Grand
Rapids, Michigan – The Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild’s next program meeting will
be on Wed., October 2, featuring Gloria Kirk Hanna. Her program “Who, What and Why: The inner workings
of creating textile/fine art pieces and what motivates that work” will be held at
the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 East 8th St., Holland, MI 49423,
starting promptly at 5:30pm with social time beginning at 5pm.
Gloria Kirk-Hanna grew up along the
Oregon Coast a life rich with color and nature. The fiber artist's family has always been abundantly with
painters, sculptors, and writers. Gloria began her own artistic journey at the
age of 5 (painting with her grandmother) and continued into college exploring
drawing, pottery, art history, and quilting. Quilting was the pathway into the
ever-growing Fiber Art / Textile world.
She has enjoyed teaching quilt classes and holding talk.
Lakeshore
Fiber Arts Guild members are unique individuals with a wide range of interests
and experience in many areas including weaving, spinning, papermaking, dyeing, garment
design and sewing, quilting, beading, dollmaking, surface design, wearable art
clothing design, and many more. The
guild, with currently 25 members, will host an opportunity for each member to
display their work and give a short talk about what they’ve brought.
The
Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild invites anyone interested in the textile fiber arts
to their monthly program meetings held the first Wednesday of each month at the
Holland Area Arts Council. For more
information, visit the guild’s blog at
http://lakeshorefiberartsguild.blogspot.com or contact at susanjansen1@hotmail.com
or 616-791-1648.
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