ART LECTURES:
Tuesday March 20, 7 PM
“ Other People’s Fleas” by Teddy Pruett
Harris Theater, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Blvd., NSB
Open to the public, fee $5
Pruett will present “Other People’s Fleas” which is a wild and wacky look at quilts made from recycled items, many of questionable character. How to work with old blocks and tops – and how to decide whether or not you should alter them – how to make the most of the good, the bad, the ugly, and the totally unsalvageable! Trunk show of befores and afters, do’s and don’ts, and really weird stuff. This is strictly for fun, but audiences say they come away with great ideas. Laughs galore! This program has been performed for national audiences, and sold out in Paducah! One hour trunk show. There is a $5 fee for attendees not registered at Focus on Fiber.
Saturday, March 24, 2 PM
”Value your own work!” by Teddy Pruett
Harris Theater, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Blvd., NSB
Open to the public, fee $5
The campus will be open to the public starting with another lecture by Pruett: “Value your own work!” How do you know if your quilt is worth a fortune, or if you should let the dog have puppies on it? We will discuss the discretionary factors that make antique quilts more – or less – valuable, and study market factors, collectability, provenance, and dating. Does that new quilt you just completed have any value other than the cost of the materials? You may be surprised at the answer! Learn how to value your own work. Actual quilts will illustrate the arguments for and against value. Discussion of care, cleaning, storage, shipping, insurance, and more. One hour trunk show. There is a $5 fee for attendees not registered at Focus on Fiber.
Pruett will then offer appraisals at $40 each for those who bring their quilts. She does not like to appraise art quilts as they are harder to defend in courts at this time.
ART EVENT:
Saturday, March 24, 2 – 4:30 PM
Open House: Focus on Fiber 12 and This is a Quilt! Trunk Show
Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Blvd., NSB
Open to the public, no fee
Also on Saturday, the public is welcome to view “This is a Quilt!” which SAQA’s second Trunk Show showcasing its member’s diversity of talent and its mission to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, and documentation. The trunk show was developed in answer to the question “How do we explain what we do – create quilts – without people immediately thinking of a nine-patch that goes on your bed?” Each of the 30 quilts included (one of seven trunks traveling the world through 2013) is presented in a 12” square white mat. Fifty of the original 350 submissions will become part of the permanent collection of the Michigan State University Museum. The Trunk Show is in the Music Studio and is free to the public.
