FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh

Fiberart International 2022- Guided tour
2022-08-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-07-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-06-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Brew House Association and Contemporary Craft, BHA: 711 South 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA ; CC: 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA15203, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Join a Fiberarts Guild Member, every Saturday at 11 am through August 20, for a guided tour through the 24th installment of the Fiberart International exhibition at both The Brewhouse Association and Contemporary Craft. Tickets are free but you must register in advance. Registration for FI22 Tours at Brewhouse and Registration for FI22 Tours at Contemporary Craft

Membership Exhibition-Behind the Mask - Entry deadline
2022-08-01 00:00 - 23:30 | Latrobe Art Center, 819 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA, 15650, United States
A Juried Members’ Exhibition of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh.
Where: Latrobe Art Center – 819 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA 15650
When: October 6th – November 2nd, 2022
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 6, 2022 – 6 to 8PM
Chairperson: Carolyn Carson: carolyncarson753@hotmail.com and Barb Kubala: hangarounds@verizon.net
Entry Deadline: August 1, 2022
Exhibition prospectus
Submit your work
Essentially, a mask conceals something from view. While we have spent the last two years literally wearing masks to protect ourselves and others, in a metaphorical sense all people ‘wear a mask’ to hide feelings, beliefs, thoughts, pains, behaviors, attitudes, desires and longings, a past, secret sides that few may know. As we move beyond the notion of masks for protection from a virus, let’s think about that ubiquitous mask in human nature. Let’s explore some of our hidden natures through our art work. Let’s explore desires of things we’d do if we could be masked and undetected. Would you rob a jewelry store or try out for “The Voice?” Let’s explore our secrets – the things we do that others do not know. Are you an expert sky diver, and no one knows? What’s behind your mask? Or, let’s explore the mask we ‘wear.’ How do we show ourselves to the world? What is it we do want people to see?
JUROR
James Arendt
An Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Gallery Director at Coastal Carolina University, Jim Arendt received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design and his MFA from the University of South Carolina. He has participated in multiple residency programs including The Fields Project in Illinois, Arrowmont’s Tactility Forum, and From Waste to Art VI in Baku, Azerbaijan. He has also been invited to teach at Penland and Arrowmont.
The first prize winner in Fiberarts International 2019, Arendt was also short-listed for the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art and a 2018 finalist for the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh. He has received the South Carolina Arts Commission Visual Artist Fellowship 2014 and his work received the $50,000 top prize at ArtFields 2013. His work was chosen for the 2013 Museum Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Netherlands, and he has work included in the Arkansas Art Center’s permanent collection of contemporary craft.
Mr. Arendt has juried numerous local, regional, and national exhibitions in support of the arts across the country.

Robin Bernstein Workshop
2022-07-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Thursday July 30, 10am – 5pm
Workshop Yarn and Wax with Robin Bernstein at Contemporary Craft
Tuition: $125+ $10 materials fee. Please pre-register.
https://contemporarycraft.org/event/yarn-and-wax-with-visiting-artist-robin-bernstein/
There is a discount available for FGP members.
FI2022 Artist Robin Bernstein, trained as a painter, has worked with string and wax as her primary medium for the past 15 years. Her work focuses on both historical and urgent contemporary content and is created by obsessively cutting tiny pieces of colored string and then pressing them into wax. Bernstein believes that art has the power to shift human behavior and therefore chooses subject matter, materials, and processes that support this idea. Bernstein’s subject matter combined with her artistic technique is her way of shouting from the rooftops that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. You can find Robin’s website here

Robin Bernstein - Demonstration and Lecture
2022-07-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Brew House Association, 711 South 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, United States
Thursday July 28, 6:00PM

Registration for presentation recommended HERE
3:30 – 5pm – Meet and Greet at the Brew House Gallery, followed by refreshments followed by
6:00 pm Presentation by Robin Bernstein “Beauty and Terror” with Introduction by Marcel Walker of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh
FI2022 Artist Robin Bernstein, trained as a painter, has worked with string and wax as her primary medium for the past 15 years. Her work focuses on both historical and urgent contemporary content and is created by obsessively cutting tiny pieces of colored string and then pressing them into wax. Bernstein believes that art has the power to shift human behavior and therefore chooses subject matter, materials, and processes that support this idea. Bernstein’s subject matter combined with her artistic technique is her way of shouting from the rooftops that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. You can find Robin’s website here

Big Show and Share outside at Diane Morrisey’s yard
2022-07-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Pennsylvania
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 – 11am – 2:00 pm (weather permitting)
Picnic, Show and Share, Fiber Play Time. Details TBA
Please register for free.
This Guild Meet and Greet is for all Fiberarts Guild members to gather in person in an outdoor setting. Bring friends, family and food for yourself. Don’t forget a lawn chair. We hope new members in the Pittsburgh area will join us.
Diane’s address is 9519 Old Perry Highway in McCandless, PA 15237 North of Pittsburgh up Route 19.

Dues paying time!
2022-07-01 | Pennsylvania
FGP MEMBERS:
It’s dues paying time for the coming fiscal year 2022-2023 which begins July 1, 2022
Join or renew.
Annual dues are $45. Student discount (any age) $20.
For new members joining after March 31, 2022 dues are paid through June 30, 2023.
Payment may be done by Pay Pal, credit card via the website or by check made payable to Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh and mailed to:
Norma Lipscomb, Membership Chair 1318 N. Sheridan Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206
For any questions please contact Norma – ashb2lip@gmail.com 412-362-6562

Springboard Gallery visit - Karen Schulz’s work
2022-06-22 12:00 - 15:00 | Springboard Gallery, 5125 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, United States
Wednesday, June 22, from 12-3pm
Bring your lunch and friends and come see Karen Schulz’s spectacular fiber works at Springboard Gallery before the exhibit closes.The exhibit, Fragile Strength, features Schultz’s mixed media fiber works and delves into various dye applications on fiber. After a long and markedly successful period of strictly sewing and piecing her fiber work, Schulz began to explore the possibilities that direct applications of painted marks offer. While pivoting from piecing to surface design, her sharp focus and consistent fascination with formal design elements did not change.
Springboard Gallery
5125 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15224

Fiberart Forum 2022 - Virtual
2022-06-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Online
FIBERART FORUM 2022
Saturday June 4th and Sunday June 5th, 2022

A related conference open to the public. This year the Fiberart Forum will extend to two days and take place in person and online. Participants have the option of attending either one or both.
The In-Person Forum on June 4, 2022 includes presentations by attending artists, keynote lecture, lunch and transportation between exhibition venues.
The Online Forum includes the live broadcast of the keynote lecture on Saturday June 4, 2022 and the Online artists’ presentations on Sunday June 5, 2022.
Saturday, June 4, 2022- In Person
The in-person session of the Forum features a lecture and gallery presentations by exhibiting artists. It is a full day event from 9:00am until 3:30pm. The format is informal, designed to encourage free-flowing dialogue between FI2022 attending artists and Forum attendees. We ask each participating artist to be available adjacent to their work to speak with Forum attendees and answer questions. We will begin the morning at the Brew House Association, then a break for lunch. During our lunch hour, Jessica Hemmings, one of our distinguished jurors, is our keynote speaker. Then the entire group proceeds via bus to Contemporary Craft for the remainder of the afternoon.
Sunday, June 5, 2022 – Online
For the online session we will give an opportunity to those artists who are not attending in person to make their presentations at a Fiberart Forum Online. The format will be similar to the in-person Forum. Artists will be grouped in several sessions to speak about their work and answer questions for about 10 minutes. It will begin at 12PM ET and last until 2:00PM ET with a short intermission. This is the first time we are trying this format, so we are very excited about the possibilities and still solidifying the details.
Online Forum attendees will also have access to the live broadcast of Jessica Hemmings lecture on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at lunchtime ET.
