Monthly Meetings

Hannah O'Hare Bennett

December 1, 2024; 10:30 a.m, Zoom only 

 

Hannah O’Hare Bennett is an artist, papermaker and educator based in Madison WI. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Kansas (1998) and an MFA in Design Studies from the University of Wisconsin Madison (2017). Between those degrees, she worked as a farmer, Peace Corps Volunteer (Ecuador, 2004-2006), and produce manager, manual labor that informs her current subject matter and manner of creating art. Since completing her MFA she has had many residencies, taught fiber arts and papermaking workshops and shown her work in group and solo shows across the country. She has taught college courses at Mount Mary University, University of Montana Western, and the University of Wisconsin Madison. Currently she is the UW Madison campus Peace Corps recruiter, and maintains a deep craft informed art practice in her studio at Arts & Literature Lab. She isalso beginning work on a craft import project in Ecuador.

 

Title of my talk is "In My Vernacular.”

Exploring the relationship of deep life experience to expressive art work, this talkwill touch on our relationship to landscape, language acquistion, and cultural disorientation as expressed through handmade paper, textiles and natural pigments. Hannah is especially interested in the idea of vernacular craft, work that is made for local people, using the materials that are available to them. 

 

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At this point in time, most meetings are virtual via Zoom. March, June and September meetings are in person at Seattle Pacific University. 

Visitors are always welcome at our meetings, and there is no admission fee. Meetings run from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Meetings are via Zoom or on the Seattle Pacific University campus. (See directions, maps, and room information, below.) For in person meetings, bring yourself a sack lunch if you wish.

Membership

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Month	Speaker
November 9, 2024	Patty Kennedy-Zafred, Textile Artist, Zoom and will be recorded
December 14, 2024	Hannah O'Hare Bennett, Artist and Paper Maker, Zoom and will be recorded
January 11, 2025	Kathy Kerler, What Were the Judges Thinking, Zoom and will be recorded
February 8, 2025	Margarita Korioth, The Odd Couple: Pair and Fabric in Quilts, Zoom and will be recorded
March 8, 2025	Bridget Daly, Huichol Yarn Painting (In Person at SPU)
April 12, 2025	Kestrel Michaud: AI and Quilting (Zoom)
May 10, 2025	Terri Friedman, Weaver and Textile Artist
June 14, 2025	Karen Graves, Painted Linen and Garments (In Person at SPU)
July 12, 2025	Marjolaine Arsenault, Wearable Art and Nuno Felt (Zoom)
August 9, 2025	TBD (Zoom)
September 13, 2025	TBD (In Person at SPU

Would you like to attend our next meeting via Zoom? Contact programs for the link.

Directions to Bertona Hall on the Seattle Pacific University campus:

GPS entry: 107 West Bertona, Seattle 98119

From I-5, take the NE 50th Street exit and drive west. Turn left (south) on Fremont Avenue N—about two miles. Get into the right lane as you cross the Fremont bridge and take the first turn-off to the right and then immediately right again onto Nickerson Street. Follow Nickerson for about half a mile, and turn left (south) at the stoplight for 3rd Avenue West. You are now on the SPU campus.Turn left onto 3rd.

Enter the parking lot on your left by turning into the driveway beside the Subway. Our building is on the east side of the parking lot, a one-story red brick building. Parking in the lot is free for us on weekends; ignore the restricted parking and "No Parking" signs.

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