January 2025 Announcements
Shake it off! Shake it out!
Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and snowy weather to come together at Spread Art on Thursday, January 23 for our postponed first official gathering of 2025! Especially on this week it felt especially important and meaningful to be with artists, sharing and learning and supporting. If you missed it, we missed you, and look forward to seeing you soon. <3
Here’s this month’s round-up of announcements. Comment below or contact us if you have an addition!
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Calls for Art + Opportunities
Call for Art: Material Motives
Jessica Paruch is organizing a Fiber Club* group show at the Ferndale Public Library. Material Motives seeks to showcase the diverse possibilities of fiber as an artistic medium, highlighting works that challenge traditional boundaries or celebrate the tactile and narrative qualities of textiles. No Fee. Deadline: February 28.
Call for Proposals: Detroit Design District and Boyer Campbell Building
Our venue for Environment + Microclimates is accepting proposals for new concepts to activate the space. If you have an idea for how you could envision using the Boyer Campbell Building, email ddd@methodevelop.com with the following information:
1. Your name and contact information
2. The timing of your project/proposal including dates and times when you would need access to the Boyer Campbell Building
3. The space in the Boyer Campbell Building that your project/proposal requires
4. A paragraph describing your project/proposal
Call for 2026 Revealed Emerging Artist Series - at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland. Emerging artists whose practice includes sculpture, installation, mixed and expanded media, relational aesthetics, and performance are eligible to apply. Due January 27!
Grant Opportunity: Craft Innovation Jumpstarter - $3,000 grants to support craft artists to pursue new directions or advance new ideas in their work. Due February 17.
Gather, Make + Learn
Soft Studies, Fiber Club*’s monthly program in partnership with Buffalo Prescott, continues Saturday, February 15 from 10AM-1PM. Bring a project and come cozy up.
Fashion Revolution Meetup series begins Saturday, January 25 at Neighborhood Art School and culminates in April’s Fashion Revolutionary Week 2025.
Elena Kanagy-Loux is presenting her work and research on the art of lacemaking on Tuesday, January 28, 6-7:30PM, at Cranbrook Museum of Art. This is your chance to learn from a leader in the global expansion of bobbin lacemaking!
The Catskill School of Weaving online lecture series begins January 29. Amanda Thatch has generously offered to host a group watch party in SW. If you’re interested in joining on Wednesday evenings, connect with Amanda.
Angela Zachary is teaching a needle-felted mending workshop at BORO on January 31. She shared her work at Soft Studies in January and it was so cool - she’ll teach the process AND the workshop includes supplies so you can do it on your own.
Surface Design All Hands Symposium (Online) - February 1-6 (15% off registration with code FLASHSALE thru Sunday)
Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Expo is Sunday, February 9 at the Ann Arbor Public Library.
CCS Woodward Lecture Series: Thomas Murray and Kristal Hale on February 13. Thomas Murray and Kristal Hale, textile collector and textile conservator respectively, will speak on the history of Sumatran ship cloths.
Weaving Workshops with Spool and Dye Works - From beginning “tasters” to more advanced double-weave - Kit Parks is offering a range of workshops for those interested in weaving in their Core City studio beginning on February 15.
Flying Cardboard Theater’s Fun-A-Day—Third Annual!
Find a project/make or do something a little every day (February 1-28) or a little every week or just any time at all... Visual arts and performances (5 minutes) are welcome.
Show February 28th at 7:30 at St. Peter’s Church in Corktown
Make a Goo at the DIA with Melissa Dettloff! March 29 & 30, join Melissa to create your very own Goo using air-dry clay.
Embroidery Workshop Series - Leana Becker and Robin Wilson are teaming up! Leana is teaching embroidery every 3rd Thursday at Robin’s Vesey Lane Goods. Jump in for one or all of the workshops:
2/20- Creating an Embroidered Bookmark
3/20- Make an Embroidered Monogram Ornament or Sachet
4/17- Embroidered Set of Cocktail Napkins
5/15- Create an Embroidered Pillow Face
Meghan Navoy from Rosemarine Textiles has a handful of workshops coming up:
Learn to Mend Your Clothes, Sunday February 2nd
Knitting Circle (free), Thursday February 6th
Dyeing Pillowcases with Natural Dyes (free), Saturday Feb 15th
Painting & Printing with Natural Dyes, Sunday Feb 16th
Indigo Dyeing Workshop, Wednesday February 19th
Indigo Resist Dye with Soy Paste, Sunday March 16th
Free, online professional development workshops for artists from NYFA:
Inside Representation: Paths to Working With Galleries - Thursday, Feb. 13, 12-1:30PM
Valuing the Invaluable: Pricing Your Artwork - Thursday, March 13, 10-11:30AM
“Wavy Basket Weaving” at Cranbrook Art Museum with Meg Morley on Thursday, March 20. A short and playful 2-hour session.
Plan Ahead: Fiber Club* people are teaching far and away this summer - please share!
- Andrew Wilson: Quilts: Piecing and Hand-Quilting at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (June)
- Kira Keck: Woven Structures: Interpreting the Classics at Peters Valley (July)
- Eleanor Anderson: Braid, Coil, Stitch; Building Strategies in Fiber, Anderson Valley (September)
- Maggie Wiebe: assisting Weaving for Clothing at John C. Campbell Folk School
- Meg Morley: Sculptural Basketry at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (August)
And a shout-out to Sarah Rose Sharp, who is speaking at this year’s SAQA Conference in April in Florida! (Given current temperatures in Michigan, this sounds really nice right now!)
See + Support
Common Thread at the Gifts of Art Gallery in the Taubman Center at Michigan Medicine (the main UM Hospital in Ann Arbor) is up through February 28.
Warp and Weft : Technologies within Textiles opens Saturday, January 25 at The Shepherd in Detroit. Included in the wide-ranging show are Lisa Alberts and Margaret Hull, who were selected to participate from their showing at Environment + Microclimates (!), as well as Melissa Webb. Thru May 3.
Between Worlds, a one-night-only situation on Saturday, January 25, presented by Cranbrook’s BIPOC student union, includes the work of Irene Perez and others. You may recall Irene’s work from E+M (which feels excruciatingly relevant this week). 1514 Washington Blvd. Detroit, 6-9PM.
Imagined Futures, a solo presentation of Gerhardt Knodel’s new and recent work opens on February 1 at Wasserman Projects. The exhibition invites us to drift into his immersive and magical world. Gerhardt has extended an invitation to the Fiber Club* community to join the Opening Reception: Saturday, February 1, 5-8PM.
Buffalo Prescott’s Bubble Hearts event on February 8 will feature Jane Sasso’s gorgeous florals, among other fun activations.
Melissa Dettloff has work in the Michigan Printmaker show at KickstART in Farmington, up until Feb. 22!
Branislava Rudakovic has work in the Anything Goes show at the Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor through February 22.
See Cathryn Amidei and Val Mann at the 14 + 14 Show at WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor thru Feb. 2.
Heidi Kumao is in a group show, Warming House, at Alma Gallery in Chicago, now thru March 30. Heather Macali also has a show coming up in the Chicago area!
Work by Meg Morley and Debbie Grifka is included in the upcoming Woman Made Gallery International Open in Chicago.
Diane Nunez has work in a show in Halifax!
Help Wanted + Classifieds
Cal Navin is selling work via her Facebook page to raise funds to support her daughter who lost her home to fires in Topanga, CA and will be moving back to Michigan. Share if you can.
Belle is looking to hire someone to help her transform her weavings into clothing - is this you?
Rachel Thomas wants your fabric scraps for her upcoming collage workshop at Buffalo Prescott! No scrap is too small! Drop at Soft Studies on Saturday, February 15. (You are also invited to sign up for the workshop that takes place Saturday, Feb. 22!)
Looking for a space to work on sewing and dyeing projects? Interested in building community and connecting with other Detroit creatives? Meghan of Rosemarine Textiles is creating a membership and drop-in based textile studio in Hamtramck. Join this email list if you're interested as this project comes together.
Ralph says sculptor Eric Nordin has a 6’ Cranbrook loom available for sale. Email us and we’ll connect you.
Kecia’s friend has an antique counterbalance loom located in Springfield, OH, for $500 OBO. Email us and we’ll connect you.
Kyle told us about Loose Ends, an organization that matches volunteer handwork finishers with textile projects people have left undone due to death or disability.
Haberman Fabrics in Clawson is hiring a part-time sales associate for their woman-owned fabric store. If you love fabric and all things sewing, send your resume to mail.habermans@gmail.com.
We know this is a LONG list, and we’re probably also missing a LOT. Please drop a comment or send an email with your additions and we will add here and share share share!