Opening Reception Sunday, October 17, 1 – 4 p.m.

Every Friday afternoon 2:30 – 3:30 there will be artist-led tours of the exhibition.

Friday Adult Lectures/Demonstrations
Adults may come at 1:30 p.m. on these Fridays to free presentations!

October 29
Moving Beyond a Brown Bag and a Bow To a Creative Gift Presentation with Regula Allenspach Weill:

If you have always wanted to be more creative in presenting gifts, this lecture will fascinate and inspire you. Regula will show how to use art scraps, new and recycled paper, textiles, and found objects to enhance the impact of gift presentations.  When done right, the gift becomes a temporary object d'art. Indeed, appreciative recipients may choose to preserve them indefinitely, even if it means leaving the gift unopened!

November 5
An Adventure into Prodding a Rag Rug with Allegra Burke (workshop format)

Prodding is the traditional way to make a rag into a rug.  New interest in this absorbing craft and art form is growing alongside recycling and 'green' movements, and among people using traditional crafts to express their creativity.  Allegra will demonstrate this very simple and safe technique of rug making - using recycled clothing, wool and plastic bags.

November 12
Coiled Basketry - New Materials with Emily Dvorin

In this demonstration, Emily will create a basket while she speaks about her "Transordinary Vessels" and the idea of "up-cycling" elaborating on the "anything can be basket material" philosophy. Modern materials will be used with a traditional coiled technique.  A variety of ways to start the basket as well as how to add and attach plastics, ordinary re-cycled elements, personal treasures and unexpected ingredients to it will be illustrated. The experience will be anything but "ordinary".

November 19   
Coffee Filter Collage with Lucy Matzger

Lucy will demonstrate how used and dried coffee filters can be utilzed as a collage material.  She will show the many different steps involved in creating one of her beautiful "kimonos". Each filter is brushed clean, emptied of most coffee grounds, ironed flat and painted with a coat of polymer medium to protect the surface. Sewing, stapling, and stamping are some of the ways she will describe to embellish the filters before forming them into different shapes.

December 3
Sewing Machine Made Lace with Jeanette Carr

Put down your crochet hook and learn to make beautiful lace fast, easy and inexpensively!  By using a basic sewing machine and thread Jeanette Carr will demonstrate how to create lace using Solvy, a plastic, water-soluble "fabric". Finished product can be formed and shaped into two dimensional art or three-dimensional sculptures.

December 10
Making Pine Needle Baskets with Melissa Woodburn

In this demo Melissa will discuss some of the history of the pine needle basket as well as show how needles are gathered and stitched.  She will demonstrate the two main stitches used in coiled baskets how to make the “Start” and how to keep the wall even. Discussions will also include non-traditional materials and shapes.

Children’s classes will also be offered by fiber/Dimension Artists during the Intersections 5 Exhibition to select Bay Area School students through the Presidio Trust.
Teachers may sign up their class for a field trip to our Friday morning art classes at the Presidio Teachers’ Night on Thursday, October 7th from 5-7 pm at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco. Presidio Teachers’ Night is designed for educators to support learning outside of the classroom.  Sponsored by the Presidio Trust in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, teachers from the Bay Area and beyond attend this special evening once a year. RSVP: (415) 561-2000.  Questions: Lisa Hillstrom at (415) 561-2703.

Myrna Tater will help students create imaginative Game Boxes, Allegra Burke will show students how to recycle discarded clothing and left over materials to create Rag Rugs, Emily Dvorin will help children create “Wacky Baskets” working with hardware, cloth and attachments, Joan Klein will have students weaving colorful patterns on a board with string, Kathryn Grothe will teach how to finger crochet and Rose Marie Ginsburg will help students create woven bookmarks or quilted foot potholders.