Member Meeting: Open Fiber Night Thursday, October 10, 6-8pm In the Textile Center Auditorium; free, no rsvp needed, bring a friend! Member meetings can be a great way to hear about a new technique or listen to an established artist [...]
Member Recommendation: Village Wardrobes: Traditional Dress from Western and Central Ukraine On view now at The Museum of Russian Art, through November 3rd “Walk into this extraordinarily well-curated collection of intricately embroidered and beautifully hand-woven garments from eight regions [...]
NOW, New and Occasional Weavers Sunday, October 6, at 1pm; Topic: Use/Add Tabby Many pattern books, like A Weaver’s Pattern Book by Davison have the notation, “Use/Add Tabby”, but the books don’t include instructions on why or how to do this. Maryann [...]
Clara Parkes presents "Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool" Monday, October 21, 7pm at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, go to www.magersandquinn.com for more info Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool is a fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming [...]
WGM Volunteer Appreciation Reception September 12, 4-6:30pm offsite Join us for our annual celebration of our wonderful volunteers! If you have set up for a meeting, demo'd at an event, priced donated goods, volunteered in the office, worked on a [...]
Fall Visiting Artist: Susan Iverson We are thrilled to welcome visiting artist Susan Iverson this month! Susan currently leads the American Tapestry Alliance and is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts. [...]
Come join our members in the Creative Activities building at the Minnesota State Fair! Our amazing, generous volunteers demonstrate their talents from 9am to 9pm every single day! Swing by our booth to try weaving on a floor loom, spinning on [...]
Sign up to demonstrate at the State Fair--we have just a few spots left! You'll get a free ticket into the fair for the day you demonstrate. SIGN UP Volunteer Guidelines
Join WGM for a tour of Hearts of Our People, an exhibition featuring the work of more than 100 Native women artists, organized by and presented at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Our guide, Mia curator Jill Alberg Yohe, [...]
By Judith Preckshot In early May Hazel Lutz, Kianna Fowler, Celeste Grant and I—all members of the Whorling Spinsters—finally made it out to visit Hot Disch Yak Farm after an aborted attempt in mid-April thanks to our big spring snowstorm: [...]
