FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh

An Informal Presentation by Carl Johnson
2023-12-01 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Presentation by Carl Johnson, Weaver and Sculptor from Washington, DC who is currently an Artist in Residence at Contemporary Craft here in Pittsburgh. He weaves with cotton and steel wire on the loom to create sculptures. See photos. He received a BFA from The Savannah College of Art and Design. He has also worked at The Peters Valley School for Craft as the “fibers studio assistant” and completed a residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. He is also #87, a star player on the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

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FiberFeedback Moderated by Carolyn Carson
2023-12-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
The next Fiberarts Guild Juried Member Exhibition is at the Erie Museum of Art in April 2024. Applications are due Dec 23, 2023. We are offering special programs to give you a boost. Bring finished work or work in progress. A moderated peer group will offer solutions if you are stuck or give you a thumbs up. You tell us what kind of help you need: technical, aesthetics, presentation, installation? Anyone is welcome to attend, even just to observe what others are doing. Fiber Feedback is followed by optional food /social time at Hop Farm Brewery next door to Contemporary Craft. We had a private dining room last time!

Office Hours with Christina Kingerski
2023-12-08 13:00 - 15:00 | https://contemporarycraft.org/, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15201, United States
Guild Member Christina Kingerski will be hosting the next “Office Hours” – a budding creative community at Contemporary Craft – on December 8th. The intention for this group is to gather makers working in diverse mediums who are looking to spark their own, and each other’s, creative curiosities.

You are encouraged to bring a project to work on while we meet. Expect lively conversations in a relaxed and heartfelt space!

In Person Monthly Meetup
2024-01-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Connect with guild members and bring a friend! Meetings may include Show and Share, Fiber Feedback, SkillShare, or an informal ThrED Talk! Please use the side door on Murray Avenue.

Fiber Feedback on Zoom
2024-01-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Pennsylvania
Virtual fiber feedback and show and share. All the great guild benefits of sharing your work and seeing the work of other fiber artists available on Zoom! This event will also occur at 7 pm. Look for zoom link details in the Eblast! No registration is neccessary for this event.

Fiber Feedback on Zoom
2024-01-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Pennsylvania
Fiber Feedback and Show and Share Virtually! Share your own work and see what other fiber artists are up to! Please feel free to attend both this event and 12:00 event. Look for Zoom link details in the eblast or on the bottom of your membership page.

We have posted instructions on how to access this on Facebook if you are unfamiliar with how to access your membership page. For further issues, please contact Katie Bulova via email: bulovakatie@gmail.com No registration is neccessary for this event

In Person Fiber Feedback
2024-01-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bring your work to share, show off, or get advice. Or just bring yourself to get to know other members and to help them with their projects! Please use the side entrance on Murray Avenue. No registration neccessary.

COLD and SNOWY WEATHER DATE CHANGE: Celebrate the Success of the Red Dress and The Guild's Calico Dress
2024-01-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Frick Museum of Pittsburgh, 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The date of this get together is moved to NEXT Saturday, January 27th, due to inclement weather.

Guild Members and Friends

10:00 Frick Museum GalleriesGather around the Red and the Calico Dresses to share stories from participants, and positivereactions from visitors, and imagine the next steps after the dresses leave after January 28th.11:00 – 1:00 The Breezeway – only 900 feet from FrickWalk 3 minutes or drive 1 minute to a cozy neighborhood gathering spot, The Breezeway. This is a great chance to meet new guild members and to connect with old friends!The Espresso Bar will sell all varieties of coffee, tea, cider, and cocoa.

For Kirsti Macleod’s zoom presentation to the Frick.https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-The-Red-Dress

Free parking on the street or at the Frick. This is also on the bus line. No registration is neccessary for this event

Show and Share with member talks from Barb Grossman and Cathy Olivar
2024-02-04 14:00 - 17:00 | 6th Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15217
Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill, side door, 1688 Murray Ave with ThrED talks by members Barb Grossman and Cathy Olivar on “Being an Environmental Steward”No pre-registration.

About Barb Grossman: My journey with art has been a lifelong exploration of discovery. My desire to explore fiber prompted me to begin organizing fiber retreats and an annual creative arts festival featuring classes, vendors, and exhibitions from artists worldwide.Scrapwerx is a zero-waste initiative that began at the height of the pandemic. I started collecting scraps of fabric from people who were making masks in an effort to divert the textile waste from a landfill.I have realized that my greatest strength is my desire to share my knowledge with my community. It is my greatest hope that through my community service, I can inspire people of all ages to find a way to express themselves with materials readily available.

About Cathy Olivar:Cathy has her own business, Cathy Olivar Sustainable Clothing Brand.She was part of an activist group working toward a fashion future that is more sustainable and transparent and puts peoples’ lives before profit.She created her company in 2019 with the goal of providing a sustainable alternative to fast fashion.Cathy was selected along with other incredible designers to recreate some of the most iconic looks for the icon and advocate himself, @theebillyporter, for Billy Porter Presents: A Summer Flower Fashion Show at the Phipps Conservatory here in Pittsburgh recently.

Zoom Fiber Feedback
2024-02-14 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Pennsylvania
Join Debbie Penley for an online meetup to share work, get inspiration, and connect with other fiber artists.

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Debbie is a multimedia artist focusing on fiber and ceramics. She has been felting for 8 years and has been a member of the Pittsburgh Fiber Arts Guild since 2019. Most of her work is sculptural, often with a playful or whimsical intent.

In-Person Fiber Feedback
2024-02-15 14:00 - 17:00 | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15217
Join Carolyn Carson (moderator) and other fiber artists to discuss ongoing projects and share insights and resources. A wonderful way to connect with others in our community of creatives!

UK Artist Jennifer Collier - The Art of Paper and Stitch: Experimental Techniques Dresses Workshop Part 1
2024-02-25 10:00 - 12:30 | Pennsylvania
Experimental Techniques Dresses – A Two-Day Zoom WorkshopPart 1: Sunday, Feb 25Part 2: Sunday, March 17

WORKSHOP IS FULL

Contact Michelle Browne mlbatoast7@gmail.com to get on the wait list.

To start, the students will learn 5 ‘experimental’ techniques including melting plastics, fusing objects in plastic, waxing papers, wax entrapment in teabags, and transferring magazine images using “selotape”. Once they “have had a go at” these techniques they will make a two -part dress (bodice and skirt) using their favourite combination of techniques. The dresses will be hand stitched together and embellished with pockets, collars, buttons and handmade paper roses. Jennifer will demonstrate paper pleating, covered binding, button loops, pockets, collars and patchworking papers to create the ‘fabric’ for your dress. She will then go onto show how to put these together and construct the garment.

From Jennifer: “I am on the screen the whole time (except for the break) and do demonstrations at set times, so people can choose to work away from the screen, but come back to these times to watch the next bit.”

*Each student will need a copy of the template I will email and share with participants in advance for this workshop. Students will also need access to old/dirty irons for waxing papers.

About Jennifer

Paper pioneer and UK artist Jennifer Collier creates exquisite artwork 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.”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 space houses six artist’s studios, including my own and hosts a changing program of themed, high quality contemporary craft exhibitions, curated by myself.

March Meetup
2024-03-03 14:00 - 17:00 | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Join us for a monthly gathering to connect with friends, share resources, and learn something new!

This month features an informal presentation by Kirsten Ervin on how illustration informs her fiber work. Next, Kirsten will lead Creative Mark Making exercises to help you generate images freely.

UK Artist Jennifer Collier - The Art of Paper and Stitch: Experimental Techniques Dresses Workshop Part 2
2024-03-17 10:00 - 12:30 | Pennsylvania
This is Part 2 of Jennifer’s Experimental Techniques Dresses Zoom Workshop.

WORKSHOP IS FULL

Contact Michelle Browne mlbatoast7@gmail.com to get on the wait list.

About Jennifer

Paper pioneer and UK artist Jennifer Collier creates exquisite artwork 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.”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 space houses six artist’s studios, including my own and hosts a changing program of themed, high quality contemporary craft exhibitions, curated by myself.

In-Person Fiber Feedback
2024-03-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Join us at Contemporary Craft for this month’s Fiber Feedback. Bring your work-in-progress or just come gather with fiber artist friends to see what everyone is working on.

If you are dropping off your work for the Erie Show, stop in, bring work in progress or see what others are up to! CC has a top notch gift shop and a fascinating ceramics exhibition. Weavers will want to see their growing loom collection. Wonderful things happen when we get together!

Member Exhibition at Erie Art Museum
2024-04-04 00:00 - 2025-01-19 23:59 | Erie Art Museum, 20 E 5th St, Erie, PA, 16507, United States
The 2024 Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Membership Exhibition at the Erie Art Museum.

Congratulations to all participating FGP member artists!

Important Update Regarding Erie Museum Closure and Exhibit Plans

Please 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.

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Jurors

Laura Domencic, Executive Director, Erie Art Museum

Laura 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.

Before 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.

Domencic received her MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. lauradomencic.com

Jamie Keim-Pomorski, Program Manager & Designer, Erie Art Museum

Jamie 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.

While 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

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Grow in Fiber Grant Virtual Information Session
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Pennsylvania
Please join Katie Bulova and Karen Krieger for an information session on the upcoming Grow in Fiber Grant. The grant submission deadline is April 20th at 11:59 pm.

To register for this event, please contact Katie Bulova at bulovakatie@gmail.com

April Meetup
2024-04-14 14:00 - 17:00 | 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 movement(s) of people.

Lost on a Loom will premiere May 17 & 18 at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre.

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Fiber Feedback on Zoom
2024-04-17 18:30 | Pennsylvania
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 Fiberarts Guild community!

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Fiber Feedback and Studio Visit
2024-04-27 13:00 - 15:00 | 98 Oak Ln, Pittsburgh, PA 15225, 98 Oak Ln, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15225, 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.

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About David: David is a self taught weaver who began exploring color on a rigid heddle loom in plain weave. He now explores multi-shaft weaving, up to 12 shafts. Split-shed weaving is an interest, and he will have some to show at the meet-up. Explore his basement studio, view a half-dozen looms and look at a house full of hand-woven rugs and other treasures.

About David’s Neville Island studio: there are steps – 5 up to the door and 13 down to the basement. Street parking is preferred, please reserve the driveway for anyone who may not walk long distances. Parking on Pine street and Vivianna street are near the house. It is a blonde brick two story house on the river.

General Membership Meeting
2024-05-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Pennsylvania
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

Stephanie Zito

Rona Chang

The meeting will feature short presentations from Stephanie Zito and Rona Chang, last year’s Grow in Fiber Grant recipients.

We’ll say thank you to outgoing board members, hear from nominees to the board, and vote in our new board members.

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Meetup with Rebekah Joy from Flux Bene
2024-05-10 14:30 - 15:30 | Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, 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- hand garments into pieces that people are excited to wear again. Everything they produce is minimal-waste and gender neutral. They also now create pdf sewing patterns to help you upcycle your own clothing! For more information, see Flux Bene’s 10k Garment Project

Fiber Feedback
2024-05-19 13:00 - 14:00 | 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
2024-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 | 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
2024-06-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Radiant Hall Lawrenceville, 4514 Plummer St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15201, United States
Join us at Radiant Hall in Lawrenceville for a Studio Visit with Fiber Entrepreneur Rona Chang of Otto Finn Shop + Studio.

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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 sewing studio at Radiant Hall, 4514 Plummer St. (Ground floor, one flight down)

Then we will walk to Rona’s cutting space at her retail shop at 4607 Butler St next to The Gourmandine Bakery. (It’s one block away from Radiant Hall.)

Parking is free on Butler St in front of the shop but also on Plummer St., 46th St. and many of the surrounding streets.

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Studio Visit with Rebecca Hebert
2024-06-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Radiant Hall, McKees Rocks, 734 Thompson Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA, 15136, 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 a well known weaving instructor, teaching new weavers to turn yarn into amazing fabrics – scarves, prayer and fashion shawls, table runners, napkins, blankets and wall hangings. She looks forward to sharing her work and to inspire those who may not think of themselves as artists to let go and create!

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There will have light refreshments in the classroom next door. Contact Michelle Browne mlbatoast7@gmail.com for car pool or driving directions.

NOTE ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY Be aware that there is no elevator at Radiant Hall. Rebecca’s studio is on the second floor.

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Studio Visit with Stefanie Zito
2024-06-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Pennsylvania
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 dye for her three dimensional weavings. Stefanie currently has art work at the Erie Museum as part of the Fiberarts Guild Member Show. She also recently had a solo show of her work at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. In 2023 she was a Grow in Fiber grant recipient through the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh.

Please sign up to join us and we will send you the address for the garden and the studio. To discover more of Stefanie’s work, visit her website or find her on Instagram at @stefaniezito_studio

Only TWO spots left for this event! To sign up, contact Michelle Browne directly at mlbatoast7@gmail.com

Drop Spindle Skill Share
2024-06-30 13:00 - 15:00 | 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 there who can help you get started on a spindle.

Drop Spindles will be available for purchase or borrow if you don’t have one. One of our members is making them by hand for this event.

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Erie Art Museum Membership Exhibition Virtual Artists Talk
2024-07-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Pennsylvania
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 art!

Follow THIS LINK to join the Zoom call and watch the presentations.
