Barbara Schutzgruber – Storyteller & Weaver

The Michigan League of Handweavers 22nd Biennial Fiber Arts Exhibition is being held at the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, Michigan – September 7 – October 16, 2024. Hosted by the Eastside Handweavers Guild and juried by fiber artist Susan Moran over 80 pieces in two categories, Fiber Art and Functional Fiber, were submitted. 48 pieces by 36 artists from around the Great Lakes Region in the USA and Canada were selected. The Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild was well represented by members Anne Flora, Jenny Schu, Marla Smith, Jennifer Stafford, Amy Stevenson, Mary Underwood, Kathy Zasuwa, and myself.

The opening reception included refreshements by the Eastside Handweavers and artist talks by Susan Moran and 7 of the attending artists:
Mariel Collins – Tapis Yardage
Jennifer Gould – Forest Woman 6
Lisa Hermesmeyer – Clio
Thom Koster – Simple Cherry Blossom Temari & Abstract Cherry Blossom Temari
Kit Parks – Watching You Watch Me
Jenny Schu – Golden Boundary & Is There a Thing to Which Brings Us Less Joy Yet We Devote More Time
As well as myself – Couture Cartography
[see blog posts March, April and May 2024 about the making of the dress] 

Awards were announced – Couture Cartography received 1st Place in the Functional Fiber category! Five other AAFG members also received awards.

The Anton Art Center has been a fabulous space for this wonderful exhibit
highlighting the wide and diverse range of fiber art!