As always, we will have exciting Fiber related programs and workshops for the next year. This year will are excited to announce that we will also be working with Weaver and Spinners Society of Austin to jointly put on a fashion show in September 2012! We will also have some great new exhibit opportunities for members. Please join us for another great year!

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Enjoy snacks and drinks at the reception Friday April 13 from 6-8

Watch artist demonstrations Saturday and Sunday

Hours: Saturday 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday 12 noon –5 pm
Reception Friday 6-8

The entries to this show brought a great mix of art from the fiber artists of the area and it was a joy to see each individual’s artistic expression.

Congratulations to the following artists who will participate in the Fiberwerkes exhibit:

• Lynne Allen, Austin
• Andrea Brokenshire, Austin
• Lynne Brotman, Austin
• Cat Brysch, San Antonio
• Challenge Group, Austin
• Dorothy Clarke, Dallas
• Jean Dahlgren, Austin
• Cheryl Elms, Austin
• Cindy Hickok, Houston
• Iva Jensen, Houston
• B. Kile, S. Doty, E. Finger, Houston
• Michelle Knoerzer, Dallas
• Yvette Little, San Antonio
• Lynn Luukinen, San Antonio
• Mary Macaulay, Austin
• Susie Monday, San Antonio
• Suzanne Morgan, Dallas
• Liz Napier, San Antonio
• Gay Ousley, Dallas
• Rachel Edwards Ridder, San Antonio
• Diane Sandlin, Austin
• Brenda Schloesser, Houston
• Carolyn Skei, Dallas
• Mary Ruth Smith, Dallas
• Sandra Elbel Taylor, San Antonio
• Linda Thiemann, Dallas
• Linda Thompson, Houston
• Doerte Weber, San Antonio
• Hope Wilmarth, Houston
• Georgia Zwartjes, San Antonio

Kathyanne White, Juror

http://www.hcaf.com
120 Point Theatre Road South
Ingram, Texas 78025
830-367-5120

DATES: February 4-25, 2012

The Texas Federation conference is February 24-26, 2012. Specific information is available at www.texasfederationoffiberartists.org. The workshops, speakers and vendors, as well as the exhibit promise a great fiber-filled weekend.

FIBERWERKES Texas Federation of Fiber Artists Conference

Early Registration ($150 for members)

Ends December 1 2011

Juried Show Application, images, and Exhibit fee due

15 October 2011

Registration ($175 for members)

after 1 December 2011

Reception

Friday, 24 February 2012

Main Events

Friday, 24 February 2012 – Sunday 26 February 2012
Show will hang from 4 February 2012 until Sunday 26 February 2012

The use of cloth and threads in art provides an immediate connection for the audience – it’s reassuring, familiar and comforting. Everyone has a daily connection to textiles. But in this venue, the art is expressed through the unusual use of the fibers and transports the viewer to a new way of seeing – the familiar juxtaposed with the unexpected.

Some of the works are woven in playful colors and themes. Others are created with techniques in the surface design world – dyeing, printing, discharging, image transfers – in multiple layers until the desired effect is created. Works are with yarns, cottons, silks, wools, ephemera. Techniques include stitching, felting, sewing, papermaking, trapunto, fabric weaving, pojagi, collage. On some of the work, fabric is cut into small shapes and then formed into breathtaking landscapes. On others, the traditional quilting may be painted over with an abstract design.

The new show in Fayetteville is an outgrowth of a recent juried exhibit by the same name – United in Textiles – which was hung at the Butridge Gallery in Austin’s Dougherty Art Center. Austin Fiber Artists is an organization designed to attract, mentor and support the wide variety of artists who work with fibers. Monthly meetings and frequent workshops are held. More information can be found about the group at http://austinfiberartists.org/.

The exhibit at the Arts for Rural Texas Ross Gallery will run from September 26 through October 15 with an opening reception on October 8th from 5-7pm. Directions and other information can be found at www.artsforruraltexas.org or at 979-378-2113.

Submitted by Diane Sandlin, Austin artist and former president of Austin Fiber Artists.

Nina Mihm from the Dragonfly Gallery will be speaking about the selection process and current trends in art.

There will be no show-and-tell, raffle, or Recharge Zone

Call for Vendors

Saturday, February 25, 2012

During the TFFA Conference there will be an opportunity for 20 vendors to rent a 6 foot long table with two chairs in the large Atrium of the Conference Center for one day only, Saturday, February 25, immediately outside the Grand Ballroom and next to the Conference Center lobby.  Classes will be held in this conference area and at the Hill Country Arts Foundation. The tables will not be draped, nor are there any pipes and
drapes as the backdrop.  The cost of a 6’x 6’ table or space will be $45.00 for TFFA members on a first come, first served basis.  There are 20 vendor spaces. Vendor spaces to non TFFA members will open up after August 15, 2011 and cost will be $55.00. There will be a waiting list if necessary.  Set up by vendors will be from 8:30AM-9:30 AM on Saturday, February 25, 2012.  Vendorexhibits will be open from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM.  Take down will be 6:00 PM-7:00 PM. If vendor is attending classes it is permissible to place plastic or
tulle over items and state when you will return to your table.

Contact: Phyllis Jordan, 248 Wray Street, Canyon Lake, TX 78133            830-964-5242 or cell 830-832-1095 pjjordan40@satx.rr.com

CALENDAR:
May 2, 2011……………………………………………….Entry Deadline
May 20, 2011………………………………………………Jury Process Complete* See the work!
August 1, 2011……………………………………………Artwork Delivered to Gallery and Installation of Exhibit
August 4, 2011……………………………………………Reception
August 29, 2011…………………………………………..De-installation/Artwork Pickup

AUSTIN FIBER ARTISTS Butridge Entry Form

www.austinfibersrtists.org

Show Hours

Wesley Gallery

Entry Forms

• 2011 Wesley Gallery Entry Form PDF
• 2011 Wesley Gallery Entry Form Microsoft Word (docx)
• 2011 Wesley Gallery Entry Form Microsoft Word 97 (doc)