freedom from the usual authority
12 x 12 inches, ©2015 Deidre Adams. Stitched textile, found papers, acrylic paint.
Hand and machine stitched, hand painted. Mounted on stretched canvas.

The Benefit Auction is the most important annual fundraising event for Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).  Your purchases help increase the recognition for art quilts and the artists who make them while supporting SAQA’s exhibitions, publications, and education outreach.

The Auction is run in three sections for 6 days each, with a special section accompanying the International Quilt Festival in Houston.
HOW THE AUCTION WORKS

DIAMOND DAY: ALL Benefit Auction quilts will be available for $1,000 each on September 18 as part of a Diamond Day promotion. This early bidding window will remain in effect until September 21 at 1:30pm EDT.

Each week after Diamond Day, a different set of Auction quilts is available for bidding. The bid price is reduced each day (at 2pm EDT) as follows:

For more information and to bid, go to the SAQA Benefit Auction site.

With more than 350 artworks to choose from, it’s an embarrassment of riches. You can be sure to find something to delight your senses. Here’s a very tiny selection of the artwork available:

Ochre Stones 2, ©2015 Dianne Firth

String Theory, ©2015 Lynn Koolish

Trail Ride, ©2015 Jennifer Landau

Resonant State No. 4, 36 x 36 inches, acrylic on panel. ©Deidre Adams

I’m happy to announce that another one of my favorites, Resonant State No. 4, from the What Lies Beneath show at Point Gallery in Denver, has sold to a private collector. A detail of this painting has been the banner image for my home page for quite awhile now.

There’s nothing like a sale to inspire confidence. It’s definitely time to get back into the studio and make some new work!