Grow in Fiber Grant information session

Online

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 ...

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Free

Critique- Online or in Person

Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form Show & 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 ...

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Critique- Online or in Person

Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form Show & 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 ...

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Lecture by Elaine Longtemps

Online

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 Elaine 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 ...

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Lecture by Fuzzy Mall

Online

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 I 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 ...

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Show and Share- Online or in Person

Radiant Hall, McKees Rocks 734 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA, United States

Registration opens about a month before the event. Please register on the Registration Form Show & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Radiant Hall, 734 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. ...

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Erika Diamond lecture and Annual voting meeting on Zoom

Online

Register here May 31, 7 pm on Zoom Erika Diamond will give a 30 minute presentation, after which we will introduce and confirm the new board members. This will give us the opportunity to express our appreciation to our retiring board members. Erika Diamond Fiberart International 2019 Artist will talk about her new exhibition currently ...

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Zoom Lecture with Clarissa Callesen

Online

Please Register here - Registration closes one day before the event. Members free, $5 for Guests Wednesday, September 13,1 pm Zoom Lecture with Clarissa Callesen, Sculptor, installation artist, Instructor, and Creative coach. Clarissa Callesen executes personal and community-based installations and sculptures, constructed of knotted, recycled discarded domestic textiles. “I work primarily with postconsumer recycled materials. ...

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Fiberart Feedback: Formerly called Show & Share

Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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 ...

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Fiberart Feedback: Formerly called Show & Share

Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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 ...

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Zoom Lecture with Teresa Baker

Online

Please Register here - Registration closes one day before the event. Members free, $5 for Guests October 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, ...

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Zoom Lecture with Jennifer Collier

Online

Please Register here - Registration closes one day before the event. Members free, $5 for Guests Paper 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 ...

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