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SUMMARY:Spotlight: a Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Member Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk: Friday\, November 8\, 5 pm – 7 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpotlight\, a Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh member exhibition\, will focus on the unique voices and artistic practices of our diverse member-base. FGP members\, this is a chance to share your passion\, your spirit\, and your point of view. What has influenced your work over the years? How has it changed? Was there a turning point that brought you to the way you work today? A technique with which you are obsessed? What is your relationship with your art? This salon-style exhibit allows our members’ individuality to take center stage. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us Friday\, November 8\, as we celebrate the member artists whose work appears in the Spotlight Exhibition! Hear about the artists’ inspiration and process. Artist talks are a wonderful way to learn new things about fiber art while connecting with friends! You don’t want to miss it! \n\n\n\nExhibition Chairs: Debra Tobin and Staci Offutt \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nView the Exhibition Catalog
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/spotlight-a-fiberarts-guild-of-pittsburgh-member-exhibition/
LOCATION:North Hills Art Center\, 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Guild Events,Guild Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Member Exhibition at Erie Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Membership Exhibition at the Erie Art Museum.  \n\n\n\n\n\nCongratulations to all participating FGP member artists! \n\n\n\nImportant Update Regarding Erie Museum Closure and Exhibit Plans\n\n\n\nPlease note that the Erie Art Museum will be closed for repairs from December 25th to 27th\, with the possibility of an extension through December 28th and 29th. Please check on museum hours before you plan your visit. \n\n\n\n\nOrder a Catalog\n\n\n\n\nJurors\n\n\n\nLaura Domencic\, Executive Director\, Erie Art Museum \n\n\n\nLaura Domencic is an artist\, curator\, writer and educator who cultivates creative thinking in individuals and communities. She is the Executive Director of the Erie Art Museum and a lead partner and curator with The Documentary Works\, a group that produces photo documentary exhibits on social and environmental justice. \n\n\n\nBefore her appointment to the Museum\, she has worked as an independent arts consultant leading successful fundraising efforts for a variety of institutional and individual clients. She has also directed an artist residency program in Ambialet\, France. Previously\, Domencic served for 11 years as Director of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. \n\n\n\nDomencic received her MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. lauradomencic.com \n\n\n\nJamie Keim-Pomorski\, Program Manager & Designer\, Erie Art Museum \n\n\n\nJamie is an artist living in Erie\, Pennsylvania by way of Brooklyn\, New York and Pensacola\, Florida. she is an abstract artist and graphic designer with a BFA Fine Arts/Digital Design from Pace University in New York City. She is currently the Program Manager and Designer at the Erie Art Museum\, as well as a practicing studio artist and an art teacher at the Inner City Neighborhood Art House. Jamie loves to volunteer and work with children in the arts and sciences\, and is an active member of the urban forest committee of the city of Erie.Fluent in multiple Adobe programs\, Jamie is a seasoned graphic designer with a bold understanding of space and composition. As an abstract painter\, she uses creative\, conceptual\, yet sometimes unusual solutions to achieve desired textures and compositions. As an educator\, Jamie encourages intuitive thinking and planning while creating with and educating others. As a program manager\, she oversees local educational programs and initiatives and teaches alternative solutions to painting\, collaging\, and design. \n\n\n\nWhile Jamie accepts freelance digital design projects when she can\, she focuses the majority of her free time and creative energy on studio work\, working primarily on larger abstract paintings with mixed media. Most notably\, she recently exhibited her paintings in group shows at Glass Growers Gallery\, a solo show (i saw the light\, August 2021) at the 1020 Collective\, and a two-person exhibition (Come Highwater\, June 2022) with fellow artist and Pace University BFA graduate\, Julia Ennis\, at the Kada Gallery. jamiekeim.com \n\n\n\nhttps://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:aeca32cf-f265-4ef6-887d-bdc34838afee
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/members-exhibition-at-erie-art-museum/
LOCATION:Erie Art Museum\, 20 E 5th St\, Erie\, PA\, 16507\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Guild Events,Guild Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Zoom Lecture with Jennifer Collier
DESCRIPTION:Please Register here – Registration closes one day before the event. Members free\, $5 for Guests \n\n\n\nPaper pioneer and UK artist Jennifer Collier creates exquisite sculptures from vintage recycled materials in conjunction with stitch; a contemporary twist on traditional textiles. The papers serve as both the inspiration and the media for the work\, with the narrative suggesting the forms. Through this marriage of unlikely materials old papers are transformed into something truly unique\, delicate and complex. \n\n\n\n“I work from a studio in Stafford\, and continue my self-employed career through the sale of my work\, exhibitions and commissions. I run my own gallery\, Unit Twelve\,  which is open to the public. The spaces houses 6 artist’s studios\, including my own and hosts a changing program of themed\, high quality contemporary craft exhibitions\, curated by myself. We also run a rolling program of themed art workshops\, in schools\, colleges\, and galleries; with a diverse range of community groups. I have experience working with children with behavioural difficulties and emotional wellbeing issues\, adults with learning difficulties\, but my greatest area of enterprise is with people suffering with problems around mental wellbeing.”
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/zoom-lecture-with-jennifer-collier-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities,Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Fiberart Feedback: Formerly called Show & Share
DESCRIPTION:Fiberart Feedbacks: We used to call them Show and Shares or Critiques. Bring finished work or work in progress.  A moderated peer group will offer solutions if you are stuck or give you the thumbs up. You tell us what kind of help you need: technical\, aesthetic\, presentation\, installation?  Anyone is welcome to attend\, even just to observe what others are doing. \n\n\n\nFriday • November 3\, 2023 • 3:00 – 6:00 pm\n\n\n\nThis dual program will offer a Fiber Feedback moderated by Barb Kubala\, and HELP TIME where techy members are available to answer questions and to review the exhibition application to prepare you to enter your images and statement. You can bring in your laptops or come in and take notes. Program followed by optional food /social time at Hop Farm Brewery. \n\n\n\nPHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS: On November 4 & 5\, Photographer Alex Jones has scheduled time for Guild members in his studio on the South Side. Rates: $35 per image (including details) for standard 2-D work. Work that requires special lighting or set up may be more expensive. Alex will re-size your images to fit submission requirements plus retain a high res image. Contact Alex to schedule at 412-951-3559 or alex@alexjonesphotography.com. Visit his website: www.alexjonesphotography.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fiberart-feedback-formerly-called-show-share-3/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Programs & Activities
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SUMMARY:Zoom Lecture with Teresa Baker
DESCRIPTION:Please Register here – Registration closes one day before the event. Members free\, $5 for Guests \n\n\n\n\n\nOctober 12\, 2023\, 1pm Thursday\,  Zoom Presentation/ Teresa Baker  Teresa was awarded the Joan Mitchell in 2022 Fellowship and is located in Los Angeles . Honoring both her modern aesthetic and the materials and cultural metaphors of her childhood\, Baker transforms synthetic materials into works that reference territories’ irregular shapes. The looping marks\, made with materials like yarn and string\, suggest mapping. These works are drawn from memories in the grand Northern Plains where she is from and time spent exploring\, walking\, looking\, and working. The materials\, texture\, shapes\, and color relationships are guided by the Artists’ Mandan/Hidatsa culture to explore how identity can relate to innate objects.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I am interested in bringing landscape\, specifically that of the Northern Plains\, into an object through abstraction. Combining artificial materials together with traditional materials that my tribes—the Mandan and Hidatsa—used for utilitarian\, storytelling\, ceremonial\, and decorative means\, I reimagine how these plant and animal materials function in the context of a new object—one that seeks to explore the importance of place\, land\, and how we interact with it.”
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/zoom-lecture-with-teresa-baker/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T190000
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SUMMARY:Fiberart Feedback: Formerly called Show & Share
DESCRIPTION:Fiberart Feedbacks: We used to call them Show and Shares or Critiques. Bring finished work or work in progress.  A moderated peer group will offer solutions if you are stuck or give you the thumbs up. You tell us what kind of help you need: technical\, aesthetic\, presentation\, installation?  Anyone is welcome to attend\, even just to observe what others are doing. \n\n\n\nGet ready for Erie (Fiberarts Guild juried membership exhibition). Option to dine first at Hop Farm Brewery followed by Feedback session. Moderated by Carolyn Carson. \n\n\n\nThis FiberFeedback will also have a Zoom option. Please contact Michelle Browne to participate on Zoom Mlbatoast7@gmail.com.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fiberart-feedback-formerly-called-show-share-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T150000
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SUMMARY:Fiberart Feedback: Formerly called Show & Share
DESCRIPTION:Fiberart Feedbacks: We used to call them Show and Shares or Critiques. Bring finished work or work in progress.  A moderated peer group will offer solutions if you are stuck or give you the thumbs up. You tell us what kind of help you need: technical\, aesthetic\, presentation\, installation?  Anyone is welcome to attend\, even just to observe what others are doing. \n\n\n\nThe Fiberarts Guild Juried Member Exhibition in 2024 is at the Erie Museum of Art in April\, 2024. Applications are due between Nov 1 and Dec 22\, 2023. We are offering special programs to give you a boost and make it easier for you to enter your work digitally. Bring finished work or work in progress. A moderated peer group will offer solutions if you are stuck or give you the thumbs up. You tell us what kind of help you need: technical\, aesthetic\, presentation\, installation? Anyone is welcome to attend\, even just to observe what others are doing. \n\n\n\nGet ready for Erie (Fiberarts Guild juried membership exhibition). Fiber Feedback hybrid moderated by Carolyn Carson and David Anderson\, featuring CC Artist in Resident Christina Kingerski. Join us afterwards for dinner at Hop Farm Brewery next door. \n\n\n\nThis FiberFeedback will also have a Zoom option. Please contact Michelle Browne to participate on Zoom Mlbatoast7@gmail.com.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fiberart-feedback-formerly-called-show-share/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities
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SUMMARY:Zoom Lecture with Clarissa Callesen
DESCRIPTION:Please Register here – Registration closes one day before the event. Members free\, $5 for Guests \n\n\n\nWednesday\, September 13\,1 pm  Zoom Lecture with Clarissa Callesen\, Sculptor\, installation artist\, Instructor\, and Creative coach.  \n\n\n\nClarissa Callesen executes personal and community-based installations and sculptures\, constructed of knotted\, recycled discarded domestic textiles. “I work primarily with postconsumer recycled materials. Everything has been discarded from its original owner or is a by-product of organic or industrial production. I am fascinated by the history and energy of objects\, particularly found objects. I am less concerned with an object’s original purpose and more interested in the evidence of life a thing wears upon the surface. We all interact with hundreds of objects and materials every day whether they are adored treasures or complete throwaways. Our lives are interconnected with this commonplace matter.”
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/zoom-lecture-with-clarissa-calleson/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230716T150000
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SUMMARY:Fiber Social - Pot Luck Picnic Outdoors
DESCRIPTION:12:00 -3:00 pm\, SUNDAY Pot Luck Picnic Outdoors Fiber Social July 16\, Rain date July 23 \n\n\n\nRegistration is suggested\, but walk -ins are welcome! Please Register here \n\n\n\nJoin us in the shade in Diane Myers Morrisey’s spacious backyard in McCandless for a Meet-Greet-Eat event! Please bring a covered dish to share and a lawn chair if convenient for you. There is parking\, shelter and refreshments. \n\n\n\nAs we are coming out of the pandemic\, we are trying to restore some Guild social traditions where members come together\, share food\, and connect with members who have the same passion for fiber as fine craft\, fine art and joy.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fiber-social-pot-luck-picnic-outdoors/
LOCATION:Diane Myers Morrisey’s backyard
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Programs & Activities
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SUMMARY:Field Trip to Foggy Blossom Farm
DESCRIPTION:Register here \nSunday June 11\, at 11 am.  Field Trip to Foggy Blossom Farm in Leechburg PA\, a 35 minute drive from central Pittsburgh on 28 North.  Bring a lunch\, an outdoor chair\, and a optional walking stick to tour Dan and Betsy Brockett’s 12 acre perennial farm. Dan was recently an artist in residence at Contemporary Craft. A basket weaver\, he crafts his baskets from willow branches grown on the premises. His baskets will be available for purchase. Betsey\, a former potter\, is currently beekeeper\, herbalist\, PR and Marketing coordinator for the farm which includes maintaining their website\, https://www.foggyblossomfarm.com/ and publishing a newsletter. \n  \nThe farm is closed to the public\, so we are fortunate to schedule a private tour\, basketry demonstration and time for a leisurely lunch. Please join us for this special opportunity for Fiberarts Guild members. You are welcome to bring family and friends\, please RSVP on the guild web site\, https://fiberartspgh.org/programs/online-programs/programs-registration-form/ \nIf you have questions\, let me know\, mlbatoast7@gmail.com. \n  \nFoggy Blossom Farms is located at 746 Crain Road\, about 35 – 40 minutes northeast of Pittsburgh near Freeport/Natrona Heights. \n  \nFoggy Blossom Farm Feature
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/field-trip-to-foggy-blossom-farms/
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Programs & Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T110000
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Fuzzy Mall
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 11\, 2023 / 11:00 am ESTRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \n\nI was born in Pittsburgh\, PA and attended Kent State University in Kent\, OH. I began painting immediately upon graduation and consider myself to be self-taught. While in Ohio\, I met my future wife. We moved to a small college town in rural Missouri to pursue a teaching opportunity. I continued painting\, developing a new body of work every year\, while working full time as a postman. I considered my studio practice to be a passionate hobby.  As our lives changed\, so has my work. Painting has given way to textiles\, our home has moved from the United States to Canada\, and my hobby is becoming a profession. \n\n\n\nMy work in portraiture is interaction driven. I get to know my subject by taking candid photos and studying their unique body language. Focusing on the person in mid-motion\, I capture raised eyebrows\, crooked smiles and waving hands that we all use to communicate. This is a response to the deluge of Instagram and Facebook images currently flooding our daily lives. My intention is to reinterpret fleeting imagery by slowing down the process and hand working it\, slowly creating a permanent object from an image that we are accustomed to seeing swiped away by a finger. Ephemeral moments disappear unless made permanent in some way. My goal is to tap into the tradition of quilts and painted portraits as family heirlooms by creating contemporary portraits from these casual photographs that are snapped by cell phones\, often live in the cloud\, and usually disappear. \n\n\n\nMy latest series (Forest Bath) is an expansion on this idea.  Pieces continue to focus on personal identity and diversity\, depicting people of various ages\, races\, and genders. I capture people in action\, in personal settings\, doing things they love to do. The work is a response to our current media landscape\, which is jarring and anxiety-inducing. As an American living in Canada\, I’ve been feeling helpless watching each news cycle. This new work is a response to the number of depressing news stories coming out of my home country. I feel sad\, angry\, frustrated\, and ineffective. I know the stories of school shootings\, corporate greed\, decaying environment\, and corrupt politicians won’t stop anytime soon; and as a result\, I can only focus on a localized and momentary happiness. This series portrays people doing simple things that bring them bliss\, whether it be gardening\, biking\, yoga\, or playing with a pet. More than ever\, I need to see people enjoying life’s small moments. \n\n\n\nMy work is created from raw-edged appliqué of mostly reclaimed fabrics. This newest project breaks the square/rectangle format of traditional portraiture by eliminating the frame. Figures are larger than life-sized\, include the entire body\, and exist independent of any background\, floating on the wall or in space. Each portrait becomes more sculptural\, casts its own shadow\, and lives in a space in a new and unexpected way. Our experience becomes more intimate;  the figure invites the viewer to enter this personal moment\, and allows us to be in the same space during that captured moment. Hopefully we slow down. \n\n\n\nwww.quiltedportrait.net
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-fuzzy-mall/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T143000
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Elaine Longtemps
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 15\, 2023 / 1:00 pm ESTRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form\n\n\n\nElaine Longtemps is an American artist who unflinchingly uses painted rope and fabric in an unusual way to convey strong cultural and political statements.  A BFA graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and a recipient of their European Honors program in Rome\, Italy from 1962-63\, she also did graduate work at Pratt Institute and in the Max Beckman Scholarship  Program at The Brooklyn Museum Art School. Her award-winning work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in publications in the USA\, the Netherlands\, England\, South Korea and Italy.   She was born on December 7\, 1941\, a date that will live in infamy and no doubt influenced her character.  She currently lives and works in Brooklyn\, New York.\n\n \n\nExhibition venues include The Brooklyn Museum; The Holter Museum; The Erie Art Museum; The Butler Institute of American Art; The San Diego Art Institute; Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center; The Textile Museum in Washington DC; The World Financial Center in New York City; ACA Gallery in Toronto\, Canada; Chojun Textile Museum in Seoul\, South Korea; SETEC in Seoul\, South Korea; Suwan I Park Museum of Art in Suwan\, South Korea; and Fiberart International 2019 in Pittsburgh\, PA.\n\n \n\nPublications and interviews include: Be Inspired/The Annual by Creative\, Vol 5\, UK\, 2016; Be Creative With Workbox\, Issue 155\, Devon\, England\, 2016; Artistry in Fiber\, Vol 2 – Sculpture\, Schiffer Publishing\, USA\, 2017; When Boundaries Begin to Fade\, The Miroddi Group\, USA\, 2018; Fiber Art Now Vol. 7\, Issue 2\, 2017; Vol. 8\, Issue 3\, 2019; Vol. 11\, Issue 2\, 2022; The Language of Making: Visual Voices from the Textile Study Group of New York\, 2019;  Textiel Plus\, Netherlands\, 2020; and Arte Morbida\, Textile Art Magazine\, Numero 7. Rome\, Italy\, April 2022.\n\n \n\nwww.elainelongtemps.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-elaine-longtemps/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Speaker Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20221019T164513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T164513Z
UID:7544-1678561200-1678568400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:FGP Members' Spotlight Exhibition- Opening
DESCRIPTION:  \nMembership Exhibition \nWhere: North Hills Art Center – 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15237 \nWhen: March 11th – April 7th\, 2023 \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, March 11\, 2023\, 7 – 9 pm \nChairperson: Katie Bulova: bulovakatie@gmail.com and Debbie Penley: penley75@verizon.net \nThe Member Spotlight show will focus on your artist’s voice.  What captures the spirit of your art practice? This is a chance to share YOUR passion\, your unique point of view. What has influenced your work over the years? How has it changed? Was there a turning point that brought you to the way you work today? A technique with which you are obsessed? What is your relationship to your art? This exhibit is a chance to let all of our members’ individuality take center stage. \nThis is a non-juried exhibition\, however\, one artwork per artist may be selected depending on space. \nThere will be a limited print run of the catalog for the Member Spotlight show at $30 each. If you would like a catalog\, please pre-order it at https://fiberartspgh.org/exhibitions/catalog-order-form/. We need at least 40 in order to keep the cost at $30. \n\n\nOpening Reception 3/11 7-9\nThe Artist talk 4/2 from 3-5 \n\n\n 
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fgp-members-spotlight-exhibition-opening-2/
LOCATION:North Hills Art Center\, 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Guild Events,Openings,Programs & Activities
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20230508T140844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T154917Z
UID:7715-1678554000-1680886800@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Fiberarts Guild Members’ Spotlight Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Membership Exhibition \n\n\n\nWhere: North Hills Art Center – 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15237 When: March 11th – April 7th\, 2023 \n\n\n\nFGP-spotlight-catalog-23\n\n\n\nThe Member Spotlight show focused on members artist’s voice.  What captures the spirit of your art practice? It was a chance to share their passion\, and unique point of view. What had influenced their work over the years? How has it changed? Was there a turning point that brought them to the way they work today? A technique with which they are obsessed? What is their relationship to their art? This exhibit was a chance to let all of our members’ individuality take center stage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere was an artist talk where members talked about their work in the show.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fiberarts-guild-members-spotlight-exhibition/
LOCATION:North Hills Art Center\, 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230311T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20221019T164513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T164513Z
UID:6819-1678554000-1678564800@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:FGP Members' Spotlight Exhibition- Opening
DESCRIPTION:FGP-MEMBER-SHOW-PROSPECTUS-23
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/fgp-members-spotlight-exhibition-opening/
LOCATION:North Hills Art Center\, 3432 Babcock Blvd\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Guild Events,Openings,Programs & Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T152355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T201807Z
UID:7539-1677866400-1677877200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Critique- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems. \nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/critique-online-or-in-person-3-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T152355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230807T164027Z
UID:6712-1677866400-1677877200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Critique- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form\n\nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems.\n\nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/critique-online-or-in-person-3/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20230205T170125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230205T170125Z
UID:7546-1677178800-1677182400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Grow in Fiber Grant information session
DESCRIPTION:Wanting to encourage our members to explore new opportunities and expand their experience\, the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh is excited to offer “Grow in Fiber” Grants. Whether members consider themselves a novice or professional\, current members are invited to apply for this developmental grant. This is a fiber focused grant opportunity for artists from various backgrounds and genres; you don’t need to be a fiber artist\, but the grant proposal must be fiber focused. This can include artists exploring fiber for the first time. \nThis grant is open to Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh members both in and out of the area. You don’t need to be a FGP member to apply; but if you are a recipient of the grant\, joining FGP is a requirement.\n\nGrow in Fiber Grant page \nThere will be an information session on February 23\, 2023 @ 7PM ET via Zoom.\n\nJoin us https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87902104021?pwd=VUVnelUxSzZYbkVBWHdOUUY3ZHA5dz09
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/grow-in-fiber-grant-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Programs & Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T123000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220825T233709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T233709Z
UID:7530-1676458800-1676464200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Lecture by Janice Lessman-Moss
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 15\, 2023 / 11:00 am ESTRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \n\nJanice Lessman-Moss is a weaver who uses the unique vocabulary of digital design in relation to the binary functioning of threads on the loom to create her art.  She has been awarded numerous Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council beginning in 1984\, and received an Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Crafts.  Lessman-Moss won the prestigious Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio in 2016\, the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019\, and a coveted United States Artists Fellowship also in 2019. Her work been presented throughout the United States and internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Kent State University Museum\, Galleria Willa in Lodz\, Poland\, the Museum of Fine Art and Culture in Las Cruces\, New Mexico\, and Praxis Gallery in Cleveland.  Other exhibition highlights include: “Neo Geo\,” at the Akron Art Museum; “Fiberarts International 2013 and 2016\,” Society for Contemporary Craft and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts\, Pittsburgh\, PA; “New Material World\,” Sheldon Museum\, University of Nebraska\, Lincoln; “Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011\,” Museum Rijswijk\, Netherlands; the second and seventh ”Cheongju Juried Craft Exhibition\,” Korea; and the first\, second\, third and fourth “International TECHstyle Art Biennial\,” San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles\, California.  A native of Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, Lessman-Moss resides in Kent\, Ohio where she is Emeritus Professor at Kent State University. \n\n\n\njanicelessman-moss.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-janice-lessman-moss-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities,Speaker Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T123000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220825T233709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T233709Z
UID:6657-1676458800-1676464200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Lecture by Janice Lessman-Moss
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 15\, 2023 / 11:00 am ESTRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \n\nJanice Lessman-Moss is a weaver who uses the unique vocabulary of digital design in relation to the binary functioning of threads on the loom to create her art.  She has been awarded numerous Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council beginning in 1984\, and received an Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Crafts.  Lessman-Moss won the prestigious Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio in 2016\, the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019\, and a coveted United States Artists Fellowship also in 2019. Her work been presented throughout the United States and internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Kent State University Museum\, Galleria Willa in Lodz\, Poland\, the Museum of Fine Art and Culture in Las Cruces\, New Mexico\, and Praxis Gallery in Cleveland.  Other exhibition highlights include: “Neo Geo\,” at the Akron Art Museum; “Fiberarts International 2013 and 2016\,” Society for Contemporary Craft and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts\, Pittsburgh\, PA; “New Material World\,” Sheldon Museum\, University of Nebraska\, Lincoln; “Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011\,” Museum Rijswijk\, Netherlands; the second and seventh ”Cheongju Juried Craft Exhibition\,” Korea; and the first\, second\, third and fourth “International TECHstyle Art Biennial\,” San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles\, California.  A native of Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, Lessman-Moss resides in Kent\, Ohio where she is Emeritus Professor at Kent State University. \n\n\n\njanicelessman-moss.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-janice-lessman-moss/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities,Speaker Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T152149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T152149Z
UID:6710-1675771200-1675778400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Show and Share- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems. \nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/show-and-share-online-or-in-person-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberartspgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_3080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T152149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T152149Z
UID:7538-1675771200-1675778400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Show and Share- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems. \nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/show-and-share-online-or-in-person-2-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220831T165624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T165624Z
UID:6677-1674399600-1674406800@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Writing your artist statement
DESCRIPTION:Writing your artist statement: 2\, 1 ¾ hour sessions\, Saturdays\, January 22 and 29 Zoom\, 10 am to 11:45 am with Sam Milford\, free to Guild Members\, limit to 8 people. \nRegistration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nDo you struggle with writing an artist statement that captures your personality and perspective while at the same time addressing the theme of a show?  In this two-part workshop we will spend the first workshop reviewing some key points in writing an artist statement and get started with one of our own.  In the second meeting we will share the struggles and joys of writing the statement and share what we have written with the anticipation of constructive criticism.Sam Milford is a fiber artist who has been a guild member for over 20 years.  She has recently retired from teaching Communication Studies at California University of Pennsylvania and has had success having her work juried into many shows.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/writing-your-artist-statement/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Professional Artist/Maker Series,Programs & Activities,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220831T165624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T165624Z
UID:7534-1674399600-1674406800@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Writing your artist statement
DESCRIPTION:Writing your artist statement: 2\, 1 ¾ hour sessions\, Saturdays\, January 22 and 29 Zoom\, 3 pm to 4:45 am with Sam Milford\, free to Guild Members\, limit to 8 people. \nRegistration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form\nThis workshop is full but you can register for a waiting list in case we have an opening. \nDo you struggle with writing an artist statement that captures your personality and perspective while at the same time addressing the theme of a show?  In this two-part workshop we will spend the first workshop reviewing some key points in writing an artist statement and get started with one of our own.  In the second meeting we will share the struggles and joys of writing the statement and share what we have written with the anticipation of constructive criticism.Sam Milford is a fiber artist who has been a guild member for over 20 years.  She has recently retired from teaching Communication Studies at California University of Pennsylvania and has had success having her work juried into many shows.
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/writing-your-artist-statement-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Professional Artist/Maker Series,Programs & Activities,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T151047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T201807Z
UID:6700-1673978400-1673989200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Critique- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems. \nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/critique-online-or-in-person-copy/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberartspgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_3080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220901T151047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T201807Z
UID:7537-1673978400-1673989200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Critique- Online or in Person
DESCRIPTION:Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form \nShow & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville\, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format.\nYou have a choice to be there:\n–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated\, boosted and masked\, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid or\n–On Zoom.\nWhat is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.\nShow & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions\, they just want to show off\, share what they are working on\, and meet other Guild members.\nCritique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical\, aesthetic or presentation problems. \nThis is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/critique-online-or-in-person-copy-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Craft\, 5645 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fiber Feedback,Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Programs & Activities
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fiberartspgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_3080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh":MAILTO:fiberartspgh@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T143000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
CREATED:20220825T233047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T233047Z
UID:6654-1673442000-1673447400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Lecture by Michael James
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 11\, 2023 / 1:00 pm EST\nRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.\nRegistration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \nA Massachusetts native\, Michael James lives and maintains a studio in Lincoln\, NE. From 2005 to 2020 he chaired the Department of Textiles\, Merchandising & Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln\, whose faculty he first joined in 2000 after thirty years as an independent maker. At UNL he held the Ardis James Professorship and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in foundation design\, textile design and quilt studies. His textile art is included in the collections of the Museum of Arts & Design in NYC\, the Baltimore Art Museum\, the Racine Art Museum\, the Newark Museum\, the Fuller Craft Museum\, the Mint Museum\, the Indianapolis Museum of Art\, the Shelburne Museum\, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC)\, among others. In 2015 the Renwick Alliance honored him as a Master of the Medium in textiles\, for lifetime achievement\, and he is the recipient of the Luminaries Award from the Fuller Craft Museum (2011)\, the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award of the University of Nebraska system (2009)\, the Nebraska Arts Council’s Governor’s Arts Award (2008)\, the Lincoln Arts Council’s Mayor’s Arts Award for Artistic Achievement (2003)\, and an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (1992)\, his undergraduate alma mater. His work is represented by Modern Arts Midtown in Omaha\, Nebraska.\nhttps://www.michaeljamesstudioquilts.com/
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-michael-james/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T130000
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UID:7529-1673442000-1673447400@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Lecture by Michael James
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 11\, 2023 / 1:00 pm EST\nRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.\nRegistration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \nThis program will not be recorded. \nA Massachusetts native\, Michael James lives and maintains a studio in Lincoln\, NE. From 2005 to 2020 he chaired the Department of Textiles\, Merchandising & Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln\, whose faculty he first joined in 2000 after thirty years as an independent maker. At UNL he held the Ardis James Professorship and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in foundation design\, textile design and quilt studies. His textile art is included in the collections of the Museum of Arts & Design in NYC\, the Baltimore Art Museum\, the Racine Art Museum\, the Newark Museum\, the Fuller Craft Museum\, the Mint Museum\, the Indianapolis Museum of Art\, the Shelburne Museum\, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC)\, among others. In 2015 the Renwick Alliance honored him as a Master of the Medium in textiles\, for lifetime achievement\, and he is the recipient of the Luminaries Award from the Fuller Craft Museum (2011)\, the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award of the University of Nebraska system (2009)\, the Nebraska Arts Council’s Governor’s Arts Award (2008)\, the Lincoln Arts Council’s Mayor’s Arts Award for Artistic Achievement (2003)\, and an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (1992)\, his undergraduate alma mater. His work is represented by Modern Arts Midtown in Omaha\, Nebraska.\nhttps://www.michaeljamesstudioquilts.com/
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/lecture-by-michael-james-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Online Event,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T153000
DTSTAMP:20260615T023039
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UID:6652-1670248800-1670254200@fiberartspgh.org
SUMMARY:Lecture by Ben Cuevas
DESCRIPTION:December 5\, 2022 – 2 PM ETRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \n\nBorn in Southern California in 1987\, Ben Cuevas is an artist whose work is rooted in concepts of otherness and intersectionality\, inspired by his queer\, non-binary\, HIV-positive\, and Latinx lived experience. As these multiple components inform his practice\, identity directly influences his artwork\, which is naturally interdisciplinary. Cuevas received his B.A. in mixed media\, installation\, and photography at Hampshire College\, in 2010. \n\n\n\nA central part of Cuevas’s artwork is based in textiles\, underscoring queer/feminist ideologies within the long and gendered history of women’s work with fiber-based materials. These artworks have been shown across the US with exhibitions held at The Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles\, Museum of the City of New York\, The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City\, and others. \n\n\n\nCuevas’s work also speaks to queer histories and the idea of the archive through his photo-based works centering images of sexual minorities from past into the present. This can be seen in his piece Ghosts of the Trucks of the Westside Highway\, and his ongoing photo series titled Reinserted. \n\n\n\nSeveral books and publications feature Cuevas’s work\, such as DUETS: Ben Cuevas & Annie Sprinkle in Conversation\, published by Visual AIDS; Queer Threads: Crafting\, Identity\, and Community\, edited by John Chaich and Todd Oldham. Acclaimed as a public speaker\, Cuevas has given talks at institutions including\, Brown University\, Ohio State University\, The Museum of Sex (NYC)\, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. bencuevas.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/6652/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Openings,Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T153000
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Ben Cuevas
DESCRIPTION:December 5\, 2022 – 2 PM ETRegistration is free for members\, $5 for guests.Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form \n\nBorn in Southern California in 1987\, Ben Cuevas is an artist whose work is rooted in concepts of otherness and intersectionality\, inspired by his queer\, non-binary\, HIV-positive\, and Latinx lived experience. As these multiple components inform his practice\, identity directly influences his artwork\, which is naturally interdisciplinary. Cuevas received his B.A. in mixed media\, installation\, and photography at Hampshire College\, in 2010. \n\n\n\nA central part of Cuevas’s artwork is based in textiles\, underscoring queer/feminist ideologies within the long and gendered history of women’s work with fiber-based materials. These artworks have been shown across the US with exhibitions held at The Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles\, Museum of the City of New York\, The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City\, and others. \n\n\n\nCuevas’s work also speaks to queer histories and the idea of the archive through his photo-based works centering images of sexual minorities from past into the present. This can be seen in his piece Ghosts of the Trucks of the Westside Highway\, and his ongoing photo series titled Reinserted. \n\n\n\nSeveral books and publications feature Cuevas’s work\, such as DUETS: Ben Cuevas & Annie Sprinkle in Conversation\, published by Visual AIDS; Queer Threads: Crafting\, Identity\, and Community\, edited by John Chaich and Todd Oldham. Acclaimed as a public speaker\, Cuevas has given talks at institutions including\, Brown University\, Ohio State University\, The Museum of Sex (NYC)\, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. bencuevas.com
URL:https://fiberartspgh.org/event/6652-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Guild Events,Guild Meetings,Online Event,Openings,Speaker Series
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