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Find basket weaving workshops, craft festivals and basketry conferences, basketry & fiber arts exhibitions, and calls for entries in our Basketry Calendar.

Woods at Night, by Nancy Koenigsberg

Call for entries – Every 1 2024

The Call for Entries for the online exhibition Every 1 2024 is now open! The goal of the exhibition is to provide an all-inclusive, members-only biennial basketry show that demonstrates the breadth and scope of the basketry that NBO members create. We encourage all members to submit work for this celebration of basketry within our organization. Click here for more information and to enter the exhibition.

Basketry Calendar

Here, Now, and Always

July 2, 2022 - July 9, 2026

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe NM

After 25 years, now fully renewed and reimagined, Here, Now and Always showcases never-before seen items, state of the art technology, and the next generation’s perspectives, illustrating the ways in which the past informs the future, and further positioning MIAC as a world-renowned resource for understanding Native lives, arts, and cultures today.

Information at Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Gallery

October 17, 2022 - December 31, 2025

Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street, Charleston SC

Works in this gallery were created over the past forty years by artists who are native to the area, who have worked here, or who have created objects that reflect the complex story of the region. The works are grouped to reflect several themes including the southern landscape, the human figure, abstraction, and the legacy of slavery in America.

On permanent display at the Gibbes Museum of Art

Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023

May 26, 2023 - March 31, 2024

Renwick Gallery
Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW, Washington D.C.

Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 features artists Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Iñupiat), Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy), and Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe). Together, these artists present a fresh and nuanced vision of Native American art. The artists were selected for their work that expresses the honors and burdens that Native artists balance as they carry forward their cultural traditions.

Information at Renwick Gallery

Bok Abaiya – Practiced Hands and the Arts Of Choctaw Basketry

July 22, 2023 - March 30, 2024

Choctaw Cultural Center
1919 Hina Hanta Way, Calera OK

On exhibit – the work of generations of Choctaw basket weavers is displayed alongside contemporary Choctaw art. Come view the exhibit to learn more about the importance of rivercane to Choctaw basket weavers and how modern Choctaw artists are incorporating ancestral basket patterns within their work.

Information at Choctaw Cultural Center

Fiber in 3D

January 27, 2024 - May 4, 2024

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
4848 Main Street, Houston TX

Sculptures, vessels, installations, wearables, and three-dimensional work for the wall and floor.  

Information at  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Bark Basketry Basics: On-Demand Basket Weaving Class

February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2034


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Get 75% off because you found us through NBO by using “NEWSUBSCRIBER75” as the Coupon Code on the checkout page.

Inside this course, you’ll learn how to harvest, prepare and store bark, use a variety of simple hand tools to make the process easier and faster, and weave bark using simple techniques like plaiting, twill and twining.

Information and registration at Matt Tommey – Woven Sculpture from Nature

Rib Basketry Basics: On-Demand Basket Weaving Class

February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2034


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Get 75% off since you found us through NBO when you use “NEWSUBSCRIBER75” as the Coupon Code at checkout.

Inside this 25-lesson course you’ll learn how to harvest and prepare materials for weaving, create 4 baskets, including the Egg Basket, Oriole Basket, Hen Basket, and Harvest Basket, weave beautiful lashings, including the God’s Eye, 1/2 God’s Eye, and 3-point lashing, insert ribs to create unique and interesting shapes, and add whimsey and interest to your baskets with vines. 

Information and registration at Matt Tommey – Woven Sculpture from Nature

Twining with Soft Natural Materials: On-Demand Basket Weaving Class

February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2034


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Get 75% off because you found us through NBO by using “NEWSUBSCRIBER75” as the Coupon Code on the checkout page.

 Inside this on-demand video course (accessible on any device 24/7/365), learn to harvest materials like foliage, bark and vines from your garden or local forest, prepare and store the natural materials you collect, and weave baskets using a simple, ancient technique called twining.

Information and registration at Matt Tommey – Woven Sculpture from Nature

Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies

March 7, 2024 - June 23, 2024

Benton Museum of Art – Pomona College
120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont CA

Continuty presents a selection of the 150 Cahuilla baskets housed at the Benton, along with their histories and long standing relationships with their relatives. 

Information at Benton Museum of Art

Wayne Art Center CraftForms 2024 Call For Entry

March 14, 2024 - September 11, 2024

Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne PA 19087, Wayne, PA Pennsylvania

Wayne Art Center is seeking submissions for the 29th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood.  Selected works will be on display in the Davenport Gallery of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from December 7, 2024 through January 25, 2025. 

Information and entry at CraftForms 2024 

Small Expressions 2023

March 18, 2024 - May 31, 2024

Vanderbilt University
2201 West End Ave, Nashville TN

Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition by the Handweavers Guild of America showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) using fiber techniques in any media.

Information at  Sarratt Gallery

Heart of the Community: Baskets from the Basha Family Collection of American Indian Art

March 21, 2024 - February 2, 2025

Heard Museum
2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix AZ

The art of Western Apache, Yavapai, and Akimel O’odham weavers will be featured with the exhibition providing context for the time in which the baskets were woven and present contemporary photos of working basket weavers today.

Information at Heard Museum

Judith Saunders: Exploring Design Through Basketry

April 1, 2024 - April 7, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

In this workshop, students will be exposed to a variety of materials and techniques.  Each student will have the opportunity to plan what he/she wants to explore during the week. There will be waxed linen and waxed cotton cords for those who are interested in looping and twining, and an assortment of foraged plant fibers.

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Baskets and Gourds: Containers of our Culture

April 4, 2024 - April 27, 2024

Arts Visalia
214 East Oak Avenue, Visalia CA

This exhibition of baskets and gourds is held biennially at Arts Visalia in conjunction with the Baskets and Gourds, Containers of our Culture Workshop.

Information at Arts Visalia

JoAnn Kelly Catsos: Black Ash Basketry

April 8, 2024 - April 14, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Students will have the unique opportunity to choose their own projects. Weave a quintessential cathead, the ‘octofoil’ twill in a Snowflake Bowl, create a Berkshire Back Pack  or another basket.

Information at Shenandoah Creates

Cannon County Style White Oak Egg Basket

April 14, 2024 - April 20, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Create a seven-inch version of this basket and learn everything from preparing the materials (scraping and cutting weavers and preparing ribs) to weaving and shaping.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Every 1 2024 – NBO

April 15, 2024

All NBO members are invited to submit work for Every 1, NBO’s all-inclusive virtual exhibition for members. Every member who responds to this call will have one piece in the exhibition. The online exhibition opens on the afternoon of July 12th, and will remain online until December 31, 2024.

Information and entry at Every 1 2024

Anne Bowers: A Week of Baskets

April 24, 2024 - April 28, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Participants will select and create a variety of baskets using differering techniques. Skill level – intermediate to advanced.

Details and registration at Shenandoah Creates.

Northern California Handweavers Conference 2024

April 25, 2024 - April 28, 2024

Doubletree Hilton Hotel – Sonoma Wine Country
One Doubletree Drive, Rhonert Park CA

Choose from a wide variety of weaving, spinning, dyeing and other fiber arts classes – more info as the date gets closer.

Details, information and registration at Northern California Handweavers Conference

Northeast Basketmakers Guild Spring Gathering

April 26, 2024 - April 28, 2024

Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Hartford-Bradley Airport Windsor Locks
16 Ella T. Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks CT

Annual gathering with member exhibits, raffle, marketplace, annual meeting, and more.

Information at Northeast Basketmakers Guild

Baskets and Gourds: Containers of our Culture

April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024

Elks Lodge
3100 West Main Street, Visalia CA

Annual conference and workshops.

Information at Baskets and Gourds

Sandra Kehoe: Stake and Strand Willow Baskets

April 28, 2024 - May 3, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Learn how to weave round stake and strand willow baskets. Gain an introduction to growing, harvesting, sorting, and soaking willow, in addition to traditional basket weaving techniques.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Jo Campbell Amsler: Step by Step Willow Basketry

April 29, 2024 - May 5, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Rib-style techniques will be the focus for this class, following the designs of many century old basket styles. Learn about willow as a basket material, making frames for your baskets, and many of the basic techniques of a variety of lashings, rib placement, double rims, split ribs, while perfecting your skill of weaving.

Information at Shenandoah Creates

Baskets from Your Own Backyard

May 5, 2024 - May 11, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Learn to weave rib baskets using materials from your own backyard. Basket making time will be intermixed with exploring our outdoor surroundings for suitable weaving materials including grapevine, bittersweet, red osier, and honeysuckle.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Stowe Basketry Festival

May 7, 2024 - May 11, 2024

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
728 Mountain Road, Stowe VT

Annual basketry festival and workshops. 

Information at Stowe Basketry Festival

Sarita Westrup: Sculptural Basketry

May 12, 2024 - May 17, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Learn methods for building unique, sculptural forms from reed, wire, and waxed linen. Experiment with techniques such as twining, starting various basket bottoms, and twining backward to create curves.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Annetta Kraayeveld: Diagonal Twill Immersion

May 13, 2024 - May 19, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

A workshop for students who want an intensive study of diagonal twill plaiting with paper. In addition to the instructor bringing prepared paper for weaving projects, students may also paint and/or dye their own paper during the workshop.

Information at Shenandoah Creates

Northwest Basketweavers Spring Retreat

May 15, 2024 - May 19, 2024

Seabeck Conference Center
13395 Lagoon Dr NW, Seabeck Washington

Annual retreat with workshops, presentations and meeting people.

Registration and membership information at Northwest Basketeweavers 

Uncontained: Reimagining Basketry

May 19, 2024 - September 21, 2024

Hunterton Art Museum
7 Lower Center Street, Clinton NJ

Curated by Carol Eckert, the exhibit highlights adapting, inventing, and expanding beyond the vessel, employing a range of approaches, both formal and poetic, and using the intrinsically human nature of basketry to explore cultural traditions, highlight environmental concerns, and address social issues.

Information at Hunterdon Museum

Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women

May 24, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and F Streets NW, Washington DC

The artists in this exhibition took up fiber to complicate this historic marginalization and also revolutionize its import to contemporary art. They drew on personal experiences, particularly their vantage points as women, and intergenerational skills to transform humble threads into resonant and intricate artworks.

Information at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mag-win’-teg-wak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry

May 25, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Farnsworth Art Museum
16 Museum Street, Rockland ME

This exhibit highlights the impact of Penobscot basketmaker and tribal advocate Robert S. Anderson (1929-2020) and his lasting archival efforts to preserve Penobscot basketry.

Information at Farnsworth Museum

Extraordinary Painted Paper Baskets

May 26, 2024 - June 1, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Master the basic steps for stitching round rope projects, develop techniques for shaping and sizing, and practice adding color and embellishments

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Lois Russell: Twined Sculptural Basketry

May 26, 2024 - May 31, 2024

Penland School of Crafts
67 Doras Trail, Penland NC

Explore the many ways to use twining with waxed linen.  All levels very welcome.

Information at Penland School of Craft

Of Baskets and Borers: The Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Basketry in the White Mountains

June 1, 2024 - September 14, 2024

Museum of the White Mountains
34 Highland Street, Plymouth NH

Details TBA. Visit website for hours of operation prior to visit. 

Information at Museum of the White Mountains

Jo Campbell Amsler – Willow Basketry: The Four Sisters

June 11, 2024 - June 15, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Learn or add to your basic skills in willow construction as you make four rib-style baskets: Gypsy Melon, Sieve, Willow Ridge Herb Basket and Day Tote. Hand strength is needed. Registration opens February 1.

Information at Sievers School 

Jessica Clark: Willow Weaving Skills

June 17, 2024 - June 21, 2024

Touchstone Center for Crafts
1049 Wharton Furnace Road, Farmington PA

Participants of any willow weaving level can work on a project or skill of their choosing, according to their experience.

Information at Touchstone Center for Crafts

Maria Bullock: Bullrush Sun Hats

June 22, 2024 - June 23, 2024

Cedar Root Folk School
PO Box 253, Griffith Point Road, Nordland WA

Learn about bullrush growing and sustainable harvesting as well as preparation for weaving. You will learn a few techniques on a small project before starting on a hat.

Information at Cedar Roots Folk School

Splint-Woven Basketry

June 25, 2024 - June 30, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Work at your own skill level on projects of your choice, with assistance, advice and encouragement from the instructor.

Information at Sievers School of Fiber Arts

Small Expressions 2023

July 2, 2024 - August 4, 2024

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
204 South Main Street, Wichita KS

Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition by the Handweavers Guild of America showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) using fiber techniques in any media.

Information at  Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum 

Fiber Reimagined II

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10th anniversary exhibition, bringing the best of current international fiber and textiles to a growing global fiber art community. Artists are encouraged to push the boundaries in the areas of installations, sculpture, vessels, wall/floor works, and wearable art.

Information at Fiber Reimagined II

HGA Convergence 2024

July 11, 2024 - July 17, 2024

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita KS

The Handweavers Guild of America’s international fiber art annual conference.  One week of activities and events.

Information and registration at Handweavers Guild of America

Small Expressions 2024

July 11, 2024 - July 14, 2024

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita KS

Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition by the Handweavers Guild of America showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) using fiber techniques in any media.

Information at Handweavers Guild of America

Whirlwind of Fibers

July 11, 2024 - July 14, 2024

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita KS

This exhibit features functional or nonfunctional, traditional or nontraditional forms in basketry techniques. 

Information at Handweavers Guild of America

Annetta Kraayeveld – Twill Paper Trays

July 11, 2024

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita KS

Participants will weave with painted paper and learn how color placement of stakes creates a ripple design that continues up the side  of the basket.

At the Handweavers Guild of America’s Convergence conference. Information and registration at Handweavers Guild of America

Annetta Kraayeveld – Diagonal Twill Basics

July 12, 2024

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
225 W Douglas Ave, Wichita KS

Participants will learn the basics of base construction, turning corners, weaving the sides, and counting rows as well as two rimming options.

At the Handweavers Guild of America’s Convergence conference. Information and registration at Handweavers Guild of America

Traditional Cherokee Basketry

July 15, 2024 - July 19, 2024

Taos Art School
432 Este Es Rd, Taos NM

Prepare your own material from honey-suckle vine provided by Larry Croslin, dye the material with traditional dye stuffs, learn basket starts, add ribs in the traditional manner, turn down the inner part to weave the outer basket, and explore varied bottoms for finishing.   

Information and registration at Taos Art School

Free Form Ribbed Basketry

July 19, 2024 - July 23, 2024

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Experiment with different techniques for setting ribs as you weave. 

Information at Peters Valley School of Craft

Jo Campbell Amsler: Step by Step Willow Basketry

July 25, 2024 - July 28, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Rib-style techniques will be the focus for this class, following the designs of many century old basket styles. Learn about willow as a basket material, making frames for your baskets, and many of the basic techniques of a variety of lashings, rib placement, double rims, split ribs, while perfecting your skill of weaving.

Information at North House Folk School

Ann Coddington: Bask

July 28, 2024 - August 2, 2024

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Explore neolithic fiber processes through a contemporary lens.

Information at Arrowmont School of Craft

Basketry: Covered Coiling

August 7, 2024 - August 10, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Silk, wool, cotton or novelty yarns will be used to cover the core material and attention given to shaping, rims and embellishing.

Information at Sievers School of Fiber Arts

 

Basketry: Covered Coiling

August 7, 2024 - August 10, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

The covered coil technique uses one continuous length of core material, wound around or on top of itself in an expanding or decreasing spiral and lends itself to a wide variety of expressions. Silk, wool, cotton or novelty yarns will be used to cover the core material and attention given to shaping, rims and embellishing.

More information at registration available after February 1 at Sievers School

Lois Russell: New Uses of an Ancient Technique

August 11, 2024 - August 16, 2024

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
5 Clary Rd, Williamsburg MA

Beginning with skill building, the workshop includes using color and shaping to create unique baskets with waxed linen.

Information at Snow Farm 

Excellence in Fibers X

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10th anniversary exhibition, bringing the best of current international fiber and textiles to a growing global fiber art community. Artists are encouraged to push the boundaries in the areas of installations, sculpture, vessels, wall/floor works, and wearable art.

Information at Excellence in Fibers X

Splint-Woven Basketry

August 12, 2024 - August 17, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Work at your own skill level on projects of your choice, with assistance, advice and encouragement from the instructor.

Information at Sievers School of Fiber Arts

Splint-Woven Basketry

August 12, 2024 - August 17, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Work at your own skill level on projects of your choice, with assistance, advice and encouragement from the instructor. Projects may include ribbed baskets, traditional round bottom and market baskets or twill-woven baskets. Suitable for beginners to intermediates.

Information and registration available after February 1 at Sievers School

Twill Backpacks

September 22, 2024 - September 28, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Start with the basics of twill weaving, move into constructing patterns, and finish off the week by weaving a patterned twill backpack basket.

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Willow Exploration Extravaganza

September 30, 2024 - October 3, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Students of all levels will be guided through a variety of projects in the European tradition, from basic round stake-and-strand baskets to more complex oval forms to trays and other willow treasures.

Information at North House Folk School

April Ogimaakwe Stone: Weaving the Black Ash Pack Basket

October 1, 2024 - October 6, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Begin by sorting, cutting, and scraping our choice, pre-pounded and pre-dried black ash splint. Design and lay-out will follow. Participants will learn how to tightly lash it all together, creating a most serviceable, working basket.

Information at North House Folk School

Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry

October 5, 2024 - October 8, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Make a durable, airtight birch bark boxes perfect for storage of coffee, tea, spices, or any number of other dry goods. 

Information at North House Folk School

Sweetgrass Basketry

October 5, 2024 - October 6, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Learn the art of coiling a sweetgrass basket. 

Information at North House Folk School

Willow Exploration Extravaganza

October 5, 2024 - October 8, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Students of all levels will be guided through a variety of projects in the European tradition, from basic round stake-and-strand baskets to more complex oval forms to trays and other willow treasures.

Information at North House Folk School

Woven Birch Bark Basketry

October 5, 2024 - October 6, 2024

North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN

Participants will have the option to complete two smaller baskets or one larger basket using woven strips of birch bark.

Information at North House Folk School

Lynette Youson: Sweetgrass Basket Weaving

October 6, 2024 - October 11, 2024

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Learn to coil sweetgrass by hand from a 5th generation Sweetgrass Basket Weaver who was taught the Art Form over 50 years ago.

Information at Arrowmont School of Craft

Sarita Westrup: Sculptural Basketry

October 13, 2024 - October 18, 2024

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Explore sculptural basket weaving through the use of twining with reed and incorporating mortar and paints as a creative surface treatment.

Information at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Anne Bowers – Basketry

October 15, 2024 - October 21, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

A workshop for students wanting to master their weaving and shaping skills on more traditional baskets or deep dive into rib style baskets.

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Wire Basketry

October 18, 2024 - October 20, 2024

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
5 Clary Rd, Williamsburg MA

Using steel wire as an armature, learn to create decorative and functional baskets and vessels. 

Information at Snowfarm

Appalachian Basketry

October 20, 2024 - October 25, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Start with an egg or gathering basket using a “God’s Eye” pattern to hold the spokes and handle together. Then, weave an additional piece in the style of a hen, potato, or wall basket.

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Jo Campbell Amsler – Willow Gathering

October 22, 2024 - October 25, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

This willow retreat is a time to be creative, practice skills and work on projects that you have been longing to find time for. 

Information at Willow Gathering

Lois Russell: New Uses of an Ancient Technique

October 22, 2024 - October 28, 2024

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Using colorful waxed linen thread, participants will learn basic twining before moving to creating  patterns with two and three colors and learning to control the shape of a piece.Participants will then learn how to make three different bases and begin a second basket.

Information at Shenandoah Creates

Willow Gathering 2024 – Willow Weaving Time

October 22, 2024 - October 25, 2024

Sievers School of Fiber Arts
986 Jackson Harbor Rd, Washington Island WI

Four days of workshops sharing willow techniques and talents at the Sievers Fiber Art School Studios. 

Information and registration at Willow Gathering 2024

Modern Appalachian Basketry

October 27, 2024 - November 2, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Learn the ins and outs of selecting and processing a white oak tree for basket making and break down an entire white oak log together. Explore what constitutes modern form verses traditional form, culminating with each student designing and weaving their own basket using the white oak you split yourself and machined ash weavers. 

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Eric Stark: The Unexpected Connection — Sculptural Sweetgrass Coiling

November 3, 2024 - November 9, 2024

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

This workshop explores coiled sweetgrass basketry in response to an artifact or prompt, and will explore techniques related to both functional and sculptural basketry.

Information at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

JoAnn Kelly Catsos: Shaker Baskets

November 3, 2024 - November 9, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Start by weaving with prepared black ash splints over a wooden mold. With these basic techniques under your belt, continue to explore Shaker baskets and work on additional pieces of your choice.

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Twist and Twine

November 17, 2024 - November 22, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Learn to make baskets using 4-ply and 7-ply Irish waxed linen cord. 

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Creating with Pine Needles

November 22, 2024 - November 24, 2024

John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC

Delve into the art of pine needle coiling, from gathering materials to creating a beautiful, finished basket. Learn how to gather, prepare, and dye pine needles.

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

CraftForms 2024

December 7, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne PA 19087, Wayne, PA Pennsylvania

The 29th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. Davenport Gallery.

Information at Wayne Art Center

Texas Basket Weavers Association 2025 Conference

January 23, 2025 - January 26, 2025

Austin Marriott North
2600 La Fronterra Blvd., Round Rock TX

Texas Basket Weavers Association 2025 Annual conference includes workshops, vendors, and a silent auction.

Information at Texas Basket Weavers Association

Texas Basket Weavers Association 2025 Conference Proposals

January 23, 2025 - January 26, 2025

Austin Marriott North
2600 La Fronterra Blvd., Round Rock TX

We are now accepting proposals for the TBWA 2025 Conference, to be held at the Austin Marriott North in Round Rock, Texas, from
January 23-26, 2025

For more information, contact TBWA Teacher Coordinator

Applications deadline May 3, 2024.

Small Expressions 2023

January 24, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Dennos Museum Center
1410 College Drive, Traverse City MI

Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition by the Handweavers Guild of America showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) using fiber techniques in any media.

Information at Dennos Museum Center 

Art Evolved – Intertwined

February 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025

Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street, Brockton MA

Artists were invited to participate in this conversation between media to illustrate the continuum between beauty and functionality.

This traveling exhibit features member artists from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) and the National Basketry organization. Dates subject to change – please visit the Fuller Craft Website.

Information at Fuller Craft Museum.

Art Evolved: Intertwined

January 27, 2026 - April 26, 2026

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
565 5th Avenue, Laurel MS

Artists were invited to participate in this conversation between media to illustrate the continuum between beauty and functionality.

This traveling exhibit features member artists from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) and the National Basketry organization.

Information at  Lauren Rogers Museum of Ar

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