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What is LAFTA?
Founded in 1995, Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists (LAFTA) is an anization of visual artists whose work encompasses a variety of surface design and construction techniques, focusing on fibers, textiles and beads.
Our mission is to provide support to our members and to increase community awareness of fiber and textile art.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, November 21:
Multi-Media Approaches to Fragile Materials
Monthly meeting, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfurt Ave.,
Louisville. The panel presentation will focus on the results of
experimentation with multi-media approaches to a fragile material:
paper from old piano player rolls. Members will talk about the
problems they encountered and how they solved them.
Gather at 6:00 p.m. to socialize; program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Bring your items for grab bag and “show and tell.”
Thursday, December 19: LAFTA Holiday Party
Springhurst Pines Clubhouse, 9729 Cornell Trace Rd. Louisville, 40241
Arrive between 5:30 and 6:00 to socialize and share appetizers. Dinner will be served at 6:30.
We will be collecting donations of art supplies for Cabbage Patch. (See newsletter for more information.)
Guest Artist Elmer Lucille Allen
Our September guest artist and LAFTA member, Elmer Lucille Allen (2nd from the left), is the recipient of the 2019 Sallie Bingham Award. Click here for more information about this award. Here she is with several of her fellow LAFTA members.?
Kentucky State Fair LAFTA Award Winner
Kay D. Miller
Hooked Rug
Original Design about her father's life.
