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email from Annabel

Dear Artists, I enjoyed  seeing and hearing many of you today. I have 2 items to share with you. We recently visited the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens and were amazed at the Wind, Waves and Light exhibit of outdoor kinetic sculptures! There is an article at their website. Seeing these pieces in motion was mesmerizing and so relaxing. Being in this beautiful garden was a treat. ---- This piece was at the end of our recent monthly SAQA regional newsletter and I have returned to it several times. Enjoy! Fiber Artist Dilemma — How to Keep the Romance Alive Here’s the scenario. You’ve come up with this amazing idea for your next fiber art piece. You plot it out, gather the essential elements to begin the process and you are so excited! You can’t  stop thinking about it. It gives you a feeling of euphoria. When you are away from this project, you yearn to get back to it. While engaging in other activities, your mind is fantasizing about  what you’ll do next in working on your creation. This
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Jody's tips for a hot summer day

     Jody had several ideas about how to spend a hot summer day (as follows): On yesterday's Zoom meeting, I mentioned a couple things that might be of interest to you and was asked to send out a separate email.  Hope you can find something that interests you here.  My apologies for cutting and pasting from websites which creates "funky" spacing/print.  Note that the VMFA starts TODAY!!! 1.   SAQA Webinars :  Textile Talks Wednesdays from 2-3:00 p.m.   Textile Talk s  features weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, the Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. The programs are held online at 2 pm. Eastern (11 am Pacific) each Wednesday.  Preregistration is required and recordings are available.  See weekly newsletter to sign up. 2.   Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) :   Artists at Home Tue, July 14 & 21, 1 – 2 pm |
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Fresh Fish call for entry

Details for the Fresh Fish exhibit https://www.saqa.com/events/freshfish?fbclid=IwAR0zkRNYWrSDJskLkOOxl5xjzQFXc9gpEhVB61DqKgty8QCykxJa5TvC7_Q
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Show and Tell query

We've had a request to post the images from the May meeting's Show and Tell.  What do you think?  Does anyone have an objection?  Should we try to "watermark" the images?
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trip to Renwick Gallery?

Lise suggested a field trip to the Renwick Gallery, but everything is now on hold.  Any interest in this? https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/echelman What drew me to want to be an artist was, I have always been interested in how the space I'm in changes the way I feel and therefore who I am at any given moment. —Janet Echelman Janet Echelman ’s colorful fiber and lighting installation examines the complex interconnections between human beings and our physical world, and reveals the artist's fascination with the measurement of time. The volumetric form suspended from the ceiling of the Renwick Gallery's Rubenstein Grand Salon is inspired by the data recorded March 11, 2011, following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that rippled across the Pacific Ocean toward Japan. The geologic event was so powerful it shifted the earth on its axis and shortened the day by 1.8 millionths of a second, lending this work its title. Echelman's knotted meditation contrasts t
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Dear Artists, With Kathleen’s help we will have a marvelous chance to catch up and share art and friendship (on Monday May 11th)! Kathleen will send us an invitation and we can click on the link. Looking forward to seeing you all. Do please have hand work ready to show us. Hugs, Annabel Kathleen has asked us to forward pictures of the art that we intend to share on Monday TO HER. She will then make a Power Point presentation and we'll all be able to see the art clearly. Sally
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Music to wash hands

Here's the link to Annabel's suggested music: https://www.cutcommonmag.com/7-iconic-classicalexcerpts-to-wash-your-filthy-hands-to/ Here's the link to Kathleen's suggested museum tours: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
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