FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh

FGP Board Meeting
2026-07-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monthly meeting of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh’s Board.

Guild members are always welcome at our monthly board meetings! Pre-registration is required for this month’s in-person meeting. Please let us know you are coming by clicking the event link and filling out the attached form.

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Fiber Sunday: Mixed Media with Laura Tabakman, Fiber Interest Groups, Show & Share, Artist Critique
2026-07-12 14:00 - 17:00 | Unsmoke Systems Artspace, 1137 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, Pennsylvania, 15104, United States
PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE: The July Fiber Sunday event will move to UnSmoke Systems Artspace in Braddock PA where our speaker, Laura Tabakman, has a joint exhibit underway with Staci Offutt. Laura will be discussing mixed media with fiber. Fiber Interest Groups, Critiques, and Show and Share will happen in the gallery. See the members’ Facebook page for a post about ride sharing.

2:00-2:30 pm Fiber Interest GroupsJoin us for community, coworking, and conversation – all portable handcrafts and skill levels are welcome.

2:30-3:30 pm Featured Presentation: Mixed Media by Laura Tabakman. Laura, an FGP member and multidisciplinary Pittsburgh artist, works with textiles, polymer clay, photography, steel wire and recycled materials. Her work integrates all her interests into jewelry, digital printing, mixed-media sculptures, and installations.

An award-winning artist, her work has been shown nationally and internationally and has been featured in books and magazines. Laura has been teaching nationally and internationally since 2005.

3:30-5:00 pm Artist Critique and Show & ShareThinking about entering into an upcoming Exhibition? Or maybe you’re looking to sell your work in a gallery, brick & mortar shop, or online? Take your work to new heights by participating in an Artist Critique!

Not quite ready for a critique? Then bring your latest work or in-progress project to share with fellow members. Talk about your process and celebrate your progress!

Fiber Sunday: Applique with Sandy Andrews, Fiber Interest Groups, Artist Critique, Show & Share
2026-08-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Sixth Presbyterian Church, 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2:00-2:30 pm Fiber Interest Groups

Join us for community, coworking, and conversation – all portable handcrafts and skill levels are welcome.

2:30-3:30 pm Featured Presentation: Applique with Sandy Andrews

Applique is a decorative technique where smaller cut-out pieces of fabric or other materials are adhered to a larger background fabric to create a picture, pattern, or texture.

As a Fiber Art Guild of Pittsburgh member for over 20 years, Sandy Andrews has had a passion for fiber and fabrics all of her life. After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s School of Interior Design, she worked in the custom drapery and fabric field for several years. During this time, Sandy gathered a collection of fabrics that led her to use as her means of artistic expression. This took the form of abstract, organic sketches being transformed into a fabric design appliquéd onto a background material. The finished piece is then stretch and stapled over a custom wood frame.

Using this style, Sandy entered art shows such as a Juried Three Rivers Art Show where her work sold at a local Related Arts Society show where her appliqué was the only craft piece entered. Regardless, that same piece was selected as Best in Show by three Jurists. Another piece was purchased by the late Betty Raphael, founder of The Store in Verona, predecessor to Contemporary Craft. Along with Betty’s collection of favorite crafts, this same appliqué piece was exhibited at the Scaife Gallery of the Carnegie Museum… a thrill for any artist!

Sandy also holds a B.A. in Biology from La Roche University, Pittsburgh and is a licensed Private Pilot. Just for fun!

3:30-4:30 pm Artist Critique and Show & Share

Thinking about entering into an upcoming Exhibition? Or maybe you’re looking to sell your work in a gallery, brick & mortar shop, or online? Take your work to new heights by participating in an Artist Critique!

Not quite ready for a critique? Then bring your latest work or in-progress project to share with fellow members. Talk about your process and celebrate your progress!

4:30-5:00 pm Fiber Sunday Survey Results

Let’s review our survey results from a previous Fiber Sunday event to discuss how we can make this community inclusive, engaging, and value-added for our members!

FGP Board Meeting
2026-08-17 19:00
Monthly meeting of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh’s Board. This month’s meeting will be on Zoom only.

Informal Meet & Greet at 6:30 pm. Meeting begins at 7:00 pm.

Guild members are always welcome at our monthly board meetings! If you would like to join us, please let us know you are coming by clicking the event link and filling out the attached form.

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Craft & Connect
2026-09-08 19:00 - 21:00
THIS IS A ZOOM EVENT

Starting in September, Kathie Hollingshead will be hosting Craft & Connect on select Tuesday evenings. This first event on Tuesday, September 8th will be from 7-9pm via Zoom so you can participate from wherever you are! Everyone is welcome to bring your latest work in progress and join us for a relaxing conversation and chance to chat with friends. Let’s get together, work, chat, see where it goes!

Future events will be guided by the response to this one with a second event scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th. We hope to see you there!

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Fiber Sunday: Intentional & Intuitive Bead Art with MaryAnne Lupinetti & Keira Meyer, Fiber Interest Groups, Artist Critique, Show & Share
2026-09-13 14:00 - 17:00 | CYA Stephen Foster Community Center, 286 Main Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15201, United States
NEW VENUE: the Program committee has identified a new venue for Fiber Sundays. CYA Stephen Foster Community Center. Just off of Rt 28 in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, it has a private meeting space with a large, free parking lot, is handicap accessible, and is close to multiple bus routes. Please note that the parking lot entrance is on Fisk Street and the entrance is on the Main Street side of the building.

2:00-2:30 pm Fiber Interest GroupsJoin us for community, coworking, and conversation – all portable handcrafts and skill levels are welcome.

2:30-3:30 pm Member PresentationMaryAnne Lupinetti and Keira Meyer will present Intentional and Intuitive Bead Art

3:30-5:00 pm Artist Critique and Show & ShareThinking about entering into an upcoming Exhibition? Or maybe you’re looking to sell your work in a gallery, brick & mortar shop, or online? Take your work to new heights by participating in an Artist Critique!

Not quite ready for a critique? Then bring your latest work or in-progress project to share with fellow members. Talk about your process and celebrate your progress!

FGP Board Meeting
2026-09-21 19:00
Monthly meeting of the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh’s Board. This month’s meeting will be on Zoom only.

Informal Meet & Greet at 6:30 pm. Meeting begins at 7:00 pm.

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FGP Table at CLP Quilt Documentation Day
2026-10-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
At Carnegie Library’s Quilt Documentation Day, local guilds will be having information tables. Our table will showcase a variety of artwork by our members. Please let Linda Brown know if you are willing to share your work or to help on the day.

Stop by to meet members of other area guilds and to document your family quilts. The event is free and open to the public.

More information about the Quilt Documentation Day:https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/quilt-documentation-day/

Craft & Connect
2026-10-27 19:00 - 21:00
THIS IS A ZOOM EVENT

Join FGP President Kathie Hollingshead for Craft & Connect on select Tuesday evenings. Everyone is welcome to bring your latest work in progress and join us for a relaxing conversation and chance to chat with friends. Let’s get together, work, chat, see where it goes. We hope to see you there!

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Stash Bash Potluck
2027-04-18 11:00 - 14:00
Get excited FGP Members! We’re bringing back a beloved event this spring—the Stash Bash Potluck—and we’re currently looking for volunteers to help us plan the experience.

Volunteer opportunities may include:

// Venue accommodations and accessibility.

// Donations and silent auction items.

// Event registration and new member acquisition.

// Hospitality and catering services.

If interested, please complete our Stash Bash Potluck Volunteer Form

Same Cloth: A Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Member Exhibition
2027-07-15 00:00 - 2027-10-30 23:59
Same Cloth: a Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Member Exhibition

July 15-September 4, 2027Brew House Arts711 S 21st St, Pgh, PA 15203

July 15-October 30, 2027Contemporary Craft5645 Butler St, Pgh, PA 15201

Exhibition Chairs: Staci Offutt, Laura Tabakman, Nancy Langer

Submission Deadline: May 3, 2027

Contact: exhibitionsfgp@gmail.com

“Cut from the same cloth” is a phrase that describes people who share common qualities, values, orexperiences. Rooted in tailoring tradition, it refers to garments made from the same bolt of fabric, eachdistinct in form yet united by a common material. Over time, the expression has become a metaphor for the invisible threads that connect us: our histories, communities, beliefs, and shared humanity.

The Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh invites artists to consider these connections through the language of fiber. As a community dedicated to advancing fiber art in all its forms, we recognize that while artists work with diverse materials, techniques, and perspectives, they are united by a commitment to creative exploration, technical excellence, and innovation.

Across two gallery spaces, selected works will engage in a visual conversation, revealing relationshipsbetween process, material, and meaning. Together, they will explore themes of identity, community,belonging, resilience, and transformation, demonstrating the extraordinary breadth of contemporary fiberart.

We invite Fiberarts Guild members to contribute original work that expands this dialogue, offering personal interpretations of connection, shared experience, and collective making. Whether literal or conceptual, intimate or monumental, each work becomes part of a larger tapestry that celebrates both the threads that unite us and the unique perspectives each artist brings to the whole.

Juror

Margaret Dugger is an artist currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. They studied at Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina, and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Trained in traditional handweaving, Margaret uses historic craft skills to make sense of our contemporary lives. She is excited and inspired by what happens when you combine new materials and ways of thinking with old processes! Margaret has been thankful to learn from a wide variety of teachers, who have guided her on this path.

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