SAQA Interview 11-10-20

 

"Conversation on the Porch"  Ruth B. McDowell - MA  1993

54" W X 37.5"L  Cotton fabrics, batting and thread.  Machine pieced and quilted. 

This year SAQA is participating in the SOFA event in Chicago for which Studio Art Quilt Associates Director Martha Seilman interviewed three contemporary quilt collectors and I am one of them.    You can also look at videos by Jack Walsh and Marvin Fletcher.   Both of them collect large, expensive quilts and have advisors to help them decide.  I just buy what I like and can afford without consulting anyone!  I am thrilled to be able to see pieces in their collections and even more thrilled to share pictures and talk about some quilts in TCQC. 

I was surprised at how precisely I speak and the voice doesn't sound at all like my own.  There was no script; I provided the images, Martha asked me questions and I just answered off the top of my head.  It seems to all make sense, but if I had it to do over again I would probably say something different.  Isn't that always the way?

Click on: 

Intersect Chicago: The Future of SOFA (SAQA Special Exhibition)

If that doesn't work try:   

https://www.saqa.com/events/intersect-chicago-future-sofa-saqa-special-exhibition

If neither works, please let me know.   Del

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Interview for SAQA 11-07-20

Several months ago Martha Seilman, Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), asked me to do a interview which would appear online as part of the SOFA event.  Normally held over a week in Chicago, SOFA is forced to be a virtual event this year.  I sent her some images of a few quilts and eventually she set up an interview time and asked me questions that I answered off the top of my head.  The interview appeared on the SOFA site only the first day, along with interviews with two top collectors, Jack Walsh, and Marvin Fletcher.  Both of them collect large, expensive quilts and have advisors to help them decide.  I just buy what I like and can afford without consulting anyone!  I am thrilled to be able to see pieces in their collections and even more thrilled to share pictures and talk about some quilts in TCQC. 

I was surprised at how precisely I speak and the voice doesn't sound at all like my own.  There was no script; I provided the images, Martha asked me questions and I just answered off the top of my head.  It seems to all make sense, but if I had it to do over again I would probably say something different.  Isn't that always the way?

Go to:   

https://www.saqa.com/events/intersect-chicago-future-sofa-saqa-special-exhibition

Click on: 

Intersect Chicago: The Future of SOFA (SAQA Special Exhibition)

Click on the "Del Thomas" entry.  

I hope that works!  If it doesn't will someone please let me know. 

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