EVENTS

MAFA Movie Night

Our next Movie Night will be Wednesday, May 8th,
at 7 p.m. ET.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER MOVIE NIGHT:

https://zoom.us/j/96800027165?pwd=dzhvQUhYZzN1a0ZhMEtNTU9PV2kxZz09

Passcode: 294759

Our featured fiber artist will be Ed Bing Lee

Visit his website at edbinglee.net/


Jun 22, 2024 - June 23, 2024 (9AM - 5PM)

Workshop in New Hampshire

Identifying and Dating Historic Everyday Textiles

TAUGHT BY: Rabbit Goody

Workshop Fee: $250.00

How do we know what we know about woven fabrics and the weavers who wove them? This workshop will teach you how to look at and evaluate flat woven textiles from the 18th and 19th century. Microscopic analysis of fibers, yarn types, weave structures and who was weaving what and when will be explored. Link for more information.


 Irresistible: The Global Patterns of Ikat

Through June 1, 2024


Robbie LaFleur Tapestry Workshop & Lecture

May 9, Thursday evening — 1 hour guild-wide lecture, 6:30 pm at the guild house

May 10 Friday — workshop 9-4pm (1 hour off for lunch each day)
May 11, Saturday — workshop 9-4pm
May 12, Sunday (Mother’s Day) — workshop 9-4pm

Workshop students are encouraged to attend the guild-wide lecture the night before the workshop as it is a good introduction to the artist Frida Hansen and her methods.

Location: Guild House, 3705 Main Street, Philadelphia (Manayunk), PA

Tuition: $400 Members, $435 Non-members

For more information and to register click HERE


August 14-18, 2024

For those interested in submitting fiber work into the Middletown Grange Fair this August, please see the attached document below.



Bold: Color from Test Tube to Textile

“Our new exhibition takes visitors on a colorful journey through more than 150 years of synthetic dye-making”

The show runs through summer 2024, with free admission, located at 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

More information


Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art

March 5–June 16, 2024

The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 913

“The exhibition displays textiles by four distinguished modern practitioners—Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, and Olga de Amaral—alongside pieces by Andean artists from the first millennium BCE to the 16th century.“


July 11-17, 2024

Convergence® Value Package

Registration Now Open

Link


THE 29th ANNUAL NJ SHEEP AND FIBER FESTIVAL IS SCHEDULED!

The Festival will be held at the Hunterdon County 4-H Fairgrounds (South County Park) in Ringoes, NJ 
Saturday & Sunday, September 14 – 15, 2024  

2024 FESTIVAL FLYER


Spin Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR) 2024

Heritage Hills Resort in York, Pennsylvania
(October 6 – 11, 2024)


Botanical Colors Feedback Friday: Fibershed Ireland and Mario Sierra from Mourne Textiles, Textile Artist Youngmin Lee & Cassie Dickson Textiles



HANDWEAVERS GUILD OF AMERICA TEXTILES AND TEA - FREE

EVERY TUESDAY FROM 4PM-5PM (EST) HGA WILL HOST A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED FIBER ARTISTS IN THE FIELD TODAY. IF YOU MISSED A SESSION, NOT TO WORRY! FIND PAST TEXTILES & TEA VIDEOS HERE


TEXTILES & TEA upcoming fiber artists and REGISTRATION — LINK



ENRICHMENT

THE WORK CREATED EXPLORES CONCEPTS RELATED TO PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENT, LOSS AND JOY; MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS; AND TANGIBLE VS INTANGIBLE EXPERIENCES - LINK

  • REBECCA MEZOFF NARRATING: “WOVEN COLOR, THE ART OF JAMES KOEHLER” - SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO - LINK

  • LUNCH & LEARN RECORDING: THE PERUVIAN FOUR-SELVAGED CLOTH, BY ELENA PHIPPS, PHD., FOWLER MUSEUM, UCLA - LINK

  • OLIVIER MASSON 3D EXHIBITION - PUSHING THE LIMITS - LINK

  • JAPANESE WEAVING OF SILK CALLED YUKI-TSUMUGI - LIN

  • A GOLDEN SPIDER-SILK TEXTILE AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - LINK

  • IN THE WAKE - KERALA’S SKILLED HAND-WEAVERS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE RISING TIDES OF MODERNITY - LINK

  • PROFESSIONAL WEAVERS NETWORK OF NEW ZEALAND INC. (PWN) - ANGLES OF PERCEPTION EXHIBITION - LINK

MUSEUMS

  • NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART - ANNI ALBERS - LINK

  • THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN COVERLET, BEDFORD, PA - LINK