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.
Art Speaks: A History of African American Quilting With Tracy Vaughn-manley
April 25, 2025
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Join us for a special Art Speaks with Professor Tracy Vaughn-Manley on the history of African American quilting traditions. In many cultures, quilts have not only been produced and used as utilitarian objects, but also as tactile repositories of history. They serve as tangible historical markers of a specific generation or rite-of-passage as well as textile narratives—telling the stories of a particular group, region, and/or culture through fabric and design. Quilt making has been and continues to be an act of empowerment and agency for women throughout the world. The cultural history embodies in quilts remind us of how far we have come; how integral quilts are to heal from the wounds of the past; and how these humble utilitarian objects are foundational to the survival of our families, homes, and communities. Friday, April 25, 12 - 1 pm Virtual Talk on Zoom Pricing: Sliding scale, Free, $15, $30 Dr. Tracy Vaughn-Manley (she/her) is an assistant professor and a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction in the Department of Black Studies at Northwestern University. Her research interests include the work of Toni Morrison, 20th and 21st-Century Black women's literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and Black quilting traditions.
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.
Step-by-step Basketry
April 29, 2025 through May 3, 2025
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In the world of willow basketry, there are an infinite number of techniques to learn and perfect. Join visiting Guest Teaching Artist Jo Campbell-Amsler for a willow class focusing on rib-style techniques, following the designs of many century-old basket styles. Learn about willow as a basket material, using wild and cultured, harvesting, sorting, and preparing for weaving. Discuss and practice a variety of common techniques such as making frames, lashings, handles, and rims. Construct three or four baskets and make a variety of samples for future reference. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels, but hand strength is a must – willow is a strong material.
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.
Sales
Fiber arts and textile related short-term special events for specific purposes such as benefits, charity drives, and guild holiday sales.
Sheepshearing Festival At Gore Place
April 26, 2025
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The Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (RAIN OR SHINE) This unique event takes place on one of the last farms in Greater Boston, just nine miles west of the city! Since 1987, this annual agricultural festival has entertained guests with music, handmade goods by local crafters and fiber artists, demonstrations of traditional shearing, herding dogs, and historic re-enactors—all on the beautiful grounds of this historic, 50-acre estate. The Festival will feature hands-on activities for children and adults, food vendors, and free satellite parking and shuttle service. General admission is $20 and children 12 and under will be admitted free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Buy your tickets NOW! app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=268751
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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