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SOCAL FIBER FAIR
SoCal Fiber Fair is an event for knitters, crocheters, weavers, embroiderers, and yarn enthusiasts across California to come together for a weekend of fun, friendship, and (of course) lots and lots of fiber!
Indian Textiles Pop Up Trunk Show and Sale
Debra Weiss, Textile Arts LA member, is hosting a one day Pop-Up Trunk show and sale with Rani’s Indian Textiles.
Weaving and Fiber Festival
Fiber Fun for Creative People of All Ages hosted by the Southern California Handweavers’ Guild
Living Threads: Ancestral Textile Knowledge from the Peruvian Andes
Exploring Indigenous knowledge and material heritage, Living Threads will feature three master weavers from the community of San Miguel de Cajamarca in Peru. The program will highlight the ancestral textile traditions of the northern Andes, emphasizing the essential role of women in preserving, transmitting, and evolving cultural heritage through the art of weaving. Join the Fowler for an afternoon of conversation, live weaving demonstration, a community weaving workshop, and a trunk show.
Strange Science
Step beyond the gates of the Huntington and join us for a night of gothic grandeur with mysterious tales, dark trivia, and live performances.
Fashion historian and TALA member Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell will examine the history of mourning attire from the chic court of Marie-Antoinette to well-dressed widows Queen Victoria and Arabella Huntington. Each presentation will be followed by a signing of Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
Textile Council Sale
This annual fundraiser for the Fowler offers a curated selection of textiles, jewelry, baskets, clothing, home décor, and more from around the world. Proceeds from the sale support the Fowler’s textile acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications.
Spring 2025 Textile Slam!
Join Textile Arts LA for our Spring 2025 Textile Slam! Artists, designers, authors, curators, and students will share quick insights into their work, process, and intentions.
Slam! is an informal, community-oriented opportunity to be impressed or intrigued, to see something new or to celebrate the work of familiar friends. The Spring SLAM’s broad theme is FASHION.
WeFF – a Weaving and Fiber Festival
WeFF is the only Los Angeles-area weaving and fiber festival, welcoming fiber enthusiasts of all ages to a day of great shopping and fiber fun. Workshops, a fashion show, demonstrations, and more.