Weaving and other fiber-based fun for 45 years and counting
Member Miriam Rosenblatt shares:
The Northcoast Knitting Guild is hosting a Knit Out & Crochet event on Sunday, February 23rd, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Mayfield branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 500 SOM Center Road, Mayfield, OH, in the large meeting room.
Bring your projects, get help, just sit and knit (or bring your favorite fiber arts project). The event is free and open to all levels. For more information, contact Miriam.
At long last, the current program schedule is posted on the site. Have a look at it here or navigate to it by clicking on the Schedule tab in the menu at the top of the site. Changes and updates to the schedule will be made to that page, so check back again later if you want the most current information.
We presently have one opening left for the Sue Butler Easy Pickup workshop on April 9, 10, & 11, 2014. We will take a waiting list. If someone is interested who has not signed up, please contact Patty. The cost will be under $200 each, and we will take deposits after the first of the year. The web site for Su is www.subudesigns.com.
Member Caroline Urgo shared this email from Carol Adams regarding an upcoming event.
Dear friends,
As you may know 10 years ago, Edna Ratner, Steve Craig and I founded the Peninsula Art Academy. We have been happily creating, teaching and exhibiting art in all mediums, hosting events and offering not only a gallery to present our artists, but a space for musicians to hone their skills and delight their audiences. We have recently come upon financial difficulties because of a huge raise in our rent and more recently, the closing of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
The PAA is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to teach art to the public of all ages. The scope of our capabilities is unlimited and if we do not currently teach one particular medium, we welcome those who can. I am currently acting president of our board as well as a teacher, exhibitor and head of The Fiber Café, our group of fiber artists. That group has produced 10 years of fine art fiber shows as well as the “Fiber Fling,” a very successful three-day festival featuring raw-to-finished materials created out of every type of ‘fiber’ as well as the live animals whose glorious coats furnished such fiber.
We are hosting an emergency fundraiser on November 2nd, and it’s going to be a delightful and artful evening. Please find our invitation attached.
We really need your help to keep our doors open and to continue teaching and promoting the arts. The price of your ticket to this fundraiser includes a membership to the Peninsula Art Academy and all of its benefits, and the cost of your ticket is fully tax deductible.
The fundraiser, just after Halloween, is keeping in that vein of costume and fun!
So please come dressed for fun, and prizes to be given for the best costume!
Thanking you in advance for your participation and if you find you cannot attend, please donate to our institution to help our cause.
Sincerely,
Carol Adams
Peninsula Art Academy
330-657-2248
www.PeninsulaArtAcademy.org
1600 West Mill Street
P.O. Box 171
Peninsula, Ohio 44264
Member Nancy Curtiss attended Laura Fry’s class, The Efficient Weaver, at the recent Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference, and she wrote about her experience on Laura’s blog. You can check out Nancy’s wonderful essay by clicking here.
From 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, October 19th, the Ashland County Fairgrounds is hosting its second annual Autumn Fiber Festival. All the details are here. Thanks to member Caroline Urgo for this update.
The American Tapestry Alliance opens its exhibit, Small Tapestry International 3: Outside the Line, an international exhibition juried by Hesse McGraw on September 27th at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Arts Center, 301 West Main Street Troy, Ohio 45373, (937) 339-0457.
The opening reception is from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, and the show is open until December 1st.
The show features contemporary tapestries designed and woven by 38 artists from around the world.
For all the details and full-color images of some of the works that will be displayed, visit the online version of their recent email newsletter.
Don’t forget the yarn sale happening this Saturday, June 1st, 9:00 am at Jean’s house: 2980 Washington Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH.
Two looms– a 4-harness table loom suitable for workshops and an 8-harness Macomber add-a-harness floor loom– will be for sale, along with the usual array of books and magazines, yarn (of course), and who knows what other goodies (well, Jean knows, but we find out Saturday).
A portion of the proceeds benefits the Guild, so please tell your friends and come early to shop.
Check out these great photos from the recent lecture and workshop with Judy Dominic. Thanks to Lynne for documenting the lecture.
These photos are temporarily offline and will be back soon.
If you can’t see the pictures, please click through to the site to view them.
Carol James, our delightful instructor at last year’s sprang workshop, will be visiting our sister group, the Cuyahoga Spinners Guild, on Friday, May 24th, to display her replica of George Washington’s Revolutionary War sash. Carol’s replica is such a true recreation of the original that the caretakers at Mount Vernon had to check to make sure the original was still where they left it when they first viewed Carol’s work. Read all the details at the spinners blog and please join us to see this wonderful piece of history as it makes its way to Mount Vernon.
