Quilting & Art-Related News, May 28, 2013

Community News

·         The three-year old Flying Needles Quilt Guild will hold their 3rd annual quilt show “A Day of Color” June 1-2, 2013 at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. For more info visit: http://www.quiltingevents.com/2013/05/22/woodland-ca-flying-needles-quilt-show/

·         You are cordially invited to attend the June 1, 2013, Artist Talk with MILTON510, contemporary fine artist from Oakland, CA, from 5-7PM at Underground Books, 2814 35th St. in Sacramento, CA 95817, presenting a series of works inspired by Wynton Marsalis based on the same title, "Blood on the Fields." Come hear this highly educational MILTON510 presentation of words and thirty artworks within ten frames, three Victorian window frames, and two Victorian doors.
http://www.milton510.com/PDF%20Catalogs/WEB_CanILay.pdf

·         The Brickhouse Art Gallery will have Summer Art Classes starting June 17th for Elementary, Middle, and High School grades! Click the event for more information. Scholarships available. The Brickhouse Art Gallery!!! 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. For more info please call The Brickhouse Art Gallery at 916-475-1240 or visit:http://www.thebrickhousegalleryoakpark.com/

·         Sisters Quilting Collective's (SQC) next Membership Meeting & Social Thursday, June 13 2013, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Light Refreshments will be served). Please join us and celebrate the joy of African-American Quilting & Textiles. Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817. To RSVP call 916-484-5025 or fayek@springmail.com.

·         African American Quilt Guild of Oakland presents 2013 Quilt Show “Sankofa” Saturday June 15, 2013, 10 – 4 pm @ Allen Temple Baptist Church Family Life Resource Center,8501 - 85th Avenue at International Blvd, Oakland. For more info visit:http://aaqgo.org/AAQGO/Home.html

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Register now for the Quilt Camp in Costa Mesa CA July 7-11, 2013. The Orange County Quilters Guild is hosting “Camp Watch-A-Patcher” July 7-11, 2013. They have lined up 13 fantastic instructor offering 43 classes, 31 classes still have space available. All sessions are open to guild and non-guild members.  For more info visit:
http://www.quiltingevents.com/2013/05/22/costa-mesa-ca-quilt-camp-watch-a-patcher/

·         N O R T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A QU I LT C O U N C I L (NCQC) is sponsoring a special exhibit, New Quilts of Northern California, at the Pacific International Quilt Festival October 17-20,  2013.Entries are due August 9, and acceptance will be sent by September 10,2013. Entry forms are available on the following page, at the April NCQC meeting, and on our websitewww.ncqc.net. Click on the word “Forms”.