In the midst of the pandemic, the Guild is going online to virtual programs!
We are using Zoom to have meetings and lectures. Let us know who your favorite artists are. We may be able to bring them to town through Zoom!
Once you register on the form at the end of this page you will receive an email with an invitation to join the meeting. You can register for several programs at once.
Registration closes an hour before the event!
Hope to see you there!
Show and Share and Critique meetings
Please register on the Registration Form. Registration closes an hour before the event!
For FGP members, you can bring a guest.
Show & Shares as well as Critiques will become hybrid. They will be both in Person at Contemporary Craft in Lawrenceville, 5645 Butler Street 15201 and also on Zoom. We will reevaluate monthly to see if we continue with this modality. Please register so we can update you on any changes to the format. You do not have to submit work, you can attend to meet other guild members and see what people are working on.
You have a choice to be there:
–IN PERSON if you are vaccinated, “boosted” and masked, or 10 days after you have recovered from Covid
–On Zoom.
Those who are “showing” on Zoom must send images ahead of time to Jamie Boyle jamieannboyle@gmail.com. You may take pictures of your work on your cell phone and forward to Jamie, don’t forget to identify yourself in the email.
What is the difference between a Show & Share and a Critique? You can attend both! You can attend even if you have no work to share.
Show & Share: for members who don’t want suggestions, they just want to show off, share what they are working on, and meet other Guild members.
Critique: for members who want constructive suggestions about their work to solve technical, aesthetic or presentation problems.
This is a fun way to stay connected and get inspired!!
Please join us!
ThrED talks
Please register on the Registration Form. Registration closes an hour before the event!
Program for members only.
ThrED talks are not recorded.
ThrED TALKs focus on technique, materials, technology, innovation, design, and education in fiber. In this March ThrED TALK our speakers will each give a 15 -minute presentation and then there will be plenty of time for comments and questions. Please join us as we share information and pick up pointers!
Upcoming program information coming soon.
Send ThrED talks suggestions to Michelle at mlbatoast7@gmail.com.
Professional Artist /Maker Series
Please register on the Registration Form. Registration closes an hour before the event!
For FGP members only.
This Series is not recorded.
Speaker series

Erika DIamond
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 / 7PM EST
Registration is free.
Registration opens about a month before the lecture. Please register on the Registration Form
May 31, 7 pm on Zoom Erika Diamond will give a 30 minute presentation, after which we will introduce and confirm the new board members. This will give us the opportunity to express our appreciation to our retiring board members.
Erika Diamond Fiberart International 2019 Artist will talk about her new exhibition currently at Contemporary Craft called SELF; a two person show featuring Erika and Matt Lambert. The exhibition continues until August 19.
Diamond is a textile-focused artist curator and educator based in Asheville, NC. She received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has exhibited nationally and abroad, and her costumes have been commissioned by the Charlotte Ballet. Erika has had many artist residencies and has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Appalachian Center for Craft and Penland School of Crafts. She is Assistant Director of Galleries at Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
Erika’s skill and use of textiles–as fashion, as ornament, as protection, and as cultural identifier—is most impressive.