Folks! Great things are happening with Knit the Bridge and the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh this week:
- Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts officially entered into an agreement with Knit the Bridge making them our partners for moving this fabulous project forward!
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FI2013 at PCA
And you can thank PF/PCA tonight at the grand opening of Fiberart International 2013! We are so excited for this event. The Fiberarts Guild and FI2013 co-directors Desha Jaramaz and Jay van Wagenen have been working tirelessly on getting things ready. The opening is free and open to the public from 5:30-8pm at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and at the Society for Contemporary Craft. Here’s a sneak peak:
Gabriela Nirino; Spinner II, hand woven on computer controlled jacquard loom; 42.5″ x 60.5″
Linda Rettich, Kente Reversible Collar, bead weaving in Ndebele stitch, 12″ x 12″ x 3.5″
Elizabeth Brandt, Instructions for Living,
cotton fabric, 80″ x 77″Fiberart International 2013 opens with a weekend of events including a gala reception Friday evening, April 19 where awards totaling more than $5,000 will be presented. International Fiberart Forum, a daylong conference that features a keynote speech by juror Joyce J. Scott and dialogues with 36 of the exhibiting artists, takes place April 20 at the Phipps Garden Center.
