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.

Vermont SDA 1st group show!

Vermont SDA membership has organized its' FIRST ever group Exhibit!

"No Boundaries in Fiber ~ 
Surface Design Association Vermont Members Exhibit"
Featuring Innovative Art using diverse textile techniques

August 6 ~ September 17, 2011

Rae Harrell Gallery90 Mechanicsville Road
Hinesburg, VT 05641 
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 10 - 4, and By Appointment
802-482-4944

Join us for our Special Events!
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 6, 5-9pm
Artists' Walk-Through: Friday, August 19, 7-8:30pm.

Sale @ Gallery Black Lagoon

SDA-Texas: Student Members On Display in 'Currents' @ Confluence

Currents Second Place Award Winner: Naomi Adams

Adams constructed "Envy" with machine quilting and adhesive out of hand dyed cotton batting and cotton fabric. She is in the Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts @ The University of North Texas. Her professor is Amie Adelman.

Madeleine Boldt

"I Built You a City With My Foot" was machine stitched with a free motion foot, onto muslin after an image transfer her image of a city. She studies Studio Art Fabric Design @ with Dr. Ruth Smith in the BFA program @ Baylor University in Waco Texas.

"And Still Not Be Sure" was created by cutting through 5 layers of stitched cotton.

Congratulations and keep up the good work!