Hi everyone!
I recently sent out an email regarding Spring updates and meetings - if you aren't on the mailing list, please let me know so you can get on there! The dates for the Spring meetings are February 7th, March 7th, and April 11th.
Don’t forget to continue working on your piece for the upcoming 2nd annual FAN Club show! Again, the theme is “Needling!” For more information on the theme, see below. The show goes up March 25th!
The conceptual focus of this exhibition is the use of fiber sensibilities to create works that seek to disturb, unsettle, or challenge expectations and/or assumptions. Something draws us to the venue of what might be considered traditional household fiber techniques - perhaps a comfort from childhood. These works can carry strong connotations of home, craft, tradition, and family. But they can also gain great power when they are used to convey a broader social message. Turning those comfortable connotations upside down to convey sometimes uncomfortable social commentary transforms seemingly soft and friendly techniques into tools for powerful artistic and social voice. It is the twisting of those very "soft" connotations into "hard" social comment that evokes feelings of shock, discomfort, or poignancy - and serves as the basis for this year's exhibition theme - "NEEDLING".
Last, but not least, here are some blackbird pies and crocheted bulls!
Enjoy, and see you all in February!
