Guild members spent two days exploring natural dyes in June at (AIR) Artists Image Resource.
WELCOME BACK POT LUCK
September 11, 2016 2-6 pmHighland Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA Rhododendron Park provides an outdoor setting to meet, eat and have some fiber fun! Bring a covered dish to share and a lawn chair if you want to sit in the sun. If it rains there is a giant shelter. If you want to bring …
Workshop: Katrina Shorter-Harrison Crocheted Earrings
Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:00 – 2:00 Location: Eastminster Presbyterian Church. 250 N Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Fee: $30. Materials included but please bring a #1 or #2 crochet hook. Pre-register on line or to Katrina k2a5t@hotmail.com
Workshop: Amber Coppings Digital Surface Pattern Design- Introductory Workshop
Saturday, May 20, 2017 1:00 – 4:00 1 spot available Saturday, June 3, 2017 1:00 – 4:00 1 spot available Location: Amber’s Studio Fee: $60 (includes $10 materials fee) Using simple and familiar methods to introduce the concepts of digital surface pattern design, Amber Coppings takes you to her studio in Lawrenceville. Bring in your …
Awakening
A Juried Members’ Exhibition of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh
The Artsmiths of Pittsburgh Gallery
1635 McFarland Rd., Mt. Lebanon PA 15216
March 5 – April 1, 2017
“Awakening” conjures thoughts of revitalization, coming alive, rebirth, seeing the light, beginning again and a variety of visions and images. Aptly planned for the early spring month of March, Awakening is an exhibition open to all Fiberarts Guild members. Work entered may utilize any and all fiber techniques and materials that reflect the artistry of the creator. Entries needn’t interpret the Awakening theme literally, but… What awakens you?
Juror
Margery Amdur
The New Collective-2016
Opening Reception: Friday, November 18, 2016 – 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Dates: November 18, 2016 – February 26, 2017
Location: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts | 6300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Submissions deadline: Saturday July 30, 2016
Online Entry Form
The PCA Guild Council and Guild Exhibition Committee invite Guild artists to exhibit their current work in THE NEW COLLECTIVE 2016. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts was founded in 1945 by a group of artists in an entrepreneurial partnership with civic leaders. The opening of the Center was intrinsically linked to the city’s first Renaissance and marked the coming of age of the artistic heart of industrial Pittsburgh. The Guilds of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts continue to flourish and are a strong part of the Pittsburgh art community.
FI16 inspection highlights… and register NOW for the Forum!
Opening weekend for Fiberart International 2016 is steaming toward us like a freight train — packed with art, anticipation, and festivities! Lots of last minute preparations behind the scenes before the gala opening on May 6, just weeks away! A favorite part of every FI is inspection week-end when one of our jurors returns to examine each piece live for the first time.
Lucky Guild volunteers make up the white gloved crew who carry out this essential operation. We open each crate with special care, document the condition and note how each piece was packed. After inspection the work is re-packed for storage until installation. Not only is this an opportunity to check out the detail and incredible craftsmanship of your favorite artworks but also to engage with the juror about all things fiberart. Even if you’ve seen the images a dozen times, as some volunteers have — the scale, texture, and power of each piece is a joy to experience firsthand.
The Re/New Festival September 9 – October 9, 2016
Big news! Downtown Pittsburgh will be jumping this September, with the opening of the first Re/New Festival featuring the North American premiere of DRAP-Art, the International Festival of Recycling Art, held annually in Barcelona, Spain. According to their website “Drap-Art has established itself in recent years as a showcase of the trends in art that use objets trouvés and discarded materials as a resource. It has become a platform for emerging artists, designers, craftsmen, and other creative professionals from Europe and elsewhere who seek trash as their raw materials. From these premises, it functions as a campaign to make people aware of the fact that we must consume more responsibly and respect the theme of the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle).”
Clean out your studio–it’s potluck time!
The holidays are over, it’s cold, snowy, and gray — so you know it’s gotta be time for our potluck fundraiser at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts! This annual event is one of our most cherished traditions. Just when the doldrums of winter start to settle in, we gather together. We clean out our studios, …
Help make FI16 the best Fiberart International ever!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about Fiberart International (FI), the amazing show our guild produces every three years. The exhibition is so big, it takes up two simultaneous venues: the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Society for Contemporary Craft. But what you may not know is that we are famous (yes we are!) for hosting a great opening week-end where FI artists from all over the world gather to meet and talk about our beloved medium – fiber art. And the best part is our members are deep in the thick of it all. We all have the awesome opportunity to shmooze, help out, and participate as much as we want. On Sunday January 10th volunteer guild members old and new gathered together to learn all about FI2016.