GUILD MEETINGS
Columbia Fiber Arts holds guild meetings in December, March, June, and September.
These meetings area a great way to get involved with CFG — a place to network with other fiber artists to share ideas and discuss common interests. (Lunches after these meetings usually offer even more opportunity to expand your network.)
Each guild meeting features a guest speaker — someone known nationally in the world of fiber art. The speaker also holds a workshop in connection with the guild meeting in March, June and September. Members may sign up for this workshop at a reduced fee.
SEPTEMBER
JUNE
Artwork by Sara Shayne Miller
DECEMBER 2023
December 13, 2023
10:00-11:00 AM
Ann Williamson
TBA
Location:
Congregation Neveh Shalom
2900 SW Peaceful Lane,
Portland, OR 97239
Ann Williamson designs exquisite one-of-a-kind women’s clothing. Her background in art history introduced her to fabric as an art medium. Today, she creates jackets, coats and separates as expressions of this medium, emphasizing stunning design and impeccable workmanship.
Ann Williamson
Topic TBA
Natalya
Khorover
"Alternative Stitch Practices"
MARCH 2024
Wednesday - March 13, 2024
10 AM - 12:00PM
Natalya Khorover
"Alternative Stitching Practices"
Location:
Congregation Neveh Shalom
2900 SW Peaceful Lane,
Portland, OR 97239
"Alternative Stitch Practices"
What can you stitch on? Just about everything! Natalya will show examples which will motivate you and inspire you, sharing details of the pleasures and occasional pitfalls of working with each. This lecture will broaden your understanding of what you can use in your art.
JUNE 2024
June 12, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 Noon
Location:
Greater Portland Bible Church
2374 SW Vermont,
Portland, OR 97219
"Fifteen Elements"
What are the properties that underlie beauty in art, nature, and quilts? This talk looks at architect Christopher Alexander’s Nature of Order, and how his ground-breaking ideas on what defines and creates life-force in everything from micro-organisms to mountain ranges, Persian carpets to office buildings, have a lot to say about design in quilts.
Carol Soderlund
"Fifteen Elements"
Maria Shell
Traditional, Art, Modern — Notes from the Field
SEPTEMBER 2024
September 11, 2024
10:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Location:
Greater Portland Bible Church
2374 Vermont St.
Portland
"Traditional, Art, Modern — Notes from the Field"
Journalism, humorous memoir, and history in the making. Maria will share her personal journey along with interesting moments in all three quilt genres. What does it mean to be a 21ST Century Quilter? Come to the lecture to find out.
Artwork by Sara Shayne Miller