October Guild Meeting
Schedule
Mon Oct 07 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1753 Alpine Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-2803, United States | Grand Rapids, MI
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Woodland Weavers & Spinners 2024/2025 Program Monday, October 7 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
Program for the evening:
Lynn Carpenter – How do I as an Artist find delight in my work?
Lynn is an interdisciplinary fiber artist and educator. Bennett-Carpenter earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2003. She served as theArtist-in-Residence of the Kingswood Weaving Studio at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (2003-2023). The Kingswood Weaving Studio is the largest hand-weaving studio in North America devoted to the education of young artists. Bennett-Carpenter also taught at Haystack Mountain School of Craft in
Maine (2023), Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, attended the Open Residency at Haystack (2018) and was a recent Good Hart Artist-in-Residence (2022). Lynn is also co-founder of the Namtenga Soundo Babisi Studio, an active weaving co-operative in Burkina Faso, West Africa that was established in 2007. Bennett-Carpenter maintains an active practice through her studio in Pontiac, Michigan, and exhibits throughout North America including a solo show called Singluars at the Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey, Michigan, Landscapes Real and Imagined (Site: Brooklyn, New York), Extreme Fibers: Icons and the New Edge (Muskegon Art Museum), and The Social Fabric (Textile Society of America, Vancouver, British Columbia). Recent work includes a large-scale installation for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Fisher Music Center.
Venue
GRPD Metro Lodge 97
1753 Alpine Ave NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Join Us
Guests are welcome to visit our guild for two meetings free of charge or obligation to join the guild. We do request that guests sign the guest book so we may track and welcome our guests.
Program year runs September - June. Meetings are the first Monday of the month. September is on the first Tuesday due to a holiday.
Check out our program list for the upcoming year at
https://wwas.info/home/events/meetings/
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Where is it happening?
1753 Alpine Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504-2803, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
