Salli McQuaid

selectedgroup exhibitions ...

• Oh-Oh-Oh (first place), First Circles, Fine Art America website competition, sponsored by Patrice Baldwin, 2011.

• Tranquil Moments (third place People's Choice), Jailhouse Rock, and Fiesta de los Angeles, Walla Walla Valley (WA) Quilt Festival, 2011.

• Fat Tuesday, Interruptions, and My House, Walla Walla Valley (WA) Fair and Rodeo, 2011. Each quilt placed second in its category.

• House of Passion and Caiman Two, American Quilt Society Quilt Show and Contest Sept. 28- Oct.1, 2011 (Des Moines, Iowa).

• Branches accepted to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival (IQF) special traveling exhibition “West Coast Wonders,” 2011-12.

• Branches accepted to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival (IQF) special traveling exhibition “West Coast Wonders,” 2011-12.

• Pink Strength accepted  to SAQA "A Sense of Adventure" IQF traveling exhibition, 2011-12. Color catalog.

• Heartbreak Hotel in SAQA "A Sense of Time" IQF traveling exhibition, 2008-9 (color catalog); on PBS Pokey Bolton "Quilting Arts" TV, 2010. Appears in news articles.

• Tranquil Moments guild competitor at American Quilter's Society exposition, Knoxville, TN, 2010. In show video.

• Bad accepted to SAQA "Creative Force" exhibition, travels to 17 venues, 2010-12; featured on Channel 2 News, Houston, TX, October 2010. Color catalog.

• Sacred Gate (Torii) is accepted to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival special exhibition “West Coast Wonders.” IQF Houston 2010; Chicago IQF, 2011.

• Fat Tuesday is accepted to the Focus on Fibre Biennial “Green” in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Second Place Cash Award, 2010.

• Starry Flight travels with the “A Sense of Humor” Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) exhibition to The Northern Star Quilt Guild, Somers, NY at their 31^st annual show May 1-2, 2010.

• Plum Dragon Archived in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, as a record of the art quilt in 2009.
• Jumping Outside the Borders,  www.SAQA.com December virtual gallery, Mary McBride, curator, 2009. ("Zuni Sun": 2009)
• SAQA A Sense of Humor, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Oct. 2009, Chicago, 2010, Long Beach, 2010.  ("Starry Flight": 2009). Color Catalog. Pictured in numerous publications.
• West Coast Wonders, Long Beach International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA, July, 2009; Houston, TX, October, 2009, Chicago, 2010 ("Running Horses": 2007). Published in Chicago IQF class schedule.

Kamikaze Dive Flag: Salli McQuaid, 1975.
Sunnyvale Community Art Center Six Senses group exhibition, 1976.

• Woodlands Area Quilt Guild exhibition, "Blooming Crazy for Quilts," July 12-13, 2009, six quilts, "Rainbow Renaissance" wearable art (third place award), one block, one Christmas stocking.
• Studio Art Quilt Associates traveling Trunk Show , 2009-10. ("Plum Dragon": 2009).

McQuaid at the Santa Clara County Fair Community Exhibition (San Jose, CA) with her painting: St. Lucifer the Dragon, acrylic on canvas, 48"x72",1989. Collection: Mike Robertson, Huntington Beach, CA.

• Studio Art Quilt Associates exhibition auction, www.SAQA.com, ("Haiku Dragon": 2008) Nov. 2008.
• SAQA A Sense of Time, International Quilt Festival, Houston,  Oct. 2008, Chicago, 2009, Long Beach, July, 2009.  ("Heartbreak Hotel": 2008)
• Dig-it-al Quilts, Studio Art Quilt Association -- Texas Members, A Photoseptembre U.S.A. Exhibit, Fiber Artspace, San Antonio, TX, September, 2008 ("Light is a Feather").
• Focus on Fiber Art Show, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ("Pink Strength": 2008), juried third annual, August and September, 2008. Cash award.
• Third Annual Chama Outdoor Quilt Festival, Chama, NM (22 quilts), June 14, 2008.
• Colors of an American Harvest, fall invitational for The Revels theatre troupe, Alliance Francaise, Houston, TX, October, 2007. ("Winter Wave": 2006).
• The Long Road, curated by k. velis turan ("The Kiss": 2007), www.SAQA.com virtual gallery, October, 2007.
• Studio Art Quilt Associates exhibition auction, www.SAQA.com, ("Haiku Beach": 2007) July, 2007.
• Homepage, www.artistsites.org, ("Winter Wave: 2006) May, 2007.
• San Jose State University Alumni invitational auction Exhibition, 1992, 1993.
• Santa Clara County Fair Community Exhibition, San Jose, CA, 1989, four paintings accepted.
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, 1982. (First horse in an art gallery.)
• City of Springfield City Hall Community Art Show, 1981. (Acrylic painting.)
• Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 1981.
• Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OR, 1981. (Acrylic painting.)
• Erb Memorial, University of Oregon, juried Christmas crafts show, fabric items, 1981.
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, 1981. (Wearable art.)
• River Road Art in the Park, Eugene, OR, 1981.
•  Hayward Area Festival of the Arts, Hayward, CA, 1977. Juried, catalog. Honorable mention, photography (computer "photos" with poem).
• Six Senses: Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA, 1977.
• Six Senses: Sunnyvale Community Art Center, Sunnyvale, CA, 1976.
• Union Gallery, San Jose State University, 1975. Hand-embroidered bench.