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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
What is Protohaven? Let’s all find out together! We have made arrangements with Protohaven to give us a private tour. Protohaven is maker space for all ages. They have a textile studio, laser cutters, 3-D printers, vacuum forming machines, mig welding capability, an elaborate woodworking workspace, blacksmithing area, metal working space, a jewelry studio with ...
NEW DATE! Join us to share food, show your fiber work, and connect with members who have the same passion for fiber as fine art, fine craft, and joy! OUTREACH OPPORTUNITYThe outreach committee is launching a sustainable weaving kit project. We are inviting you, our guild members, to participate by creating a small piece on the ...
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh members and friends! Join us for a Spinning, Carding and Combing Skill Share If you want to learn new skills, please join us! If you want to share your skills, please join us! We'd love for you to bring a friend! This event is free, but please let us know ...
Monthly meeting of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh's Board. Guild members are always welcome at our monthly board meetings! If you would like to join virtually or in person, please let us know you are coming by clicking the event link and filling out the attached form.
Join The Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh in the MAIN TENT at annual Fair in the Park, hosted by the Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh in Mellon Park! We have been invited to attend to display some of our members' work and do demos that include spinning, weaving, needle felting, and more. If you’d like to join ...
Monthly meeting of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh’s Board. Guild members are always welcome at our monthly board meetings! If you would like to join virtually or in person, please let us know you are coming by clicking the event link and filling out the attached form.
Join us as we bring back a Guild fundraiser where we have fun with all our fiber friends trading, swapping and bidding on each other's stash and artwork. Schedule 1:00-2:30 pmDrop off your unwanted, gently used art and craft supplies, fabrics, notions, fibers, yarns, and books to donate to our Paper Bag Raffle. 2:30 pmPot ...
The deadline for Spotlight, our upcoming member exhibition, is coming up soon (Oct 12). Let the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh help you photograph you work for submission! Join FGP President Staci Offutt to learn how to take pictures of your work using natural light and your own phone camera. Staci will bring a backdrop and ...
BC (before Covid) programs and activities by the Guild included interest groups – small groups of Guild members who were particularly interested in one fiber medium or technique. Groups were informally structured and self-governed, each deciding how, where, and when to meet, and how to focus their activities.Our two recent skill share workshops that focused ...
