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Exhibitions
Virtual presentation of Vibrations on Fibers 21 Retrospective, by Paulette-Marie Sauvé
06/01/2022 to 04/30/2025
Museum of Fine Craft of Quebec / Musée des métiers d’art du Québec (MUMAQ)
This virtual presentation of Vibrations on Fibers 21 Retrospective, is a perpetual Virtual 360 degree presentation of a major exhibition of textile art by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, shown from April 15 to June 20, 2021 at the Museum of Fine Craft of Quebec / Musée des métiers d’art du Québec (MUMAQ) in Montreal, Quebec. Françoise Cloutier …
Exhibitions
Here and There Contemporary Tapestries by Linda Giesen
09/04/2022 to 09/25/2022
Unity Church-Unitarian Parish Hall Gallery
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
Here and There Contemporary Tapestries by Linda Giesen September 4 – September 25, 2022 Unity Church-Unitarian Parish Hall Gallery 733 Portland Avenue St. Paul MN 55104 Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2022 5:30 – 7:00 PM Linda Giesen lives in New Mexico and Minnesota. Her art is influenced by the landscapes that surround her: the …
Exhibitions
Beyond: Tapestry Expanded
08/26/2024 to 12/08/2024
Peeler Art Center, DePauw University
Greencastle, Indiana
United States
BEYOND: TAPESTRY EXPANDED EXHIBITION The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 10 W. Hanna St., Greencastle, IN, August 26th through December 8th, 2024. The American Tapestry Alliance presents Beyond: Tapestry Expanded, an exhibition of national and international contemporary artists exploring the language of textiles within their work. Beyond: Tapestry Expanded is curated by Erica …
Exhibitions
Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles
08/31/2024 to 10/20/2024
Schweinfurth Art Center
Auburn, New York
United States
Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles features more than 75 works by a diverse group of eight American artists who challenge conventional expectations of printed textiles within contemporary art. Using various techniques and materials, these artists transform fabric-based prints into meditations on personal, political, and social conditions. Participating artists are Danielle Andress, Nancy …
Exhibitions
Treasures of Adverse Possession / Arquetopia
09/06/2024 to 10/18/2024
The Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
San Francisco, California
United States
Shimmering feathers and precious gems unravel the Secrets of Empire: Arquetopia Celebrates it’s 15th anniversary with Francisco Guevara’s art exhibition From the legends of Moctezuma’s Aztec gold and the mythical kingdom of El Dorado to the lore of the Golden Age of Piracy, including Francis Drake and the riches of the Spanish galleon *Esperanza*, the …
Exhibitions
Stephanie Metz: In the Glow
09/14/2024 to 12/29/2024
Triton Museum of Art
Santa Clara, California
United States
Stephanie Metz: In the Glow September 14 – December 29, 2024 Santa Clara, 8/26/24– The Triton Museum of Art presents Stephanie Metz: In the Glow, an exhibition debuting a series of evocative fiber sculptures. Wool felt and body-like forms combined with reflected color explore themes of soft power, aesthetic perception, and the paradoxes of female …
Exhibitions
‘Handle with Care’ Exhibition from Lea-Anne Sheather
09/16/2024 to 11/02/2024
Te Kōputu a te Whanga a Toi - Whakatāne Libraries and Galleries
Whakatane
New Zealand
Handle With Care To speak of the earth… as a living field of relationships between beings- each with its own openness or creativity- is to speak in accord with our senses, and with our bodily experience of the world around us…This primordial form of experience, which returns us from the pretence of disembodied detachment…engenders a …
Exhibitions
Dakota Transit: Sonic Couture by Andrea Aranow
10/01/2024 to 11/17/2024
Origins and Legacies Gallery, 516 NW 14th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
Portland, Oregon
United States
Located in New York’s legendary East Village neighborhood, Dakota Transit was Andrea Aranow’s statement on what high fashion ought to be: fun, expressive, and bold. The store opened at the peak of the “Youthquake” of the 1960’s and fused elements of psychedelia and funk with a burgeoning proto-punk sensibility. Aranow became renowned for her use …
Exhibitions
Fem-utility Closet
10/04/2024 to 10/27/2024
IA+A Hillyer
Washington, District of Columbia
United States
Opening reception: Friday, October 4, 6-8 pm Fem-utility Closet offers you the time and space to fully feel, engage, and contemplate the world you’ve entered, potentially evoking a sense of wonder and delight. As you get closer to the objects and materials, you may begin to think about the everydayness of what is around you …
Exhibitions
Threads of Time: Textile Legacies from Junín, Peru
10/10/2024 to 11/17/2024
Origins and Legacies Gallery, 516 NW 14th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
Portland, Oregon
United States
While traveling in Peru, Andrea Aranow was drawn in by the stunning beauty of the landscape, the rich culture, and the continued use of handwoven clothing around her. After six months serving as the regional textile researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Aranow saw examples of textiles from the Central Highlands in the Andes …
Workshops
Functional & Useful Basketry with Pamela Wilson
10/12/2024 to 10/13/2024
Peters Valley School of Craft
Layton, New Jersey
United States
This workshop is for both beginner and intermediate basketmakers, where you will learn or review basic basket weaving techniques such as twining, over/under and chase weaving on the first day to create a market basket. On the second day, participants will start with a basic rectangular base and then choose how you wish to weave …
Workshops
Wabi-Sabi: Paper Sculpture & Collage
10/16/2024 to 11/06/2024
Maine Media
Rockport, Maine
United States
This ONLINE 4-part series is an invitation to immerse yourself in creative process with natural materials. The workshop focuses on contemporary papermaking with flax fiber, armature building and collage incorporating concepts and philosophies of Asian aethetics….
Workshops
The Humble Art of (Dyed) Handbrooms with Erin Rouse
10/19/2024 to 10/20/2024
Peters Valley School of Craft
Layton, New Jersey
United States
Part household essential, part woven sculpture, brooms have a rich history and are fun to make. Come learn to weave a variety of classic American sorghum hand brooms and branch out into experimental shapes and bindings. We will dip into natural dyeing with a demonstration of techniques and considerations for dyeing raw fiber. Some natural …
Workshops
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
10/19/2024
Craft in America
Los Angeles, California
United States
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for …
Presentation/Artist Talk
Woven Together: An Event in Support of Intertwine Arts
10/24/2024
Caelum Gallery
New York, New York
United States
Intertwine Arts is excited to welcome you to a benefit in support of the extraordinary weavers from our workshops. Our goal is to raise funds in support of our workshops and virtual weaving programs, designed for people of all ages with cognitive or physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. The evening will be one of community, …
Artist Opportunities
Funded Artist Residencies
11/01/2024 to 11/30/2024
Peters Valley School of Craft
Layton, New Jersey
United States
Through the incredible generosity of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Peters Valley School of Craft is excited to offer fully funded guest artist residencies for November of 2024! A limited number of artists will be selected to spend either two weeks or one month each in our fully equipped surface design and/or weaving studio immersing themselves in …
Workshops
Quilting for the Home with Caroline Silverman
11/02/2024 to 11/03/2024
Peters Valley School of Craft
Layton, New Jersey
United States
This workshop will be the perfect opportunity to bring your quilting plans to life! Have you been wanting to add a beautiful quilted throw pillow to your living room, or bring a quilted tote bag with you to the market? Maybe you have been thinking about some quilted stockings, or a quilted table runner to …
Workshops
Painting and Sculpting with Wool
11/09/2024 to 11/10/2024
Schweinfurth Art Center
Auburn, New York
United States
Learn the art of wet felting and needle felting over this 2-day course, taught by Mallory Zondag. Students will explore wool’s versatility as an artistic medium, using pre-felt, mosaic, and needle felting techniques to create realistic paintings and 3-dimensional sculptures….
Conferences
2024 TSA Symposium- Shifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles
11/12/2024 to 11/17/2024
Online via Zoom
The 2024 Textile Society of America Symposium, Shifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles, will take place online November 12-17. The program will include: – Over 100 individual papers grouped into sessions. – Over 20 organized sessions, panel discussions, roundtable discussions, and “warp speed” presentations. – Keynote lectures and panel discussions featuring …
Artist Opportunities
Fall Fiber Retreat 2024
11/15/2024 to 11/17/2024
Schweinfurth Art Center
Auburn, New York
United States
Fiber artists of all kinds are invited to meet at the Schweinfurth Art Center for a weekend of creativity at our biannual retreat. Participants will have full access to the Art Center’s spacious sewing and dye/wet studios. Lunch is provided. Just bring yourself and your work!…
Call for Entry
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art Biennial
11/16/2024
Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center
New Albany, Indiana
United States
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art Biennial is a biennial juried exhibit of contemporary quilt art held at the Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center in New Albany, Indiana. All works must be quilted (two or more distinct layers held together with stitches). The layers may include fiber and textile materials, but this is not …
Workshops
Beadwoven Ropes with Mara Colecchia
11/16/2024
Craft in America
Los Angeles, California
United States
This workshop teaches the creation of playful beaded ropes that can be worn like lariat necklaces, knotted on one’s décolleté. Colecchia will demonstrate three specific tubular weaving techniques: Chenille, Peyote and Cubic Right Angle, as well as how to transition from one to another. Colecchia will discuss her beading style, showcasing different types of lariats, …
Workshops
Mind Your Mending Online Workshop
12/02/2024 to 12/06/2024
Maria Welych
Auburn, New York
United States
Get ahead of the fashion scene and restore your soul as you take time to mend, meditate, stitch, and recycle in this 5-day online workshop with artist Rosalie Dace. Take an old torn jacket, jeans with a gaping hole, or a favorite worn-out shirt and turn them into something unexpected and updated with simple appliqué …
Artist Opportunities
Celebrate Hawaiian Textiles
03/04/2025 to 03/16/2025
Celebrate Hawaiian Textiles
Kona, Hawaii
United States
This isn’t your ordinary textile retreat! Celebrate Hawaiian Textiles, held by Sew & Sew Retreats, March 4 – 16, 2025, will explore two islands by experiencing the culture, taking time to relax and enjoy sun-filled moments, AND participating in multiple textile workshops! We start in Honolulu, Oahu where we will learn a bit about the …
Artist Opportunities
Materiality: The Art of Making Retreat
03/16/2025 to 03/21/2025
Mabel Dodge Luhan House
Taos, New Mexico
United States
Experience spring renewal and sense of place beneath your feet with Jacqueline Mallegni. Be enticed by the natural beauty surrounding you at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. Take a deep dive into fiber sculpture during this 5-day all-inclusive workshop retreat with time to develop projects and ideas through materiality. Explore …
Artist Opportunities
Metamorphosis, Arquetopia Summer Program
07/14/2025 to 08/11/2025
Arquetopia
Puebla
Mexico
ArquetopiaSUMMER is back!, our flagship residency, is an intensive international critical program aimed at expanding artistic practices through the application of new methodologies and innovative approaches. The goal is to recenter ethics in the process of creating images while rethinking creative practices through Arquetopia’s methodology and program framework, by intersecting academic knowledge, scholarly discourse, and …