February 20,
2016 was the most recent quarterly meeting in Kansas City. Here's a short review of what the group covered.
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Nine
members attended the meeting at the newly-remodeled Johnson County Central
Library.
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Carmen
Rinehart presented a program on “Color.”
Carmen suggested we tend to use the same
colors repeatedly because they have been successful for us in the past. She
recommended the book, Color Play by Joen Wolfram. She also talked about
research that has been done that analyzes how our brains react to color – tension,
calming, stimulating, etc. If we create art for a specific venue it could
influence our color choices.
During part of the presentation we
played a “card game” using paint and fabric swatches. It was a lot of fun and
very informative. Everyone enjoyed
it. Thank you, Carmen!
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There
has been some confusion regarding the term “face-time” meetings. Apparently there is an internet program
similar to Skype that is named Facetime.
In the future, we will refer to our meetings as quarterly (Kansas City
area) get-togethers.
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Mary
Kay reported that SAQA was willing to pay for us to have a SAQA booth at the
2017 Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival.
Linda Frost offered to help coordinate staffing for it. Registration for KCRQF booth space has not
yet begun, so this is not a sure thing yet.
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We
discussed the 2017 Regional Exhibit at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. The following items were decided at the
quarterly meeting:
o Exhibit dates
are June 2, 2017 through July 29, 2917.
o It will be a
juried exhibit titled, “Our Changing Landscape” which will encompass rather
broad interpretations.
o Artwork
dimensions will be a minimum of 24” and a maximum of 48” for both height and
width.
o We will hold an
opening reception on June 2, 2017.
o The committee so
far consists of Karen Hansen, Mary Kay Fosnacht, Cindy Parry, Cindy Brendzel,
Carol Jones, Carmen Rinehart, Jackie Stoaks, Marney Clausen, and Ada
Niedenthal. If you are interested in
helping with this exhibition, please email Karen or Mary Kay.
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The
next quarterly get-together will be May 21 at the Johnson County Central
Library. Andrea Luliak, one of our
members from Wyandotte, OK will present a program and demonstration using
tissue paper on top of fabric. We hope
you will attend!
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| Quilt by Karen Hansen |
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| Cynthia Parry |
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| Andrea Luliak |
