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.
May 16th South – Fiber Artist Jess Bee
A fiber artist with a show currently hanging in the Dougherty gallery through June 9th, Jess Bee will address the group in May. Jess Bee creates vivid worlds rich with texture that explore dreams and nightmares by representing personal fears, juxtaposed with haunting...
May 8th North – Doll Artist Karen Otto-Burfict
Karin Otto-Burfict, a NIADA artist will show her sculpture and speak to it. Karin creates exquisitely detailed dolls completely of her own design. Her website is augustmoonstudios.blogspot.com
April 10th – North Meeting
This Tuesday, April 10th, AFA Member Mary Ann Nailos will give us a presentation on her recent surface design training with Jane Dunnewold. Come hear about what she learned. Jane's course is pretty intensive! For more info on the design training, check out...
April 18th South Meeting
SOUTH April Program Deb McClintock https://debmcclintock.me/ Deb McClintock from Johnson City will be our guest. She will be sharing her vast knowledge of Nature Dying. She will discuss some of her processes and show us...
March South – Artist Gary Anderson Speaks
Come to the south meeting in March to hear artist Gary Anderson's presentation. Gary recently held a one-man show at the Dougherty incorporating fiber that was exciting and innovative.
March North- Lynne Brotman on Mexican Backstrap Weaving
Come to the Baca Center to hear Lynne Brotman share her experiences on doing a residency in Oaxaca, Mexico on traditional backstrap loom weaving techniques. https://www.lynnebrotmanfiberart.com
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...
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...
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...
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...