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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.
Haptic Knowing
This show explores touch as a way of thinking and knowledge shaped by texture, resistance, and the intelligence of the hand.
A Racket of Banshees: Goddesses and Monsters Re-Imagined
A Racket of Banshees: Goddesses and Monsters Re-Imagined invites viewers into a world of myth, feminist archetypes, and speculative futures. This exhibition features contemporary feminist artists across sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, video, performance, and community workshops.
Speak to Me: Emily Silver and Joy Ray
The Middle Room is pleased to present Speak To Me, a two-person exhibition featuring Los Angeles-based artists Joy Ray and TALA member Emily Silver.
This Land is Your Land
The Arroyo Arts Collective and Center for the Arts Eagle Rock are excited to announce This Land Is Your Land: Stewarding the Earth Through a Changing Climate, an evocative new group exhibition tackling themes of environmental protection, sustainability, climate adaptation, and the human connection to nature.
Culture Made/ Pattern Keepers/ Embroidery Social
Three year-long interdisciplinary programs of embroidery workshops with TALA member Shango of Folk Lounge.
Artifacts from an Unborn Empire
Artifacts from an Unborn Empire gathers artists to reconsider how civilizations are formed and who gets to define them. Through a range of natural and manufactured materials, they play with and challenge the systems, stories, and symbols that shape our sense of power, history, and belonging.
Stitching Multiverse
A group show of fiber work from Los Angeles and New York based artists.
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.
Interweave
Thomas Cooper Studio presents INTERWEAVE, an exhibition of 8 incredible woman textile artists, in collaboration with Textile Arts LA.
Mohilef Open Studios
The public is invited to explore Mohilef Studios: working studios, meet the artists, and experience one of L.A.’s most vital creative hubs across Mohilef’s studio buildings in the Flower District. Includes TALA Director Carrie Burckle.
Table Manners
TALA member Izzy Morrison of Waverly Linens invites you to Table Manners, a free natural dye workshop and group exhibition bringing together local artists to explore what happens when seemingly opposing forces come together.
Pattern Parade
Pattern Parade, a group show curated by Cassie McGettigan and Emily Mast, is part exhibition, part shop, part working design studio, and part printmaking playground.
TEXTILE ARTS LA: In Conversation
Textile Arts LA presents conversations with Emily Zaiden, Director and Curator, Craft in America Center; Lauren Cross, Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, The Huntington; and Tanya Aguiñiga, Multimedia Artist and Activist.
Intro to Felt Loom
Join textile artist Emily Silver for a one day workshop exploring the art of collage through innovative needle-felting techniques.
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.
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.
Contemporary Rug Weaving
Learn how to make a knotted rug weaving with yarn and upcycled textiles, taught by Aneesa Shami Zizzo
The Other Art Fair LA
The Other Art Fair combines affordable and original artworks and 160 independent artists with immersive installations, performances, DJs – and a fully stocked bar.
Interwoven: Three Artists’ Journeys in Paper and Cloth
Three artists begin with paper and cloth before branching off into different directions. Although their paths differ, all share a belief in the versatility these simple materials offer in making powerful art. This is a one-day pop-up exhibition.
Between Darkness and Dawn
The Between Darkness and Dawn exhibition juxtaposes narrative works confronting the challenges of modern life with vibrant quilts and abstract paintings that celebrate the promise of a new day.
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.
Common Thread
The Los Angeles Makery presents Common Thread, a dynamic fiber art and mixed media exhibition bringing together the work of more than 24 artists across two floors of the Makery.
Pattern Play: Design Your Own Table Linens
A weekend Screen Printing Workshop with TALA member Carrie Burckle.
California Rising: Beauty By Hand
Shop this curated craft fair of beautiful pieces made by skilled craft artisans.
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.
Art as Healing: Fabric Collage
Join local fiber artist, Aneesa Shami Zizzo, in capturing the abstract notion of memory through material exploration.
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.
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.
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.
All Media 2026
Studio Channel Islands all media juried exhibition.
Includes TALA member Liberty Worth.
National Craft Open Studios Weekend
On July 18–19, 2026, the American Craft Council will launch National Craft Open Studios Weekend—a first-of-its-kind, nationwide celebration inviting the public into the creative spaces of craft artists across the country. This two-day event will offer guests a rare glimpse into the processes, tools, and inspiration that shape how handmade works are made, and provide artists critical support in their sales season.
The Summer Show
Palos Verdes Art Center is pleased to announce The Summer Show, a juried all-media exhibition. Tala member Dellis Frank is included.
Wine Bottle Gift Bag Sip and Sew!
Make a batch of lined wine bottle gift bags with TALA member Liberty Worth to keep or give as gifts.
Contemporary Rug Weaving
Learn how to make a knotted rug weaving with yarn and upcycled textiles, facilitated by artist Aneesa Shami Zizzo
Natural Dye Eco-Printing
Transform leaves, flowers, and foraged plants into richly layered botanical prints in this hands-on eco-printing workshop with TALA member Caitlin Parker.
Let's Make a Quilt!
Let's Make a Quilt is an adult evening summer camp with TALA member Liberty Worth.
Wrapped Transformations: Fiber Techniques for Everyday Objects
In this hands-on fiber workshop, TALA member Dellis Frank demonstrates wrapping techniques that transform everyday objects into sculptural forms.
P.O.V. (Point of View)
POV (Point of View) is presented in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, reflecting on the nation’s history as a land shaped by immigration and diverse diasporic experiences.
Paper Spinning Workshop
Discover the Japanese art of Kami-ito, the practice of creating fine yarn from Kozo paper using a drop spindle. In this workshop with TALA member Carrie Burckle, you'll learn to spin colorful Kozo paper into delicate threads, perfect for small weaving projects
Embroidery Socials
Get ready to stitch, chat, and laugh together! Join us for a rejuvenating morning with Folk Lounge.
Material Salon: Sara Temme
Join Folk Lounge for an intimate virtual session with Sara Temme. Sara is an apparel designer and environmental anthropologist exploring the intersection of material culture, ecology, and traditional textile practices
What's My Line?
TAG Gallery presents What’s My Line?, TALA member Barbara Danzi’s whimsical quilts made from stitched lines and linear shapes.