California Inspires…. While traveling in California last month I was thrilled to see exhibits with work of two of our CHT speakers, teachers and workshop leaders: Susie Taylor and Gabe Duggan. In Saratoga at beautiful Hakone Estate and Gardens, one of the oldest Japanese estate and gardens in the Western Hemisphere, Susie Taylor’s Hand Weaving…
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Presents The William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive: A Tool for Researching 19th century Texas Needleworkers and Weavers Presented by Michelle Verret Johnson on Saturday September 15th 10:00am – noon 2723 Commerce, Suite 106 Houston, TX 77002 Everyone is welcome. Created by the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and the Museum…
On September 8 join the San Antonio Handweavers Guild and the National Park Service for weaving demonstrations and family-friendly activities at the Mission Espada, one of the five Spanish missions in the city. San Antonio weavers and spinners will join with the National Park Service to highlight the process of making cloth by spinning and weaving…
Dear Texas Weavers, Spinners, Dyers, Felters, and Artists of All Things Fiber, There are two current Calls for Entry for Texas Fiber Art. Submit your art; show off your talents!! SEAD Gallery, Bryan, Texas Fiber Artists of San Antonio (FASA) SEAD Gallery , Bryan Texas, announced “Intersections,” their first juried fiber arts show! Deadline to enter images,…
MARY ZICAFOOSE TO GIVE LECTURE at HOUSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Internationally recognized artist and tapestry weaver, Mary Zicafoose, will present a public lecture at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts on March 16, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. The lecture is being held in conjunction with the MFAH exhibition Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats,…
In the midst of preparing for our much anticipated CHT Conference Crossing Threads /Connecting Cultures 2017 in Houston Texas, co-chair, Laura Viada has found time to create a collection of appealing and engaging handwoven textiles. Her work will be featured in February, 2017 at Cooper Shade Tree gallery in Round Top, Texas. LAURA VIADA is…
Texas weavers love our deep traditions in functional craft and art. Weaving is an art form that sprouted from the skills employed by those turning fiber into yarn, yarn into cloth, and cloth into useful, practical, necessary, and often time, lovely and expressive household and wearable items. The Weavers and Spinners Society of Austin, WSSA,…
CHT weavers in San Antonio are helping keep the beat of the loom going at one of the oldest sites of Texas settlement, Mission San Fransciso de la Espada. Locally known as Mission Espada, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, was established along this bank of the San Antonio River in March 1731 by the Spanish Franciscan…