FRCQ | Art Quilters

FRCQ General Meeting - Vicki Conley (Zoom)
2024-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
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!

Mini Retreat
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00
Mini-Retreat on Saturday, October 19th, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Barb Olson will be offering a short (15-20 min) demo of some of the machine stitching techniques from the Paula Kovarik Workshop at our next mini-retreat!
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

FRCQ General Meeting
2024-10-21 19:00 - 21:00
Ann Brauer: Imaginary Landscapes, An Annotated Trunk Show of Recent Quilts
(Zoom)

Book Club
2024-11-08 19:00 - 20:00
November 8, 2024, 7 pmTopic: Book Club

Meeting ID: 853 6607 5322
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Invite Link

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

The Book is: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionarywent largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”—Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book
Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.

FRCQ General Meeting
2024-11-18 19:00 - 21:00
Mel Beach: Free Motion CREA-TV and Reality

Monday – November 18, 2024, 7:00pm

Mel Beach: Free Motion CREAT-TV and Reality
(Zoom only)
https://www.artquilters.org/mel-beach-free-motion-crea-tv-and-reality/

Book Club
2024-12-13 19:00 - 20:00
The next Meeting will be Friday, December 13th at 7 pm.
Our next book will be “The Secret Life of Sunflowers” by Marta Molnar. She was Vincent Van Gogh’s sister in law.
To join our book club, please contact jofitsell@gmail.com and she will send you the Zoom Link.

No General Meeting in December
2024-12-16
We do not have general meetings in December. See you next year!

CANCELLED Mini-Retreat
2025-01-18 12:00 - 15:00
This Mini-Retreat has been cancelled. This is due to the extreme cold we will all be experiencing this weekend. Stay home, safe and warm.

Mini-Retreat on Saturday, January 18, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

FRCQ General Meeting
2025-01-20 19:00 - 21:00
Boisali Biswas: My Journey as a Fiber Artist (Zoom Only)

https://www.artquilters.org/boisali-biswas-my-journey-as-a-fiber-artist/

Book Club
2025-01-24 19:00 - 20:00
Our Book is ” Instructions for a Heat Wave” by Maggie O’Farrell
The meeting time for that will be January 24th 2025! at 7 pm
To join our book club, please contact jofitsell@gmail.com and she will send out the Zoom Link.

Mini-Retreat
2025-02-15 12:00 - 15:00
Mini-Retreat on Saturday, February 15, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

FRCQ General Meeting
2025-02-17 19:00 - 21:00
Cindy Grisdela: Anatomy of an Improve Quilt
Monday, February 17, 2025 7:00pm
(Zoom Only Meeting)

https://www.artquilters.org/cindy-grisdela-anatomy-of-an-improve-quilt/

Diana Fox Workshop
2025-02-22 09:00 - 16:00
https://www.artquilters.org/diana-fox-workshop-1-day/

Book Club
2025-03-07 19:00 - 20:00
On Friday March 7th we will discuss “Broad Strokes” by Bridget Quinn, illustrated by Lisa Congdon. (15 Women Who Made Art and Made History)
To join our book club, please contact jofitsell@gmail.com and she will send out the Zoom Link.

Mini-Retreat
2025-03-15 12:00 - 15:00
Mini-Retreat on Saturday, March 15, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!
Barb Olson will do a demonstration at the March 15 mini-retreat using fabric paints by Pebeo, called Seta Color Transparent paint. Barb will show many simple techniques to create unique print, patterns, and watercolor effects. She will bring supplies if you want to create a small piece to take home, or you can just enjoy watching! Please let Barb know by email if you plan to attend. barbolson1949@gmail.com

FRCQ General Meeting
2025-03-17 19:00 - 21:00
Heather Pregger
Monday, March 17,2025 7:00pm
(Zoom Only Meeting)

https://www.artquilters.org/heather-pregger/

Book Club
2025-04-11 19:00 - 20:00
April 11th at 7 pm we will review “The Serviceberry” by Robin Wall Kimmerer and “The Gift” by Lewis Hyde.
To join our book club, please contact jofitsell@gmail.com and she will send out the Zoom Link.

Mini-Retreat
2025-04-19 12:00 - 15:00
April 19, 2025

Mini-Retreat on Saturday, April 19, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

Betty Busby Workshop
2025-04-23 09:00 - 2025-04-27 16:00
https://www.artquilters.org/betty-busby-workshop-5-days/

Book Club
2025-05-16 19:00 - 20:00
May 16th at 7 pm we will review “By Any Other Name” by Jody Piccault.
To join our book club, please contact jofitsell@gmail.com and she will send out the Zoom Link.

FRCQ General Meeting
2025-05-17 10:00 - 12:00
Diana Fox: Moving From Traditional to Art Quilts – Lessons Learned

Saturday – May 17, 2025 10:00am

Diana Fox: Moving From Traditional to Art Quilts –
Lessons Learned
(In Person Meeting)
https://www.artquilters.org/diana-fox-moving-from-traditional-to-art-quilts-lessons-learned/

Mini-Retreat
2025-05-17 12:00 - 15:00
Mini-Retreat on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00 pm
(Following the FRCQ in-person meeting)
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

Registration Opens 10AM- Vicki Conley Workshop
2025-06-16
To register with paypal click here: https://www.artquilters.org/vicky-conley-workshop-2-days/

Mini-Retreat
2025-06-21 12:00 - 15:00
June 21, 2025

Mini-Retreat on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 12:00 to 3:00pm
Boy Scouts of America – 10455 E 6th Ave, Lakewood
Let’s gather again for a chance to meet in person and enjoy visiting and sharing our work!! Bring whatever you want to work on.
Come enjoy some camaraderie with friends!

FRCQ General Meeting
2025-07-19 10:00 - 12:00
Desserts and Demos!

Saturday – July 19, 2025, 10:00am
(In Person Meeting)

This will be an in-person event.

https://www.artquilters.org/desserts-and-demos/
