TAPESTRY WEAVERS in NEW ENGLAND

This three day workshop is a unique opportunity to learn from two long standing students of Archie Brennan and Susan Martin Maffei.   Some of the techniques that will be covered are :  Dressing the loom with a continuous warp Working with a cartoon How to keep your selvages straight  How to control the warp as you weave  Working with highs and lows  Basic half circle  Transitioning in and out of curves  Sewing slits and more  Evenings offer the opportunity to share ideas with your fellow weavers, spend more time at the loom if you wish and participation in an optional critique session. Level and Prerequisites: Beginning to Advanced - students should have some tapestry weaving experience. Where: The workshop will take place in Barbara Burns’ large studio located in Cundy’s Harbor, Maine. Meals and housing will be provided on site. There will be a meet and greet Thursday evening with dinner and a lecture.  Housing: ...

TWiNE member Tamar Shadur was featured in the Hampshire Gazette's Art Makers column, on December 23, 2015, with her Holocaust Memorial Tapestry. Unfortunately, when I pasted the link , it only took me to a page asking me to subscribe....even though I was reading the article in another window. Maybe it will work for you? If not, google "Hampshire Gazette Art Makers Tamar Shadur" and you might be lucky. That's how I accessed it. Think of it as an adventure. Tamar will be teaching some tapestry classes in late January/early February, see the information on the right side of the blog for details and contact.

Truck Stop, 45 x 66," wool, silk, cotton, linen. "Fractured Landscape" includes ten large tapestries by Suzanne Pretty, at the Putney School's Michael S. Currier Center Gallery, 418 Houghton Brook Rd, Putney, VT. It opened on September 20, and runs through November 18, 2015. The reception will be during Putney's Harvest Day, on Sunday, October 11, 2-4 pm, with cider and donuts. NOTE: click on images for larger version. Balance, 39 x 52," wool, silk, cotton, metallic. Daylilies, 57 x 41," wool and cotton on linen warp.

Sarah Warren, Peaceful Dawn, 24 x 14" TWiNE member Sarah Warren will be exhibiting her tapestries at the 82 Annual Craftsmen’s Fair,   Mt. Sunapee Resort,  Newbury, NH.   August 1-9, 10am – 5pm daily.   Look for Sarah in Tent 4, Booth 444. Sarah Warren, July Peace, 24" x 12" (NOTE: click on any image to see a larger version) In addition to the work of 350 craftspeople, there will be workshops, craft demonstrations, guided tours, strolling musicians, magicians, puppets and more. You can see how fine crafts will look in your house, at the "Living with Craft Exhibition." (Including work by another TWiNE member, Suzanne Pretty ). The fair is sponsored by the League of NH Craftsmen, and details can be found on their excellent website .  Sarah Warren, Already Winter on High, 23" x 15"

There are 2 tapestry exhibits coming up in Deerfield, Massachusetts.  The Art is the Cloth (curated by Micala Sidore) will be at its third venue, at Deerfield Academy's von Auersperg Gallery , and there will be an exhibit of the work of 13 TWiNE members at the Deerfield Arts Bank .  Both exhibits will include programming. There will be 2 tapestry demonstrations at Deerfield Arts Bank, by Tamar Shadur on April 2 (6-8pm) and by Janet Austin on April 12 (4-6pm). Not listed on the poster for the Art is the Cloth are 2 lectures: Helena Hernmarck:  My evolution as a textile artist Saturday, 28 March, 11 am Weaving The Community Together a presentation by Thoma Ewen,  founding artistic director of Moon Rain Centre in Quebec Saturday 18 April 2015, 11 am Thoma Ewen's presentation will include images of Moon Rain Centre’s award-winning community arts projects, artists-in-schools projects, and the highly successful Triennale Internationale des Arts Text...

Emporium Framing and Gallery in South Berwick, Maine is having their annual Holiday Exhibit, November 15 - January 31, 2015. Open house will be Friday, December 5th, 5-8pm, during S. Berwick's festive "Shop and Stroll." Tapestries by TWiNE member Sarah Warren will be included. (ABOVE: A New Hampshire Year, Sarah Warren) "From my studio, I gaze across my field up to the heights of Mt. Washington, the highest peak in the Northeastern United States. My windows afford views of an array of fascinating cloud formations, sunrises, sunsets, alpine glow, and feasts of color as the days and the seasons morph. I am constantly analyzing colors, patterns of light, and the angles of mountain ridges, imagining how to turn what I see into tapestry." Works in various media from regional artists include Cori Caputo, Nottingham, NH, Judith Heller-Cassell, Rochester, NH, Ethel Hills, Hampton, NH, William Mitchell, Dover, NH, Laura Morrision, Concord, NH, Suzanne Pret...

TWiNE 2014:  A Contemporary Tapestry Exhibition A Juried Exhibition  by Members of  Tapestry Weavers in New England URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery 80 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903 401 277 5000     July 8 – August 8, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday, July 17 2014, 5-9 pm.  Katie Hickey, "Moon Over Albers" TWiNE 2014 will include a broad diversity of styles and inspirations of handwoven tapestries by eighteen artists from New England and beyond.   The tapestries in this exhibit range in size from miniature to wall-scaling, range in style from realism to abstraction and in design from monochromatic to vibrant.   Suzanne Pretty, Lined Up and Ready This exhibit was juried by Barbara Herbster, a well-known professional artist, weaver and teacher. TWiNE, one of several regional tapestry weavers' groups in the United States and Canada, was established in 1991 to support contemporary tape...