The 2024 Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Membership Exhibition at the Erie Art Museum. Congratulations to all participating FGP member artists! 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 ...
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 ...
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- ...
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...
Join us at Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill to connect, talk fiber, and enjoy time with friends!
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
