New book!
Februrary 28, 2024
Tapestry with Pulled Warp: Inspiration, Technique, and the Creative Process will be published February 28, 2024. Available from Schiffer Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your favorite bookseller.
Designed for adventurous weavers of all skill levels who love a new challenge, this is the first book on the intriguing pulled warp technique.
Used through the decades by a handful of weavers to create 3-D tapestries, and also to make flat tapestries that bend and curve, pulled warp helps weavers achieve exciting results. Susan Iverson, a professional weaver who has spent years researching and using this technique, is known for her skillful teaching style. Pre-order here.
Small Expressions: Touring Exhibition
December 8, 2023 - February 15, 2024
Yadkin Valley Fiber Center, Elkin, NC
March 18 - May 31, 2024
Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Past July 5 - September 3, 2023
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA
Past September 21 - November 9, 2023
Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition showcasing contemporary small-scale works using fiber techniques in any media. Small in scale but visually compelling, HGA’s Small Expressions exhibit features work that speaks to the intricacy of expression, intimacy of design, thoughtful communication, and visual excitement. The artists in this exhibit create a big impact through small pieces. Learn more.
Pulling Warp & Pushing Ideas
Online Seminar
March 30, 2024 - 10AM PST
The presentation will be approximately an hour long and followed by a 30-minute Q&A. This online artists talk has been sponsored by the Damascus Fiber Arts School.
Register
Conference of Northern California Handweavers
Keynote Speaker & Workshop Leader
April 25 - 28, 2024
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Rohnert Park, CA
The conference will be held in beautiful Sonoma County, home to majestic redwoods, acres of vineyards, and rugged coastlines. The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is in Rohnert Park, CA, right off the 101 freeway. The property has a golf course across the street, a large pool onsite, and access to dozens of wineries nearby.
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Pulled Warp Workshop
May 17 - 19, 2024
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Open book Building
Minneapolis, MN
Since its founding in 1940 by twenty-six individuals, including Hilma Berglund, the Weavers Guild of Minnesota has established itself as a nationally-recognized resource for the arts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing. Learn more.
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 31, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Reception: June 7, 11am - 2pm
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, DC
Cotton, wool, polyester, silk — fiber is felt in nearly every aspect of our lives. The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday material throughout the twentieth century.
The thirty-four selected artworks piece together an alternative history of American art. Accessible and familiar, fiber handicrafts have long provided a source of inspiration for women. Their ingenuity with cloth, threads, and yarn was dismissed by many art critics as menial labor. The artists in this exhibition took up fiber to complicate this historic marginalization and also revolutionize its import to contemporary art. They drew on personal experiences, particularly their vantage points as women, and intergenerational skills to transform humble threads into resonant and intricate artworks. Learn more.
Holding Space
Group Exhibition, Curator: Erika Diamond
June 23 - August 4, 2024
Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries, Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY
Learn more.