Welcome to the Fiber Arts Network (FAN)

 

The Fiber Arts Network of Michigan (FAN) is a group of people interested in the fiber arts in its multitude of forms: baskets, beads, clothing, dolls, felting, hand-dyeing, knitting/crochet, paper, quilting, spinning, stitchery, surface design, weaving and 3D mixed media.

 

FAN sponsors a biennial juried exhibition of contemporary fiber art.  The fourth biennial exhibit New Fibers 2010 will open October 28,  2010 at the University Art Gallery of Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.  Participation is open to all fiber artists, 18 years and older, living in the United States. Tracy Krumm of the Kansas City Art Institute will jury the exhibit and select the award winners.  Click here for a prospectus.

Entries must be received by March 25, 2010

 

FAN facilitates networking among fiber art supporters and artists by sponsoring an annual fall luncheon with a featured speaker.  Past speakers have included Arturo Sandoval, Joan Livingstone, Susie Brandt, Mark Newport, Michele Fricke and Ilze Aviks.  Tracy Krumm will be the featured speaker at the 2010 Annual Meeting

scheduled for October 2010. Additional information will be available in the summer of 2010.

 

FAN publishes a quarterly newsletter to facilitate communication among fiber arts people and groups.  It includes information about exhibits, speakers, and workshops in the area and lists exhibition opportunities that might be of interest to the membership.

 

 

FAN Board of Directors

Jill Ault, President

Barbara Bushey and Sue Holdaway-Heys, Vice-Presidents

Pat Williams, Secretary

Anne Percy Knott, Treasurer

Marla Smith, Membership

Gretchen Jackson, Newsletter

Brooks Harris Stevens, Exhibit Chair

Pat Williams, Web Design

Sue Moran, Board Member

Trish Ritchie, Board Member

Sally Rose, Board Memmber

Sherri Smith, Board Member