Saturday Saturday!

Fiber folks,

This weekend is it! 

Saturday the 19th at 10am we will meet in the Art Warehouse (room 114, as always) for our first annual fundraiser prep day. 

For those of you who may have missed the last meeting of the semester, it was decided that we would hold a fundraiser in the early fall on campus in order to raise money for visiting artists, workshops, shows and other events. 

FAN is providing the dyes, as well as some silk scarves and cotton tote bags, but we need you to bring plain white t-shirts (any kind you like; these will do, or thrift 'em and get some fabulous vintage t's to re-purpose) to sell!  If you bring 3 or more, feel free to make one for yourself to take home and model as a representative of FAN.  If you have screens you want to print with, feel free to bring them, too.

Other dye-able and print-able objects you're willing to donate to the cause are welcome, as well. :)  Our sale will be held over by the MU early in the fall semester.



In other news:

• start thinking about demo days during the year - what skills would you like to learn?  At our first meeting of the fall semester, we'll be setting the schedule for the year as to what we're covering and when.  Other thoughts: photography days, scheduled group critique days, group trips to events/exhibits.
  
• interested in natural dyes?  Navajo weaver DY Begay is planning on coming in late October (if possible!) and being the first-ever FAN visiting artist to give a lecture to the group!  She's an expert on natural dyes made from all sorts of organic material, so she'll be able to answer any and all questions you might have.

There's more, but it's only June, so they'll have to wait.  Hope to see many of you at the Warehouse on Saturday - if you can't make it, but would like to donate dyeables, please email me anytime this week.

Until next time - happy stitching!