Making it with Art Cloth Network

Susie Monday

Artist, maker, teacher, author, head cook and bottlewasher.

The art I make is the result of a life-long love of pattern, texture and color. How I teach is a skill honed by experience (I started teaching creative arts to younger kids when I was 12). After earning a B.A. in Studio Arts from Trinity University, I helped lead an internationally recognized educational foundation, designed curriculum exhibits for schools and other institutions, wrote and edited for a major daily newspaper, opened the San Antonio Children's Museum and then, a dozen years ago, took the scary but essential (for me) leap to become a fulltime artist and art teacher.

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This weblog is about the maker's life. The teacher's path. The stitching and dyeing and printing of the craft of art cloth and art quilt. The stumbling around and the soaring, the way the words and the pictures come together. Poetry on the page and in the piecing of bright scraps together. The inner work and the outer journeys to and from. Practicalities and flights of fancy and fearful grandeur, trivial pursuits and tactile amusements. Expect new postings two or three times a week, unless you hear otherwise.

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Jan112013

Friday, January 11, 2013 at 01:25PM

I belong to several big national fiber art groups, a couple of regional/local groups and one special art cloth group, national in scope, but limited in size. ACN offers a really particular and personal experience to its members. And, while the requirements are fairly demanding, very specific and targeted for the encouragement of making complex, beautiful fabrics, the actual breadth of members work is astounding and inspiring.

Its not a group for those who want lots of benefits without putting in time and effort, but the friendships and support that this group have built for me are remarkable and enlightening, despite the occasional fracas and foment that comes with the territory (herding cats, right?)

Jeanne Sisson, membership chair, sent this out today. Look at the info, the member pages, and if it seems to be something that appeals, follow up with a request for information.

From Jeanne:
The Art Cloth Network is open for new members! If you'd like information about the group, see our website at http://artclothnetwork.com.

The members of the Art Cloth Network find that the opportunities for community, conversation, sharing of techniques, inspiration, and resources benefit our art and creativity. We have recently increased our membership limits to 30 members in good standing, including those on formal leave. When the number falls below 30, we accept new member applications. We currently have openings for up to eight new members.
The current deadline for membership applications is March 15, 2013, and you can send in your application materials at any time prior to the deadline. You will be notified by April 15, 2013 whether your application has been approved.

Send a request to jeanne@jeannesisson.com in order to receive detailed information and application instructions (form website).

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