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Pioneer Fiber Arts Guild features traditional and current fiber arts. Barbara Malif spinning wool.
Artists sharing in workshop. Rosemary Claus-Gray and Lauren Austin discuss a project.
International members of Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA.com) in retreat at Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, 2008. Artists come together at the Center to refresh their minds and art. They also meet with old and new friends.
ArtsEtc members, including founding member Jette Clover (center), dying cloth in the driveway.
Welcome! My website is dedicated to
the arts and promotion of local art groups
as well as my own art and programs.
Waiting for the bus back to the farm, polyform and wood, 1994. I used to be a sculptor, then I discovered fiber arts
Here is a listing of currently known events, in Central Florida unless otherwise indicated:
Pioneer Fiber Arts Guild
3rd Saturday, 9:30 AM Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, Hy 17& 40, BarbervilleArtsEtc
4th Saturday, 10 AM Various homes - contact me for locationFlorida Committe, Central and East Central Regions of National Museum for Women in the Arts
2nd Thursday, 11:30 AM Holiday Express Inn, I-4 Exit 111, Saxon Blvd., Orange City
Holiday Express Inn, I-4 Exit 111, Saxon Blvd., Orange CityCALLS FOR ART
Friday, January 8 – Thursday, February 25
Florida Retrospective
A photography invitational to Central Florida artists. Works will explore the images from past and present memories of the evolving Florida culture from natural habitats through the construction and destruction of the manmade structures defying mother nature and natural disasters.
Thursday, March 4 – Friday, April 31
Cacophony of Fiber
An international fiber invitational featuring artists using fiber in exciting and novel ways. Fiber art quilts, will be joined by weavings, rug hooking, plus three-dimensional constructions and installations using fiber, wire, metal, clay and/or plastics.
For information, please contact the curator Mary McBride at PeabodyExhibit@gmail.com or 386.736.3039.
ArtsEtc is a community of multi-media artists interested in exploring surface design and fiber arts through education, preservation and exhibition.
Monthly meetings, workshops, and lectures are held to examine different techniques and art forms. All events are open to the public. Each month guest speakers and lecturers, member teachers, and/or self-directed hands-on workshops and events are planned.
ArtsEtc members use a variety of media and techniques such as printing, weaving, quilting, stamping, spinning, sewing, beading, making paper, painting, dyeing, and other art forms.
ArtsEtc meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30 AM, except for December. Meetings consist of general business, show and tell or art critiques, followed by pot luck lunch and a short program. Several times a year, there are afternoon classes, which are open to the public at a fee of $20 unless otherwise specified.
Programs include group challenges, hands-on workshops, critiques and sharing of ideas. Meetings are in various homes in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Visitors are always welcome. If you’d like to attend a meeting, please contact me for more information. ArtsEtc dues are $15 a year.
The Pioneer Fiber Arts Guild is an association of community members interested in learning about, and preserving the fiber arts through educational outreaches and community meetings. They hold workshops and lectures, which are open to the public, to investigate different methods of using fiber.
Although guest instructors and lecturers are sometimes used, members of the guild also share and demonstrate their personal skills. Funds to provide for these outreaches are raised through raffles, sales of their art at demonstrations, and through special programs.
Current members are involved in hooking, weaving, quilting, embroidery, stamping, spinning, sewing, knitting, crocheting, beading, making paper, and other fiber fields. Most members work in more than one area.
The Pioneer Fiber Arts Guild meets on the third Saturday of the month at 9:30 AM, except for December when they participate in the Christmas Program at the Settlement. Meetings consist of a general business meeting followed by refreshments, and a program.
They meet at the Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, Lightfoot Lane, Barberville (between State Road 40, County Road 3 and Lemon Road, just west of State Road 17), except for March and October when they demonstrate their various skills at DeLeon Springs State Park. Visitors are always welcome.
If you plan to attend a meeting, please call me for more information. Dues are $15 a year payable in January or $20 a year after January 31.
A peek at the groups I support
This is Baby Echo who turned into a 23 pound maine coon.
I am the FL/GA Rep for Studio Art Quilt Associates. We have over 100 members in our FL/GA group. We've met at Atlantic Center for the Arts for workshops and retreats and we participate in art exhibitions throughout the State of Florida and internationally.
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a non-profit international organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development and documentation. Founded in 1989 by an initial group of 50 artists, SAQA now boasts over 2,000members: artists, teachers, collectors, gallery owners, museum curators and corporate sponsors.
It's a wonderful source of information via the website SAQAU, the yahoo group, blogs, facebook and elsewhere. Next year's conference is in San Francisco with Surface Design Association, March 19-21.
Florida Flora was created by Pioneer members hammering the leaves into the cloth to create a print. The quilt was raffled off to provid funding for future programs.
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