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Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures
Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures explores the world's oldest and most versatile method of making multiple images. More than 150 works from Asia, Europe, and the Americas present the medium as both a means of creative expression and a vehicle for mass production that enabled images and ideas to circulate widely.
Remixed: Entwined Histories and New Forms
Remixing transforms the familiar into something new. Remixed: Entwined Histories and New Forms explores this visual strategy in art that “remixes” both physical objects and immaterial legacies.
Pattern Keepers/ Working Lore
Two year-long interdisciplinary programs of embroidery workshops with TALA member Shango of Folk Lounge.
Pattern Keepers is the Beginner embroidery class, Working Lore follows immediately after for Intermediate level makers.
Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud
Mike Cloud will exhibit works from Painted Clothing (2007–8), a series of collages fashioned from children’s clothing, which comments on the relationship between consumer culture and childhood through visual signifiers such as dragons, fairies, and rainbows.
To Catch a Fish
To Catch a Fish presents over sixty works of craft and art that are either used in fishing or that illuminate the relationship between people and fish. Utilitarian fishing objects include hand-crafted basketry fish traps, scrapers, weights, and nets.
Samizdat Sundays
Join the Wende for Samizdat Sundays—hands‑on textile workshops inspired by the spirit of creative resistance and DIY culture found in samizdat traditions. Each week offers a different project, connecting archival stories of subversion with contemporary making.
The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce
The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce explores how the materials, dyes, and techniques used in quiltmaking reflect centuries of economic shifts and technological innovation. Featuring over 40 quilts and coverlets
Earthen Comforts: Airing Earth
Earthen Comforts: Airing Earth is a courtyard installation led by Liz Gálvez (Office e.g.) that stages mass and fiber as shared infrastructures for collective comfort in the Los Angeles summer.
Brand 54th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
Brand Library & Art Center and the Brand Associates are pleased to present Brand 54: 54th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper.
Entwine: Marquez Hanalei Marzan
Craft in America presents Marques Hanalei Marzan, a Honolulu-based visual artist of Native Hawaiian, Japanese, and Filipino descent. Marzan’s work is reflective of his upbringing in Hawai‘i and his travels throughout the Pacific and world, engaging with indigenous communities and responding to their cultural approaches of integrating natural fibers into daily life.
Cowboy Craft: Traditional Art of the West
Craft in America presents Cowboy Craft, highlighting the exceptional handcrafted work made by members of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association.
Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity traces a century of transformation through more than 70 exquisite ensembles from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and America
Quilts Japan: The 17th Quilt Nihon
Visions Museum of Textile Art is honored to host the 17th Quilt Nihon, making a debut of this internationally recognized exhibition in San Diego. This exhibit features award-winning, innovative works from the biennial competition of the Japanese Handicraft Instructor’s Association (JHIA).
Soft Architectures of the Sea
This exhibition presents Marita Setas Ferro’s textile sculptures as material reflections on marine ecosystems, care, and environmental precarity. Through crochet and knitting, techniques rooted in heritage and slowness, marine forms emerge as soft architectures
Diverted Destruction
Diverted Destruction 19 examines the overlooked waste stream of modern healthcare. Through medical refuse, surgical materials, medication packaging, syringes, wheelchair parts, mobility devices, and other discarded objects associated with treatment and recovery, the exhibition explores the tension between healing and disposability.
Stories in Cloth: Communicating Through Textiles
Stories in Cloth: Communicating Through Textiles explores how textiles from around the world and throughout history have been used to communicate stories, identity, and shared experience.
Open Craft Time
Join Craft Contemporary weekly on Fridays throughout the summer for open-ended studio hours focused on using the materials we have on hand to make and to mend.
Cosecha
The works in Consecha all deal with the idea of labor, and specifically the immigrant and working-class labor that is foundational to our economic ecosystem.
Sashiko Mending with Sanae Suzuki
This sashiko workshop led by Sanae Suzuki introduces the foundations of Japanese stitching alongside the art of visible mending.
All Media 2026
Studio Channel Islands all media juried exhibition.
Includes TALA member Liberty Worth.
What does it mean to draw a line if home is a verb?
Visions Museum of Textile Art is honored to showcase mixed media artist Nereida Dusten
Knot Sorry
Knot Sorry pulls fiber art out of the polite, domestic corner and into the spotlight where it belongs: bold, labor-intensive, intimate, and impossible to ignore.
Textiles as Monuments
Three contemporary artists of South Asian descent—Suchitra Mattai, Jagdeep Raina, and Swapnaa Tamhane—transform textiles of their cultural heritage into memorials for those who have been unrecognized in public displays of historical memory.
California Fibers: The Languages of Fiber
California Fibers: The Languages of Fiber invites viewers to consider fiber as a form of communication—one that speaks through structure, material, and process.
Presence, Absence, and Loose Connections
515 Bendix is showing artists Linda Franke, Nancy Ivanhoe, Victoria May, Jenny Rask, Daniel Wheeler.
Sculptural Basketry with Dee Clements
In this workshop with Dee Clements, participants will learn and apply basket-weaving techniques to create three-dimensional forms, structures, and vessels.
Pattern Play: Design Your Own Table Linens
A weekend Screen Printing Workshop with TALA member Carrie Burckle.
Fabric & Yarn Swap + Makers Social
Patchwork is throwing a combination stash swap/makers social — bring what you’re not using, take something you will, and hang for a bit!
Haptic Knowing
This show explores touch as a way of thinking and knowledge shaped by texture, resistance, and the intelligence of the hand.
Recycled Fabric Portraits
Mahdiyyah Muhammad will guide you transforming discarded textiles into vibrant, textured portraits that celebrate your connections to a person or place that matters to you.
Elements of Weaving: Color
Experiment and explore woven design concepts. with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
Bojagi Patchwork with Connie Rohman
Explore the art of Bojagi patchwork and cyanotype printing with teaching artist, Connie Rohman in this 3 session workshop.
From T-Shirts to Tote Bags
Mahdiyyah Muhammad will guide you transforming tee shirts into tote bags
Textiles of the Inka World
In this online webinar, curator Shelley Burian will present an overview of the textiles on view and discuss how each is a reflection of the Andean world in the time of the Inka.
Intro to Weaving on a Floor Loom
In this two-day course with Emily Graham, you will weave a twill sampler on a four-shaft floor loom and experiment with color and pattern.
Future Past Tense
PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY is pleased to present Future Past Tense with Esperanza Cortés (New York), Cheryl Derricotte (San Francisco), Karen Hampton (New Mexico), Asa Jackson (North Carolina) and Fay Ku (New York).
Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond
Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond is an exhibition featuring more than thirty contemporary artworks alongside traditional kintsugi ceramics, exploring how the centuries-old Japanese practice of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer dusted in gold has evolved from a tea ceremony tradition into a global artistic philosophy.
Denim Paper Making
Using discarded denim, participants will create functional stationery while exploring sustainable practices that prioritize environmental health.
Siddi Quilts
Led by textile artist Mahdiyyah Muhammad, join a siddi quilt-making circle in the galleries, surrounded by artists who are exploring ancestral relationships to the land.
Needle Felting Night
Needle Felting is a very fun and meticulous art form that allows us to create tiny wool items of all kinds! You will learn to make a 2D or 3D piece of one of a kind art.
Preserving Textile Traditions of the Andes
This online presentation and weaving demonstration will explore the profound and transformative journey of 10 Andean weaving associations collaborating with the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. Together, they have successfully revived ancient textile techniques practiced by Inkan and pre-Inkan cultures — methods that were once on the brink of disappearance.
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving
Join artist Alexis Zoto for a 2-day workshop for an introduction to hand-weaving on a frame loom.
SCHG Beginners' Expo
This event is for new/intermediate weavers in our community who want help with their weaving from the experienced weavers of Southern California Handweavers Guild!
Freestyle Crochet
Break away from counting knots and following patterns. Enter a whole new world of freestyle crochet with instructor Bonita Johnston in this 2 session workshop
Ninth R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium on Textiles and Dress
The Ninth R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium on Textiles and Dress features talks from curator Michaela Hansen, textile collector Chere Mah textile designer Reiko Sudō, and LACMA senior curator Sharon Takeda.
Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō and NUNO
The largest retrospective of Sudō’s textiles to date, Textile Alchemy features over 100 limited-edition textiles together with numerous objects, including drawings, sketches, raw materials, tools, mock-ups, and prototypes
The Dressed Body & Wearable Innovations
The Textile Society of America invites you to join a live virtual roundtable that brings together curators, scholars, artists, and cultural practitioners from across Central New York for an engaging exploration of textiles, collections, and contemporary research.
Fundamentals of Crochet
This three-week course with Malavika Rao is designed for complete beginners and anyone looking to build a strong foundation in the craft while exploring creative ways to work with reclaimed materials.
The Value of Things
For this workshop with Alicia Piller, students will consider how value is assigned to objects, materials, and even living things
Italian Needlelace Workshop
In this workshop, we will go over the basics of Italian punto in aria needle lace.
Intro to Overshot Weaving
Learn the principles of overshot and weave your own geometric overshot fabric with Emily Graham in this 2-day workshop!
Learn to Weave
Learn the fundamentals of weaving with TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown as you set up a floor loom, experiment with yarns and basic weaves, and make a scarf, table runner, or wall hanging.
Patchwork Mending with Vintage Japanese Fabrics
Come learn about patchwork and visible mending techniques using vintage Japanese textiles provided by BORO BORO!
Fall 2026 Colloquium: (re)Generation: Fibers of Resilience & Renewal
The Textile Society of America invites you to join a special half-day virtual gathering featuring artists, scholars, makers, and cultural leaders engaging the urgent intersections of textiles, equity, and collective futures.
Intro Basketry Class with Mary Price
Beginner level basketry class with Mary Price, The Wanderlust Weaver. You will learn to create two baskets.
Tote Basketry Class with Mary Price
Beginner/intermediate level basketry class with Mary Price, The Wanderlust Weaver. You will create a woven tote.
Basketry Class with Mary Price
Beginner/intermediate level basketry class with Mary Price, The Wanderlust Weaver. You will learn to create two baskets.
Basketry Class with Mary Price
Intermediate level basketry class with Mary Price, The Wanderlust Weaver. You will learn to create a basket with handles.
The [Untold] Story of Craft
Join Senior Curator Frida Cano in a conversation about Craft Contemporary’s current curatorial vision titled “The [Untold] Story of Craft.”
Intro to Quiltmaking
In this 4 session course, artist Malavika Rao invites students into the slow and thoughtful practice of quilting.
Besom Style Broom Making
In this class with Jada Patterson, we will first create a hand whisk broom to get comfortable with the broom making techniques then we will create a besom style broom, also known as a witches broom.
Intro to Sculptural Basketry
Join artist Rose Tsang in a two day workshop on beginning sculptural basketry.
Special Topics in Weaving: Multilayer Cloth
Experiment and explore woven design concepts with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving
Join artist Alexis Zoto for a 2-day workshop for an introduction to hand-weaving on a frame loom.
Intro to Weaving on a Floor Loom
In this two-day course with Emily Graham, you will weave a twill sampler on a four-shaft floor loom and experiment with color and pattern.
Learn to Weave
Learn the fundamentals of weaving with TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown as you set up a floor loom, experiment with yarns and basic weaves, and make a scarf, table runner, or wall hanging.
Material Salon: Sona Gevorkyan
An intimate virtual session with Folk Lounge, featuring working artists and scholars across the world.
This month’s artist is Sona Gevorkyan.
Assemblage, Collage & Textile Workshop
Artist Monica Marks will be on hand to guide you in a Assemblage, Collage & Textile Workshop
Art Lab x Markings
This bilingual community workshop invites you to participate in a hands-on weaving activity rooted in techniques passed down through generations of Indigenous communities across Mexico and Central America.
California Rising: Beauty By Hand
Shop this curated craft fair of beautiful pieces made by skilled craft artisans.
Threads of Community: Building Bridges Through Textiles
Meet artist Martha Carmen López Nimacachi, a Kaqchikel speaker who began weaving as a child playing with izote leaves then mastered the difficult art of backstrap loom brocade through years of practice.
Macrame Wall Hanging Sip N’ Stitch!
Learn Basic Macrame techniques and create a piece of beautiful art.
Mending Time with Vintage Japanese Fabrics
BORO BORO’s Chill Mending Time, our casual mending session where you can come patch and mend to your heart’s content! No formal instruction.
Bowers Museum Quilt Fair
The Bowers Museum Quilt Fair is a vibrant celebration of textile art that brings together stunning handmade quilts, talented artisans, and a welcoming community of craft enthusiasts.
MOLA Workshop with Isabella Tonchi
Join TALA at Craft in America Center and learn to make a simple version of a mola using a traditional reverse appliqué technique with Isabella Tonchi, an artist, fashion designer and Textile Arts LA member as she guides participants in making their own unique singular Letter Form Mola.
Embroidery Socials
Get ready to stitch, chat, and laugh together! Join us for a rejuvenating morning with Folk Lounge.
Paper Forms
Join us for a playful afternoon with Folk Lounge to learn about form, patterns, surface design, rhythm, local history, inspired nature and informed by ornamental traditions around the world.
Embroidered Portraits for Everyone
Turn a photo on your phone into a treasured heirloom with embroidery with TALA member Jamie Maloney.
Textiles as Monuments Celebration
Celebrate the summer opening of Textiles as Monuments, an exhibition featuring three contemporary artists—Suchitra Mattai, Jagdeep Raina, and Swapnaa Tamhane—who activate textiles as a powerful medium for memory, storytelling, and historical reimagining.
Art as Healing: Fabric Collage
Join local fiber artist, Aneesa Shami Zizzo, in capturing the abstract notion of memory through material exploration.
TALA at TRYST: INDIGO
TRYST is the world’s largest international art fair dedicated exclusively to artist-run spaces, collectives, and independent organizations.
Textile Arts LA is participating with an Indigo themed small works group show of work by TALA members.
tierra Papermaking Lab
Join Craft Contemporary’s Senior Curator Frida Cano for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create handmade paper from recycled paper waste and experiment with natural tints from clay, spices, and soil
Embroidery Socials
Join Folk Lounge Wednesdays in Los Angeles for a magnetic evening on the LA River to connect with craft, textiles, embroidery & illustration community.
Silk Painting Workshop
Now you can learn how to make beautiful permanent designs on silk fabric with TALA member Beth Abaravich.
Midsummer Mercantile Market
Celebrate the debut of The Egg & The Eye Shop during Craft Contemporary's first midsummer mercantile market.
Discover original designs, vintage finds, textiles, jewelry, apparel, and handcrafted goods from local vendors.
Intermediate Weaving: Intro to Overshot
Learn the principles of overshot and weave your own geometric overshot fabric with Emily Graham in this 2-day workshop!
Handwork: Book Signing & Celebration
Please join Craft in America celebrating the launch of our newest publication, Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America; a visually stunning, deeply inspiring celebration of America’s spirit through ordinary, surprising, and overlooked handcrafted objects spanning more than 250 years.
Woven Sun Hats
In this workshop, India Thompson will guide you through the sculptural art of reed weaving, inspired by the timeless, functional form of the classic sun hat.
Beaded Suncatcher
In this hands-on workshop, you will manipulate translucent glass seed beads and wire to capture the iridescent spirit of aquatic life, crafting a custom suncatcherdesigned to transform sunlight into a vibrant, moving narrative.
To Do · A Mending Project
To Do · A Mending Project is a social practice created by artists Michelle Montjoy, Anna O’Cain, and Siobhán Arnold which taps into the restorative power of repair. Join us for a mending and sewing workshop.
Family Workshop: Natural Dyeing with Vero Mendoza
Join Zapotec artist Vero Mendoza and learn ancestral techniques for preparing and dyeing textiles with natural dyes
Embroider Tea
Create a one of a kind embroidered coin purse and enjoy tea, snacks and good vibes
Reimagining Tatreez — Stitching Land and Memory
In this workshop with Layal Bata, participants will explore tatreez, the traditional Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery, and the meaning it carries through its regional motifs and colors
Paper Making Workshop
Northern Chumash artist Leah Mata Fragua will lead this hand made paper workshops using materials found in nature.
Salted Memory: Crystallization as Material and Method
In this workshop with Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida, salt becomes both a critical material that artists can use to create stunning rocky textures and a way of thinking about the world.
Bendix Art Night
The Bendix Building in DTLA comes alive with open studios and exhibitions.
Mary Little’s studio will be one of them.

