend. It will be at Mancuso’s Quiltfest shows in New England (August 2015) and Pennsylvania (September 2015).

Our other exhibit is called “My Inner Self Portrait”. We are using this exhibit to showcase the artists in our group and provide a glimpse into what makes us tick. This exhibit will debut at Road to California in January 2015, and then on to other Mancuso east coast shows. We will post on this blog the venues as it gets closer to the show dates.

We have other exhibits in the creative process right now which we will show next year. We post regularly on this blog about our exhibits and other news about the artists. If you sign up to follow the blog by email you will get notices.

We hope you enjoy our work.  I invite any member of the Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists to continue with the blog hop by posting next week to their blogs.

Thanks for visiting our blog!

Redirecting the Ordinary - "Shadows"

Madeleine Bajracharya's beautiful art quilt "Shadows" will be on display at  the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year. This quilt will be part of SAQA's  “Redirecting the Ordinary” exhibit. If you are in Houston be sure to check it out!

Beyond the Edge "Fiber Perceptions" Exhibit

at Mancuso's Quiltfest Oasis Palm Springs

October 2 - 4, 2014

Quiltfest Oasis Palm Springs

Palm Springs Convention Center

277 N. Avenida Caballeros

Palm Springs, CA 92262

Show hours 10am to 6pm daily

“Fiber Perceptions” - an exhibit from Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists

 

Perception is defined as: "the ability to see, hear, or become aware of

something through the senses." The artist's eye perceives something worth

capturing in everyday scenes or objects -- perhaps it’s a shape or color

that catches their eye, a glimpse of a memory from long ago, or simply the

contrast with one’s surroundings.  Things that others may see as plain and

ordinary, an artist may perceive as special and extraordinary, something

worthy of artistic interpretation. This exhibit represents individual

artistic perceptions, seen with clear vision and interpreted in a fiber

medium. 

 

Fiber Perceptions Artists: Linda Anderson, Madeleine Bajracharya, Laura Bisagna, Mia Bloom, Cynthia Catlin, Linda Friedman, jo p. Griffith, Mary Beth Kile, Teresa Shippy, Eileen Wintemute

Fiber Perceptions Exhibit at Cerritos Library

Beyond the Edge is proud to present:

“Fiber Perceptions”

an exhibit from Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists

Perception is defined as: "the ability to see, hear, or become aware of
something through the senses." The artist's eye perceives something worth
capturing in everyday scenes or objects -- perhaps it’s a shape or color
that catches their eye, a glimpse of a memory from long ago, or simply the
contrast with one’s surroundings.  Things that others may see as plain and
ordinary, an artist may perceive as special and extraordinary, something
worthy of artistic interpretation. This exhibit represents individual
artistic perceptions, seen with clear vision and interpreted in a fiber
medium.

This exhibit will be at the library until September 15th. We hope you will have a chance to see it.

Congratulations!

Bali Boys by Linda Anderson

Work by three of our artists has been given special recognition at the Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery's newest show, Fiber & Art Quilts. 

Linda Anderson's "Bali Boys",  shown above, won first place.

Mia Bloom's "Underneath" and Laura Bisagna's "Pointless" were also called out for a special mention by the art gallery.

Information about the show can be found below:

The Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery's newest show, Fiber & Art Quilts with juror Deborah Jarchow, features a mix of ephemeral fiber and traditional art quilts by California artists.  Pieces in the exhibition such as Stephanie Bedwell's Unforeseen Buoyancy convey the duality of the ephemeral nature of fiber and the strength of the human spirit through fiber vessels. Other pieces like Laura Bisagna's Pointless and Mia Bloom's Underneath explore traditional forms of quilting within modern subject matter and with ironic wit. 

The exhibition runs from August 8 through September 27, 2014 at the Escondido Municipal Gallery.  The gallery is open Tues. 11:00AM - 6:00PM and Thurs. through Sat. 11:00AM - 4:00PM.  Meet the artists during our opening reception on Saturday, September 13 from 5:30 - 8:00PM.  We are located at 262 E. Grand Ave. in Escondido.

Madeleine Bajracharya's "Shadows" Art Piece

We want to congratulate Madeleine Bajracharya for having her "Shadows" art quilt accepted into SAQA's  “Redirecting the Ordinary” exhibit. This exhibit will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas on October 30th, and then travel to IQF events in Chicago and Portland. It should be a wonderful exhibit.

Fiber and Art Quilt Exhibition at Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery

Three Beyond the Edge members, Mia Bloom, Laura Bisagna, and Linda Anderson, have fiber art pieces in the Fiber and Art Quilt Exhibition at the Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery. Just for a teaser I am showing Mia Blooms "Underneath" piece that will be in the show here:

"Underneath" by Mia Bloom

 Information on this exhibit is shown below. It should be a wonderful show and I hope you will be able to attend.

Fiber and Art Quilt Exhibition

August 8 – September 27, 2014

Artists’ Reception: - Saturday, September 13, 2014 5:30 – 8pm

Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery

http://www.escondidoarts.org

262 E. Grand Ave.

Escondido, CA  92025

Phone: 760-480-4101

Linda Anderson's SAQA Webinar

Linda Anderson will be the featured artist for a SAQA Webinar on August 9th. The webinar will run from 2 to 3 pm, Pacific time. Linda will be talking about how she makes an art quilt from photos. She will show her step by step process of constructing the quilt, working from the back and batting to the front. She will show how she builds each element to create and image. It should be a good one to catch!

Cerritos Library Exhibit

Here are a few additional photos of "Fiber Perceptions" on display at the Cerritos library. This exhibit will be at the library until September 15th. We hope you will have a chance to see it.

"Succulent Valdani"

Here is a photo of "Succulent Valdani Threads" made for Valdani Threads by Teresa Shippy. This beautiful commissioned fiber art piece debuted at the International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh this year. It measures 32" x 32". Beautiful work Teresa and congratulations on the commission. 

"And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations"

Cynthia Catlin is honored to be a part of an ongoing exhibit titled "And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations". This exhibit of 85 story quilts, with 400 years of history can be seen at the National Underground Railroad and Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,www.freedomcenter.org . This exhibit has been extended through September 5, 2014, and the curator is Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi.  Using the powerful medium of story quilts, And Still We Rise: Race, Culture, and Visual Conversations narrates four centuries of African American history, from the first slave ships to the first African American president. This entire museum is phenomenal and the exhibit should not be missed if you are near Ohio.

 

 

 

This piece titled "The Beginning of Social Justice"  addresses the Emancipation Proclamation issued in 1863 by President Lincoln.

 

Quilting Arts Blog Hop will include Linda Friedman's Blog

SPECIAL BLOG HOP SCOOP... 

On July 18, 2014, a blog hop will be announced on the Quilting Daily blog.  The blog hop will schedule Quilting Arts TV guest bloggers for slots the following week. Linda Friedman's blog will be one of those on the blog hop.   

The blog hop schedule will be posted on --http://www.quiltingdaily.com/ 
Linda's blog link is http://www.lindasartquilts.blogspot.com.   

Blog hops often feature "give-aways" to blog visitors. It sounds like something to check out!

Great job Linda!

Linda Friedman's Quilting Arts Episode is now available!

Our very own Linda Friedman has an episode on Quilting Art's TV series 1400.  Linda's episode is number 1411. In this episode she "dyes fabric with a painterly quality using concentrated dyes and hot water". Linda does beautiful work and this episode is bound to give us insight into her process. 

You can click here to go to this episode, or try cutting and pasting the link below into your browser address bar.

  http://www.interweavestore.com/quilting-arts-tv-series-1400-group?a=qp140627&mid=531101&rid=3468069

First Place for Linda Anderson's Dancer

Linda Anderson's fiber art piece, "Fancy Shawl Dancer" , has won first place in the Fourth Annual Juried Art Show at the Front Porch Gallery located in Carlsbad California. This beautiful depiction of a dancing Native American maiden is shown below.

Fancy Shawl Dancer by Linda Anderson

Congratulations Linda! Information about this exhibit can be obtained by visiting the website for the Front Porch Gallery.

Fiber Perceptions Cerritos Library Exhibit

“Fiber Perceptions”

an exhibit from Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists

Perception is defined as: "the ability to see, hear, or become aware of
something through the senses." The artist's eye perceives something worth
capturing in everyday scenes or objects -- perhaps it’s a shape or color
that catches their eye, a glimpse of a memory from long ago, or simply the
contrast with one’s surroundings.  Things that others may see as plain and
ordinary, an artist may perceive as special and extraordinary, something
worthy of artistic interpretation. This exhibit represents individual
artistic perceptions, seen with clear vision and interpreted in a fiber
medium.

"Fiber Perceptions" is now on display at the Cerritos Library. Information regarding this exhibit is shown below:

We hope you will have a chance to see this lovely exhibit. Here are a few photos showing a portion of the exhibit at the Cerritos library:

Eileen Wintemute to speak at Surface Art Association Meeting June 14th

Eileen Wintemute will provide a trunk show and teach a "Tie-Scape" workshop on June 14th at the Surface Art Association meeting in Burbank, California. This is a description of the lecture:

"My Journey As an Art Quilter…So Far

We all start somewhere. During her talk Eileen Wintemute will describe how she transitioned from traditional quilter to art quilter to artist. She will give a trunk show of work showing her progression along this pathway and describe how her background in watercolor painting has influenced her work. She will also talk about what inspires her as an artist and provide tips for making art quilts. "

The workshop will involve creating a simple city scape using a couple of re-purposed men's ties. 

Meetings of the Surface Art Association are held on the campus of Woodbury University. 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504. Meetings begin at 10:00 am. Sign-in begins at 9:30 am.

Dancing Iris on Display!

Linda Friedman's beautiful "Dancing Iris" piece, shown here, is on display as part of the "Spring Forward" show at the Expressions Gallery in Berkeley, California. The show runs from April 26 through July 11. This is a gorgeous fiber art piece, well worth checking out!

Recycled Art Show at Monte de Oro Winery

Two "Beyond the Edge" artists participated in the Recycled Art Show at the Monte de Oro Winery in Temecula, California this last weekend. The Recycled Art Show requires works to be created from at least 50% recycled materials. Laura Bisagna and Eileen Wintemute both had fiber art pieces in this show. Here are photos of some of the fiber art pieces in the show:

Eileen Wintemute's piece is shown here, bottom

Laura Bisagna's piece is shown here

Two New Artist Pages Added

Please check out work for our two new artists, Linda Anderson and Madeleine Bajracharya. Click on the page links to the right!

Teresa Shippy Bobbin Work Video

Teresa Shippy has created a video showing her beautiful bobbin work technique.

Check it out at http://blog.teresashippy.com/

"Blowing in the Breeze" Sold at "Small Works Show"

"Blowing in the Breeze" by Linda Friedman

This is a 6" x 6" mounted art quilt made by Linda Friedman. It was shown at Chait Galleries-Downtown in Iowa City, Iowa, during in its “Small Works Show” in December, 2013. Linda had a couple of pieces in this show and this one sold. It's gorgeous!

California Fibers Artists: Best of the Best

Jo Griffith will have two of her art quilts in the California Fiber Artists: "Best of the Best" show at the Front Porch Gallery located at 2903 Carlsbad Boulevard, CA.  The show starts March 30th and runs through May 25th. Below is the postcard front and back with additional information. It should be a great show.

"Appearances" Exhibit at Glendale Quilt Show

jo griffith will have some of her art quilts in the latest Quilts On The Wall exhibit entitled "Appearances". This exhibit will have its debut showing at the 35th annual Glendale Quilt show Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22 at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, 91101.

Linda Friedman and jo are seen here holding a couple of jo's art quilts that will be in this exhibit. 

Linda Friedman holding jo griffith's work

jo holding one of her "Appearances" pieces

 Here is a link to information about the show, including hours and location:

 http://www.glendalequiltguild.org/2014quilt-show.html.

It should be a wonderful exhibit! I hope you can check it out.

El Camino Real on display at UCI

Eileen Wintemute's "El Camino Real" art quilt is currently on display at the University of California Engineering Department. This piece depicts several California Missions. Each mission scene has been painted on fabric.  The photo below shows this art quilt.

Here are a couple of detail shots:

Visit to California Fibers Show

Members of Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists recently visited Soka University to see the California Fibers Exhibit on display there. Here is a photos showing one piece made by Susan Henry (not a member of Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists) that we were all admiring.

Deborah Stanley's Work Represented by Xanadu Gallery

Deborah Stanley - Gallery Representation

Deborah is represented by the Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here is a small sampling of her work that is available through that gallery. 

Barrel Racer

Poppies

   

Investing

You can get more information by visiting Deb's Artistic Inspirations, or clicking on the link below:

http://www.xanadugallery.com/2013/Artists/ArtistPage.php?ArtistID=3213

"Cool Classic Rides" Exhibit

Teresa Shippy 

Teresa Shippy's "Cool Classic Rides",  a 27 piece fiber art collection has been added to another Mancuso Inc. show, Quiltfest Oasis in Palm Springs on October 2-4, 2014. This will be a total of 9 Mancuso shows for Cool Classic Rides. The first show kicks off next month with the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival which runs from February 27- March 2, 2014 in Hampton Virginia. Teresa gives shout- outs to Valdani Threads, Mancuso Inc. and Deborah Stanley, the curator for the collection. 

Collaborations Reception

The Collaborations reception was well attended. Many people commented on the unique nature of the exhibit and many different interpretations. Here are some photos from the reception::

Cynthia Catlin