Category Archives: Fiber Arts
Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity
Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity January 29, 2014 – April 27, 2014 San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity is a retrospective of the San Francisco Bay Area Art-to-Wear movement and traces the evolution of the rich history and legacy of this genre from its inception in the 1960s to the current group […]
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Monday evening, January 20th, 7 pm, step out of the house and join us! The Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild is hosting Anastasia Azure and get to hear about her woven sculpture with fishing line. Using double cloth technique, she transforms metals and plastics into dimensional weave forms. She will discuss her participation in a recent […]
Continue readingContemporary Basketry at Marin Headlands Visitor Center
Marin Headlands Visitor Center Exhibit Presents Bay Area Basket Makers Now through end of March 2014 Contemporary Basketry: Traditions Transformed Traditional techniques get contemporary interpretations as Bay Area Basket Makers (BABM) artisans transform a variety of natural materials, handmade papers, found objects & uncommon fibers into sculptural forms. www.bayareabasketmakers.wordpress.com The Marin Headlands Visitor Center is located in the historic Fort Barry Chapel, at the intersection […]
Continue readingLooms for Sale
The MotherLode Weavers & Spinners has three looms available for sale. Kathy Nystrom is the contact for all. She can be reached at 209-588-1514 or kathy.nystrom2@gmail.com Gilmore-like loom–Loom #1 It’s a 36” loom with a 34” 10-dent stainless steel reed. It has 4 harnesses & 6 treadles & lots of heddles. It’s 45” wide x […]
Continue readingHaitian Drapo Vodou: Tradition and Innovation
Haitian Drapo Vodou: Tradition and Innovation A lecture by Susan Tselos Saturday, January 19, 2014 – 10AM, Koret Auditorium, deYoung Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. The Textile Arts Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is proud to present Haitian Drapo Vodou: Tradition and Innovation, a lecture by Susan Tselos, independent […]
Continue readingBay Area Basketmakers Show
Bay Area Basketmakers (BABM) is holding a show at the Albany Arts Gallery 8/31 – 9/15. We are participating in the Solano Art Stroll, Sunday September 8, 9am – 8pm. Come see basketry demos, music and enjoy the ambiance throughout the length of Solano Avenue.
Continue readingFiber Art VI
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts & The Surface Design Association are proud to announce FIBER ART VI, —one of the largest international juried fiber art exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area—running October 24 through November 30, 2013. We will be hosting this show in our newly renovated, state of the art gallery, located 45 minutes from San Francisco, in the […]
Continue readingArtist Residency
360 XOCHI QUETZAL is a FREE artist residency located in Chapala, Mexico on the shores of the largest lake in Mexico. Fiber artists, writers, visual artists, musicians and scholars will find inspiration from the beauty of the lake and surrounding mountains. Applications are due August 17, 2013 through CAFÉ www.callforentry.org for residency in October 2013. For more information:http://www.deborahkruger.com/1/art-residency.html
Continue readingCelebration of Craftswomen
Celebration of Craftswomen, 35th Annual Show Dates: 11/9/13 – 11/11/13 Application Deadline: 5/31/13 REQUIREMENTS: Media Images: 6 (a booth shot is required) General Information Continually ranked in Art Fair Source Book’s Top 200 Craft Fairs! For over three decades, The Women’s Building Celebration of Craftswomen has allowed Bay Area residents, along with visitors to San Francisco from throughout […]
Continue readingSpinning Silk with Sara Lamb
Sara Lamb will be giving a one-day workshop on Spinning Silk for the Redwood Guild on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The workshop will be held in Santa Rosa with the exact location to be announced. Sara Lamb is a longtime hand spinner, weaver and dyer. She is known to be an excellent teacher, so here’s […]
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