Current Shows
Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center Show-Fired or Fiber 9341 Mill St. Ben Lomond July 13- August 26,2023
Upcoming Events
Olive Hyde’s 53rd Annual Textile Exhibition
123 Washington Blvd. Fremont, CA
Virtual Exhibit: Thursday, August 10 – Saturday, October 7 olivehydeartguild.org/In-Person/Gallery Exhibition Dates: Thursday, August 17 – Saturday, October 7 Thurs.-Sun. 12-5pm
Pájaro Valley Arts: A Visual Journey (Several new mountain pieces are included.)
Porter Building, 280 Main St. Watsonville across from the Main Library July 15-Sept. 22,2023
The Juried Santa Cruz Open Studios Art Tour 2023
October 14-15 and October 21-22 11-5pm
Connie Williams, painter will be joining me.
Lobby of the Santa Cruz Art Center, 1001 Center St.
Downtown Santa Cruz. https://santacruzopenstudios.com/
Fresh and Timely Announcements
Comments from Open Studios, 2022
Best comment- “Your work is so unique.When I go to some studios,I feel like I have seen it before.”
Most repeated comments-
So happy! Fun! Unique!
You have an incredible sense of color!
Recent Shows-Fresh and Timely Announcements
Silicon Valley Open Studios participant
May 20-21,2023
Santa Cruz County Building art display
October 21-December 22, 2022
701 Ocean St. Santa Cruz, CA
Pajaro Valley Arts Member Show
New Beginnings
37 Sudden St. Watsonville, CA 95076
https://pvarts.org/
Gallery Hours: 11.00am – 4:00pm
Wednesday-Sunday
January 18-February 26, 2023
Santa Cruz Art League Member Show 526 Broadway
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 426-5787
Hours of Operation
Wednesday-Saturday – 1-4pmJan. 18- February 22, 2023
A New Announcement-Individual Mentoring
Now being offered by award winning art quilter, Ann Baldwin May.
Do you want to move forward in your art quilting or begin an art career? Let me help. Consider what skills you have? What skills do you want to acquire or improve on?
Some of the skills I can share with you.
Free motion quilting, curved line piecing, fabric layering technique, creating an abstract art quilt, steps to create an art career, moving your art career forward, adding texture and movement to your art quilts, creating unique memory quilts, entering shows (taking photos and resizing),other?
Individual sessions to meet your needs
Two 1 hour sessions $75.
Flexible scheduling and location to meet your needs. Santa Cruz County only at this time. Zoom mentoring is a possibility.
Payment due at or before first lesson. Let’s talk. Payment through my Etsy Shop is a possibility.
Qualifications
Decades of sewing and quilting experience
Juried Open Studios quilt artist
Art work shown in juried shows in San Francisco, Chicago and New York City among other places. Maintains WordPress website, Etsy shop owner, retired elementary school teacher, FABMO volunteer
Memberships
SAQA(Studio Art Quilt Associates),Santa Cruz Art League Pájaro Valley Arts, PVQA(Pájaro Valley Quilt Association-former President)
Ann Baldwin May 831-345-1466
Santa Cruz Art Center, 1001 Center St. #4 Downtown Santa Cruz, 95060
annbaldwinmayartquilts.com, annbmayartquilts.etsy.com
Facebook- AnnBaldwinMayArtQuilts@annbaldwinmay
Instagram-@annbaldwinmay
Blue Collider Event Display toured with the SAQA (Studio Art Quilting Associates) juried show. Stitching California traveled to many venues around California from September 4, 2022 – January 1, 2023.
Video of New Work
A video highlighting my new art work. Minimalist Assemblage is definitely a new event.
Here is a video of an assemblage, a work in progress.
Virtual Member Shows
- Get to know artists from Santa Cruz in this live stream series of “Featured Artists.” https://www.facebook.com/santacruzartleague
We Are The Story
- The show at the Textile Center in Minneapolis is over.
Sold to Kaiser Permanente!
- Under the Shady Tree to Kaiser Permanente. Watsonville, California.
My Etsy shop
- I streamlined the quilts in my galleries. Check out more art work in my Etsy Shop. http://annbmayartquilts.etsy.com/