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. For more information about the exhibit and directions to get to the gallery, click here.

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. Information about the meeting and a reservation form, click here.

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 the membership might be interested in.

 

 

FAN Board of Directors

Jill Ault, President

Barbara Bushey and Sue Holdaway-Heys, Vice-Presidents

Carol Wineman, Secretary

Anne Percy Knott, Treasurer

Marla Smith, Membership

Gretchen Jackson, Newsletter

Brooks Harris Stevens, Exhibit Chair

Sue Moran, Board Member

Trish Ritchie, Board Member

Sally Rose, Board Memmber

Sherri Smith, Board Member