FRCQ Newcomers Zoom Meeting!
2022-08-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-26 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
FRCQ Newcomers Zoom Meeting!
Come meet other Newcomers to FRCQ! Those who join the informal zoom call will be able to share their backgrounds, questions, support, and inspiration. And pretty soon, you’ll have new friends! Old-timers are welcome to stop by as well.

Topic: FRCQ Newcomer
Time: 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
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Book Club
2022-08-26 19:00 - 20:00
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]

Mary McCauley Workshop– “Fabric and Form: Vessels”
2022-09-17 09:00 - 2022-09-18 16:00
Mary McCauley – “Fabric and Form: Vessels”

“Fabric and Form: Vessels” Workshop
September 17 and 18, 2022 (Saturday and Sunday)
Workshop Description: Old and new, familiar and innovative, building on the past and exploring the unknown – these are the successful themes that form the approach of our workshop. Inthis workshop we put old, familiar skills to use in creating new and unique art forms. We will learn about using fabric to make vessels or “textile sculptures”, then design and construct our ownnew vessels using a simple, systematic process that allows for a great range of invention. 2 days, max class size 20.
Outline: Class members will design and create a 3 dimensional vessel or form, using my step-by-step process.

Introduction to 3 D fabric structures, examples and inspirations, discussion of 3 D design elements, symmetry/asymmetry, opportunities and limitations presented by fabric medium.
Design work: sketching the form, creating a template on paper, planning the construction sequence.
Constructing the panels, embellishment and “polishing the pieces”.
Assembling the form, putting the pieces together, wiring technique.
Finishing touches: Creating the base, labeling, final embellishment.
“Accessorizing”: storage/carrying box, photography tips.

For more information visit https://www.artquilters.org/mary-mccauley/

Book Club
2023-03-24 19:00 - 20:00
March 24th – 7 pm

Topic: Book Club
Time: 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/ 81891179308pwd=Z1V6TEo3Wk1mYTRWYjNPbHFkcmtqUT09  Meeting ID: 818 9117 9308
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

Community Building Zoom
2023-03-25 09:30 - 11:00
Community Building Zoom
We will be hosting personal zooms for members to introduce themselves and join in a discussion of their art, goals, tools and methods used. Join Susan and Tina.

General Meeting: Denise Labadie (Hybrid - In person and Zoom)
2023-04-17 18:30 - 21:00

Community Building Zoom
2023-04-29 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-05-20 09:30 - 11:00
Community Building Zoom
We will be hosting personal zooms for members to introduce themselves and join in a discussion of their art, goals, tools and methods used. Join Susan and Tina

Virtual Retreat
2023-05-13 09:30 - 16:00
Topic: virtual Retreat –
Time: 09:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

General Meeting: Lauri Lynnxe Murphy (Hybrid – In person and Zoom)
2023-05-15 18:30 - 21:00
Location of in person meeting:
10455 W 6th Ave #100, Lakewood, CO 80215
Zoom link will be sent to members via newsletter and eblast.
About the speaker: https://www.artquilters.org/lauri-lynnxe-murphy/

General Meeting: Judith Garnett (Zoom)
2023-06-19 18:30 - 21:00

Book Club
2023-06-23 19:00 - 20:00
June 23rd – 7 pm

Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

General Meeting: Kathy Suprenant,”From Steamroller to Stitch” (Zoom)
2023-07-17 18:30 - 21:00

Book Club
2023-08-03 19:00 - 20:00
August 3rd – 7 pm

Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Our Book is: “Still LIfe with Oysters and Lemons” by Mark Doty
Mark Doty’s prose has been hailed as “tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene” (The New York Times Book Review) and “achingly beautiful” (The Boston Globe). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon offers a stunning exploration of our attachment to ordinary things-how we invest objects with human store, and why.

FRCQ General Meeting - Susan Brubaker Knapp (Zoom)
2024-01-15 19:00 - 21:00

Book Club
2024-01-19 19:00 - 20:00
Friday, January 19 – 7 pm

Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

FRCQ General Meeting - Bobbi Baugh (Zoom)
2024-02-19 19:00 - 21:00
For more information about this speaker: https://www.artquilters.org/bobbi-baugh-focusing-on-composition-the-how-of-your-artwork/

Book Club
2024-03-08 19:00 - 20:00
Our next book club is March 8th, 2024 at 7 pm
Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

The Book Title is:

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian—who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Timesbestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray.

FRCQ Mini Retreat!
2024-03-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-04 13:00 - 16:00
Exciting news!!

We are going to host some in person mini retreats this year!

to be with like minded artists,
to bring something you want to sit and work on,
to share a technique,
to watch a demo if someone else wants to share,
to exchange art stuff you no longer want,
to chat and catch up,
to kick around new ideas you want feedback on,
to share information about opportunities, articles, classes, books
and of course to have fun being together

Who knows what other ideas we will come up with?

The first one is Saturday, March 9, from 1-4pm.
The second one will be on Saturday May 4, 1-4pm.
More dates to follow.

The location is at the Boy Scouts Headquarters.
10455 W 6th Ave, Lakewood, CO. Park and enter on the west side, (directions to the classroom will be posted when we get there.)

This is for current members and there is no cost.

please RSVP if you are coming to Barb Olson, barbolson1949@gmail.com

FRCQ General Meeting - Lee Ransom (Zoom)
2024-03-18 19:00 - 21:00
For more information about this speaker: https://www.artquilters.org/leo-ransom-journey-of-an-art-quilter/

FRCQ General Meeting - Susan Brooks (Hydrid, In Person and Zoom)
2024-04-15 19:00 - 21:00
For more information about this speaker: https://www.artquilters.org/susan-brooks-marginalized-women/

Book Club
2024-04-19 19:00 - 20:00
Our next book club
April 19th, 2024 at 7 pm
Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

The Book Title is:

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

FRCQ General Meeting - Vicki Conley (Zoom)
2024-05-20 19:00 - 21:00
For more information about this speaker: https://www.artquilters.org/vicky-conley-inspired-by-the-parks/

Book Club
2024-06-07 19:00 - 20:00
Book Club, June 7, 2024, 7:00 pm.
Topic: Book Club
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6847775594?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 684 777 5594
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Book Club Selection
BLOOM: On Becoming an Artist in Later Life is a call to action for those individuals-not only in a later phase of life, but at any age-who feel the call to pursue a creative path in their lives.
The pressures of the modern world force many into utilitarian careers early on. Artistic impulses lie unfulfilled, dormant. For some, at a certain point, there comes an ache in the bones, a deep longing for creative expression-a simultaneous sense of emptiness and overflowing feeling.
This was the case for the author, Janice Mason Steeves, who left a career in psychology to pursue art in her forties. She went back to school, graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and went on to develop an international art career, an art consulting practice, and a highly sought after travel workshop business. Weaving together insights from her own art experience with the stories of 128 artists over the age of sixty, whom Janice surveyed for the book, Bloom offers guidance, inspiration, and support for the often difficult and misunderstood desire to change trajectory and take up a path of creativity and meaning.
Mason Steeves then takes these observations a step further, suggesting that not only is it possible to come to art later in life and be successful as an artist, but that the distillation of life experience and self-knowledge gleaned from the artist’s path may enable older artists to step into an even larger role: that of a community elder. The elder role-acquired, in this case, through art but existing beyond art-is essential in our society, providing stability and depth, wisdom-keeping, space-holding, and care-taking, in Bill Plotkin’s words, “for the very soul of the world.”
Where to find/purchase

FRCQ General Meeting
2024-08-19 19:00 - 21:00
Cynthia Jarest: Basics of Entering Call For Entry
(Hybrid – In person and Zoom)
10455 W 6th Ave #100, Lakewood, CO

FRCQ Mini Retreat!
2024-08-24 13:00 - 16:00
Mini-Retreat on Saturday, August 24th, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Jeanne Gray will be offering a short (15-20 min) Gelli plate demo at our next mini-retreat! Come join us – AND – if you think you’d like to try out any of the techniques feel free to plan on that. We will have some paper and paints, and a few Gelli plates and brayers to share. However, if you have a Gelli plate, paints and/or brayer at home please bring them to the meeting.
Here’s a supply list in case you like what you see.
SUPPLY LIST
– Gelli plate
– Acrylic Paint
– Brayer
– Paper (any kind – light color)
– Fabric squares 12” x 12”
If you’d rather just bring your own project to work on, that’s terrific. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

FRCQ General Meeting
2024-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
Paula Kovarik: At Play in the Garden of Stitch
(Hybrid – In person and Zoom)
10455 W 6th Ave #100, Lakewood, CO

Book Club
2024-09-20 19:00 - 20:00
September 20th at 7 pm.
Topic: Book Club

Meeting ID: 853 6607 5322
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Invite Link

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85366075322?pwd=[REDACTED]

The Book we will review is:

“Bloom: On Becoming An Artist Later in Life” by Janice Mason Steeves.

This book is an encyclopedia of the soul’s journey into creativity, authenticity, healing and wholeness. Every chapter is a consciousness-transforming meditation and inspirational guide welcoming the unfinished self into its hidden potential and ultimate blossoming.”

There will be time during this meeting to choose new books and review everyone’s summer reading!
