Fiber Arts Calendars
Fiberarts and textile related conferences, workshops, and events are added on a regular basis. If your event is not shown here, please add the information using the Add Event link. Events are listed in chronological order and remain listed for seven days after their last day. Use the Complete Listing links to see all the events in a given category.
Conferences
Fiber arts and textile related events which feature educational, hands-on sessions with notable teachers, and which may also include juried or non-juried competitions, fashion shows and textile arts vendors.
Threads of Legacy: Weaving Hope, Tradition, And Justice in The U.s. South
June 4, 2025 through June 8, 2025
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WARP’s (Weave a Real Peace) 2025 Annual Meeting. Join Weave a Real Peace the first week of June in Alabama for our 2025 Annual Meeting as we explore the rich and complex textile traditions of the U.S. South. Keynote Speaker Fiber Artist Mary Madison is originally from West Virginia.
Anwg 2025 Conference
June 16, 2025 through June 21, 2025
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Yakima, WA, Yakima Convention Center. The Conference Committee is now in the process of filling volunteer chair positions, inviting teachers and speakers, and planning the many details involved in hosting a great conference.
Complete Conference and Workshop Listing
Workshops, Seminars and Retreats
Complete listing of fiber related events which are shorter and more informal than conferences. These events are often limited to a single topic, Ranging from a gathering of fiber friends to a more formal class with a leader from outside the area.
Harrisville Designs 2025 Workshops
April 22, 2025 through October 25, 2025
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The workshops cover in-person lessons on spinning, knitting and weaving at the Harrisville Designs facility in Harrisville, New Hampshire USA. Boarding is not included with registration but is available nearby.
Sensing Place Through Fiber Paper Collage
May 29, 2025 through June 1, 2025
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4-Day workshop with Jacqueline Mallegni at WillowPondSLO, a 14-acre art retreat in California. Explore the nature of textured paper combined with foraged materials, thread, ink, and dye. Permeate your collage panels with a sense of place from the natural environs or from an idea or story that is ready to be told. More info at www.WillowPondSLO.com
Slow Stitch Textile Collage With Andrea Varga
June 9, 2025 through June 13, 2025
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Focusing on slow stitch practice, Sashiko style embroidery, and visible mending, students will learn to repurpose or repair beloved, un-used, worn-out or simply interesting textiles and small found objects into artwork. Topics will additionally include incorporating photographs and text into textiles and understanding fibers. Slow stitch collage is a mindful, simple practice that engages hands, heart and memory into a tactile experience creating dynamic, beautiful, personal artwork.
Creating Visual Archetypes Through Mixed Media With Susan Fecho
June 16, 2025 through June 20, 2025
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Through non-linear and improv approaches, emphasis will be on artistic growth. Daily prompts will assist in exploring creativity, push pieces past comfort zones, change directions – to articulate narratives. Shared techniques will include creative strategies in starting mixed media pieces, to prepare papers, to recycle, use found objects, and use the ephemeral. While creating several luscious pieces, there will be plenty of guidance and informal critiques.
Exhibits
Fiber arts and textile related exhibits in galleries, studios, museums and art centers. Juried and non-juried shows are also listed here.
Stitching Black Legacy: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi
April 22, 2025 through July 12, 2025
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Textile Center proudly presents Stitching Black Legacy: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi, the largest solo exhibition of Mazloomi’s work ever held under one roof. All of the quilts in this exhibition were created in 2024 and 2025. Carolyn Mazloomi’s black-and-white quilts catalyze ideas illustrated in her diaries and sketchbooks, where she embarks on in-depth explorations into the lives of freedom fighters. Her drawings are printed onto cotton fabric from these pages in rich, black ink reminiscent of the bold graphics captured in woodblock prints and indelible photographs reproduced in newspapers. Through this process, Mazloomi builds the compelling and complex narratives of Black trailblazers, memorializing their stories for future generations. Each quilt is framed by a patchwork border — a kaleidoscope of geometric patterns that celebrate the quilting community and those craft traditions that she has made significant contributions to as a curator, author, and community organizer.
Call for Entries and Call for Instructors
Requests for submissions to fiber arts and textile competitions, exhibits, conference workshop proposals, and academic papers.
Call For Exhibits - The Gifts of Art Program
March 13, 2025 through June 15, 2025
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The Gifts of Art Program is seeking submissions for individual and group art exhibits for the September 2025 to August 2026 exhibition year. One of the first and most comprehensive arts in healthcare programs in the nation, Gifts of Art brings the world of art and music to Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan. Our nine 2-D and 3-D galleries throughout the medical center are viewed by thousands of people each day and display over 30 exhibits per year.
Complete Call for Entries and Call for Instructors Listing
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