Virginia A. Spiegel

Boundary Waters 25

In celebration of its 20th year as an international community of artists, Studio Art Quilt Associates will be touring a special exhibition: SAQA@20: Art & Excellence.  This invitational exhibition was curated by Patricia Bolton, Editor-in-Chief of both Quilting Arts and Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazines and a SAQA board member.  

The premier of SAQA@20:  Art & Excellence will be October 15-18, 2009 at International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas and includes my Boundary Waters 25, shown above. This artwork is part of the Boundary Waters series and is a study of the tall cliffs that surround many of the Boundary Waters’ lakes.

Portage:  Set Forth

The Studio Art Quilt Associates benefit reverse auction, One Square Foot, opens tomorrow.  My Portage: Set Forth is in the first group of 12″ square art quilt that will be available with the price dropping each day. 

SAQA is “a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development and documentation.”  I am happy to donate this artwork to further the goals of this professional organization.

I actually took photos during the creation of this artwork; read my Technique Talk here.