Schedule

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, Saturday, November 22, 11:00AM-3:00PM, AFSP / Lansing Chapter, Alfreda Schmidt Community Center, 5825 Wise Road, Lansing, MI (FREE). Hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention this is a day of hope and healing for survivors and those who struggle. In the afternoon, create a simple journal of important thoughts and memories for lost loved ones. Supplies and instruction provided---no previous experience is necessary. Registration is required since space is limited---https://lansing-michigan.isosld.afsp.org/

Grief Is a Verb, Saturday, December 6, Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1712 East Michigan Lansing, MI (FREE), 517.372.9163. I am meeting with the grief support group to create beaded bracelets and fabric pins to honor lost loved ones. Folks will be encouraged to make a bracelet with colorful beads and scrap fabric pins to remember and recall their lost loved ones. We will use simple techniques so that everyone can complete a pin and a bracelet, if desired. No previous experience necessary---supplies and instruction provided. This is a private, invitation only session.

Grief Is a Verb, Thursday, December 11, 5:30PM-7:00PM, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, MI (FREE). Create bracelets, pins, and/or magnets in memory of lost loved ones. Express bereavement while honoring your loved ones. Alphabet beads can add words or numbers. Simple techniques use beads and memory wire, along with fabric scraps and magnets. We will be using scissors, memory wire and hot glue guns but no previous experience is needed. Supplies and instruction provided. Phone 517.321.4014 to register. https://www.dtdl.org/

Make a Memory Journal, January 22-23, 2026, 10th Annual Suicide Prevention Education Summit, Saint Johns Resort, Plymouth, MI (REGISTRATION FEE). I will be part of the Resource Gallery at the Kevins Song conference. Supplies and instruction provided to create a simple journal of important thoughts and memories for conference participants.

JANE REITER

Lansing, Michigan USA

Welcome to Retread Art

Jane Reiter

I am a mixed media artist, retired librarian and art teacher. I love to utilize recycled and repurposed "stuff" in my artwork to create collages. I use fabric, fiber, beads, yarn, paper, ink, paint, buttons and more!

Rejoice, restart, reimagine, recycle, reform, rejuvenate, redo......

Who is Jane?

Artist Statement; A love of fiber, fabric, and yarn — along with a sense of adventure and joie de vivre – that’s me! An enthusiastic approach combined with unique combinations of materials – that’s me! A quirky attitude using color, texture, and pattern to express itself – that’s me! A lifetime centered on creating tactile artwork and following an offbeat path — YES. For me, art is fun, provocative, mind boggling, and limitless — welcome to my visual universe.

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

My Mission: Follow an artFULL path

I am an artist living in Delta Township, Eaton County, having relocated from New Jersey to Michigan in 2000. My academic background is in fiber, having earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in studio art. I use mixed media collage as my primary expression, incorporating fiber, yarn, paper, beads, buttons, ephemera and fabric along with stitching, crochet, knitting and more.

Love of color, pattern, texture and a sense of humor infuses my artwork. I have displayed and marketed my art work in exhibitions and shows for several years. I am motivated by repurposing nontraditional materials into fresh and unexpected fabrications.

As a retired librarian, I enjoy incorporating bits and pieces from books and magazines into mixed media collages. Researching mandalas online one day led me to “Zendalas” created from “Zentangle®.” I was seriously intrigued and began looking around at Zendalas and tangled patterns. Zentangle is a meditative and soothing approach to drawing patterns on a variety of surfaces, starting simply with pen and paper. The emphasis on patterns truly feeds off of my previous textile design experience. Consequently, I like to include drawn and painted patterns within my collage pieces.

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Lansing, Michigan 48917-8631 USA

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517.515.9662

retreadart@gmail.com