Susie Monday

Artist, maker, teacher, author, head cook and bottlewasher.

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The art I make is the result of a life-long love of pattern, texture and color. How I teach is a skill honed by experience (I started teaching creative arts to younger kids when I was 12). After earning a B.A. in Studio Arts from Trinity University, I helped lead an internationally recognized educational foundation, designed curriculum exhibits for schools and other institutions, wrote and edited for a major daily newspaper, opened the San Antonio Children's Museum and then, a dozen years ago, took the scary but essential (for me) leap to become a fulltime artist and art teacher.

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This weblog is about the maker's life. The teacher's path. The stitching and dyeing and printing of the craft of art cloth and art quilt. The stumbling around and the soaring, the way the words and the pictures come together. Poetry on the page and in the piecing of bright scraps together. The inner work and the outer journeys to and from. Practicalities and flights of fancy and fearful grandeur, trivial pursuits and tactile amusements. Expect new postings two or three times a week, unless you hear otherwise. 

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    Tuesday
    Sep112012

    Houston Quilt Festival is Around the Corner

    DateTuesday, September 11, 2012 at 12:46PM

    And I am one of the lightposts. Well, one of the cazillion instructors who somehow can't resist the prospect of toting too many bags and boxes around the acreage of the George Brown Convention Center, walking our feet off in the exhibits, gaping at the amazing array and approach to quiltmaking that shines in the world, and, usually. spending more money in the vendor's stalls than we make in the classroom. BUT, I wouldn't miss it for the world. And you shouldn't either. This is the Kentucky Derby equivalent of the Quilting World, and the winners are eye-inspiring and the sheer volume of things to see, do and experience make it definitely worth the trip.

    If you are attending, and are looking for a class to take, please join me for fun and fabulous adventure. My work will also be on display in the RITUALS exhibition presented by Dinner@8. 

    Wednesday, 9-5, Shaping Symbols into Art Quilts

    Master design skills with free form patterns, cut-paper shapes and original stamps as you explore personal imagery and iconic symbols. Simplify photos for original quilts, printing and more. Thermofax screen mailed later.

    Thursday, 2-4, Mixed Media Miscellany, Inkjet transfers with Wet Media Film demonstration

    Friday Sampler, 10-noon, Stamp out Your Message, demonstration

    Saturday Sampler, 10-noon,  Your Own Alphabet on Fabric, demonstration

    Sunday, 9-noon  Inspiration is in the Cards

    What inspires you? Create a one-of-a-kind card deck to spark creativity, take you out of your creative rut, and move you into art-making and imagination. Collage and design your way to a new studio ritual with a variety of mixed media techniques.

    For more information and to register on line, see the Festival website and catalog. My events are #330, 460, 545, 735 and 806.

     

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    I'm already signed up for your Sunday morning class, looking forward to meeting and learning from you! I'll also be VERY ready to not walk anymore by that point. See you then, Gretchen
    September 13, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterGretchen

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