November 2013 – Hudson River Valley Art Workshops

International Quilt Market Report – 2013

November 27, 2013

The International Quilt Market/Festival in Houston, Texas is the largest event of its type, bring in 10s of thousands of attendees from around the world every year. Market is the trade show part where people working in the industry can get a preview and first hand experience with new products, trends, and techniques. It features a wholesale vendor show, business classes and lectures. This is a great conference to get you pumped with excitement and ideas.

Festival is for the general public and it features a retail vendors show (huge!) and also classes and lectures.

One of the highlights for many, including me, is the vast array of exhibits of fiber art, from traditional to art and everything in between.

Below are several examples of pieces in the exhibits. These happen to be by people who will be teaching workshops for us in 2014 or 2015.

This first one is by Jane Sassaman, teaching here next December. Her piece won the The Baby Lock Master Award for Innovative Artistry.

This beautiful rendition of a winter landscape is by Ruth Powers, who will be teaching for us in 2015.

This amazing piece is by David Taylor (the fiber artist from Colorado, not the watercolorist from Australia), who is teach a workshop for us in the summer of 2014.

Next up is a fabulous work by Sheila Frampton-Cooper, who is teaching a workshop for us in 2015.

Finally, a grouping of works by Lenore Crawford who is teach a workshop for us next Fall.

If you are interested in seeing more photos of the exhibits, I have a much longer post on my Crazy By Design blog.

Jean Wells Keenan’s Design Forward

November 20, 2013

Jean Wells Keenan, founder of the Sisters, Oregon quilt festival, owner of the Stitchin’ Post, and all around fabulous teacher and person, was here at the end of October to teach a 3-day workshop.

A fine time was had by all. “Jean is a fantastic teacher, so kind, knowledgable, down to earth, and approachable. A beautiful artist,” is what Susan Sowers had to say.

And let know forget about the cookies! That’s a 6″ plate, by the way.

The weather was beautiful Fall temperatures and the climatis were still putting on a show.

And speaking of a show, the chocolate shop was prepped for Halloween, presided over by a black crow.

2014 Workshops Schedule – The Complete List

November 13, 2013

	Paula Nadelstern Kaleidoscope Quilts March 16 – 22, 2014 Intermediate/Advanced 5 – Day Class
	Katie Pasquini Masopust Working in a Series March 23 – 29, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Rayna Gillman Free-Form Design Spa March 29 – April 1, 2014 All Levels 3 – Day Class
	Laura Wasilowski Counching Thread, Hidden Needle April 3 – 6, 2014 All Levels 3 – Day Class
	Kathy McNeil Creating Your Own Landscape April 6 – 12, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Kathyanne White Digital Printing on Alternative Surfaces Unleashed! April 27 – May 3, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Joe Weatherly May 4 – 10, 2014 Drawing and Oil Sketch All Levels 5-Day Outdoor/Studio
	Margaret Dyer May 15 – 18, 2014 Pastel Figures All Levels 3-Day Studio
	Robert Burridge May 18 – 24, 2014 Acrylic All Levels 5-Day Studio
	Elizabeth St Hilaire Nelson May 29 – Jun 1, 2014 Paper Collage All Levels 3-Day Studio
	Eric Wiegardt Jun 1 – 7, 2014 Watercolor All Levels 5-Day Outdoor/Studio
	Margaret Evans Jun 8 – 14, 2014 Pastel All Levels 5-Day Outdoors
	Karen Rosasco Jun 15 – 21, 2014 Watermedia All Levels 5-Day Studio
	Howard Rose Jun 22 – 28, 2014 Oil All Levels 5-Day Outdoors/Studio
	Cathy Taylor Jun 28 – Jul 1, 2014 Mixed Media All Levels 3-Day Studio
	Christine Ivers Jul 10 – 13, 2014 Pastel All Levels 3-Day Studio
	Alan Flattmann Jul 13 – 19, 2014 Pastel or Oil All Levels 5-Day Outdoors/Studio
	David Dunlop Jul 20 – 26, 2014 Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic All Levels 5-Day Outdoors
	Peter Fiore Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2014 Oil All Levels 5-Day Studio
	Mel Stabin Aug 3 – 9, 2014 Watercolor All Levels 5-Day Outdoors/Studio
	Esterita Austin Expressionistic Portraits August 10 – 16, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	David Taylor Photo to Quilt with Hand Applique August 17 – 23, 2014 Intermediate/Advanced 5 – Day Class
	Barbara Olson Intuitive Images August 23 – 26, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Ann Lindsay Sep 4 – 7, 2014 Watercolor All Levels 3-Day Studio
	Ted Nuttall Sep 7 – 13, 2014 Watercolor All Levels 5-Day Studio
	Richard McKinley Sep 14 – 20, 2014 Pastel All Levels 5-Day Outdoors/Studio
	John MacDonald Sep 21 – 27, 2014 Oil Intermediate & Advanced 5-Day Studio/Outdoors
	Skip Lawrence Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2014 Watermedia Advanced 5-Day Studio
	Joe Bohler Oct 5 – 11, 2014 Watercolor All Levels 5-Day Studio
	Self-Directed Retreat All media welcome October 12 – 18, 2014 All Levels 3-night or 6-night option
	Liz Berg Creating an Original Art Quilt October 19 – 25, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Sue Benner Driven to Abstraction October 26 – Nov. 1, 2014 Intermediate/Advanced 5 – Day Class
	Vikki Pignatelli Creative Curves, Improvisations and Dimension November 1 – 8, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Lenore Crawford Impressionistic Fabric Art November 9 – 15, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class
	Wen Redmond 3-D Holigraphic Images December 4 – 7, 2014 All Levels 3 – Day Class
	Jane Sassaman Abstracting from Nature December 7 – 13, 2014 All Levels 5 – Day Class

Alvaro Castagnet in Upstate New York

November 4, 2013

It was another wonderful week of Fall weather for the Alvaro Castagnet workshop full of technique and inspiration. As Alvaro says,

“It is important to handle your technique with confidence, because that will give you, as the artist a sense of security. Technique is like a river flowing, it is dynamic and always changing because the more we progress, the more we know, and so our technique gets better.”

The first day was spent painting around the inn grounds.

Dinnertime was always a rousing time with this group. There were chants for more of the great food!

Mark, the chef extraordinaire, was more than happy to oblige. Here he is creating the amazing sauce for the Steak Diane.

And don’t these brioche just make you want to roll over and beg for more?

Alvaro likes to do kitchen paintings, with all the wonderful steam, activity and motion. He got Mark’s permission to come in the kitchen while he worked at take lots of reference photos, something not usually allowed! I can’t wait to see the paintings that may be inspired by the photos.