Programs
Programs for 2012-2013
A lecture and workshop series featuring regional and national artists, curators and educators is presented from September through June. Member critiques and Fiber Conversations are scheduled throughout the year. Check the newsletter email updates for corrections and changes.
All Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh events are open to the public. Members are admitted free to programs; guest fee is $5 for non-members. Workshop fees vary, Guild members receive a discount. Student rates available. Space is limited.
Meeting Locations:
corner of Forbes & Murray Avenues in Squirrel Hill.
corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues in Shadyside.
For more information about programs contact
Michelle Browne: 412-576-5462 / mlbatoast7@gmail.com
Rhoda Taylor: 724 794-5165 / vwmret@zoominternet.net
NEW! COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
The Fiberarts Guild has recently entered into a cooperative relationship with the Society for Contemporary Craft to co-sponsor four workshops at the SCC facility: Nov. 10 / artist Betty Vera; Feb. 23 & 24 / artist Susan Lenz; May 18 & 19 / artist Jodi Colella; and June (TBA) a workshop with a FI2013 exhibiting artist.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR SCC CO-SPONSORED EVENTS
Our Guild will provide a limited number of discounts to our members on a first come/first served basis for the four co-sponsored workshops: $30 for a one-day $100 workshop and $50 for a two-day $200 workshop. To apply for a discount, use the promotional code Fiberarts member discounts when registering. Guild members will be limited to one discount per year.
TO REGISTER
online: www.contemporarycraft.org
by mail: SCC Attn: Sherrard Bostwick (see address below)
by phone: 412.261-7003 (CC payment only)
by e-mail: thestudio@contemporarycraft.org
Calendar
Programs 2012 – 2013
4-6 pm
EVENT: Three-in-One Critique: Regular, Artabet and Roo Bag Redux
PLACE: Charlotte Toal’s, 1338 N. Sheridan Avenue
6-9 pm
EVENT: Welcome Back Potluck, Guild Meeting Kick-Off Knit the Bridge Project (see page 31)
PLACE: Norma Lipscomb’s, 1318 N. Sheridan Avenue
5:30-8 pm
EVENT: Fashion Show of Rae Gold’s latest art-to-wear creations
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
9 am-3pm & 10 am-2pm
EVENT: Workshop: Genealogy: Charting Your Creative Journey with artist Leisa Rich
PLACE: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
FEE: $85 (Co-sponsored with Pittsburgh Society of Artists)
TO REGISTER: Contact Kara Snyder at: ksnyder@gmail.com or 412-952-1161 (deadline 9/14/12)
What is the “personal record” of the artistic voice that you will leave behind. Artists acquire skills and hone their craft with time and practice, but often are not quite sure what meaning their art has. How does your artwork speak to your viewer? In this enlightening workshop Leisa will guide participants to delve into the past and present—through Ancestral, Family, Health, Social, Artistic and Technological influences—to reveal their creative future through a transformational process called Artistic Genealogy, similar to a “family tree.” Worksheets in genealogical format will be used to help understand things that can inspire an awareness of, and reveal, the self in art. Students will participate in group and individual idea-building activities, and have fun while learning and growing.
7 pm
EVENT: Fiberarts Guild Meeting followed by a LECTURE: Kai Chan, FI2013 Juror
PLACE: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Kai Chan has exhibited across Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia, and Europe. “Kai Chan: A Spider’s Logic – a Thirty-five Year Retrospective Exhibition” is currently touring in Canada. He has received numerous grants and awards including the Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award, and the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Crafts. His work is in the collection of Museum London, London, Ontario; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Musée des Arts Decoratifs de Montréal; the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimusem, Norway; and the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa.
3-5 pm
EVENT: Three-in-One Critique: Regular, Artabet & Roo Bag Redux
6:30-8 pm
EVENT: Knit the Bridge Information Session
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
9 am-3 pm
EVENT: Workshop: Line & Space: An Intuitive Approach to Fiber Sculpture with artist Betty Vera (Co-sponsored with SCC)
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
FEE: $100 + Materials fee: $25
What can a line do? Betty Vera, who manipulates fine threads to create complex woven imagery, also makes three-dimensional artwork in which she allows the behavior of her materials to have a role in determining form. She will lead this fiber workshop with an emphasis on the freedom and spontaneity of creative play, utilizing a variety of materials. No special fiber or sculpture skills are needed to enjoy the workshop, which is suitable for participants at all levels of experience. The class will look at examples of fiber sculpture and then explore some simple strategies for constructing lightweight forms to exploit the expressive potential of line and its dynamic relationship with space. Each student will then design and make a small sculptural object.
(Some discounts available for Guild members)
5 pm
EVENT: LECTURE: Betty Vera From Hand to Computer-Assisted Loom
EVENT: Short Fiberarts Guild meeting after the lecture
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
11:30 am-1 pm
EVENT: Meet a Maker Workshop: Touching Threads: An Artist’s Passion for Materials and Process with artist Betty Vera (Co-sponsored with SCC)
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
FEE: $20
Textiles are a tactile experience as well as a visual treat. Replete with “please do touch” examples, Betty will briefly trace her development as a fiber artist and her involvement with hand weaving, sculpture, and computer-assisted Jacquard tapestry. She will offer you a glimpse into her creative process, materials, techniques, influences, and sources of inspiration, as well as a few helpful tips on how to display and take care of fine textile art.
(Guild member discounts NOT available for this workshop)
5-6:30 pm
EVENT: Knit the Bridge update and Show & Tell (Bring your knitting needles, crochet hooks, yarn & projects)
6:30-8:30 pm
EVENT: Three-in-One Critique: Regular, Artabet & Roo Bag Redux
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
6:30 pm
EVENT: Fiber Conversation: Why am I a Fiber Artist?
PLACE: Laura Tabakman’s
4-6 pm
EVENT: Fiber Conversation: How to Benefit from Facebook with Penny Mateer
7-9 pm
EVENT: Artabet & Roo Bag Redux Critique: Last critique before Artabet deadline
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
10 am-3 pm
EVENT: Workshop: Silkscreen on Paper & Fabric
PLACE: Artists Image Resource, 518 Foreland Ave., North Side
FEE: $60
TO REGISTER: Contact Michelle Browne 412-576-5462 / mlbatoast7@gmail.com
Participants will learn how to produce a silkscreen, from drawing or digital images to stencil, and how to print and register on paper and fabric. They will also learn about the resources of AIR and how fiber artists can use AIR facilities.
10 am-2:30 pm
EVENT: Potluck Fundraiser / Auction / Artabet Show & Talk
PLACE: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Clean out your studio and donate your unused items along with a dish to share. Enjoy the delicious food, the great company, restock your studio, and laugh a lot. Your gorgeous art products can also be donated for auction to benefit our Guild. We will “show & talk” our Artabet pieces for the FI2013 fundraiser.
7-9 pm
EVENT: Fiber Conversation: My Art: Fabric, Found Objects and 10,000 Steps a Day
PLACE: Marty Ressler’s Studio
3-5 pm
EVENT: Critique: Unfinished and finished pieces for member critique
7 pm
EVENT: Fiberarts Guild meeting followed by a LECTURE & Trunk Show: Susan Lenz My Life in Stitches
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
Using a needle and thread for self-expression, Susan works to create art that reflects her interest in the concept of time. Memory, universal mortality, and personal legacy are central themes. Vintage materials and meticulous handwork are important elements that are used to connect the past to the present with a nod toward the future. She has studied under several internationally renowned fiber artists and been juried into national and international exhibits.
9 am-4 pm each day
EVENT: Workshop: Hot! with Susan Lenz (Co-sponsored with SCC)
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
FEE: $200
The first day of this workshop will be an introduction to heat-activated processes using painted adhesives, metallic foiling, household irons, soldering irons and experimentation with various fibers. On the second day, hand stitching and free motion machine embroidery as contemporary design tools will be explored. Strategies for mounting and professionally presenting finished fiber creations will be covered. Students wishing to explore free motion sewing should bring their own sewing machines the second day of the workshop.
(Some discounts available for Guild members)
6:45 pm
EVENT: Fiberarts Guild meeting followed by LECTURE: Paulina Ortiz, FI2013 juror
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
Paulina Ortiz is a textile artist and professor at the Veritas University, Costa Rica. She has exhibited and lectured internationally and her work has been included in several publications, including Textile Forum and Embroidery magazine. Ortiz is founding President of the Iberoamerican Textile Network and has organized several major international exhibitions, including the IV International Biennial of Textile Art & Design of the World Textile Art Organization in 2006 and the I Encounter of the Iberoamerican Textile Network 2010, both in Costa Rica. She participated in the II Iberoamerican Design Biennial 2010 in Madrid, where one of her designs received an award. Ortiz was a key speaker at the European Textile Network Conference in Lithuania in 2011.
10 am-4 pm
EVENT: Dry Skills Workshop: Bead, Stitch, Basket
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
Want to learn new techniques? Come and learn from beaders, bead weavers, hand stitchers and basket makers who are happy to share their techniques.
TO REGISTER: Contact Michelle Browne at mlbatoast7@gmail.com or 412-576-5462 if you are interested in sharing or attending. Bring materials to share.
6-9 pm
EVENT: Opening Reception of Artabet exhibition, Exhibition April 6-27
PLACE: Panza Gallery, 115 Sedgwick St., Millvale
5:30-8 pm
EVENT: Fiberart International 2013 Opening Reception
PLACE: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts & Society for Contemporary Craft. Shuttle service will transport visitors between the two sites. You can start at either site.
9 am-3 pm
EVENT: Fiberart International 2013 Forum Keynote: Joyce J. Scott, FI2013 Juror
PLACE: Phipp’s Garden Center, Mellon Park
FEE: $40 Fiberarts Guild members, $50 non-members
SCHEDULE: Bus transportation will be provided to and from SCC
Artists’ Conversations - at PCA
Lunch: at PCA
Artists’ Conversations - at SCC
Joyce J. Scott holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, and an MFA from Instituto Allende, San Miguel Allende, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Scott is a descendant of African Americans, Native Americans, and Scots. Three generations of storytellers; quilters; basket makers; and wood, metal, and clay workers inspire her artwork. This wide range of influences plays a crucial role in her interpretation of contemporary issues such as racism and violence, sexism and stereotypes. Scott’s work has appeared in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions and has been collected by many national and international museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Art and Design, NY; Mint Museum of Art, NC; Kruithuis Museum, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, and many more.
6-10 pm
EVENT: Artists and FI2013 Volunteers Dinner
PLACE: 20th Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland
This is the final event of the weekend to celebrate a job well done! The Artist/Volunteer Dinner is our way of thanking all the Guild member for their hard work, plus enjoying some relaxing time to spend with some of the International artists who come to Pittsburgh to attend the opening.
2-4 pm
EVENT: Visit the Myers’ Flock and Fiber Farm
PLACE: 221 Petersburg Rd., Enon Valley, PA (Carpooling to be arranged)
FEE: $10 donation for feed
RSVP Carolyn Carson: carolyncarson753@hotmail.com or 412-655-8887
Relax from the frenzy of Fiberart International and enjoy an outing to the roots of fiber art. Fiberarts Guild member Jill Myers has a flock of 50 alpacas on a working farm in the beautiful countryside. She’ll share her passion with us, giving us a tour of the farm and her studio. We’ll learn about fleece, how it’s graded and used, and hang out with and pet the alpacas (if we want to!) Also, she has yummy items for sale in her studio.
10 am-4 pm
EVENT: Dry Skill Sharing Workshop: Knit, Knot, Net
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
Welcome Knitters, Knotters, Lacemakers & Crocheters with fiber or wire to demonstrate techniques to eager learners.
TO REGISTER: Contact Michelle Browne at mlbatoast7@gmail.com or 412-521-4032 if interested in sharing or attending. Bring materials to share.
3-5 pm
EVENT: Critique: Unfinished and finished pieces for member critique
6 pm
EVENT: Fiberarts meeting election of officers and board members followed at 7 pm by a LECTURE: Jodi Colella Intersecting Art, Science, Material & Process
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
9 am-4 pm
EVENT: Workshop: Sculpture Fiber with artist Jodi Colella (Co-sponsored with SCC)
each day
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
FEE: $200 + Materials: $25
Explore material and process in the creation of 3D constructions. We will use common-place materials with some age-old, ingenious handwork techniques such as knitting, weaving, felting, and crochet in the fabrication of surfaces and structures. Through demonstrations and individual exercises, students will gain insight into the potentials of these low-tech and accessible methods and materials, as well as understanding some of the elements involved in creating 3D works. We’ll explore the innovative use of materials ranging from wire to wool from both manufactured and natural environments. Example of work created by other artists will be provided.
(Some discounts available for Guild members)
11 am-2 pm
EVENT: Receiving work for Celebrate Fiber at IUP (EVERY Guild member is urged to enter, check upcoming newsletters for prospectus & details)
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft (parking lot side door, downstairs to the first classroom)
1:30-4 pm
EVENT: Opening Reception: Celebrate Fiber at IUP
PLACE: University Museum, Sutton Hall
1011 South Drive, Indiana, PA, 15705
10 am-1 pm
EVENT: Workshop & Workout: Hula Hoop with Stephanie Moser
PLACE: 6th Presbyterian Church
FEE: $35 Materials: $20
TO REGISTER: Contact Michelle Browne 412-576-5462 / mlbatoast7@gmail.com
Remember hula-hooping? Do you fondly recall the fun you experienced while spinning? You are invited to give it another whirl. Come learn how to tone, stretch, and move your body through hooping as we dance to vibrant music. Experience a total body workout while having a total blast.
The class will begin with creatively expressing yourself as you fashion and design your very own hoop, sized to your height and body type, decorated in the colors of your choice. Please wear comfortable clothing, but nothing which would hinder your ability to move. Bring your own waterbottle.
EVENT: LECTURE: “Mystery Artist” a Fiberart International 2013 exhibiting artist (TBA)
EVENT: Workshop: “Mystery Artist” (Co-sponsored by SCC)
PLACE: Society for Contemporary Craft
FEE: TBA
(Some discounts available for Guild members)
For questions contact
Michelle at mlbatoast7@gmail.com
or Rhoda at vwmret@zoominternet.net