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A Valentine for you ...
Salli McQuaid, #111: Oprah's
Portrait, 26"w x 25"w, 2011.
Happy Lover's Day!
NEW BOOK
Naked 2: Quilted
Confessions of a Savaged Artist, now available
Contains: Insights regarding art criticism, 8 poems, 3 Haiku, and 11
quilts
by Salli McQuaid -- photos by Mike McQuaid Focus: dealing with
art criticism.
A Highly Appropriate Valentine's Day Gift
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Oh-Oh-Oh wins internet
first place award
Salli McQuaid: Cosmic Illusion #104: Oh-Oh-Oh,
10"w x 14"h, 2011 $100
In the Fine Art America (FAA) on-line First
Circles contest, Salli McQuaid's mini-quilt Oh-Oh-Oh
received the most votes, giving her the first-place award on November 6,
2011. The contest was authored by FAA artist Patrice Baldwin.
"Considering the quality of the other entries and
the fact that it was the only fiber art entry, I was surprised
that Oh-Oh-Oh won first place. HOOOORAY!" said McQuaid.
POLITICAL PIECE
Impeach Congress: Cosmic
Illusion #99
Salli McQuaid:
#99:
Impeach Congress, 59"w x 40"h, 2011.
R-detail.
OTHER NEW WORK:
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McQuaid's quilts win
Six
2011 awards
Salli McQuaid entered
four categories in the 2011 Walla Walla Valley Fair and Rodeo
held in September. She received second place in each category:
(1) Large Quilts, Fat Tuesday, (2)Small Quilts,
Interruptions, (3) First Quilt, My House,
(4) Small Quilted Items, Spongebob pillow.
Regarding the quilts, one judge commented, "I found your work
interesting, perhaps too interesting and avant garde for
this [competition]."
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Moments won third place, People's Choice, in the
annual Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival, also held in
September. "I was honored to have my quilts shown in an
exhibition of this caliber," said McQuaid. "To receive a
People's Choice award was delightful."
Fat Tuesday won
second place at the FFAA Biennial, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
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