Material Motives
April 13, 2025 - May 18, 2025
Ferndale Area District Library, 222 E 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI 48220
Material Motives is a contemporary fiber art exhibit exploring innovative uses of textile techniques and the intentional choices behind material selection. This exhibit will be held in the Ferndale Area District Library from Sunday, 4/13/2025 to 5/18/2025 with an opening reception on Thursday, April 24, 6-8PM.
Common Thread
December 16, 2024 - February 28, 2025
Taubman Center Gallery, UM Health
Ann Arbor, MI
This exhibition encompasses the work of over 30 artists and aims to spark creativity, inspire hopefulness, and promote outlets of making through fiber. The breadth of the exhibit demonstrates a shared interest in materiality, craft, and process-driven work which Fiber Club* hopes will be particularly inspiring within a space of care.
Common Thread is curated by Riley Klein, and located at the Gifts of Art Gallery at the Taubman Center at University of Michigan Health.
Previous Exhibits
Environment + Microclimates was an immersive art experience showcasing environmental- and fiber-based art. The show was a dynamic and vibrating collaboration between botanical artist Lisa Waud, curator/artist Sarah Rose Sharp, and Fiber Club*, a collective of fiber artists based in the Detroit area, supported by Detroit Design District.
Read more about the show’s participants (over 75!), programs, and press.
Detroit Month of Design
September 6-28, 2024
Boyer Campbell Building
6540 St. Antoine Street
Detroit, MI 48202
Boundless
July 9 - September 10, 2024
Berkley Public Library
Berkley, MI
Articipate! presents a group show featuring a range of fiber art work by Fiber Club* participants, organized by Heather Macali.
Artists included Riley Klein, Abigail Rist, Jen Barker, Rachel Wittels, Fatema Haque, Mariel Collins, Heather Macali, Meg Morley, and Victor Mulbauer.
September 2023
The Convent
Detroit, MI
Fiber Club*’s first group show took place during September 2023 as part of Detroit Month of Design. The show followed the ethos of inclusion. Not only did all our members have the opportunity to participate in the show, but by positioning the exhibition as part of Detroit Month of Design, we invited the city to learn about Fiber Club*, creating a new access point for the wider community to engage with a diverse array of creative practices and to learn more about art and design that is grounded in fiber and textile-based art forms both traditional and contemporary.