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Focus in our own art development is crucial. Sometimes I think we are so interested in what and how others are achieving their paintings that we fail to focus on our own way of painting.
- Gwen Fox

I've been thinking about PERSPECTIVE this past week. I've pondered how seeing things from a different viewpoints can give us insight and understanding.

Perspective is the angle, or the attitude, or the context from which we view something, be it a tangible thing or an idea or experience.

1. the state of existing in space before the eye.
2. the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship.

When you look at a building from street level, or from above, or at close range, you see very different things. A city can also be experienced through the lens of a local, or a stranger. Each perspective is valid yet completely unique.

So many perspectives...

Being an artist is as much about learning to SEE as it is about mastering a technique.

You have a perspective that nobody else has. You see the world from the viewpoint of your individual life experiences and your own unique imagination.

Have you found your individual vision as an artist yet? Do you trust your own point of view, your own vision? Your own artistic voice?

Do you trust your own voice as an artist?

All month long I'll be musing about finding one's voice as an artist, then learning to trust it. It's about seeing. It's about freely playing and deliberate practice and honest analysis. I'd love for you to follow my art accounts on one of the social media accounts linked below and join in this journey. (If you already follow me on Facebook, be sure it's my Lyric Art page instead of my personal page.)

architectural details, griffins and strange faces, beneath a window

You will learn to enjoy the process... and to surrender your need to control the result. You will discover the joy of practising your creativity. The process, not the product, will become your focus.
- Julia Cameron

If you'd like to spend a week exploring your own perspective and finding confidence in your own voice, I invite you to join me for this beautiful retreat.

Sun, August 21 to Sat, August 27, 2022
Hudson River Valley Art Workshops

Overcoming mental hurdles and understanding the design decision-making process are only two of the things we will work on during this week. We will explore surface design, mark making and delve deeply into clarifying your own unique vision and honing your artist's voice.

Nobody else sees the world as you do.
Never be afraid to speak with your own voice.
Your voice is valid and you deserve to be heard.

I invite you to join me at Sacred Threads

It is an honor to be this year's featured guest.

I'll be teaching and speaking at Sacred Threads in Herndon, VA (right outside Washington DC) July 21-25th. It's not only a beautiful exhibit of quilts focusing on healing, spirituality, grief, and joy, but it's a beautiful experience. I'd love to see you there.

Scheduled Workshops and Events
Thursday July 21 6hr workshop
Stitching Memories: honoring our ancestors through stitched art.
Friday July 22
2hr lecture and critique session, The Artist's Eye
2hr Creative Collaborative Collage activity
Sunday July 24, Living Lyrically lecture
Monday July 25 6hr workshop
Abstract-A-Licious

Calls for Entry

The following calls for entry focus on shows that feature art quilts and textiles. You can find further dates at https://lyrickinard.com/calls-for-entry/.
Listings include entry deadline, Name of show, URL, exhibit/shipping dates

May

May 9, 2022
Abstract 2022 (Sebastpol, CA)
https://www.sebarts.org/entries/fiber-arts-x
June 18-July 24, 2022

May 12, 2022
Art Deco Inspired Quilts (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

May 12, 2022
Art Nouveau - Craft as Art (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

May 19, 2022
In the American Tradition (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

May 19, 2022
Landscape Quilts (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

May 20, 2022
Modern Mini Challenge(Madison, WI)
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
September 8-10, 2022

May 21, 2022
Excellence in Quilts (Fiber Art Now Magazine)
Fiber Art Now Calls
Published in Magazine then selected for exhibit

May 27, 2022
Once Upon a Thread
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork
Sept 15, 2022 in Person then travel until Fall 2023

May 31, 2022 (SAQA Members)
Intersect Chicago
Intersect Chicago
November 3-6, 2022 Returned by December 31,2022

A Common Thread (Minneapolis, MN)
https://textilecentermn.org
Become a member to exhibit your fiber art

June

June 1, 2022
Hoffman Challenge
https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net
July 15-June 2023(ship+show)

June 2, 2022
Tactile Architecture (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

June 6, 2022
Uncommon Threads Wearable Art Show(Glen Ellyn, IL)
CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
October 16, 2022

June 6, 2022
The Festival of Quilts 2022 Fine Art Textiles Award (Birmingham, England)
http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk
August 18-21, 2022 plus travel

June 7, 2022
Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee 41st Quilt Show & Competition
Smoky Mountain Quilters
July 25-August 6, 2022 (Ship+Show)

June 9, 2022
In Celebration of Life (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling

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