Author Archive: MPlummer
Haitian 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 readingCNCH 2014 Registration Now Open
Registration for the CNCH 2014 Conference is now open. * Register Here View full conference site here. View class schedule here. *If you processed your registration online early (prior to 9am November 1), please be aware that your information was submitted to a test database and must be re-entered.
Continue readingScholarship Raffle 2014
You have all heard of getting something from nothing and making a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Basically, it’s making something wonderful–or at least nice– out of scraps that might normally be thrown away. Since we are all fiber artists, we all have scraps. The pieces left after cutting out a garment, the thrums lefts after you’ve […]
Continue readingWeaver’s Estate Sale
WEAVER’S ESTATE SALE SEPT 28, 2013 8AM-4PM SEVERAL LOOMS AND WHEELS 48” GILMORE 4 HARNESS FLOOR LOOM with/without bench 16” FLOOR LOOM 60” Glimarka Regina TAPESTRY LOOM with books and videos, 6 and 10 epi reeds 1981 Nagy Wood Spin Spinning Wheel – from New Zealand – treadle broken, with 3 bobbins Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel with Lazy […]
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 readingSheila O’Hara workshop – September 21 – 23
Turning over a New Leaf – or Petal! Enjoy three days of learning with Sheila O’Hara September 21 – 23, 2013 Get hands-on weaving experience in the unique multiple warp weave structure that Sheila O’Hara has developed. Students will create an 8 shaft reversible scarf on table looms they will bring pre-warped to class. 8 […]
Continue readingSpin to a Standard Workshop – August 17
Spin to a Standard Workshop with Stephenie Gaustad “Good Stuff and More Of It!” August 17, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Glencoe, California There are 3 spots still available for this fabulous class! We will be addressing tools and techniques to make the yarn you want, and be more productive at the […]
Continue readingTEXTILE * GAMES — Wrap up
There is nothing like a photo album to send you down memory lane. Although CNCH 2013 was just a couple of weeks ago, we are still reminiscing about our good times at Squaw Valley and since we had some great photographers in attendance, the 2013 committee wanted to share their pictures with everyone. The Textile […]
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
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