September 30, 2023

Alexa Griffith and Susan Brown

A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes

Dorothy Liebes (1897–1972), who introduced handcraft and brilliant color to the modern interior, was among the most influential designers of the 20th century. The “Liebes Look”—which combined vivid color, lush texture, and often a glint of metallic—became inextricably linked with the American modern aesthetic. Join Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton for an overview of their current exhibition, A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, on view until February 4, 2024. 

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October 28, 2023

Jill Foxman Staubitz

Summer and Winter Workshop

No Show & Tell, program starts at 12 noon.

Advanced Beginner and Beyond, a paper and pencil/weaving software workshop only (no looms) where we’ll learn about the unit weave/multi-block potential of Summer and Winter and how to design with profile drafts. 

 

December 2, 2023

Holiday Party

Begins at noon.

 

January  27, 2024

Katte Geneta

Narra Studio

Katte Geneta is a Filipino American artist, whose business, Narra Studio, is dedicated to the artistry, weaving, and craft heritages of the Philippines and Asia. Katte will share the beauty of the traditional woven textiles of the Philippines. 

 

February 24, 2024

Lily Hope  

Chilkat Weaving

Lily Hope will speak to us via Zoom from Juneau, Alaska, sharing the prestigious and laborious textiles distinguished by perfect circles, bright blues and yellows, and adapted from line art originating on the Northwest Coast of Alaska.  This is a rare opportunity to learn about these artworks. Lily Hope / Wooshkindein Da.Aat (Tlingit; b. 1980; Alaska) is of the Raven moiety, belonging to her grandmother’s clan, the T’akdeintaan. She learned Ravenstail weaving from her mother, master weaver Clarissa Rizal, and artist Kay Field Parker. 

 

March 23, 2024

Robin Kang

Core Memory: Woven Technologies of the Past & Future

Utilizing a digitally operated Jacquard hand loom, Robin hand weaves tapestries that combine mythic symbolism, computer-related imagery, and digital mark-making. She works with hand-dyed cotton and wool, metallic, holographic yarns, raffia, and tencel. Robin's work has been featured in museums and publications around the world. She earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has taught at Tyler School of Art, Parsons, and RISD.

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April 20, 2024

Marilyn Romatka

Card Trick - the Magic of Tablet Weaving

Originating in the Iron Age, this technique is enjoying a surge in popularity lately as it is re-discovered by weavers today. Marilyn will discuss the theory, the history, and many of the weaving techniques themselves, and view examples sure to awe and inspire.

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May 18, 2024

Gail Gondek

Pibiones and Oriental Knotted Rugs - Plain Weave Pile Structures

Gail learned to weave a Sardinian textile, tie Oriental-knotted rugs a using Azerbaijani weaving technique, and how to warp an upright loom from an Iranian weaving teacher. She’ll share how she did this during the pandemic using YouTube videos.