As a first time conference attendee, I didn’t know what to expect from my first day at #Confluence. Even if you can’t be here with us in Minneapolis you can be part of the experience. Read about my adventures and impressions throughout the 2011 International Surface Design Association Conference. …
Read More »There will be a Confluence of styles the moment the textile tribe begins to assemble in Minneapolis for the 2011 International conference June 4th. Sample these visual appetizers as you get ready to roll into Minnesota. If you’re not going, get a taste of what you’ll miss – and of SDA’s commitment to advocating for excellence in the textile arts….
Read More »Read how textile entrepreneur Laura Foster Nicholson uses Spoonflower.com, a print-on-demand fabric service, to satisfy her pattern compulsion! Then come to SDA Confluence conference (June/Minneapolis) and let both Nicholson & Stephen Fraser, co-founder of Spoonflower, inspire you to express your vision in prints. …
Read More »SDA AoE program was started in 2002 to acknowledge outstanding creativity or innovation in a work using surface design/fiber-related media. Check out 5 recent winners here, each of whom received a full year of SDA membership. Detail of “Uprooted”, an award-winning work by Adrienne Sloan, is shown at left….
Read More »SDA Member Bhakti Ziek’s greatest accomplishment of 2010 was a re-energized focus that led to a new series of weavings and an exhibition. Hear her speak on “Digital Jacquard Design Using Photoshop®” at the upcoming SDA Confluence conference in June in Minneapolis, MN….
Read More »Check out the awards, commissions and collaborations SDA Members Patricia Greaves (UK), Dawn Edwards (Michigan) and Kathie Kerler (Oregon) created and won in 2010. Dawn Edward’s “Triton’s Horn” (Felt & Mixed Media) is shown at left….
Read More »“I am floating 30 feet above the concrete floor in the dark. I can hear the murmuring of the audience as I strap the paintbrush onto a 3 foot long piece of bamboo. The lights switch on, illuminating a tower of white silk. As as the luscious notes of a solo cello begin to resonate through the auditorium, I begin to paint.”…
Read More »Read about the ideas and surface design techniques Michelle Sirois-Silver and Andrea Donnelly (whose work appears at left) plan to explore using SDA Personal Development Grants. Check out the guidelines for applying to win a grant yourself on the SDA website….
Read More »Mississippi quilt maker Gwendolyn Magee was recently awarded a 2011 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in the “Artistic Excellence” category. Tyler School of Art’s Rebecca Medel recently received an ACC American Craft Fellow award. Learn more about these award-winning members of SDA….
Read More »This MEMBER HOT SPOT features the work of 3 SDA members–Ann Nyberg of Sweden, Linda Colsh of Belgium and Joan Schulze of California–whose work was exhibited this summer at the 4th Riga Triennial in Latvia. Also included is some catch up buzz about Kiyomi Iwata and Yoshiko Wada. Shown at left is Ann Nyberg’s “State of Universal Chaos” from Riga….
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