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Exhibitions
Bonnie Peterson: Another Glorious Sierra Day
10/16/2020 to 01/09/2022
Fresno Art Museum
Fresno, California
United States
Another Glorious Sierra Day is an exhibition of narrative art about geography and science in the Sierra Nevada. Artist Bonnie Peterson mixes embroidery with a variety of source materials such as scientific data and early explorers’ journals. Wilderness experiences inform her work. Peterson grew up in the Midwest but has been backpacking in the Sierras …
Other
Slow and Local Clothing Project
01/13/2021 to 12/31/2021
So Cal Fibershed
Los Angeles, California
United States
We invite you to join us in a collaborative, creative, community-oriented practice of slow and local clothing. Slow and Local: A Clothing Project is intended to engage our hands and minds in a discovery of the fiber and people of the Southern California bioregion, while making beautiful and enduring clothing. The project will include virtual …
Exhibitions
TEx@ATA online exhibit “Mariana Ortega: Destiny of a Tapestry Weaver/Destino de una tejedora de tapices
02/15/2021 to 03/01/2022
The American Tapestry Alliance presents the newest installment of its online exhibition series, TEx@ATA, made possible by the Laffer Curatorial Program. “Mariana Ortega: Destiny of a Tapestry Weaver/Destino de una tejedora de tapices” is a bilingual exhibit curated by Barbara Burns. Ortega has studied tapestry and exhibited her work in Mexico and Australia. She works …
Exhibitions
Jan R Carson: Illuminated Works
07/30/2021 to 10/10/2021
Foothills Art Center
Golden, Colorado
United States
This solo exhibition features sixteen large-scale works in silk, sewn in repetitive cycles of cutting and stitching. Presented on light box substrates, the darkened seams and illuminated colors reference both Korean bojagi and stained glass. Using her own body’s outline within patterned, nonrepresentational environments, Carson depicts narratives of alienation, invisibility, and powerlessness in a world …
Exhibitions
Once and Again: Alterations by Susan Lenz
08/16/2021 to 10/14/2021
Overcash Gallery at Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Once and Again: Alterations by Susan Lenz is a solo show featuring objects that were once forgotten but have been transformed through fiber and stitch. The familiar objects are used in new and unexpected ways to voice a social concern and suggest new uses for old things. In this exhibit, Lenz takes advantage of the …
Artist Opportunities
The 360 XOCHI QUETZAL Artist and Writer’s Residency Program
08/30/2021 to 08/30/2022
360 XOCHI QUETZAL
Chapala
Mexico
360 XOCHI QUETZAL is a year-round Artist & Writers Residency located on magical Lake Chapala, Mexico. International artists, writers and musicians who would benefit from having uninterrupted time to devote to their creativity are encouraged to write and reserve a 2 week to 4 month personal residency at our beautiful live/work spaces. Visit our website …
Call for Entry
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show
09/02/2021 to 09/30/2021
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show
Wilson, North Carolina
United States
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show at Wilson Art Center located in downtown Wilson, North Carolina. The center has been in operation for over 50 years. The juror Charlotte Fitz Daniels is curator of Janice Hardison Gallery and former executive director at Greenville Museum of Art….
Exhibitions
Inheritance: The Endurance of Land
09/03/2021 to 11/19/2021
Foundry Art Centre
Saint Charles, Missouri
United States
Mandy Pedigo Inheritance: The Endurance of Land September 3 – November 19, 2021 Opening Reception September 3, 5-8 PM Mandy Pedigo’s current body of work is a meditation on landscape, nature, and an unconscious quest to better understand one’s heritage. In her exhibition, Inheritance: The Endurance of Land, the St. Louis-based artist utilizes hand stitching, …
Exhibitions
TRICKSTERS & TRANSFORMATION
09/04/2021 to 10/10/2021
Helms Design Center
Los Angeles, California
United States
Highlighting the artist as Trickster, Agent of Change, or Boundary Crosser in our current age of social upheaval these new works presented by Textile Arts LA may also camouflage the status quo or trick us into new ways of seeing by appearing as one thing while offering up unexpected perspectives. Artists featured include Beth Abaravich, …
Exhibitions
MORE IMPACT: Climate Change
09/22/2021 to 01/02/2022
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
San Jose, California
United States
PRESS RELEASE More IMPACT: Climate Change New Exhibit Opening September 22, 2021 to January 2, 2022 San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Climate change is a prominent topic in current events as we see and experience changes all around us throughout the seasons. Weather extremes, the consequent loss of habitat, and stress on species, …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
09/22/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Crochet Circle: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
09/25/2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Join the Tang Museum on Saturday, September 25, 2-4 pm, for an in-person craft circle as we create corals for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Bring your own materials and your WIPs (works in progress) or start …
Exhibitions
browngrotta arts presents Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences
09/25/2021 to 10/03/2021
browngrotta arts
Wilton, Connecticut
United States
browngrotta arts is pleased to announce its forthcoming exhibition, Japandi: shared aesthetics and influences, exploring common approaches shared between Japanese and Scandinavian cultures through contemporary art. The show will feature 39 fiber and ceramic artists from Denmark, Finland, Japan, Norway, and Sweden. Opening September 25 through October 3, 2021. Japandi is a hybrid union of …
Exhibitions
Paying it Forward: Dreaming Quilts Series, Astrid Hilger Bennett
09/29/2021 to 12/18/2021
International Quilt Museum
Lincoln, Nebraska
United States
“Paying it Forward: Dreaming Quilt Series” is a solo show of 8 full sized quilts in the Pumphrey Family Gallery at the International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 29 – December 18, 2021. 100% of the proceeds of sales of these works will benefit cultural institutions, nonprofits and scholarship programs, Bennett’s way of “Paying it …
Workshops
Fiber and Form: 3D Constructions
10/02/2021 to 10/05/2021
Pacific Northwest Art School
Coupeville, Washington
United States
Join me on beautiful Whidbey Island for this process-oriented workshop where you will learn methods for constructing form with rattan. Methods will include lashing techniques, casting handmade flax fiber paper and applying paper to structures. Demonstrations and problem-solving challenges will lead to a focused personal project. All levels welcome! Instructor provides the following materials: flax, …
Other
Taos Wool Festival
10/02/2021 to 10/03/2021
Kit Carson Park
Taos, New Mexico
United States
The 38th annual Taos Wool Festival will be Saturday Oct 2nd from 9-5 & Sunday Oct 3rd from 9-4 in Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM. A Fiber Market featuring vendors, artists, and craftspeople offering a variety of fiber, yarn, equipment, finished items and much more! Spinning contests, silent auction, fiber arts and sheep shearing demonstrations, …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/06/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Crocheting Corals: Workshop for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/12/2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Join the Tang Museum online, December 7, at 7PM, for a workshop and craft circle to crochet hyperbolic corals for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Your corals will be assembled together to form the Saratoga Springs Satellite …
Lectures
Contemporary Voices: Cayce Zavaglia
10/12/2021
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
The back of an embroidery is usually hidden from view, but American artist Cayce Zavaglia celebrates the verso image in her large-scale portraits that can be viewed from both sides — a metaphor for the public and private self. In this talk, Zavaglia will discuss her obsession with the verso side of her embroidered portraits …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/13/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Exhibitions
Luminous
10/16/2021 to 11/14/2021
Dedee Shattuck Gallery
Westport, Massachusetts
United States
Kate Barber and Mo Kelman are co-curators of the exhibition, “Luminous,” on view at the Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, Massachusetts, October 16 – November 14. Kate and Mo will show their work along with SDA member, Saberah Malik, as well as artists Barbara Owen and Saman Sajasi. The opening reception will be Saturday, October 16, …
Workshops
Shaping Space with Flax Fiber/Jacqueline Mallegni, Instructor
10/20/2021
Curly Girl Art Studio
Port Townsend, Washington
United States
“Your eyes and mind will be intrigued by the ever-changing patterns created by paper forms and the empty spaces they define.” Spend the day learning this non-traditional papermaking technique. We will transform flax roving into beautiful textured paper, then shape space by creating an ethereal sculpture. Flax fiber paper can be used with book art …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/20/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Exhibitions
Billie Zangewa: Thread for a Web Begun
10/21/2021 to 02/27/2022
Museum of the African Diaspora
San Francisco, California
United States
Thread for a Web Begun, Malawi-born, Johannesburg-based artist, Billie Zangewa’s (b. 1973) first solo museum exhibition, includes examples of the artist’s work from the past 15 years, as well as new pieces made specifically for this presentation. Zangewa creates intricate collages composed of hand-stitched fragments of raw silk. These figurative compositions explore contemporary intersectional identity …
Workshops
The Ethereal Nature of Paper/Jacqueline Mallegni, Instructor
10/25/2021
Curly Girl Art Studio
Port Townsend, Washington
United States
In this non-traditional papermaking workshops we’ll transform flax roving into beautiful textured paper to be used with mono-printing, collage and folded books. The class is designed to make friends with our inner-critic and to have fun. No-experience with papermaking necessary. At the end of the day you will have paper that may or may not …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/27/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Crochet Circle: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
10/30/2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Join the Tang Museum on Saturday, October 30, 2–4PM, for an in-person craft circle as we create corals for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Bring your own materials and your WIPs (works in progress) or start something …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
11/03/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
11/10/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
11/17/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Crochet Circle: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
11/20/2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Join the Tang Museum on Saturday, November 20, 2–4PM, for an in-person craft circle as we create corals for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Bring your own materials and your WIPs (works in progress) or start something …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
12/01/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Crocheting Corals: Workshop for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
12/07/2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Join the Tang Museum online, December 7, at 7PM, for a workshop and craft circle to crochet hyperbolic corals for the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Your corals will be assembled together to form the Saratoga Springs Satellite …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
12/08/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Workshops
Lunchtime Crochet: Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef
12/15/2021
ONLINE (via Tang Museum, Skidmore College)
Saratoga Springs, New York
United States
Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an online drop-in crocheting session from noon to 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals for a massive community art project, the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim …
Exhibitions
International Workshop-Exhibition
05/01/2022 to 05/07/2022
Brussels
Belgium
International Exhibition “Art of Eastern Europe” (International Exhibition Art of the East”) from 1 to 20 May 2022 in the International Court of Justice in Brussels, Belgium. Group Exhibition-Sale – ‘International Art Exhibition’ (International Exhibition Art of Eastern Europe).” The exhibition will feature works by Eastern European artists. The theme and technique of the exhibition …