Monthly Meetings and Topics
My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage. —Sheila Jackson Lee
Two Monthly Meetings, Two Meeting Locations!
Members have a choice of meeting day/date and meeting location. Members may attend either or both meetings; the topics generally don’t overlap. (Check our calendar or blog to learn what’s being presented for the current month.)
Our main meeting is south, on Lamar near Westgate, and meetings at 6:45 on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4622 S. Lamar Blvd.
Our north meeting is in downtown Round Rock and meets at 7:00 on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Baca Center.
We start our meetings with a show and tell segment. Members show current works that are in progress or have been completed. Many members use this time as an opportunity to get feedback about works in progress or ask for possible solutions when they encounter a technical difficulty that they want to overcome. Then we have a short business meeting. The current group president leads the meeting and current board members give brief monthly reports as needed. Our program and workshop chairs update the group on future events or workshops in the planning stages. This part of the meeting typically lasts no longer than 30 minutes. Then the monthly program begins. The program can be on a variety of topics of interest to fiber artists. One program involved a talk with fiber artists was an expert on lace making, another one was from an artist who was an expert on book binding and making. Our program chair is always open to suggestion for future topics that might be of interest to the group.
February South – Textiles From West Africa -Molly Martin
Molly Martin has been collecting African textiles for almost 50 years. Come hear her talk about the various narrow band weaving traditions of West Africa. There will be many examples from Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Mali and Liberia. Narrow band (sometimes...
February North – Fabric Origami
Learn how to make fabric stiff enough to fold it into origami shapes. The resulting shapes can be appliqued to fiber artwork. Add dimensions and figures to your work! Juliann leads the group. (No, we're not teaching money folds or even kitten management. But...
January 2018 (north and south)- SAQA Trunk Show
We will start 2018 off by viewing the Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) trunk show works at both the north meeting at the BACA center and the south meeting at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. This should give us plenty of inspiration for both new works in 2018 as well...
December Joint Meeting and Party At North Meeting!
Come finish out 2017 with a joint north/south party hosted by the northern group at the Baca Center. We will share stories and triumphs of 2017 and have a gift exchange. There will be refreshments and good fellowship. This will be held the 2nd Tuesday; no south...
November North – Mixed Media Artist Tracie Storie
Come hear and see a presentation by Round Rock artist Tracie Storie, who works primarily with paint and mixed media substrates including vintage handkerchiefs and textiles. She is a member of the Center Art Club of Round Rock and has exhibited in Round Rock Arts Art...
November South – Sherri McCauley’s Artistic Journey
Fiber artist Sherri McCauley will show us and discuss her work. She says, "Through the application of paint, hand dyeing fabric, discharging color, manipulating shapes, and machine and hand stitching, I will take you on a journey from abstraction to emotion. I draw...
October South – Susie Monday
San Antonio fiber artist Susie Monday will address the group. Susie has been a strong supporter of fiber arts and has a vibrant artistic style. She is an accomplished lecturer and juror and has juried past AFA shows. Come hear her speak this October! And don't...
October North – Sherri McCauley’s Artistic Journey
Long time AFA member Sherri McCauley will talk about her work and artistic development. Sherri creates art quilts with a distinctive style and has been part of many art shows, including solo exhibits. Come hear about her development as an...
September South – Making Stencils
Learn how to make your our unique stencils. We will be Exploring and using the Brother Scan and Cut machine to make stencils. This machine can also be used to create appliqués for quilting, fiber arts, paper arts, etc. We'll make our own stencil and use it to create...
September North Meeting – Simple Monoprinting
In September Amy Nelson will lead us in using simple monoprinting techniques using both paper and fabric. If you have them, bring your brayer and pallet, some line drawings or stencils and the fabric or paper that you'd like to enhance. Oh, and an apron, too. The...