Links provided are for information only. Telaraña Weavers and Spinners Guild does not endorse any specific business or sites that are linked to our site.
Going Places? Check out these fiber events:
2020
Some events may be cancelled and some will still take place virtually:
San Francisco, CA: October Vogue Knitting Live!
Salt Lake City, UT: October Stitches Salt Lake
Sedona, AZ: October Verde Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild “Fabulous Fiber Sale 2018”
Vancouver, BC: October Knit City
Taos, NM: October Taos Wool Festival
Turnbridge, VT: October Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival
Sun Valley, ID: October Trailing of the Sheep
Marshfield, WI: October Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreats
Seattle, WA: October Nordic Knitting Conference
Wesley Chapel FL: October Camp Stitches
Rheinbeck, NY: October NY State Sheep & Wool Festival
Miami, FL: October Vogue Knitting Destinations!
Taos, NM: October Vogue Knitting Destinations!
Columbus, OH: November Vogue Knitting Live!
2021
Durango, CO: July Intermountain Weavers Conference
Need more? Check out Fiber Events website or Fiber Festivals in the United States website.
Staying Home? Check out these local fiber events!
Heard Museum Phoenix, Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles. Through September 29, 2019
“Navajo weavers’ individualism and flair for experimentation is vividly expressed in textiles from the last quarter of the 19th century. The textiles are rooted in ideas and events the weavers experienced between 1863 and 1868. During this time of great change, as the Navajo rebuilt their flocks and repaired the devastation of Bosque Redondo, weavers had an unprecedented freedom to experiment.” https://heard.org/exhibits/color-riot/
Tucson Fiber Arts Show 2019 Saturday, October 26, 2019 Dunbar Pavilion, 325 W. 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85705 Sponsored by the Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild (a 501 (c) (3) community organization)
Fiber Arts 2019 Show and SaleFree and open to the public, 12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m.publicity@thsg.orghttps://www.facebook.com/events/4762267665149
Arizona State Museum, Tucson – Arizona Through August 4, 2022 This new permanent exhibit celebrates the region’s ancient and abiding fiber-weaving traditions featuring millennia-old objects to modern-day masterpieces. Contemporary Native voices will enrich discussions of materials and technologies and bring to life the many functions basketry has served and continues to serve. This exhibit is presented by OneAZ Credit Union. With more than 35,000 specimens, the ASM collection includes not only baskets, but sandals, mats, cradleboards, cordage, and other technologically similar items representative of every indigenous basket-making culture in North America, dating from 8,000 years ago to the present. It is the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world.
Chandler Art Walk – Every third Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Art showcase, live music, kids activities, free parking. http://www.downtownchandler.org/artwalk/
Desert Caballeros Western Museum – 21 N Frontier St., Wickenburg: “One Trader’s Legacy: Steve Getwiller Collects the West” Navajo rugs.
John Hill Antique Indian Art Gallery – 6962 E. First Ave., Scottsdale: Pima and Apache baskets including miniatures.
Mesa Arts Center Artist Cooperative – There are baskets, ceramic, paintings, and many other hand-crafted items for sale in the Gallery.
Phoenix First Fridays Art Walk – first Friday every month. Galleries, studios, performing arts. Free trolley, park-and-ride hubs. https://artlinkphx.org/first-fridays/
Scottsdale Arts Walk –Thursdays 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm., downtown Scottsdale. Member galleries belonging to the Scottsdale Gallery Association (SGA) open their doors to the public and show off the work of the Southwest’s outstanding artists. http://scottsdalegalleries.com/
Sixth Street Market – Tempe, Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. October-April. Local artisans, live music, food booths. Location: 6th Street Park, 24 E 6th St. Free Parking in adjacent City Hall Garage. https://www.visitphoenix.com/event/6th-street-market-in-downtown-tempe/118637/
Turquoise Tortoise Gallery – Hozho Center, 431 S. R. 179, Sedona: Handwoven rugs from Zapotec weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico.
