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Artist Opportunities
MidCoast Maine Artists Retreat
02/01/2025 to 12/31/2025
Private Retreat
Rockport, Maine
United States
The quiet pace and stunning coastline of Midcoast Maine offer an ideal environment for artists, writers, designers, thinkers, or seekers to pursue a creative project. The region is considered a mecca for artists, with Rockland known as the Art Capital of Maine. Enjoy an extended stay at a private home in Rockport, ideal for an …
Artist Opportunities
Plan Your Own Retreat
04/01/2025 to 12/31/2025
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
Columbia, North Carolina
United States
Reconnect with nature at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, where inspiration flows as freely as the serene waters of the Scuppernong River. Our beautiful campus offers the perfect setting for your next art retreat, family gathering, small conference, or professional work retreat. With stunning views and peaceful surroundings, Pocosin Arts is a sanctuary for …
Artist Opportunities
STAND UP: Democracy in Stitches
07/16/2025 to 01/20/2029
online
In this uncertain, even frightening time in our country, what is important to you? What will you stand up for? This is a crowd-sourced community art project. Using stitch / fiber / thread / yarn / fabric (but see ***NOTE*** below), you are invited to create small pieces with the unifying theme STAND UP—for truth …
Artist Opportunities
Self Directed Artist Residency
09/01/2025 to 05/30/2026
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft
Columbia, North Carolina
United States
We are thrilled to introduce our new Self-Directed Residency Program! This opportunity is designed for artists seeking uninterrupted studio time in our state-of-the-art facilities. Residents propose a project within a primary studio area—ceramics, metalsmithing, or woodworking. Additionally, there is a mixed media space available for a variety of other projects such as textiles, book arts, …
Exhibitions
THROUGH THE LIGHT_Contemporary Jogakbo by Wonju Seo
09/08/2025 to 12/31/2025
Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University in NY
Stony Brook, New York
United States
Melding tradition with innovation, Through the Light showcases the contemporary Jogakbo (Korean wrapping cloth) art of Wonju Seo. Rooted in the centuries-old Korean textile tradition, Seo’s translucent compositions transform humble fabric into luminous abstractions. Her works echo the geometry of modernist painting while inviting viewers to experience light as a living element—passing through seams, shifting …
Exhibitions
Through The Light: Contemporary Jogakbo by Wonju Seo
09/08/2025 to 12/31/2025
Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040
Stony Brook, New York
United States
Melding tradition with innovation, Through the Light showcases the contemporary Jogakbo (Korean wrapping cloth) art of Wonju Seo. Rooted in the centuries-old Korean textile tradition, Seo’s translucent compositions transform humble fabric into luminous abstractions. Her works echo the geometry of modernist painting while inviting viewers to experience light as a living element—passing through seams, shifting …
Ancestral Libations Pt II: Welsh Wool Slavery and Identity
09/12/2025 to 02/28/2026
National Wool Museum
Carmarthenshire
United Kingdom
The exhibition explores the role of Welsh plains in suppressing and denigrating the African identity of enslaved people, which was reinforced through textiles before colonialism. Lucille Junkere uses masks and other artefacts to portray the Akan, Ashanti, Yorùbá, Igbo, Ibibio, Éwé and Bantu heritage of the people enslaved to work on Britain’s most lucrative plantation, …
Workshops
Lisa Klakulak’s 10 week Online Felt Jewelry Series: Course 1 Foundational Structure
09/28/2025 to 12/14/2025
Explore wet felting of solid form, 2D plane and hollow form for encasing objects through 6 Modules with 10 hrs of video + 40 pages of printable PDFs. Studies culminate in two projects with instructor supported zoom design reviews….
Exhibitions
Two Part Inventions: The Work of Barbara Lee Smith & Debora Muhl
10/02/2025 to 11/15/2025
Gravers Lane Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Gravers Lane Gallery is proud to present Two Part Inventions: The Works of Barbara Lee Smith & Debora Muhl, an intimate exhibition tracing the musicality, memory, and material depth of two skilled fiber artists. Through richly layered wall-works and sculptural coiled vessels, Smith and Muhl translate life’s rhythms into tactile, visual forms—what Smith calls “the …
Workshops
Clayton Keyes: Subterfuge
10/03/2025 to 11/22/2025
108|Contemporary
Tulsa, Oklahoma
United States
108|Contemporary is excited to showcase the work of ceramicist Clayton Keyes in the solo exhibition, “Subterfuge.” On view October 3 – November 22, 2025 this exhibition examines environmental legacy and institutional oppression inviting the viewer into a space of confrontation and reflection. Exhibition opening: Friday, October 3, 2025 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm Artist Talk: …
Exhibitions
Pure Joy
10/09/2025 to 11/26/2025
Express Newark
Newark, New Jersey
United States
Pure Joy Date: Oct 09, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025 Location: Main Gallery, Express Newark, Paul Robeson Galleries, 54 Halsey St Newark, NJ Curators: Newark Arts Festiva…
Call for Entry
Small Expressions 2026 Annual Exhibit of Small Scale Works Call for Entry
10/25/2025 to 04/06/2026
Longue Vue House & Gardens
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Produced by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA), Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibit featuring contemporary small-scale works. The exhibit showcases works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction, including mounting, framing, or display devices. The exhibit is available for travel. Exhibit: Opening …
Call for Entry
Krewe of Threads: Let the Good Times Roll, Wearable Art Exhibit Call for Entry
10/25/2025 to 04/20/2026
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
In New Orleans, music moves through the streets, color fills the air, and celebration takes shape in every detail. This exhibition brings the energy of the city to garments, footwear, headwear, and beyond. From jackets and dresses to hats and shoes, wearable art becomes a stage where fiber techniques—woven, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, pulled, …
Call for Entry
Lagniappe: The Art of Everyday Beauty, Functional Art Exhibit Call for Entry
10/25/2025 to 04/20/2026
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
In New Orleans, lagniappe means “a little something extra”—a gift that surprises, delights, and enriches daily life. This spirit of generosity and artistry inspires the exhibition, which celebrates fiber objects that are not only practical but also designed for their beauty. From handwoven table linens and stitched garments to coiled baskets and felted vessels, these …
Call for Entry
Creative Spirits of the River, Yardage Exhibit Call for Entry
10/25/2025 to 04/20/2026
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Olreans, Louisiana
United States
Like the Mississippi, cloth carries memory. Each thread interlaces stories—of ancestors, of place, of the unseen currents that shape our lives. Artists are invited to enter Creative Spirits of the River, a juried exhibition of constructed and/or embellished yardage that showcases the richness of fiber art techniques. Inspired by New Orleans—a city alive with ghosts, …
Call for Entry
Threaded Revelry: Throw Me Something, Mixed Media Exhibit Call for Entry
10/25/2025 to 04/20/2026
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Celebrate the vibrant intersection of mixed media and fiber techniques. Inspired by the color, movement, and spirit of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parades, this exhibition embraces the joy of spectacle, the layering of traditions, and the artistry of adornment. Artists are invited to explore fiber in all its forms—interlaced, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, pulled, …
Workshops
Design garments with 4×4″ pin looms (Zoom Loom)
11/11/2025
Virtual class
Evolve from making piles of woven squares to creating one-of-a-kind finished garments by using them creatively, as I show in the finished projects from my book Oversize Projects on a Pin Loom. In this class you will learn how to design garments from scratch using 4×4″ squares woven on a pin loom (such as the …
Exhibitions
Altered States at Taste Contemporary
11/12/2025 to 01/14/2026
Taste Contemporary, 7 rue du Vieux Billard
1205 Geneva
Switzerland
Taste Contemporary is pleased to present Altered States; a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Belgian ceramic artist Anne Marie Laureys and Italian fine art photographer Costanza Gastaldi. In this exhibition, ideas within both practices are brought into dialogue with each other as each artist invites us into a space where forms are fluid, unstable, …
Workshops
Printing in Distemper: Woodblock Workshop
11/12/2025
New York School of Interior Design
New York, New York
United States
Don’t miss the hands-on woodblock workshop led by Andrew Raftery on Wednesday, November 12, at 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Andrew will be guiding participants through the technique of distemper printing. You’ll learn how to mix colors, coat grounds, and create stamped patterns using small wood blocks provided by the instructor, along with custom foam …
Exhibitions
Perfectly Lost group exhibition – Walker Fine Art Gallery
11/14/2025 to 01/17/2026
Walker Fine Art Gallery
Denver, Colorado
United States
Wong’s “Guardian of the Spirits” installation transforms trauma into healing through a sewn patchwork of silk, organza, cellophane, and foil, where she cuts and mends transparent surfaces while layering darker veining patterns that reference both harm and the transformative power of repair. Holly Wong. Guardian of the Spirits , 2022, 264 x 144 x 48 …
Workshops
Recycled Weaving Workshop
11/15/2025
Recycled Weaving Workshop
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Saturday, November 15, 6-8pm Join us for a 2-hour therapeutic evening of weaving your plastic waste into your own wall art with sayo from @needsaiii! They will dive into the basics of tapestry weaving including making an easy DIY loom, setting up a loom, transforming plastic waste into strips of material, and different weaving techniques …
Conferences
Textiles Close Up
11/16/2025 to 11/17/2025
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
United States
This November, the Textile Society of America (TSA) will convene artists, scholars, and textile enthusiasts from across the country for a two-day program at the Art Institute of Chicago. At the center is On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, a landmark exhibition that traces how communities across centuries and cultures have turned …
other
Open Call: Textile & Craft Studio Tour in Kyoto, Japan
11/24/2025 to 11/26/2025
Kyoto
Japan
We invite designers and creative professionals from around the world to join a 3-day immersive tour visiting textile studios in the countryside of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Organized in collaboration with Mori Wo Oru (“Weaving the Forest”) and Commoning Studio, this program explores how local materials, landscapes, and traditional craftsmanship continue to inspire contemporary creations. Participants …
Exhibitions
threadbare: a group exhibition of fiber artists at COOP Gallery
11/25/2025 to 12/02/2025
COOP Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
How do fabrics and textiles define us? Is it the softness, the familiar, or the memories certain fibers evoke? Even when threadbare, a story is present. Often, ‘women’s work’ is hidden under each surface – threads exposed or tended, unraveled, mended, twisted, tailored. Threadbare is a group exhibition featuring multi-generational fiber artists from across Nashville …
Artist Opportunities
Celebrate Joyeux Noel – Christmas Markets, Textile Workshops in France
11/29/2025 to 12/07/2025
Celebrate Joyeux Noel
Paris and Reims
France
Paris in the winter is the best kept secret in travel. The city is magical! There are the Christmas window displays, the Champs Elysées Christmas lights, the iconic Eiffel Tower – everything is sparkling. It is after all the city of lights. Three textile workshops – one with artist Anne Kelly, several Christmas markets, a …
Workshops
Design Unique Items with 4×4 Pin Loom Squares
12/02/2025
Now that you know how to make finished 4×4″ woven squares, it is time to move on and make stunning items with them. In this class you will learn the methods I have developed to make decorations, accessories and objects by using multiple woven squares. This class is about fun and creativity most of all. …
Workshops
Visual Haiku and Flax Fiber Collage with Jacqueline Mallegni
01/21/2026 to 01/23/2026
Aya Fiber Studio
Stuart, Florida
United States
Explore Wabi-Sabi through flax roving and natural materials, creating collages and visual haiku. Experiment with texture, mark-making, and materiality to express place and self creatively….
Call for Entry
Art Quilt Elements 2026
03/23/2026 to 04/25/2026
Wayne Art Center
Wayne, Pennsylvania
United States
Art Quilt Elements 2026 is the 17th biennial exhibition of this internationally acclaimed show, unique for its professional presentation of contemporary fine art quilts. The exhibition has been widely praised by reviewers and artists not only for the presentation of the work, but also for the commitment to promoting the art quilt as a fine …
Workshops
THE ART OF CRAFTING FIBER SCULPTURE WITH JACQUELINE MALLEGNI
06/11/2026 to 06/14/2026
Bellissima Art Escapes
Port Orchard, Washington
United States
Join us for an immersive process focused experience exploring the art of handcrafted paper tailored for sculptural applications with Jacqueline Mallegni. This workshop invites you to engage with the themes of imagination, materiality, and a deep sense of place. Discover the joy of creating textured paper using flax roving through a contemporary fusing technique that …
Presentation/Artist Talk
Textile Workshop in Ghana
07/25/2026 to 08/07/2026
Cross Cultural Collaborative
Nungua
Ghana
hands-on workshops with African artisans learning Kente weaving – tie & dye – batik – adinkra and other traditional African textile techniques at our guest house/cultural center in a Ghanaian fishing village : visit museums- galleries- outdoor markets and interact on a personal level with creatives – buy from the makers and learn about the …