Community News from SQC

Save the Dates

Sacramento welcomes back world renowned poet and author Dr. Eugene B. Redmond for  two special events in July:  Friday, July 12, 2013 @ 7PM, Master Barber & Beauty Shop and Nickel n'a Nail presents: The 2nd Annual An Evening with Dr. Eugene B. Redmond at the Brickhouse Art Gallery (2838 36th Street, Sacramento, CA  95817 AND:  Saturday, July 13,  for the 2nd Annual “Drumvoices for Ahaji: A Festival of the Arts” from 2:00 to 5:00 pm., at the Women's Civic Improvement Club/Center , 3555 3rd Ave., Sacto, CA 95817.  The afternoon program will also feature: a panel discussion, drumming, vendors, poetry, art displays, book signings and music. Click on the photos for more info and join the celebration!!!

Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) @The Brickhouse Art  Gallery  will  host an Old Fashion Ice Cream Social  Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 6-7pm @ The Brickhouse Art  Gallery,   2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. Donation- $2.00 per scoop and create your own ice cream delight. Beat the heat and stay cool at SQC’s Old Fashion Ice Cream Social!!!   

Next Membership Meeting:  Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 7pm-8:00pm @ The Brickhouse Art Gallery,   2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817.   Other Membership Meetings: 2^nd Thursday-September 12 & October 10, 2013. Members is only $25.00 per year

2014 Quilt Exhibit: Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) @The Brickhouse Art Gallery’s Quilt Exhibit, February 1 through February 15, 2014   

SQC's Old Fashion Ice Cream Social Fundraiser

Save the date:

Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 6-7pm

Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) @The Brickhouse Art  Gallery  will  host an Old Fashion Ice Cream Social  Fundraiser  Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 6-7pm @ The Brickhouse Art  Gallery, 2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. Bring the kids, grandkids and the young at heart for ice cream!!

$2.00 per scoop and create your own ice cream delight. Beat the heat and stay cool at SQC’s Old Fashion Ice Cream Social!!!

PS Other special treats: delicious cup cakes and lemonade

For more info call: 916-475-1240 or 916-484-5025

SQC’s Community News, June 14, 2013

SQC’s Community News

The Brickhouse Art Gallery launches new interactive website. Visit the new website @ www.thebrickhousegallery.net.

Sacramento Juneteenth 2013 this weekend : For more ino visit:www.sacramentojuneteenth.com.

African American Quilt Guild of Oakland presents 2013 Quilt Show 

"Sankofa”

"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

Summer Art Classes

The Brickhouse Art Gallery’s Summer Art Classes starts Monday, 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: www.thebrickhousegallery.net.

Membership Meeting

SQC’s next membership meeting, Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 6-8pm at Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817.  Please join us and celebrate the joy of African-American quilting and textiles.

Please remember to bring your share and tell item, your draft bylaws, and membership dues.  We will vote on the bylaws and elect new officers: President and Vice President. If you need a copy of the bylaws please contact Faye @fayek@springmail.com.

SQC’s Old Fashion Ice Cream Social  Fundraiser  

Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) @The Brickhouse Art  Gallery  will  host an Old Fashion Ice Cream Social  Fundraiser  Thursday, August 8, 2013 from 6-7pm @ The Brickhouse Art  Gallery, 2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. Bring the kids, grandkids and the young at heart for ice cream!!

$2.00 per scoop and create your own ice cream delight. Beat the heat and stay cool at SQC’s Old Fashion Ice Cream Social!!!

PS Other special treats: delicious cup cakes and lemonade

For more info call: 916-475-1240 or 916-484-5025

SQC's Membership Meeting & Social

Membership Meeting & Social 

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.

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”.

Artist Call for entries "Choice"

 Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA)

Artists national call for "Choice" a juried exhibition of art in observation of 40th anniversary of Roe vs Wade sponsored by Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA). Women artists are invited to submit 2D and 3D artwork around the theme choice. We are seeking artwork in a broad range of media and genre that give voice to women's reproductive rights. Creative interpretations are encouraged. Works may be abstract, representational or incorporate language with visual representation. Only original artwork will be accepted.

Exhibition Dates: December 12, 2013 - January 12, 2014
Venue: Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Deadline: September 22, 2013

Eligibility: Open to all self-identified women artists residing in the United States
Juror: Catharine Clark of Catharine Clark Gallery San Franciso
Call for entries: http://www.ncwca.org/submission-for-choice.html#dashboard

Photos of Inner Diva, Alter Ego Doll Workshop by Gloria Grandy, May 25, 2013

The workshops are designed for both beginning and expert artists, doll makers, doll collectors and doll lovers. when you create an art doll, as with any creative project, you give it a little of your personality. To truly create an art doll you should explore and find your most imaginative and creative self. 

                                            For more inf call Gloria Gandy @ 916-396-4672