LAQ Meeting, March 16, 2024

• Members enjoyed social time at 9:00 before the meeting was called to order at 9:30 by “Chief Cat Herder”, Barbara Bogart

• 13 Members present: Mary Koenig, Lydia Dambekalns, Judy Knight, Lynne Swearingen, Judy Knight, Rocio Gomez Sandoval, Anne Leonard, Michaella Kaszuba, Jodi Atherton, Debbie Gorski, Maureen tenBensel, new member Sue Green, and Ronda Whitman.

• Members were informed that the Extension Office meeting room will not be available on June 15. Our choices are finding another location or moving the meeting to June 22. After a brief discussion no one opposed moving the meeting to June 22.

• Rocio and Jodi have pieces in the Governor’s Art Exhibit in the Herschler Bldg.

• Exhibit Opportunities: –

• Art 321 Fiber & Quilt Show, Casper, www.art321.org/open-calls (March 28 deadline)

• Laramie County Public Library

• Michaella said there are 3 more weeks of Free Motion Quilting. Members will bring their pieces for show & tell in April.

• Book Study: Intuitive Color & Design, Adventures in Art Quilting, by Jean Wells, starting 2^nd week of April. Michaella will send email to recruit.

• Today’s exercise was PLAY: Fast and Loose with Michaella and Mary. Inspiring music, paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils. Making marks and scribbling. Discussion about exercise and how we felt/learned.

• “Inspiration Pieces” Show & Tell (or whatever we’re working on): Maureen showed 3 completed pieces using “repurposed” items, Sue displayed her beaded feather wall hanging and asked for help with quilted art; Michaella--gel plate samples, Rocio—beaded creative embroidery in blues and black; Judy—finished/quilt 10x10 using marker/alcohol to create design; Lynne—hand drawn mandella for FMQ; Lydia—sketch book with designs/ideas/plans; Barbara—finished 10x10 pink improvisation on a Paul Klee painting; Ronda—repurposed burlap, wire, washers, embroidery thread.

• “CHALLENGES” renamed “EXPERIMENTS”. Next--create a piece incorporating transparent element as a key feature. Bring to May 18 meeting. (Bring pieces--finished, started, drawings, etc.) Transparent sheers, lace, vinyl were shared.

• Next meeting April 20.