{"id":10277,"date":"2026-02-27T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=10277"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:00:24","slug":"themed-exhibitions-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=10277","title":{"rendered":"Themed Exhibitions, 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>I am very pleased with this week&#8217;s good news, that my entry &#8216;New From Old&#8217;  was juried in to SAQA&#8217;s Oceania regional exhibition &#8220;Opposites&#8221;, yay!! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"10278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=10278\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Opposites 26  New From Old thumbnail   blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-New-From-Old-thumbnail-blog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I remember that on our return from USA in early 1994, the &#8216;art quilt&#8217; was still relatively new, though, and most Australian quilt shows did not yet have an art quilt section in their prospectuses;<strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au\/\">Ozquilt Network<\/a><\/em><\/strong> was being established and is now very important on the textile art scene in both Australia and New Zealand; and I was on the committee the West Australian Quilt Association formed to organise that state&#8217;s first art quilt exhibition, <strong><em>The Razor&#8217;s Edge<\/em><\/strong>, 1995, wich is now the well established and highly important binennial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au\/exhibitions\/stitched-amp-bound\"><strong><em>Stitched and Bound<\/em><\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure that there will be very exciting pieces in the collection, judging by the names of Australian and New Zealand artists on the list whose work I do know, but there are a couple I&#8217;ll have to look up.   As I&#8217;ve been out of Aus for such a long time, it&#8217;s a bit hard to keep up with that and everything else in the art quilting world as a whole; <strong>but thank goodness for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saqa.com\/about\"><em>SAQA<\/em><\/a> network, of which I am a juried artist member, JAM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"10279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=10279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Opposites 26 exibiting artists   blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Opposites-26-exibiting-artists-blog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ec0b0b\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><em>The collection of 50cm x 70cm works  will apear at the Australian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, Australia, from April 9th -12th.  It will later travel to some other venues, and I&#8217;ll post that information as I receive it.<\/em><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very pleased with this week&#8217;s good news, that my entry &#8216;New From Old&#8217; was juried in to SAQA&#8217;s Oceania regional exhibition &#8220;Opposites&#8221;, yay!! I remember that on our return from USA in early 1994, the &#8216;art quilt&#8217; was still relatively new, though, and most Australian quilt shows did not yet have an art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uxpF-2FL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10281,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10277\/revisions\/10281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}