Enhancing lives through study and creative expression in weaving and fiber arts

Programs & Workshops

Coming Up: 2024-2025 Programs

January 8, 2025 | "Craft as a Site of Free Speech" with Hinda Mandell and Ann Morton

January 15,2025 | "Sheep Tourism"

February 12, 2025 | "The Wide World of Narrow Bands" with Nancy Smothergill

February 19, 2025 | "From Fiberworks to Fabric"

March 12, 2025 | Just the Ticket Auction

March 19, 2025 | "Waulking, a Wet Finishing Technique"

April 9, 2025 | Presentation by Mary McMahon

April 16, 2025 | "Yarn Properties Silk/Cotton/Linen"

May 12-14, 2025 | "Transparency Weaves" Workshop with Rebecca Smith

May 21, 2025 | "Weaving in Circles"

June 11, 2025 | Annual Meeting and picnic

June 18, 2025 | "Celebrate a Year’s Worth of our Projects"

Past programs... 

HANNA ROSE SHELL: SHODDY - FROM DEVIL'S DUST TO THE RENAISSANCE OF RAGS

Guild Meeting Program, November 13, 2024

As Hanna follows the materiality of old clothes, she relates to them as our 'textile skin'.  She took us through the history of recycling used fibers from the Old Rag Man to modern uses.  Shoddy is both the process and product of grinding up fibers for many other purposes.  hannaroseshell.org

KELLY MARSHALL: WEAVING BY DESIGN

Guild Meeting Program, October 9, 2024

Kelly has mastered rep weave from large art installations to small practical items like placemats or handbags of various weights. Designs from traditional to contemporary are based on the deign elements of her clients. Learn more from her book Custom Woven Interiors and her website kellymarshall.com.

MARINA LOEW: WEAVER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: LUCILLE LANDIS AND MARY SNYDER

Guild Meeting Program, September 11, 2024

As Assistant Director and Curator of the Thousand Islands Arts Center, Home of the Handweaving Museum, Mariana shared many weaving samples from Mary Snyder, Lucille Landis and other weavers and their relationships with each other. She announced the new building coming in a couple of years.  She concluded by inviting us to their zoom Weaving History Conference, Oct. 21-23, TIArtsCenter.org/weaving-history-conference.

SUE BLUMENDALE: PAPER GARMENTS

Guild Meeting Program, May 8, 2024

In midlife Mary fell in love with papermaking. Early work included installations of paper on clotheslines, then paper art on walls, and eventually evolved to paper garments with inkjet images. See her work at sueblumendale.com.

KENNITA TULLY: A SENSE OF PLACE

Guild Meeting Program, April 10, 2024

Kennita took us on her morning walks through prairie grass and wildflowers and the various design processes that unfolded as a result as a tapestry artist and teacher in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.

RUTH MANNING: STORIES OF JOSEPH AVENUE

Guild Meeting Program, March 13, 2024

Ruth Manning immersed herself on the corner of Joseph Ave and Ave D, drawing, becoming known by businesses, and residents.  This "project" culminated in a gallery show at Anderson Alley of small tapestries, capturing dancing, festivities, and personalities.  Stop, look, see, stay. It is still a work in progress and she will go back.

MEGAN MACBRIDE: ICELANDIC TEXTILES

Guild Meeting Program, February 14, 2024

This zoom program covered Megan's travels to Iceland, including the wool and sheep industry, history, and landscapes.  Fun fact is that all boys and girls are required to learn to knit in elementary school. Her website is http:sprucecottagehandweaving.com

PAT PAULY: POWER POINT & TRUNK SHOW

Guild Meeting Program, January 10, 2024

Rapid fire fun with fabulous fabrics was Pat's style of presentation as she revealed her inspiration and processes in creating modern art quits. Her work evolved from many pieces in a quilt to creating her own fabric through silk screening and other techniques to one or two piece quilts, most on a large scale. https://www.patpauly.com/