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AUGUST PROGRAM: Mary Frances Spears
Artist Talk- A Thread Runs Through It
Mary Frances began sewing and crocheting at the age of five. Simultaneously building doll houses in the corner of a cabinet makers workshop. These early “threads” shaped her artistic sensibilities and creative journey. She will be sharing her story and the lessons learned that have allowed her to become the fulltime working artist she is today.
Bio
Mary Frances is a conceptual artist living and working in San Antonio Texas. She uses non-traditional materials including, beeswax, resins, silicone, roofing tar, textiles and natural fibers alongside oils, acrylics, photography, drawing materials and include both abstract and representational depictions. Her influences include KiKi Smith, Agnes Deane and Georgia O’Keeffe.
Our human connections and dependency on our earth. Her interest in the physical world is often used as a vehicle to explore socio-economic concerns including, domestic violence, human rights, political divisions, feminism and environmental conservation. Series and exhibitions include; Ashes to Ashes, Broken Beauty, of the soil, Flight Lines, Broken, Critical Mass, Journeys, and Edge of Reason.
In 2013, Mary Frances starting teaching with the University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS). She soon added community classes and demonstrations through local arts programs. Teaching foundations and Advanced drawing classes renewed her love of teaching and confirmed a passion for encouraging creative explorations as fundamental to human development and critical thinking skills.
Meeting: Monday, August 13, 2018 - 10:00-Noon
San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N New Braunfels Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209
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 PREZ's NOTES
Fiber Artists in our group have inspired me to step outside of my comfort zone, my goal is to actual have a piece in the annual show, so THANK YOU my artist friends for encouragement.
I had fun painting my rocks and I am having my sewing students help me hide my rocks at Yanaguana this month. They saw my rocks and have made their own.
Our next challenge is 100 lines; it can be painted, sewn or just use your imagination. I do hope you chose to do the challenge.
I want to thank Vicky Siptak for selling her garments and jewelry for charity, I hope you were able to go home with a beautiful creation that Vicky has designed. In saying this, I would like to see other artist bring in your wares to sell. You just need to send me an email at ida@marisoldelunafoundation.org, we can get you signed up.
There will be a “Parking Lot”, posing questions for next month; “What is your art goal for the month?” “How do you recharge your life when you are stuck?”
I will be sending out the budget for the year and you will need to vote on in for August. Please look it over when it is sent out and let me know if you have any questions. You will also be voting on the meeting minutes for June and July. These will also be sent out to you via the FASA email tree.
Thank you so much for allowing me to be me!
Ida De La Rosa Ellis, FASA President
delarosadesigns@grandecom.net
ida@marisoldelunafoundation.org
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 WHAT'S GOING ON? by VP Cynthia Anderson
Calling Sacred Rebels, Wild Souls, and Loving creative hearts to experiences the Art Journey of Mary Frances Spears.
Mary Frances will lecture on "A Thread Runs Through it "..Mary Frances art journey reflects on social connections on which our humanity evolves from and on events that impact the world around us. Mary Frances art work embraces Heart, Soul, Thought, and Consciousness of the World around her. Her passion of history, ancient art techniques, mix media play, and how art impacts our daily life will inspire and encourage all who cross her path. Mary Frances workshop will be playful, innovative, tactile, creative and may stimulate the imagination to go where it has never gone before .. So come to our August meeting ,share laughs, kinship with others who love all expressions of art, and bask in the art vibe all around you.
Remember to bring your lunch to brown bag it before the workshop..If you are not taking the workshop, please still brown bag it with us, share in great conversation and taking time to getting to know each other and enjoy the groups creative energies that connects us to FASA..
A finale thought, Be Awesome, Eccentric, Wild, Fearless, Wise, Visionary, Strong, Kind and Spontaneous.. Have Commitment to your Dreams..This is Your Life...The story is Yours to tell..Many will Listen..So, be brave and follow your muse it's calling to you now, begin today to reach for the Stars, even to the Moon...Your Great adventures are waiting for you..Are you willing to trust in yourself even when it's scary...If so, Magical Wonders are going to dance there way into Your Life..
"Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent and independent with a tremendous Spirit of adventure and love of play". Henri Matisse
Best Art Life,
Cynthia Anderson
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Special thanks to Dale Jenssen, FASA's speaker and inspiration for July!
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EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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Workshop after the FASA Meeting on August 13th!!
“Get your wax on!” A beginning encaustic class for creatives of all kinds.
3.5 hrs - $75 including supplies, taught by Mary Frances Spears
This is THE class for creatives and texture lovers of all kinds. Welcome to encaustics, where our medium traces back to ancient Egypt and is provided by bees! When you paint with warm beeswax, the pigmented wax acts as both paint and glue, creating the ideal medium for incorporating multi-media elements. The translucent nature of heated wax flows easily and allows us to build intricate layers of color and texture.
In this class you will use encaustic painting to create your own exciting 2D or 3D (on a panel or free standing)project. This is will focus on creative explorations with an ephamsis on fibers and textiles infused to wax. I will do several small demos, as well as assist while you create your own unique artwork! While all materials will be provided, an optional list a goodies you may wish to bring from home to personalize your experience will be sent to you at register. Setup and safety of using encaustics will be covered as well as lots of handouts. When you leave, you will have more than a great piece of art to show your friends, you will have a new process and special techniques for expanding your own creative practice.
Pre-registration is highly encouraged! A link to pay by credit card, debit card or paypal is included here. Or call or email Mary Frances at me@maryfrancesart.com or 210-636-5501 if you need additional payment options.
Don’t wait Register today. Space is limited.
This class is for you if :
Your stuck in your current process and you need a fresh infusion of creative energy.
You are looking for a new way to connect exotic fibers and textures.
You love to learn new things/ processes or materials+
You love to experiment! Or your nervous to experiment!
Your curious about encaustics and would like to see how it might add to your own practice.
You love to make, to laugh, and to create
WARNING..... This will be fun!
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VISITING ARTISTS/SPECIAL CLASS | All Levels
2991| Natural Color Workshop
Sasha Duerr | Oakland, CA
Inspired by the recipes from her latest book Natural Color, discover how to make a full array of seasonal plant-based palettes. Be awed and amazed at how easy it is to curate a truly unique and authentic color range made entirely from unsuspecting plant sources; from bi-products from your local farmer's market, local flora, or even common weeds found in your very own backyard or urban sidewalk. Students will learn to make vibrant natural color recipes from scratch as well as take home saturated samples of gorgeous plant-based hues and a creatively patterned plant-dyed textile design. See the SSA website for a list of material.
Fri & Sat, Nov 9 – 10 | 10:00am – 5:00pm | Droste Design Studio | Santikos Building
Tuition: $265 (Members: $250) | 2 sessions
Limited to 20. Please register by Oct 26.
ARTIST TALK | Sun, Nov 11 | 2:00pm
Debbie McMahon Fiber Arts Symposium
Sasha Duerr, Analise Minjarez, and Sarita Westrup
Russell Hill Rogers Lecture Hall | Santikos Building
FREE and open to the public
Bio:
SASHA DUERR is an artist and designer who works with plant-based recipes, natural dyes and place-based palettes. She is a professor at the California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in textiles and fine arts where she designs curriculum and teaches courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States and abroad. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. Her extensive work with plant-based palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. She is the author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes and NATURAL COLOR. www.sashaduerr.com
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FASA 44th Annual Juried Fiber Art Exhibition: Prospectus Available
FASA members, fiber friends, and artists everywhere…get ready for the FASA 44th Annual Juried Fiber Art Exhibition!
We welcome and are excited to see the wonderful works of art that you have been producing. This year the Exhibition will take place at Say Si Gallery, 1518 S. Alamo St, S.A., TX 78204 and the Exhibition will begin December 7th, 2018 and run through January 25, 2019.
We are excited to have Alana J Coates as the juror for the show. She has a background in Art History, is a gallerist and educator by trade, having accepted a new position within the past few weeks at the McNay Art Museum. Recently she curated several fiber related shows in the San Antonio arts community, which received most favorable reviews.
The guidelines (Prospectus) for the Exhibition follow. Please inform yourselves of the process and also share the information with others who you think might have an interest in entering. (Please note: the link for www.fasaentry.org will become active on Friday, September 7, 2018 when the Call for Entry opens. It will remain active through Monday, October 15, 2018 when the Call for Entry closes.) Postcards and other promotional material will be made available at the next FASA General meeting August 13, 2018 and at the SPUTNIK meeting August 12. Information will also be available on our website: www.fiberartistsofsanantonio.org in the first week of August.
We look forward to another exciting year to showcase the excellence in Fiber Art that FASA has to offer the vibrant art community in San Antonio.
If you have questions feel free to email me at:
Annualexhibit.fasa.tx@gmail.com
Thank you,
Anita (Annie) Centeno
FASA 2nd VP Annual Exhibition Coordinator
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PROSPECTUS:
Fiber Artists of San Antonio 44th Annual Juried Fiber Art Exhibit
‘All Things Possible in Fiber Art’
THE EXHIBITION: The 44th Annual Fiber Artists of San Antonio Juried Art Exhibition seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding art that utilizes fiber materials as the central medium, or a key component of the composition. The exhibition is open to FASA members as well as to fiber artists in Texas and nationally. The theme calls on fiber artist’s to explore possibilities beyond the comfort of their current limitations or boundaries in their use of fiber, as well as in the style or statement of the piece.
EXHIBIT LOCATION & DATES: The venue for the event will be at Say Si, located at 1518 S. Alamo St., San Antonio, TX 78204. The Exhibition will begin on Friday, December 7th, 2018 (Opening Reception & Award Announcements - 6 pm) and run through Friday, January 25th, 2019. NOTE: If you are not able to attend the Opening Reception you will be notified by email if you are the recipient of an award.
EXHIBITION CALENDAR:
Call for Entry Friday, 9/7/18
Call for Entry Closes Monday, 10/15/18 (midnight)
Juror reviews & makes selections Weds, 10/17/18 – 10/24/18
Notification of selected artists 10/26/18 – 10/28/18
Art Shipping to Say Si 11/5/18 – 11/21/18
Digital Survey Form to Say Si 11/21/18
Install Date Monday, 11/26/18
Exhibition Opening Friday, 12/7/2018
Exhibition Closing Friday, 1/25/2019
Uninstall & ship/pick-up art Saturday, 1/26/19
ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS:
- Artist’s submitted work must have been completed in the last two years and not selected by a juror for a previous FASA Annual Exhibit.
- Entries should be of original design and execution with fiber as a central component, or a key component of the composition. (See FASA’s definition of fiber at the end of this list.)
- Art produced in an instructor guided workshop, or by use of a kit is not eligible.
- 3D art, free standing art, and art-to-wear are acceptable; artist’s may be required to provide specialized display forms if needed, and if so, ample notice will be given to provide display form.
- Collaborations are eligible with all names of participating artists listed, but the entry must be submitted via one designated artist’s name.
- Size limitations: Entries are limited to the height of the gallery space wall and width of the entry door. Please contact the Exhibit Coordinator, Anita Centeno at annualexhibit.fasa.tx@gmail.com to verify acceptable dimensions for unusually large pieces.
- Submission of entries is online only through the FASA Art Call System. The link to access Art Call is:www.FASAentry.org.
- Artists will be asked to provide a brief biography and artist statement for display and reference purposes.
- All selected entries must remain on display for the entire duration of the exhibit.
FIBER: The majority of the material used in a fiber piece should conform to Webster’s definition of fiber. Any material not defined as fiber may be incorporated as embellishment but may not be used as the main material. Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary defines fiber as: 1. A thread or structure or object resembling a thread; a slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament (as wool, cotton, gold, asbestos, glass or rayon) typically capable of being spun into yarn. 2. Material made of fibers.
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| 1st Prize |
$300 |
| 2nd Prize |
$200 |
| 3rd Prize |
$100 |
Member’s Excellence Award $100
Excellence in Beading on Fabric $100
Excellence in Mixed Fiber $100
NOTE: It is the Juror’s decision ONLY for the selection of awards. No selected entry may be awarded more than one award.
JUROR: Alana J Coates, San Antonio, TX. Alana is a gallerist, educator, and curator. Academically trained in Art History, Museum Studies, and Nonprofit Leadership, Coates has worked in museums, city- wide-arts programs, and cultural centers. As the Associate Director of Ruiz-Healy Art, Coates works with artists of international acclaim, while supporting emerging artists through independent projects in her free time. Originally from New England, she has called Texas home for almost a decade now. Read more about her at https://alanajcoates.com/about/
JURY PROCESS & ACCEPTANCE: Entries will be evaluated on overall artistic impact, design, and technical skill. The juror will make decisions based on jpeg images submitted (see Digital Submission Guidelines which follow.)
Artwork that differs significantly from the digital images submitted will not be displayed. See additional guidelines by Say Si regarding “Framing/Ready to Hang” at our website: www.fiberartistsofsanantonio.org under the category FASA Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2018.
FEE: Entry fee is $30 for FASA members for up to four art entries; non- FASA member fee is $40 for up to four art entries. Entry fees are non- refundable. Payment can made be made online at: www.fiberartistsofsanantonio.org. Follow the instruction for payment via PayPal or with Credit Card under the category “Call for Entry.” Payments may also be sent by check and mailed to: Fiber Artists of San Antonio/2018 Annual Exhibition, P.O. Box 91271, San Antonio, TX 78209. NOTE: Additional fee applies for payment by PayPal or Credit Card online. Your online submission will not be finalized until full payment is received and processed.
SALES & COMMISSION: Unless specified as “NFS” all works will be offered for sale. If price is not indicated the piece will be considered “NFS.” The gallery commission on sales is 60% to artist;40% to Say Si. Say Si will carry out all sales transactions. Commissions owed to artists for artwork sold will be sent to FASA after the show closes. FASA will then forward amounts due to artists shortly thereafter.
INSURANCE & DISCLOSURE: By submitting the online entry form you will acknowledge and agree that the Fiber Artists of San Antonio and it’s representatives will not be responsible for items that are lost, stolen, or damaged. Although reasonable care will be taken to protect artwork, it is recommended that the artist secure insurance for their items, particularly high priced artworks. You will also give FASA permission to photograph or use submitted images of your submitted art entries for publicity and marketing purposes via FASA website, postcards, catalogue, and/or flyers.
PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY: Detailed shipping and drop-off instructions of artwork will be provided to artists who’s works are selected for the exhibition. Artists will be responsible for the costs of shipping the work to the venue (Say Si, 1518 S. Alamo St., San Antonio, TX 78204) and for the costs of return shipping after the show closes. Work may be delivered and picked up in person – specific instructions as to date, time, and place will be provided.
DIGITAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE: Prospectus queries or additional help can be sought by contacting FASA 2nd VP Annual Exhibit Coordinator – Anita Centeno by email at: annualexhibit.fasa.tx@gmail.com or by telephone. A voicemail message can be left by calling: 940-441-5950. Please allow at least 2 days for a reply, although your inquiries will be handled as quickly as possible.
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EDUCATION
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STUDIO TOURS
We all love the Studio Tours. We learn so much about each other, get inspired, and create great ideas of our own after the tour. Now it’s time to put together the schedule for three upcoming events. I have two in the works for spring, but I need one for this fall, either in October or November. I’d like a member to volunteer to show us where they come up with their ideas, show us their space, and give us a chance to get to know them better. It takes about an hour of your time. Usually 8-10 members join in the tour. It’s important for us to see that all studio spaces are different, large or small, cluttered or cleaned etc. Mine is just a corner of a family room upstairs, but it works for me.
What works for you? Share your information with us. After the tour, we go out to lunch somewhere close by. By the time we part, we all know a little more about ourselves, each other, and the organization we’re a part of. Please notify me that you’d be willing to be our tour guide this fall.
Sherry Christensen
Education Chair
sherrychris@att.net
210-573-8943
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SHOW AND TELL: JULY FASA MEETING
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FASA SPUTNIK UPDATE
August meeting will be Sunday the 12th at 2pm at Jean Dahlgren’s studio at 240 East Huisache, SATX 78212
The 8 July FASA Spirited, Passionate, Uninhibited, Thoughtful, Nurturing, Innovative, Kind (SPUTNIK) meeting adjourned at 2 pm, with a full group of passionate artists.
Sunny Rakowitz is hosting a Storylines (now called “Lifelines”) workshop for the Children’s Transplant Organization. Next events will be 24 July and 14 August from 12-3 pm at Colonial Hills Methodist Church, in the “back room” (there’s a sign). Church address is 5247 Vance Jackson. She needs instructors for the Storylines techniques to teach the staff at the Transplant organization. Contact her at sunneerakowitz@gmail.com if you can help.
Art journaling! We’ve taken a break from the art journaling for now.
Calls for Entry:
- International Quilt Festival presents Power of Women - Online entries from April 16 – Sept 3, 2018 http://callforentriespower.com/
- Fiberart International 2019 seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. The exhibition is recognized around the world as a benchmark that documents trends and innovations in the field. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted in traditional fiber materials, structure, processes and history, as well as art that explores unexpected relationships between fiber and other creative disciplines.
- Sacred Threads - October 1, 2018 - January 10, 2019 http://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/default.htm
- Quilts submitted should explore themes of joy, spirituality, peace/brotherhood, inspiration, grief, or healing. Quilts must be an original design or an original execution of a traditional pattern.
- Quilt should have a minimum perimeter of 80"and maximum of 288"(sum of all sides). (If your quilt is close to these dimensions but does not quite meet the requirements, you may still enter your work.)
- Each quilt must have a 4" horizontal hanging sleeve and an identifying label on the back of the quilt. Quilts exhibited at previous Sacred Threads exhibits are not eligible.
Places to Shop-Learn-Show:
Discussion:
- The Diversity of Art pages are in! Last chance to submit is at the FASA meeting 9 July! They are all looking wonderful! The book will be bound and ready for pictures at the October SPUTNIK meeting to submit to the juried annual show.
- Kenectivities Members’ Installation is the next goal and we encouraged everyone to create something with movement mounted on a 12” x 12” x 1.5” canvas. We need the canvas to be at least 1.5” deep to keep the hanging mechanisms hidden. Michael’s is having a sale on canvas right now and the “Professional” level canvas is perfect for what we need. We discussed dangles and decided no dangles off the bottom of the piece as it might interfere with anything placed below. You can come off the canvas perpendicularly to make the piece 3D. These pieces will be part of the December FASA Annual Show so need to be ready to install by Monday, Nov 26.
Presentation:
We discussed our relationships with our stuff and how we organized it. We talked about having to downsize and how it is hard but feels good when complete. We supported folks who weren’t ready to let go of their stuff. You will be ready when you are ready and that’s okay. We talked about different ways to organize. One of the best things I heard was to look at your stuff in terms of “things I want to keep” and then set free the rest. Many of us approach our stuff looking in terms of “things I want to give away” and that seems to be harder.
We had a great discussion with fun and sharing and support!
Presentation Schedule:
These will be about 10-15 minutes unless otherwise noted. Volunteers to present your passion are welcome.
We won’t be able to visit Kitty in Nov, she has a conflict with the date, but suggested maybe the following March. Bonita offered to show us how to make the wonderful puzzle necklace she was sporting at the meeting, instead.
| Month/Location |
Topic |
Presenter |
| January |
Artistic Resolutions |
Everyone! |
| February |
Art necklace |
Phyllis |
| March |
Art Yarns |
Gail McGlammary |
| April |
Alcohol Inks |
Cyndi and Sandee |
| May |
ATCs |
Shirlene |
| June |
Oil Pastels |
Tera |
| July |
Studio and Stuff Discussion |
group |
| August |
Zentangle |
Beth Cunningham |
| September |
Indigo Dye Day |
Jean |
| October |
Annual Show Pics |
Annie Centeno |
| November |
Puzzle Necklace |
Bonita |
| December |
Holiday Celebration! |
Everyone! |
| January |
Artistic Resolutions! |
Everyone! |
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Next Presentation: Next presentation (hopefully) Zentangle with Beth, I haven’t confirmed yet. If not, we will wing it.
- If anyone has any ideas for future presentations or areas of interest, we are absolutely open to exploring them! Please let me know and I’ll add your ideas to our list.
Hope to see you at the next meeting!
Artistically yours,
Carmen
Spirited, Passionate, Uninhibited, Thoughtful, Nurturing, Innovative, Kind (SPUTNIK) Chair
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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
“All Things Possible in Fiber Art” by Annie Centeno
“All Things Possible in Fiber Art” that is the theme for the 2018 FASA Annual Juried Exhibition. What is intended by this theme you may ask? Well let me share a little about myself and what fiber art has made possible in my life.
It all started back in year 2001 or thereabouts. I was attending the Southwest School of Art Annual Fiesta Art Fair where I came upon the table of an artist who had amazingly hand-dyed and screen-printed tablecloths, table napkins, and surface design on whole cloth. I was blown away and utterly fascinated by the concepts. Art on fabric was a natural for me since stitching and fabric had been a part of my childhood, my mother being a skilled seamstress for the home and family. The artist was none other than Susie Monday who proceeded to explain briefly the process and invited me to enroll in classes she was teaching at SSA.
It was in that first class that I met (among others) Kathy Furukawa (who eventually went on to become FASA President) and Leslie Tucker Jenison (well known contemporary quilt artist and co-curator of “Dinner At Eight Artists” featured at International Quilt Exhibitions.) We were all awestruck with the possibilities in dyeing cloth, screen-printing, and the many other techniques Susie shared in her classes. Prior to fiber art, I was busy exploring metal enameling in copper and silver (classes at SSA.) But that medium was challenging to master and I was making slow progress. With the skills I was learning in the Surface Design on Fabric classes and I gathered confidence quickly, and was soon commissioned for an art quilt banner by the Women’s Center at Our Lady of the Lake University.
I entered my very first juried Exhibition in the FASA Annual Show 2004 “Casting Threads Upon the Water” held at the Witte Museum. Two of my three entries were accepted into the show: “Out-Minnowed” and “Turtle Abyss” which employed shibori dyeing techniques. I was elated and in love with fiber art! I have since entered other FASA Exhibitions and count myself lucky to have had others pieces selected for exhibit.
When I retired from full-time employment in 2015 I had more time to pursue my fiber art passions and became more involved in FASA. By volunteering in various committees, and now having been elected as 2nd VP Chair of the Annual Exhibit I find that it challenges me to go beyond myself in helping others find channels to express themselves in this art form, and to educate the public about the amazing art that our fiber arts community produces.
Though FASA one can explore the many resources available through affiliations with other organizations such as SAQA, International Quilt Association, etc. also through artist networking and the many workshops, classes and educational opportunities available through our organization. The boundaries are limitless in terms of the support, generosity, and camaraderie that one finds being connected to the fiber art world. I’m sure the same could be said for many other art forms and interests as well, but for me it is FIBER that makes it FUN!
So in a nutshell, some of what Fiber Art has made possible for me is:
- Developed my confidence as an artist!
- Brought me to meet wonderful fiber artist friends for life!
- Matched me up with an organization that satisfies most of my fiber desires!
- Continues to challenge my development of skills and create even better works of art as I progress in this journey.
What about you? What is your fiber art story? I’d love to hear about it and be able to share with others in future FASA Newsletters. What is it that calls to you when you hear “All Things Possible In Fiber Art?” Maybe it is about exploring new dimensions in your art expression? I’d love to hear about it and share that story too. Let me know. Contact me at anniecentenoT1@gmail.com. More than that, I hope that you are considering entering the show. Whether your work is accepted into the exhibition or not, it is the process of letting your art be seen that is an expression of faith and confidence that you have in YOU!
Annie (Anita) Centeno
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FASA COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Community Service August 2018
Food Pantry – Alamo Heights Christian Church (AHCC)
A big thank you to a very special member, Vicki Siptak! At the July FASA meeting, Vicki offered numerous of her coordinated creations - tunics/tops with the necklaces designed for each specific garment for sale, with all proceeds being donated to the Food Pantry. As Vicki wrote, “Your check (or cash, no credit cards) will help the pantry meet the Summer’s increased food needs with school out.” Her “Art 4 FOOD” event , plus member’s direct pantry donations of cash, check and groceries in bags, raised far more than our usual monthly total donation. J
Look for an article in the September newsletter…
The article will highlight one of the projects born of the Sputnik crew, who usually meet on Sunday afternoons preceding the month’s Monday FASA General Meeting. This fabulous project is to give a form of art therapy to the children and families of the Children’s Transplant Organization. Way to go, Sputnikers and entourage!
Volunteer Time Registry
Please remember to sign in for your time spent on FASA-specific projects:
… your printed name, your signature, the number of hours (or partial hours) you used for FASA, your check-offs by which category or categories were pertinent, e.g., “Board Position”, “Annual Exhibit”, “Say Si”, “Food Pantry”, “Storylines“ (led by Sunny Rakowitz with several of the Sputnik crew), etc..
Have a question? Please ask me! In person, by email peggymf45@hotmail.com, or phone: 210-826-3326. Thanks!
See you on August 13 th!
Peggy (McCaskill Foerster)
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SNIPPETS: Little tidbits of interest from your editor
I found a really nice article for you about the role of drawing in fiber art - and it was written by Susan Shie, one of our beloved nationally-known presenters! Drawing might come in handy for your 100 Line challenge. Click on the image below to download the article.
Also, in last month's Snippets, I included a link to an article debating whether fiber was "art" or "craft." I promised to publish the best response. Here it is, from Carmen Goyette:
"Thanks for including the article in the newsletter. I read it and found it fascinating.
I get tired of people turning their nose up at one thing or another. It makes me sad to see us all tearing each other’s creativity down. I like to embrace the joy that each artist brings, regardless of the quality of the end product. I enjoy knowing that the artist had fun making something, or at least had the chance to get their message out of their system (for the sad and angry stuff).
Thanks for sending along a thought piece, always good to stretch our minds,
Carmen"
Well said, Carmen!!
The deadline for the FASA Newsletter is the 25th of each month. We'd love to have your news about shows, techniques, galleries, events - send an email to me if you'd like to be included!
Remember, fiber is good for you!
Lyn Belisle,
FASA Newsletter Editor
Fiber Artists of San Antonio
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