Tennessee Alpaca Association Scarf Competition Deadline April 1, 2010

Tennessee Alpaca Association Scarf Competition
Deadline: April 1, 2010
Sweetwater, TN
The Tennessee Alpaca Association is sponsoring an alpaca scarf competition to promote the use of alpaca fiber produced right here in Tennessee. Knitters, crocheters, weavers and felters: Send us your very best. We invite all Tennessee fiber artists to join the fun. Two hundred dollars to the winner in each category. Click here for more information.

Call to Artists: The Dream Rocket Quilt Hunstville AL Deadline 2-1-10

Call to Artists: The Dream Rocket Quilt

University of Alabama-Huntsville; Huntsville, AL

Deadline: February 1, 2010

Application Guidelines: http://www.thedreamrocket.com/index.php/reserve-your-spot

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is directing a monumental project to 'wrap' the 37-story Saturn V Moon Rocket replica at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville with possibly one of the world’s largest collaborative quilts ever constructed (over 32,000 square feet). The Dream Rocket team is collecting 8,000 handmade panels from students, teachers, groups, and individuals from more than 100 countries. These panels represent the participants’ dreams for a better tomorrow, using dream themes such as Space, Science, Technology, Community, Health, Conservation, Peace, etc. Visit www.thedreamrocket.com for more information.

Freedom Quilting Bee @ Frist July 24, 2009

On Friday, July 24th, from 6 - 8 pm in the Frist Center lobby, meet members of the Freedom Quilting Bee for an informal social hour.
Freedom Quilting Bee members will share the history of their community, their connections to the craft of quilting, and their visions for the future.

The Freedom Quilting Bee is a nationally-recognized quilting cooperative established in 1966 in Alberta, Alabama as an outgrowth of the civil rights movement. When local people lost their incomes, and sometimes their homes, after registering to vote, women banded together to put their skills to use in order to earn family income and build community. Today, the Freedom Quilting Bee remains one of the oldest cooperatives in the country.

The Freedom Quilting Bee and ASK Apparel, a Nashville dyeshop and clothing company focused on revitalizing the use of plant-based dyes, have partnered for a three-day workshop on natural dyeing with plant and earth-based materials. The quilters welcome discussion of projects old and new.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is located at 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN. For further information on the Freedom Quilting Bee or ASK Apparel, please contact Sarah Bellos of ASK Apparel at info@askapparel.com, or 615.306.3154, or visit www.askapparel.com.
For further information about the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, please contact 615.244.3340

Apparel prints designer

Can you design kids' and women's prints for apparel?

I have a Nashville-area client who is expanding and needs more work than I have time to produce right now. They are currently looking for LOCAL artists who can produce:

Cute traditional prints for newborns: baby animals in allover prints, rabbits, baby elephants, teddy bears, etc.

(Later this year, they will be looking for: women's sleepwear prints)

This client pays quickly and I love working with them. If you are interested in having your work represented to them for use as apparel prints, email me for payment and commission details, with four or five jpegs of newborn designs for consideration, where you are located, and which CS version of Photoshop and/or Illustrator that you use. (Sorry, no designs painted on fabric can be considered.)

Contact: Jane Word
jword2@earthlink.net