Apply for a SDA Award / Grant

Michelle Sirois-Silver, Personal Development Grant, sample of non-traditional technique and materials that will be integrated into the Decay and Repair themes, Sample 3, 2009/2010; wool, silk, copper wire, glass beads, paint, hand hooked, pulled and wrapped threads; woven with 28 gauge copper wire, eyelets, stitches, french knots, paint on linen.

Grants:

Awarded to an SDA member or area group to foster excellence in surface design.

Personal Development Grant To support creative activities and scholarship of SDA members Deadlines - March 1, October 1
Guidelines - PDF / Word Document

Small Event Grant
To support program-related expenses for local and regional SDA member activities Deadlines - March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
Guidelines - PDF

SDA Scholar Grant
To bring SDA members who teach art in K-12 schools to the SDA International Conference in Minneapolis, MN in June, 2011
Guidelines - PDF / Word Document

Awards:

Given to SDA members who have shown excellence in the field of surface design.

Award of Excellence
To increase awareness of SDA by rewarding creative and innovative applications of surface design for a work of art in an exhibition
Guidelines - PDF / Word Document

Outstanding Student Award
To increase awareness of SDA by rewarding the innovative work of students
Deadline - April 1
Guidelines - PDF / Word Document

Creative Promise Award for Student Excellence
To recognize excellence in a body of work by two outstanding students, one undergraduate and one graduate
Deadline - June 1
Guidelines - PDF / Word Document

Helpful information about applying for a grant or award can be found below in two SDA Newsletter articles by Bette Levy.

Winter 06 Issue Winter 08 Issue

SDA Buzz

Read latest SDA news here.
Send your news to:
SDAbuzz [at] surfacedesign [dot] org

Going to Baltimore American Craft Council Show this weekend? Look up SDA members Jiyoung Chung #3308, Tamara Embrey # 2308, Jenne Giles #1309 & Deborah Kruger #2509.

Baltimore Show Invitational Artists
www.craftcouncil.org
For the first time, ACC partnered with media associations to create an invitational pathway to the 2012 shows. Each (including SDA) picked a few exceptional artists to show their unique perspective & work...

A little something for Mardi Gras...

READY TO SHIP Twisted Colorful Headdress by PoshFairytaleCouture
www.etsy.com

MARCH 1 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS is less than 2 weeks away. Get on those EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP/DEMO, PRESENTATION ideas NOW!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
www.surfacedesign.org
INTER/FACE: Participate Illuminate Celebrate 2013 Int'l Surface Design Association Conference June 6 - 9, 2013 San Antonio, TX

Nigerian designer Duro Olawu's "horror vacui" prints are a First Lady fashion favorite. More here: http://www.shadders.net/fashion-2/2011/inspired-by-africa-michelle-obama-in-a-repeated-duro-olowu-dress

First Lady of Fashion: MO likes colors & prints.
www.shadders.net

Thanks to Mary Vaneecke for a view into textile conservation + news of upcoming show on William Morris&friends at FAMSF:

Bird Bath: The Conservation of a William Morris Textile
deyoung.famsf.org
The British Aesthetic Movement, is the focus of an upcoming exhibition, "The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900", opening at the Legion of Honor on February 18...

Colorado vs. Christo:

Foes of Christo's plan to drape over river make final stand - The Denver Post
www.denverpost.com

Thanks, Joe! Learn more about SDA & our members' outstanding work in this feature article recently posted on Canadian Joe Lewis' fibreQuarterly:

The Velvet Highway - Surface Design Association: Enduring Advocate of Textile Arts by Ann Brockette
www.velvethighway.com
In 1976, 2 educators noted the resurgence of interest in textiles across the intersecting worlds of art, craft and design. Thinking they could spur support for new textile programs in US colleges & universities, they put together a conference at U of Kansas & hoped 200 people would register. 600 sho...

SDA member Ellen Brook will open her solo show at The Gallery at Fibre Arts Design Studio in Palo Alto, CA on Jan 19. http://t.co/GJ72gdu4

It's Fashion Week in NYC! BC captures the view here:

Bill Cunningham | Styling on the Street - NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com

Mary Edna Fraser and other fiber artists showcased in "Thread of Life" at FSU's Museum of Fine Arts. Opens Feb 10th. http://t.co/h4nvGdhZ

Crochet Concupiscence indeed! Thanks to Silvia Piza-Tandlich for this happy discovery; images on this site are a must-see.

Playground Crochet by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam
www.crochetconcupiscence.com

SDA seeks EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Ready to apply your business acumen to grow a textile arts non-profit? Details/application here:

Our Board & Staff | surfacedesign.org
www.surfacedesign.org

Ugh it's mid-winter. Let's brighten it up with this:

Sculpting Urban Airspace by Janet Echelman
waveavenue.com
American artist Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight. Materials are painted galvanized steel & cables; changing sets of recyclable high-tenacity polyester braided twine netting; colo...

Now through April 1 in Fullerton, CA:

Current Exhibits « The Muckenthaler Cultural Center
themuck.org
"From Seam to Seam: Korean Pojagi Fabric Art"

Quevedo's inventive work is on view until Sunday Feb 12 @Kent State, OH.

Exhibit: Beyond Fashion: Fiber & Fashion Art by Vincent Quevedo
www.kent.edu

Social Media de-mystified:

Andrew Katz's Photos
Social media explainer, courtesy of @vegasgeek. G+ is the best.

Meet "Picasso of design" & latest from design-art movement: he once spent 3 months in Bangkok learning about wicker.

Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn’t Designed?
www.nytimes.com
A washing machine and a bra — but not much else.

On now at V&A in London:

Golden Spider Silk - Victoria and Albert Museum
www.vam.ac.uk
25 January – 5 June 2012. This display will showcase the world’s largest pieces of cloth made from spider silk.

Fashion Friday: "an overview of 19c. cult of mourning in American art & fashion; indicates how that trend translated into contemporary Goth - now mainstream in 21c. fashion & rock subculture.