Contemporary Handweavers of Houston

The 2011 Annual CHH Sale will be held at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on September 15-17, 2011. 

• September 15: 6 pm - 9 pm
• September 16: 10 am - 5 pm
• September 17: 10 am - 5 pm

Call for Entries: FiberPhiladelphia2012

for more information, please visit: http://www.outsideinsideentry.com/

DAFA August 22nd



Bark cloth expert Lesli Robertson to speak August 22

AUGUST MEETING

Monday, Aug. 22, at The

Point, Center for Arts and

Education on the campus

of C.C. Young.

Lesli Roberson, in Uganda working with Bark Cloth artisans

Lesli Robertson of the University

of North Texas will

present “Material Evolution:

Ugandan Bark Cloth” at

DAFA’s next meeting on Monday,

Aug. 22. Program chair

Linda Disosway says that Robertson

will describe a journey

that began in 2005, eventually

leading her back to Uganda four

more times.

Robertson, a senior lecturer of

fibers at UNT in Denton, will

introduce the people, places, and

textile arts that have been a part

of her continued research.

In addition to her teaching,

Robertson actively exhibits her

artwork nationally, while developing

community programs

and research links to the arts of

Uganda.

 For more information, please visit the website of the Dallas Area Fiber Artists @ www.dallasfiberartists.org/

Materials: Hard and Soft

Greater Denton
Arts Council

400 East Hickory St.
Denton, Texas 76201
Phone: 940-382-2787

The juror for the 2012 competition will be Monica Moses, the editor-in-cheif of American Craft Magazine since 2011.  There will be $5,000 in prizes awarded, and this competition is open to any craft media: clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, wood and mixed media.

The deadline for entries is September 9th, 2011. This is not a postmark deadline.

for more information and/or a prospectus form, please visit www.dentonarts.com

Mary Ruth Smith stitching workshop in Austin

Mary Ruth Smith was in town this weekend teaching fiber artists in the Austin area her famous and incredible stitching techniques!

Austin Fiber Artists group exhibition 'United in Textiles' @ The Butridge Gallery!

El Anatsui @ The Blanton!

On September 24, 2011, El Anatsui will be giving a career retrospective @ The Blanton Museum of Art from 2-3 pm. This is an unbelievable opportunity, and I am personally very excited to hear him speak.

El Anatsui:

When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

September 25, 2011 - January 22, 2012

The Blanton is the only southwest venue to present the first

career-retrospective for internationally acclaimed artist El Anatsui. Organized

by the Museum for African Art in New York City, the exhibition spans four

decades and includes approximately 60 works of different mediums drawn from both

public and private collections.