FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh

Fiberart International 2022- Guided tour
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, 2022-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 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

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 | PA
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 | PA
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.

Fiberart Forum 2022
2022-06-04 09:00 - 15:00 | Brew House Association and Contemporary Craft, BHA: 711 South 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA ; CC: 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA15203, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States

Fiberart International 2022 Opening
2022-06-03 17:30 - 20:00 | Brew House Association and Contemporary Craft, BHA: 711 South 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA ; CC: 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA15203, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, United States
Fiberart International 2022 seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. The exhibition is recognized around the world as a benchmark that documents trends and innovations in the field. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted in traditional fiber materials, structure, processes and history, as well as art that explores unexpected relationships between fiber and other creative disciplines.
FI2022 is produced by FIBERARTS GUILD OF PITTSBURGH, INC., a non-profit, member supported organization that promotes the appreciation of fiber art and fosters its creative development and continuance. Since 1967, the Fiberarts Guild has sponsored juried exhibitions that bring innovative contemporary works of art in fiber from around the world to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FI2022 will feature works by established and emerging artists and will be open to the public from June 3 to August 20, 2022. The Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh is pleased to present this twenty-fourth exhibition.
