R E S O U R C E S A T - L A R G E
Listing of Resources Providing
Information to the Fiber Art Community
Information to the Fiber Art Community
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AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL
We Champion Craft The American Craft Council is the leading arts nonprofit cultivating a culture of making. COME JOIN US craftcouncil.org Melissa Cody is a fourth-generation Navajo weaver from a family known for textiles of extraordinary quality, Cody was just 5 when she started learning the craft. Together with her mother, grandmother, aunts, siblings, and cousins, she grew up selling her pieces at such venues as the famed Santa Fe Indian Market.
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Weaving was so much a part of daily life that, she says, “I thought all little girls had looms in their living rooms.”
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Martha Christian, "Tennessee Topography" 2004, 80.5" x 79"
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AMERICAN TAPESTRY ALLIANCE The American Tapestry Alliance (ATA) is engaged in a wide range of educational, exhibition, outreach and promotional programs. San Jose, CA americantapestryalliance.org |
CaFÉ (CallForEntry.org)
FOR ARTISTS!
Find calls. Apply. Manage your entries.
CaFÉ™ is a program of The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), a regional non-profit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Founded in 1974, WESTAF is located in Denver and governed by a 22-member board of trustees comprised of arts leaders in the West. The organization serves the largest constituent territory of the six U.S. regional arts organizations that includes the state arts agencies, artists, and arts organizations of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
www.callforentry.org
FOR ARTISTS!
Find calls. Apply. Manage your entries.
CaFÉ™ is a program of The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), a regional non-profit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Founded in 1974, WESTAF is located in Denver and governed by a 22-member board of trustees comprised of arts leaders in the West. The organization serves the largest constituent territory of the six U.S. regional arts organizations that includes the state arts agencies, artists, and arts organizations of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
www.callforentry.org
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CALIFORNIA FIBERS
California Fibers, founded in 1970, supports artistic growth and professional advancement for contemporary Southern California fiber artists. The imagination and superb craftsmanship of these artists place them in the highest echelon in their fields. The group has an extensive exhibition history in the USA and abroad. Many of its members are well-represented in museums and private collections and are recipients of prestigious awards from around the world . Their creative expression includes weaving, basketry, sculpture, quilting, embroidery, felting, surface design, knitting, crochet, wearables and mixed media. www.CaliforniaFibers.com |
Charlotte Bird, Life Cycle 2015, 37 x 41 inches
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Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder, 1977, by Susanna Lewis (Private collection) Photo by Otto Stupakoff © Julie Schafler Dale
Lugano Museum of Culture
Dayak: The Art of the Head-hunters of Borneo Through May 17, 2020 Lugano, Switzerland Contact This recently opened exhibition, dedicated to the art and material culture of the Dayak people from Borneo, is the largest of its kind in the last forty-five years. On display are 170 works mostly produced between the early19th and mid 20th centuries. These objects of great charm and mystery are on loan from the MUSEC, four other Swiss ethnological museums and private collections. |
ClothRoads
Travel with us on ClothRoads to a world of authentic textile culture. Here you’ll find folk and collectible textiles, accessories, fabric, and fiber art materials from many corners of the globe, along with fascinating stories of indigenous artisans and ancient techniques used in traditional and modern ways. From the rivers of India to the mountaintops of Peru, we go directly to villages and cooperatives to bring you these textile stories and the work of skilled artisans who are dyeing, weaving, spinning, printing and embroidering some of world’s most beautiful objects. When you purchase from ClothRoads, you help us to build and develop new markets that allow artisans and communities, especially women and girls, to flourish. Retail Studio Now Open in Loveland, Colorado www.clothroads.com |
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FIBER ART NOW/FIBER ART NETWORK
Fiber Art Now is a quarterly print and digital magazine for the contemporary fiber art community. The Fiber Art Network is a community organization in support of fiber artists, collectors, enthusiasts, and leaders in the fiber art and textiles community. Members receive a subscription to Fiber Art Now, as well as grants and awards, increased opportunities to show and sell work, resources and promotions for teachers, discounts with partner organizations, online meet-ups for professional development, and access to Fiber Art Now archives. fiberartnow.net |
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The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
is located on GW's Foggy Bottom campus at 701 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The Textile Museum was established in 1925 by collector and connoisseur George Hewitt Myers to expand public knowledge and appreciation—locally, nationally, and internationally—of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world's textiles through scholarship, exhibitions, and educational programs. Today, its collections of more than 20,000 textiles and related objects represent five millennia and five continents, including cultures from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The 20,000-volume Arthur D. Jenkins Library of Textile Arts is one of the world’s foremost resources for the study of textiles. museum.gwu.edu/textile-museum |
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HANDWEAVERS GUILD OF AMERICA Founded in 1969 to inspire creativity and encourage excellence in the fiber arts, Handweavers Guild of America brings together weavers, spinners, dyers, basketmakers, fiber artists, and educators. HGA provides educational programs, conferences, and an award-winning quarterly publication, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, to its members as it seeks to increase awareness of and appreciation for the fiber arts. www.weavespindye.org |
CALL FOR ENTRY
The Handweavers Guild of America is Accepting Entries for the Small Expressions Exhibit Deadline: February 26, 2019 CONVERGENCE 2020
is heading to the Smoky Mountains for 2020! HGA is excited to announce Convergence ® will be in Knoxville, Tennessee July 24-30, 2020 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The Leader Application is now available. Keep checking back to this website, watch for announcements in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot and look for emails with more information about Convergence® Knoxville 2020. www.weavespindye.org |
THE KINDCRAFT BRIEF
A twice-monthly digest of notable stories, products, and events related to ethical design, craft, and global creative culture. brief.thekindcraft.com
A twice-monthly digest of notable stories, products, and events related to ethical design, craft, and global creative culture. brief.thekindcraft.com
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THE NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM
Located in a 27,000 square foot facility in historic downtown Paducah, Kentucky, the museum's three galleries feature exhibits of the finest quilt and fiber art in the world. The museum features three exhibit galleries. The museum's vibrant and breathtaking exhibits are rotated 8-10 times per year. The primary gallery features quilts from the museum's collection which includes over 600 works of art. The two other galleries feature unique and diverse traveling exhibits. quiltmuseum.org Right
13th Quilt Japan "I Want to be a Tree" by artist Misko Kuwahara of Tokushima. At The National Quilt Museum through January 15th. The Quilt Nihon (Japan) Exhibition is an international exhibition sponsored by the Japan Handicraft Instructors’ Association (JHIA). It is the biggest quilting contest in Japan, and was conceived to promote patchwork and quilting. |
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NBO works to support the many guilds throughout the country and in Canada. These guilds are the bedrock of basketry education, offering a local or regional welcome to people interested in basketry. Here is a compiled list of the many guilds and their locations, along with the website or Facebook link for contact information. nationalbasketry.org/basketry-craft-guilds |
NATIONAL BASKETRY ORGANIZATION The National Basketry Organization is a non-profit organization that unites people interested in basketry to provide education and to promote basket making. Founded in the late 1990’s, the organization now has over 700 members, most of whom live in the United States and Canada. Although most of NBO’s members are basket makers, membership includes collectors, gallery owners, scholars, craft and art schools and museums. Gloucester, Massachusetts nationalbasketry.org |
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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is to promote and celebrate the art, creators, craft, and history of quilts and textiles. The Museum is the nexus for fiber artists, art lovers, collectors, quilters, and crafters who share a passion for fiber art and a deep commitment to its preservation and evolution. www.sjquiltmuseum.org |
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STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATES
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation, and publications. SAQA defines an art quilt as "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure." Founded in 1989 by an initial group of 50 artists, SAQA now has over 3,400 members: artists, teachers, collectors, gallery owners, museum curators and corporate sponsors. A dedicated core of volunteers and staff keep the organization vibrant, dynamic, and progressive. www.saqa.com |
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SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION The Surface Design Association is an international organization focused on inspiring creativity, encouraging innovation, and advocating for artistic excellence as the global leader in textile-inspired art and design. Our mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of textile-inspired art and design through publications, exhibitions, and conferences. www.surfacedesign.org |
Eva Camacho-Sanchez's piece "The Scars we Carry"
is in our member gallery Order/Chaos! www.surfacedesign.org/membergalleries/order-chaos |
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TEXTILE ARTIST .org
A place for textile and fiber artists to be inspired, learn from the best, promote their work & communicate with like-minded creatives. www.textileartist.org 
Julie Peppito: Making a statement through textile art
juliepeppito.com We’re Joe and Sam Pitcher. We’re brothers from a small town in the north of England. And neither of us are textile artists.
OK. We forgive you for thinking, why on earth are these guys so excited by fiber art? One word. Mum. |
Suhandan Özay Demirkan: Fiber Language Art Shoes & Textiles
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Metamorphism – Magdalena Abakanowicz
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NARRATIVE THREADS: CRAFTING THE CANADIAN QUILT
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The TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA
Toronto, Ontario The Textile Museum of Canada (TMC) is the only museum in Canada that explores ideas and builds cultural understanding through the universally relevant media of textiles. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, the Museum’s permanent collection spans nearly 2,000 years and consists of more than 13,000 artifacts. A leader in the digitization of collections and interactive environments, the TMC has been recognized the world over for innovation in the development of landmark educational, research and creative initiatives. www.textilemuseum.ca |
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The Weavers Guild of Minnesota (“WGM”) is dedicated to preserving and advancing the arts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing. Since its founding in 1940 by six women, including Hilma Berglund, WGM has established itself as a nationally-recognized resource for the arts of weaving, spinning, and dyeing. WGM offers over 150 classes and events annually, serving nearly 700 new and experienced fiber artists each year. It was the catalyst in the formation of the Textile Center, where WGM currently maintains classroom, retail, and library space. Located inside the Textile Center building, 3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414
www.weaversguildmn.org
(This is my home town. This is a wonderful organization. ed.)
www.weaversguildmn.org
(This is my home town. This is a wonderful organization. ed.)
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Hiromi Paper, Inc. is devoted to the creation of a greater rapport between Japanese papermakers, printmakers, artists, conservators, designers and bookmakers, while developing new directions and a deeper understanding of Japanese papers or WASHI.
Our inventory includes papers from throughout all of Japan. We have a very close working relationship with many papermakers and are therefore in the unique position to offer custom made papers suitable for the individual project needs of our customers. |
The World of Washi Newsletter was created as an educational and informative tool for paper enthusiasts and Hiromi Paper supporters. By mixing in articles from Japan and around the world along with current news and upcoming events, World of Washi continues to be an interactive space for communication between Hiromi Paper and our fans.
Visit the showroom at: 9469 Jefferson Blvd., Suite 117, Culver City, CA. 90232 United States |
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WORLD OF THREADS FESTIVAL
Showcasing contemporary fibre and textile art in all forms. Festival 2018 will be focused around Queen Elisabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. In addition to the beautiful gallery, we will also be using the Display Area Gallery, the Corridor Galleries, lobby and open public spaces of the entire facility. (This is a Bi-Annual Exhibition) worldofthreadsfestival.com |
