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Members Meeting |
We meet from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the
second Sunday of each month,
September through May.
Please confirm the date and location
of the next meeting below.
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Calendar of Events |
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Friday, January 22, 2010 - Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
Category Regional Event
Local Industry A participatory weaving project at the Knoxville Museum of Art
Anne Wilson, artist and professor in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has an exhibit planned for the Knoxville Art Musuem in 2010. If you can weave on a floor loom, are within travel distance to Knoxville, TN, USA, and are interested in becoming part of this exciting concept please let Anne or her assistant know--their e-mails are listed below.
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CALL FOR WEAVERS !!!
If you are interested in participating as a weaver in a collaborative weaving project at the Knoxville Museum of Art, please email Anne Wilson or project coordinator Libby O'Bryan .
LOCAL INDUSTRY
A participatory weaving project at the Knoxville Museum of Art within exhibition "Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave," January 22 - April 25, 2010
A large museum gallery at the KMA will be set up as a bobbin winding and weaving production space. Multiple tables with bobbin winders will be positioned at regular intervals for both individuals and groups (adults, college students and school children) to wind hundreds of bobbins of colorful fibers. On one weaving loom in this same space, experienced weavers from Knoxville and surrounding states are invited to take turns weaving a continuous bolt of weft-faced, selvedge-to-selvedge, striped cloth. Once one weaver has completed a passage of stripes, the next weaver responds to that passage, making a color transition that moves into new striped color passages of individual choice. Proceeding this way, although abstract, relates to the Surrealist exercise of "exquisite corpse" drawing.
"Local Industry" emphasizes all weavers as visual thinkers, working collectively to create a visually dynamic striped cloth. The completed cloth bolt will be given to the KMA collection with an archive of all who participated, from Chicago to Knoxville.
Participation in this collaborative group process invites discourse and debate about the contemporary production of textiles, and the crisis of production, worldwide. Rich histories of both handcrafted and industrially produced textiles in the Southeast are a key reason to locate this project at the KMA. The fibers/threads we use are not bought new but collected from both factory mill ends and individual studio contributions; this is a re-use project. "Local Industry" also engages in the multi-faceted discussions about new participatory forms in contemporary art.
http://annewilsonartist.com/
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Saturday, May 01, 2010 - Sunday, May 02, 2010 |
Category Regional Event
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Two days of sheep, fiber, friends and fun.
Shop til you drop. Satisfy your fiber craving. Weaving, spinning, knitting, felting, dying, and much more at this huge festival.
http://www.sheepandwool.org/index.html
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Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
Category National Event
New York Sheep & Wool Festival Workshops offered in a variety of fiber arts
The NYS Sheep and Wool Festival is pleased to offer an expanded workshop program. As you browse through the class offerings you will see that there is just about something for everyone. There are introductory level classes where absolutely no experience is required to advanced classes where a good foundation is important to fully benefit from course content.
Workshops will be held on the grounds of the Festival, Thursday through Sunday, October 15th -18th. Please visit the web site for further information.
http://www.sheepandwool.com/workshops/workshop-introduction.asp
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Serving the New River Valley, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Roanoke, Floyd, Narrows, Pearisburg,
Rich Creek,
Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski;
Radford, Radford University, Virginia Tech and and other places in Western Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and beyond!
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