April Meetup

Sixth Presbyterian Church 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This month's meetup features an informal presentation by Guild Member Mita Ghosal. Mita is a choreographer whose new dance work Lost on a Loom examines lost South Asian Histories through Indian Textiles and Fabrics. Weaving dance, storytelling, and the history of fabric in Bengal, this dance theatre work draws parallels between the movement of material, and the ...

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Fiber Feedback on Zoom

Please join Debbie Penley with our monthly web-based fiber feedback As always, Zoom access links can be accessed in the monthly Eblast on in the member's only portion of this site (under your membership area). These events are a great opportunity to connect with artists near and far, to find inspiration and to support the ...

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Fiber Feedback and Studio Visit

98 Oak Ln, Pittsburgh, PA 15225 98 Oak Ln, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Join us for a Fiber Feedback at David Anderson's studio on Neville Island. Bring work to share or come for the fiber community! We'll hear from David and get to explore his studio. This event is free, but please let us know you are coming! About David: David is a self taught weaver who began ...

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General Membership Meeting

Join us on Zoom for the most important meeting of the year, when we will vote in a new slate of board members: ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2024 BOARD NOMINEES Term 2023-2026Ruth BedeianDebbie Penley Term 2024-2027Jamie BoyleDavid AndersonLeslie RikerCathy Trostle-Oliver 2025 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chair: Christine Bethea Members: Debbie PenleyNisha BlackwellPenny Mateer  Kirsten Ervin - 2024 Nominating Committee Chair The ...

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Meetup with Rebekah Joy from Flux Bene

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

Join us at Contemporary Craft to connect, talk fiber, and hear a presentation from Rebekah Joy. Rebekah Joy is a textile artist who loves nature.  Flux Bene is her textile recycling project whose mission is to facilitate the reuse of 10,000 garments by June of 2025. She and her team in Pittsburgh upcycle discarded second- ...

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Fiber Feedback

Sixth Presbyterian Church 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Are you getting work ready to enter into Fiberart International 2025? Join us before today's Meetup to fine tune your work or improve the  presentation of your work before you photograph it. Need a photographer? We have recommendations...

Meetup

Sixth Presbyterian Church 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Join us at Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill to connect, talk fiber, and enjoy time with friends!

Studio Visit with Rona Chang

Radiant Hall Lawrenceville 4514 Plummer St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Join us at Radiant Hall in Lawrenceville for a Studio Visit with Fiber Entrepreneur Rona Chang of Otto Finn Shop + Studio. Rona is one of the winners of the 2023 Grow in Fiber awards. Rona and her team make amazing wearables using second-market and sustainable materials We will meet at 4 pm at the ...

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Studio Visit with Rebecca Hebert

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

Join us at Radiant Hall in McKees Rocks to tour Guild member Rebecca Hebert's studio and learn about her work and process. Rebecca was a professional fundraiser for non-profit and educational institutions for more than 30 years. Retirement gave her the opportunity to immerse herself in the fiber arts, knitting, crocheting and weaving. She is ...

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Studio Visit with Stefanie Zito

Stefanie Zito invites us to visit her “Garden Studio" at Garfield Community Farm.   Please dress appropriately for the weather, as well as the possibility of ticks and poison ivy. If we get serious rain, we will meet in Stefanie’s Studio close by.   Stefanie is a Certified Permaculture Designer who grows dye plants from which to extract natural ...

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Drop Spindle Skill Share

Sixth Presbyterian Church 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“Drop spindle” is a fun way to make yarn and a skill that can be used by many fiber artists including weavers, knitters and crocheters.  Please join us at the Sixth Church basement in Squirrel Hill to learn or share your knowledge of hand spinning and watch demonstrations of spinning on a drop spindle and on a wheel. Members will be ...

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Erie Art Museum Membership Exhibition Virtual Artists Talk

Join us online to hear from juror award winners Sarah Entsminger, Michelle Browne, Camilla Brent Pearce, Jane Ogren, and Nancy Quick Langer. Each artist will speak about her process and her award-winning piece. There will be time for Q & A afterward. We hope you'll be there to listen, learn, and celebrate our members' fiber ...

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