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June 12, 6-8 p.m. Exhibition and Reception: Alejandrina Cue of Havana, Cuba

May 14, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Mixed Media Fiber Art by Alejandrina Cue of Havana, Cuba

Alejandrina Cue, mixed media fiber artist from Havana, Cuba, will exhibit her work at the Marisol Deluna Foundation, 418 Villita Street, Building 22, 78205 on Tuesday, June 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Alejandrina Cue was invited to come to San Antonio by the Fiber Artists of San Antonio, F.A.S.A. she is well known for producing whimsical art with a mix of textiles, paint, writing, and found objects. She creates incredibly imaginative examples of mixed media fiber art that fascinates and amuses the viewer. She often uses the female figure as her subject, exhibiting characteristics of strength as well as delicacy with a heavy dose of symbolism. Growing up in a household of women who sewed, she began to experiment with fabric scraps as a child. Because there is a scarcity of art materials in Cuba, she uses a potpourri of unusual materials, sometimes discarded, and includes them in her work with fabric. This combination adds depth, emotion, and mystery to her work. She specializes in free hand needle techniques, and includes poetry and words.

She has been recognized by art critics in the Cuban culture as the Precursor of Patchwork, influencing the use of patchwork and stitchery, and is one of Cuba’s most outstanding visual artists. She received first prize in “The Hundred Feeders” competition sponsored by The Vatican. Cue was in the top ten competition for the UNESCO Prize for Latin American Artists. She has exhibited in Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Columbia Venezuela, Tokyo, the United States, France and Cuba, and was part of the Havana Biennial. Her art was published in The Magical Art of Cuba. After her education in Cuba, she studied extensively at the Bihl Haus in Dessao, Germany and received a Masters in Industrial Design Scientific Center for Design VTK in Meissen, Germany.

Cue will be teaching a workshop titled Mascaras del Corazon (Masks of the Heart) for F.A.S.A. at the Southwest School of Art on June 9th and 10th. On June 11th she will give a presentation of her work, titled La Vida a Mano (Life by Hand) at the San Antonio Garden Center at 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave. 78209, at 10:00 p.m. The public is invited as guests of FASA.

Parking is free on Tuesday evenings in many locations nearby after 6 p.m.. Enter by the side gate on Villita Street. Please join us at the Marisol Deluna Foundation to meet Alejandrina Cue and enjoy a delightful evening of artistic surprises from Cuba.

To download a parking map for the June 12 event, please click here: Parking Map Alejandrina Cue

If you want to download and share the press release, click here: Press Release June 12 Alejandrina Cue

For more information on the artist, visit her website: http://www.alejandrinacue.com

Alejandrina Cue 2 Day Workshop, June 9-10, 2018

February 28, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Fiber Artists of San Antonio

International Artist Workshop with Alejandrina Cue

Masks of the Heart-Mascara del Corazon

Date: Saturday & Sunday – June 9 & 10, 2018

Time: 9:30a to 4:00p each day

Location: Southwest School of Art – Droste Design Studio 300 Augusta, San Antonio, 78205

Parking: Parking is available only on the Ursuline Campus and on a first-come first serve basis. There are several parking spaces for the disabled.

Lunch: Please bring your own lunch.

Course fee: $120.00 – check or money order

Send Payment to FASA: Mail to Phyllis Jordan, 248 Wray St., Canyon Lake, TX 78133

Payment due by May 26, 2018

Materials: Supply list will be provided to registrants.

Course description: Masks of the Heart – Mascara del Corazon

Masks have been around since ancient times. Some have been used as ceremonial objects, others are part of theatrical costumes and yet others are worn for festive events.

As an art form, they can be two or three-dimensional representing human and animal traits or fantasy creations. Whether covering the entire face or part of it, they can be created with a multitude of materials and techniques.

Filled with symbolism and creative fantasy they represent the dreams, joys, hopes and history of civilization.

The purpose of this workshop is to create personal masks that show our emotions, reflect our feelings, aspirations and desires in a way that is creative and fun. Students will create a mask that reflects their own lives using their senses and their heart.

Day One: briefly explore masks, the artful form, history and culture; sketch and plan your work; begin the basic design structure

Day Two: execute and finalize your work; sharing and discussing

About the artist, Alejandrina Cue

I was born in Cardenas, Cuba, a city of bikes, carriages and crabs.

My home town is surrounded and bathed by the divine Bay of Cardenas.

I come from humble origins. And I am unique in that I have three mothers, my biological mother and her twin sisters, who had no children of their own.

All three loved to sew, they were magicians at making clothes. They delighted in updating anything that came their way.

From a very young age, my life was submerged in textile trimmings and threads that covered the floor I crawled on. I experienced colors and textures sprawled-out like a painter’s palette.

Happiness, sadness, success, failure, nostalgia, fear, sweet and bitter, ugly and beautiful, everything leaves a mark…holes, seams, borders, unions, rips and finally patches. Patches symbolize improved and restored lives.

My work uses this symbolism, remaking oneself day after day.

Textiles are an inseparable part of humanity. Their restorative nature softens and warms our daily lives and protect us.

I use fiber materials because they resemble human feelings, soft, subtle, transparent, shiny and rustic. I write and illustrate my words to further express myself and I deeply enjoy artisan techniques because they balance me. I am transported to that marvelous world where mind, body and spirit are profoundly connected.

Alejandrina Cue Curriculum Vitae:

Click here to download Alejandrina Cue’s Curriculum Vitae (2 pages) and to see her work on YouTube and Facebook

You can view more details about the artist in her own words, and view her art by visiting Alejandrina on Facebook by clicking this link: https://www.facebook.com/AlejandrinaArtes/

View Alejandrina en Youtube: Restaurando la Felicidad by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QeDxHVgoA

To register, please click here and print page.

Ale Cue Workshop Registration Form (1 page)

Protected: Kathy Furukawa Legacy Fund Sponsored Event

October 2, 2016 By Sabugosh Leave a Comment

2016 Fashion Show December Update

November 29, 2015 By Sabugosh Leave a Comment

UPDATE
2016 Fashion Show

Our 2016 Runway Show may seem a long way off, but it is really coming at us fast!! Tickets for the show will be going on sale at our January 11, 2016 monthly meeting. So, it is time to start organizing your table.

Phyllis Jordan and Silvia Saranana, our ticket co-chairmen, will be at the meeting waiting to take your reservations for tables.

Information you should know:

Tickets are $60.00.
Tables will seat 9.

Checks only will be accepted on the first day of sales so your check will be your receipt.
Full tables will be honored first and in order of receipt.

Checks should be made out to FASA. If you are gathering a table together, you may submit one check for $540 under your name or each individual may submit a separate check. If you are submitting a request for a table on this first date, please submit your check (or checks) and names of attendees in an envelope, with a list of your guests names.

Starting on January 12, tickets may be paid for thru Paypal, and submitted thru our FASA website just as we have done previously. You can also mail your ticket requests to Phyllis Jordan. Her contact is information is:

Phyllis Jordan
248 Wray Street
Canyon Lake TX 78133
Hm: 830-964-5242
Cell: 830-832-1095

2015 Annual Holiday Luncheon

November 29, 2015 By Sabugosh Leave a Comment

Annual Holiday Luncheon

“Giving Art Giving Hearts”

Monday, December 14, 2015

LOCATION: San Antonio Garden Center

MAP

The annual holiday pot luck luncheon will be preceded by social time 9:30-10:00 and a short business meeting at 10:00 am. Lunch and luncheon activities will follow. Please bring a festive dish to contribute to the feast! Show off your skills or stop at the grocery — it’s the sharing that counts! Kitty Janiga will be in charge of meal set up and decorations, and we’ll be participating in a community volunteer effort as a before-lunch activity: “Giving Art Giving Hearts”.

Here’s how it works:

Members are asked to bring kid-safe gently used or new art supplies (markers, rayons, sketchbooks, watercolor sets, kid’s scissors, coloring book, etc.) children’s socks and toothbrushes that will be contributed to the Interfaith Welcome Committee, coordinated at University Presbyterian Church.

These materials will be added to ziplock bags, decorated with stickers (provided) and added to backpacks that are being given to women and children who are leaving the South Texas Detention Centers. Many families are now being relocated fairly quickly, but often have few or no possessions to use and help them on their journeys. For more information, see the website here: http://texasiwc.org/news/

We will also make shoe box collections of other art supplies and school supply materials (anything a teacher could use is welcome) to donate to the four elementary schools near the Center for Refugee Services.

This Center supports legally settled refugee families in the area. The schools that most of the children attend are near the Medical Center, and by mid year most teachers are out of their art supplies and
must either buy their own or do without. Member Diana Kellerman is an active volunteer with this agency and is our liaison for the project. For information, see this link: http://www.sarefugees.org

Each table of members will be given wrapping paper, ribbon, tape and stickers, collage materials, 1 shoe box for a school and 5 Ziploc bags for backpack supplies. After 15 minutes, an “impartial” panel of judges will select one table with their choice for the best decorated bags and boxes. All members will also vote on a Givers’ Choice Award for a second table. The winners will receive a small gift of recognition.

AND OF COURSE: Your donations of goods and cash for the Alamo Heights Christian Church Food Bank are greatly welcome as well. Peggy Foerster will let us know what items are particularly needed this time of year.

Let’s make this a record year of giving for FASA. We all have so many blessings (you really don’t need something else to unwrap, right?) and our organization and our members are generous participants in the community — this pot luck will feed our festive spirits, our appetites and our giving hearts. Hope to see you there.

June 12, 6-8 p.m. Exhibition and Reception: Alejandrina Cue of Havana, Cuba

Alejandrina Cue 2 Day Workshop, June 9-10, 2018

Protected: Kathy Furukawa Legacy Fund Sponsored Event

2016 Fashion Show December Update