Fiber Art Retreat

I am home and recovering from a busy and productive fiber arts weekend. Fabrication, our local group organized its third retreat. Cathy Arnett is the leader, and Desie Vaughn, Kathy Briggs and me are her help mates. The weekend was almost with out glitches...if such a thing is possible. Organizing this event has been a huge learning curve for us.

This year we had 50 participants. What a wonderful, creative and lively group it was. We had three workshop leaders, Pamela Allen, Jeannie Beck and Laura Cater-Woods. Each workshop had a wonderful room, with lots of natural light. Actually Jeannie had two rooms, one for printing and other wet messy work, and another for sewing. All the rooms joined a central "pod" where participants gathered for lunch and evening activities.

We we pleased that attendees were pleased with the experience and eager to preregister for next falls retreat.

When we started this three years ago, we hoped in 5 years to have a maximum of 100 participants. Looks like we will make that next year.

The only downer was I came home to a rejection letter from Form Not Function. I had really thought that my new work would be accepted. Since you get so little feedback I feel rather in never never land. I am not sure why these new works are having such a difficult time. People whose opinion I value say they are good work..distinctively keeney..interesting, good composition etc etc

S0 I have been thinking that I should probably take some time off from entering exhibits and just do work.