2022 In the Know Archives
Here are some of our "In the Know" announcements from 2022.
Members' Publications & Awards >>
Members' Exhibitions, Events and Sales >>
In Memoriam
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Also available:
- 2022 Programs & Workshops archive >>
Note that DAFA did not host any shows in 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic.
Meeting Highlights & Show and Tell
November 2022
Our Show and Tell session featured a wide range of new work, ranging from jewelry to
wearable art.
At our October 2022 meeting, our Show and Tell session featured fabulous items created for the Japanese Textile Member Challenge. The winners of our 2022 prizes, which were voted on by members in attendance, were Susie Diver (Samurai Award for Legendary Artistry) and Carolyn Skei (Ninja Award for Supernatural Artistry). Below are just a few of the incredible pieces that were designed and created by members of Dallas Area Fiber Artists (DAFA).
Beth Swider exhibited three pieces: All Ways Noteworthy
(notecards covered in silk);
The Bird Den of Excess, and
Twisted Treasure
(necklace).
Susie Diver won the Samurai Award for Legendary Artistry for her piece Texture.
Carolyn Skei won the Ninja Award for Supernatural Artistry for her piece Kikasaku (Geometry).
Also at October's Show and Tell, JoAnn Musso showed off her cards from Stamp-It-Up.
Our annual Purge at the September 2022 meeting was a great success! Many thanks to Carol Kovacs for organizing this event, which allowed members to share their unwanted art supplies with others!
The September meeting also featured updates from many members on their latest projects, a few of which are shown here.
At our August meeting, we exchanged Artist Trading Cards (ATCs).
Artist trading cards (ATCs) were originally created by Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann in 1997. He called it a "Collaborative Cultural Performance." Artist trading cards are 2.5 by 3.5 inches in size, the same format as modern trading cards. They are self-made unique works or small series, signed and dated on the reverse by the artist/producer, exchanged and collected by the people who participate in the collaboration. Learn more at Wikipedia >>
In June, our members showed off the projects they created after attending Bryant Holsenbeck's Wild Things workshop.
Multiple members showed off their latest creations at our June meeting.
Members' Publications & Awards
Sari Jewels
Article by DAFA member Carolyn Skei
The Winter 2022 issue of Art Quilting Quarterly
includes Carolyn Skei’s article “Sari Jewels.” The article features “Cello for Carol,” a small, canvas-mounted quilt she made for a friend who had a beloved musical instrument stolen. The article also covers the construction process Carolyn uses for the “Small World” series she has been making for years with recycled sari strips.
Carolyn Skei, master gardener and award-winning art quilter, was featured in Neil Sperry's egardens newsletter! Check it out at neilsperry.com/e-gardens.
Many members' works are featured at this year's CC Young The Spirit is Ageless show, held through October 28, 2022.
Carolyn Skei's art quilt Boy with Fish was juried into the exhibit Seeing in Color at the Texas Quilt Museum in LaGrange, Texas, from September 1 to December 17, 2022.
This will be a side-trip attraction for visitors to the Houston International Quilt Festival this fall.
Carrie Noess was presented with one of our organization's highest honors, the Outstanding Volunteer Award.
The award itself was specially designed by April Soncrant to reflect Carrie's art, and was fabricated in glass by Polly Gessell.
In June 2022, Dallas Area Fiber Artists (DAFA) presented volunteer awards to members for their outstanding contributions to the following projects:
- Community Service
- Board Service
- Staffing of the Quilters Guild of Dallas show booth
- Participation in the Makers Connect fundraising sale
Two of our artists have work on exhibit at the Plano Art Association 125 show, Kathi Jahnke with her art quilt Serendipity and Christine Miller with Flourishing, her merit-award-winning woven-metal sculpture.
Christine Miller has been juried into Fiber Art Now's show Yarn/Rope/String. Her piece Encoded is a woven metal vessel embellished with hand-stitched symbols.
Brenda McKinney won Third Place in Watercolor Media for In the Garden at the 56th Annual Richardson Civic Art Society Regional Juried Art Exhibit, which took place in April/May 2022.
Jackie Nixon-Fulton's art quilt
Forever in the Meadow received the third-place award at the Quilters Guild of Dallas 2022 show!
Lu Peters won first place at the Quilters Guild of Dallas 2022 show with her art quilt Building a Wall of Civility: Words Matter #1.
Deborah Boschert's Waking Up and Turning In were juried into the Harmony Exhibit at the Broadway Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.
Carolyn Skei's piece The Creative Hand was recently juried into the Sacred Threads exhibit.
Deborah Boschert's Treelines was juried into the Connecting Our Natural World SAQA exhibit.
Deborah Boschert's Through and Through was juried into the Ebb and Flow SAQA exhibit.
Jeanene Evans created leather bookbindings. The button is clay she made with Lisa Covert last year.
Another binding created by Jeanene Evans. Here again, the thread is Sue Spargo #3 perle cotton that she waxed to help keep it moving through the leather.
Jeanene Evans attended a conference at SMU where she did paper cutting with an accordion binding. When closed, the binding fits into the specially-made slip box.
The fold-out design reveals a multicolored succulent garden.
Joy Holekamp created this hand- and machine-applique for a family reunion raffle quilt. Tricia Ribbs designed the 3D roses.
She also made an improvised four-patch baby quilt/play mat for a cousin's baby shower.
Many DAFA members contributed to the Violet Protest project, a massive nationwide initiative that collected 13,500 fiber art squares and sent them to the U.S. President, Vice-President, and every legislator of the 117th Congress.
DAFA contributors:
- Mary Masal
- Dee Merrell
- Christine Miller
- Sara Miller
- Lu Peters
The Violet Protest is the subject of a documentary now airing on PBS! https://azpbs.org/2024/03/violet-protest/
Dee Merrell
contributed this photo of the
Ukrainian Prayer Wall
installation, created by members of the Midway Hill Christian Church.
Gelli print and machine stitching done by Lu Peters of Japanese maple leaves from Carolyn Skei’s garden.
Gelli print done by Carolyn Skei, machine and hand-stitched by Lu Peters.
Dee Merrell made these book marks and pulpit panel as projects for her church, Midway Hills Christian Church.
Carol Kovacs made this adorable quilt for her newest great-grandbaby.
In memoriam
Lisa Covert
It is with great sadness that we learned that our much-loved member and president, Lisa Covert, passed away on February 1st. She was in hospice care and passed restfully and at peace at The T. Boone Pickens Hospice Care Center in Dallas.
Lisa's immense contributions to the Dallas Area Fiber Artists are immeasurable and long lasting. She brought an extraordinary level of professionalism, built fine relationships, and elevated our organization for the members and the community at large. Lisa's visions and planning abilities were unequaled, and our organization thrives as a direct result of her volunteerism and dedication.
Her family has asked that no flowers be sent. In lieu of these, donations may be made in Lisa’s memory to either Dallas Area Fiber Artists or to the American Cancer Society for pancreatic cancer research. The DAFA Board will use any funds raised to create a fitting tribute to Lisa.
Donations:
Specify “In Memory of Lisa Covert” with check
Dallas Area Fiber Artists
P.O. Box 38077
Dallas, TX 75238-0077
Members' Exhibitions, Events and Sales
List of Services
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Beneath the Waves exhibit/sale
September 7 to October 1, 2022
Makers Connect
9047 Garland Road
Dallas, TX 75218
Christine and Keith Miller’s coral reef art will be featured at a special exhibition and sale.
Reception: Saturday, September 10 from 2-4 p.m.
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Carolyn Skei Program/Workshop
Trunk Show: September 16
Workshop: September 17
Carolyn Skei presents her trunk show at the Ft Worth Modern Quilt Guild on 9/16, and a workshop on transferring digital images to quilt designs on 9/17.
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Harmony @Broadway Gallery
June 1 to August 31, 2022
Harmony Exhibit
The Broadway Gallery
Alexandria, Virginia
Broadway Gallery, in collaboration with Sacred Threads, will exhibit textile art in the theme of “Harmony” this summer. DAFA's own Deborah Boschert will have two pieces exhibited, Waking Up and Turning In.
Artists selected for the show use the theme “Harmony” as a jumping off point for their pieces. In a time when our world feels chaotic, we look for Harmony in our lives.
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Materials: Hard + Soft
May 27- August 27, 2022
Patterson-Appleton Arts Center
Denton, Texas
The Greater Denton Arts Council proudly presents the 35th annual Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition. Recognized as one of the premier craft exhibitions in the country, it began in 1987.
Materials: Hard + Soft celebrates the evolving field of contemporary craft and the remarkable creativity and innovation of artists around the world who push the boundaries of their chosen media. This year it has expanded to two galleries, the Meadows Gallery and the Gough Gallery.
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SAQA: Musica! exhibition
January 6 to May 1, 2022
10am-4pm on Thu/F/Sat
Texas Quilt Museum
La Grange, Texas
The Texas Quilt Museum kicks off its 2022 season with two incredible collections that put a wholly different spin on the phrase "music sampling."
The exhibits SAQA: Musica! and Super Samplers will be on display until May 1. Image shown is DAFA member Carolyn Skei's San Antonio on My Mind.
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Carolyn Skei at PAQA-S
Carolyn Skei's art quilt
Battle Ready was juried into the Visions Art Museum’s Members Challenge 2021 First Responders exhibition.
For more information, please click on link below.
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Carolyn Skei at SAQA
Carolyn's quilt, Mystic Currents, is in SAQA’s virtual exhibition Impressions of Oceania From Around the World.
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