| TIGHR Presenters and Panelists Conference 2009 |
Monday, September 21, 2009 will be filled with 45 minute presentations on a wide
range of topics of interest to our membership. Each will be held twice,
no pre-registration necessary.
Punch Needle Rughooking as a Business Angela Jones, Kentucky
Jury process for wholesale/retail Markets, Business Sense learned while
becoming an adjudicated artist with "Kentucky Crafted-the Market "program.
Frame your Mat Happy DiFranza, Massachusetts Step by Step technique to
enhance your work with a velvet "frame".
Landscapes – Anne-Marie Littenberg, Vermont
Slides and examples will supplement a vivid recounting of how to interpret the
world outdoors. Author of text on same topic by Stackpole Books, published
Spring of 2009.
19th C Block Printing around the World-Stephanie Ashworth Krauss,
Vermont Learn a patternmaking technique used on textiles for centuries.
Color and PH – Nancy Jewett, Vermont and our members contributions see
page 3 article Evaluate the impact water source has on our dye recipes.
Recycle Materials and Energy- Fumiyo Hachisuka, Japan See how to hook a
small teapot cozy using used clothing, kimonos. Fumiyo is on a campaign to
eliminate refuse we can learn from her work in a Tokyo community.
How to Compose on a Blank Canvas Peg Irish, New Hampshire Discussion
centering on good design principles using a powerpoint presentation and
examples.
Edging Your Work Phylis DeFelice from New Hampshire Rug Braiding or
Plaiting adds another dimension to hooked work using one more ancient fiber
technique.
Color Friends Eric Sandberg Georgia One way to learn is to act it out. Eric
presents the color wheel theatrically helping us colorplan.
Folk Art/Outsider Art Diane Learmonth, Washington
Explore the edges of the “art” world, identify with and be inspired by untrained
visual artists and how the art community addresses the work/artists.
Eco-Friendly Natural Dyeing Rose Wirtz, South Carolina Learn how to identify
dye plants in the wild or your garden, work with nature’s own colors.
Presenting Your Artwork Susan Feller, West Virginia
Fiber art presents unusual problems to a picture framer, learn terminology and
ways to mount your work professionally.
Sunday, Sept 20 there are two panels planned for the evening. Then all day
Tuesday the panel format will continue. Just over an hour long, each session
involves a moderator, speakers and the audience, on topics sure to spur on
more conversation during the conference and for years to come via cyberspace.
Founders and New-Comers Jeanne Field, charter member, will moderate
founding members talk about why they began this Guild 15 years ago, while the
audience pitches in on what the Guild means to them now and for the future.
Networking for the Future Jo Franco Australia
Linking the rughookers on the Australian Continent was not easy. The steps
involved and lessons learned along the way can be applied to promoting
rughooking world wide. Join in on the future.
Showing Professionally Retail or Gallery Linda Rae Coughlin curator, Kathy
Wright’s events coordinator, and Angela Jones, juried artist will share the
prepwork involved in promoting, soliciting venues, selecting work, and putting an
exhibit of fiber together.
Community Projects-Raising Self Esteem Representatives of worldwide
rughooking projects tell their stories, inspiring others to help or create their own:
Betty Hill, Labrador and New Foundland Rug Guild; Charlotte Bell, The Rug
Hook Project, Mexico; Iris Simpson, Rug Aid; Jean Smith, Women Matters
Identifying the Anonymous Rughooker - Documenting your Work Explore
record keeping, identifying your work, tell a story about you and the rug Learn
from art-journalist Kim Dubay, Maine; Joyce Krueger, Wisconsin Museum of
Textiles & Fiber Arts; Judy Ingram, Australia’s rug registry.
History and Future of Rugmaking Suppliers Terry Dorr heads a company
begun in the late 19th C, Charlotte Price continues the lines of generations of
patternmakers, and the DiFranza’s kits and articles on rughooking in the 70’s
and 80’s introduced our craft form to thousands. Hear their stories and talk
about what markets are opening with the economics of 2009.
Spread the Word Getting Rughooking to the Media Ginny Stimmel, editor of
Rug Hooking Magazine, Marilyn Bottjer, pioneer in promoting rughooking in the
American Folk Art Museum will lead a discussion on promoting rughooking using
the same educational language to the public. Rughooking as one word rather
than two may limit the jokes. How else can we all describe our art form
universally.
range of topics of interest to our membership. Each will be held twice,
no pre-registration necessary.
Punch Needle Rughooking as a Business Angela Jones, Kentucky
Jury process for wholesale/retail Markets, Business Sense learned while
becoming an adjudicated artist with "Kentucky Crafted-the Market "program.
Frame your Mat Happy DiFranza, Massachusetts Step by Step technique to
enhance your work with a velvet "frame".
Landscapes – Anne-Marie Littenberg, Vermont
Slides and examples will supplement a vivid recounting of how to interpret the
world outdoors. Author of text on same topic by Stackpole Books, published
Spring of 2009.
19th C Block Printing around the World-Stephanie Ashworth Krauss,
Vermont Learn a patternmaking technique used on textiles for centuries.
Color and PH – Nancy Jewett, Vermont and our members contributions see
page 3 article Evaluate the impact water source has on our dye recipes.
Recycle Materials and Energy- Fumiyo Hachisuka, Japan See how to hook a
small teapot cozy using used clothing, kimonos. Fumiyo is on a campaign to
eliminate refuse we can learn from her work in a Tokyo community.
How to Compose on a Blank Canvas Peg Irish, New Hampshire Discussion
centering on good design principles using a powerpoint presentation and
examples.
Edging Your Work Phylis DeFelice from New Hampshire Rug Braiding or
Plaiting adds another dimension to hooked work using one more ancient fiber
technique.
Color Friends Eric Sandberg Georgia One way to learn is to act it out. Eric
presents the color wheel theatrically helping us colorplan.
Folk Art/Outsider Art Diane Learmonth, Washington
Explore the edges of the “art” world, identify with and be inspired by untrained
visual artists and how the art community addresses the work/artists.
Eco-Friendly Natural Dyeing Rose Wirtz, South Carolina Learn how to identify
dye plants in the wild or your garden, work with nature’s own colors.
Presenting Your Artwork Susan Feller, West Virginia
Fiber art presents unusual problems to a picture framer, learn terminology and
ways to mount your work professionally.
Sunday, Sept 20 there are two panels planned for the evening. Then all day
Tuesday the panel format will continue. Just over an hour long, each session
involves a moderator, speakers and the audience, on topics sure to spur on
more conversation during the conference and for years to come via cyberspace.
Founders and New-Comers Jeanne Field, charter member, will moderate
founding members talk about why they began this Guild 15 years ago, while the
audience pitches in on what the Guild means to them now and for the future.
Networking for the Future Jo Franco Australia
Linking the rughookers on the Australian Continent was not easy. The steps
involved and lessons learned along the way can be applied to promoting
rughooking world wide. Join in on the future.
Showing Professionally Retail or Gallery Linda Rae Coughlin curator, Kathy
Wright’s events coordinator, and Angela Jones, juried artist will share the
prepwork involved in promoting, soliciting venues, selecting work, and putting an
exhibit of fiber together.
Community Projects-Raising Self Esteem Representatives of worldwide
rughooking projects tell their stories, inspiring others to help or create their own:
Betty Hill, Labrador and New Foundland Rug Guild; Charlotte Bell, The Rug
Hook Project, Mexico; Iris Simpson, Rug Aid; Jean Smith, Women Matters
Identifying the Anonymous Rughooker - Documenting your Work Explore
record keeping, identifying your work, tell a story about you and the rug Learn
from art-journalist Kim Dubay, Maine; Joyce Krueger, Wisconsin Museum of
Textiles & Fiber Arts; Judy Ingram, Australia’s rug registry.
History and Future of Rugmaking Suppliers Terry Dorr heads a company
begun in the late 19th C, Charlotte Price continues the lines of generations of
patternmakers, and the DiFranza’s kits and articles on rughooking in the 70’s
and 80’s introduced our craft form to thousands. Hear their stories and talk
about what markets are opening with the economics of 2009.
Spread the Word Getting Rughooking to the Media Ginny Stimmel, editor of
Rug Hooking Magazine, Marilyn Bottjer, pioneer in promoting rughooking in the
American Folk Art Museum will lead a discussion on promoting rughooking using
the same educational language to the public. Rughooking as one word rather
than two may limit the jokes. How else can we all describe our art form
universally.
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