Events

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

Upcoming NBO Events

NBO Presents with SAQA: Art Evolved: Intertwined

There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art which resonates in today’s world.

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Basketry Calendar

Here, Now, and Always

July 2, 2022 - July 2, 2028

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

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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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

iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa

November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2025

Museum of International Fok Art
706 CAMINO LEJO, Santa Fe NM

The spectacular art of telephone wire weaving is the subject of iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Foregrounding artists’ voices, Weaving Meanings shares histories of the wire medium in South Africa, from the 16th century uses as currency to the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. From beer pot lids (izimbenge) to platters and plates, from vessels to sculptural assemblages, works in the exhibition speak to the continued development and significance of this artistic tradition, both locally in KwaZulu-Natal and to global markets and audiences.

Weaving Meanings features historical items alongside contemporary works of art, demonstrating individual and community-based ways of making and knowing. Curated in consultation with Indigenous Knowledge experts in broader Nguni and specific Zulu cultures, this exhibition sheds new light on this artistic medium, highlighting the experiences of the artists themselves through videos featuring interviews and the process of creating wirework.

The first major exhibition of telephone wire art in any North American museum, Weaving Meanings features a significant collection generously assembled and generously donated by David Arment and Jim Rimelspach, the David Arment Southern African Collection, IFAF Collection, Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibition is guest curated by Dr. Elizabeth Perrill in collaboration with community curator and lead Indigenous knowledge expert Muziwandile Gigaba.

Chumash Basketry: Art and Life

January 25, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Admire the work of weavers past and present as visitors  study the basics of how baskets are made, and grow to recognize the plants that make them possible. Exhibition is ongoing, confirm with museum before visiting. 

Information at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Art Evolved – Intertwined

March 1, 2025 - August 31, 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.

Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry

March 15, 2025 - June 29, 2025

Paine Art Center and Gardens
1410 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh WI

Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry is a groundbreaking exhibition that will introduce audiences to the historically important and visually compelling tradition of Native basketmaking in Wisconsin.

Information at  The Paine

CraftForms 2025

March 17, 2025 - September 10, 2025

Wayne Art Center is seeking submissions for the 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. Works created utilizing CAD/CAM technologies and 3D printing tools are also eligible.

Information at CraftForms 2025

Pursuing our Path of Preservation

May 10, 2025 - November 2, 2025

The Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society
221 MATHESON STREET, Healdsburg CA

The Pomo Weavers Society exhibit includes baskets, artwork, dresses and regalia by local Indigenous artists.

Information at Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society 

Fiberart International 2025

June 20, 2025 - August 30, 2025

Contemporary Craft
5645 Butler St., Pittsburgh PA

Fiberart International 2025 features works by both established and emerging artists from eight countries, representing a wide spectrum of creativity, materials, techniques and unique perspectives.

Information at Contemporary Craft

A portion of this exhibition will be on display at Brew House Arts  in Pittsburgh during the same time period. 

Fiberart International 2025

June 20, 2025 - August 30, 2025

Brew House Arts
711 South 21st Street, Pittsburgh PA

Fiberart International is a triennial exhibition that seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. 

Information at Brew House Arts

A portion of this exhibition will be on display at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh during the same time period. 

Basket Weaving with Color

June 22, 2025 - June 28, 2025

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

Experiment with color combinations of pre-dyed reed that match your decor, fit your personality, and best accentuate your basket style.

Information at John C. Campbell Folk School

Natural and Alternative Fiber Weaving and Exploration

June 22, 2025 - July 4, 2025

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
89 Haystack School Drive, Deer Isle ME

Learn to weave using a variety of natural and alternative materials, allowing creativity to guide the process. Techniques like plaiting, twining, and coiling will be demonstrated. All levels welcome.

Information and registration at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Sarita Westrup – Sculptural Basketry

June 23, 2025 - June 27, 2025

Touchstone Center for Crafts
1049 Wharton Furnace Road, Farmington PA

Participants will learn methods for building nonfunctional forms with reed, wire, waxed linen, and anything they bring with them. A focus on techniques such as twining, looping, and knotted netting.

Information and registration at Touchstone Center for Crafts

MidAtlantic Fiber Association Conference

June 26, 2025 - June 29, 2025

Millersville University
40 Dilworth Rd, Millersville PA

In-person workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketmaking, and other fiber arts.

Information and registration at MidAtlantic Fiber Association

Build and Weave a Danish Cord Stool

June 27, 2025 - June 29, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland WI

Make an elegant mid-century modern inspired wooden post-and-rung stool with a woven “rush” pattern (also called envelope pattern) Danish paper cord seat.

Information and registration at Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft

Wall Basket Workshop

June 29, 2025

Millhollow Works Craft School
149 Hurricane Rd, Keene NH

Learn basket weaving while making a functional handy project. Students will be working with the fundamental techniques that are the basic of all splint basketry.

 More information and registration at The Craft School – Mill Hollow Works

Cold Connections: Textile Techniques in Wire

July 7, 2025 - July 11, 2025

Pocosin Arts School Of Fine Craft
202 Main St, Columbia NC

Explore the artistic and practical uses of wire and create three-dimensional forms. All experience levels.

Information and registration at Pocosin Arts

Small Expressions 2024

July 12, 2025 - August 23, 2025

Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association
420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge GA

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

Information at  Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association

Cattail Basketry

July 13, 2025 - July 19, 2025

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

Practice different weaving techniques because it does not require as much hand-strength as stick or vine basketry. Use various kinds of leaves to make at least three projects: a basket, a hat, and a tote bag.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Basketry: Covered Coiling

July 14, 2025 - July 17, 2025

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

Use one continuous round length of core material, wound around or on top of itself in an expanding or decreasing spiral to construct a basket. Silk, wool or cotton yarns will be used to cover the core material and attention given to shaping, rims and embellishing. 

Registration opens February 1, 2025 at  Sievers School of Fine Arts

Make a Knutkorg: A Scandinavian Knot Basket

July 18, 2025 - July 21, 2025

Marine Mills Folk School
550 Pine Street, MARINE ON SAINT CROIX MN

This intensive four-day class begins with a close study of baskets the instructors have created. Students will then begin crafting a 10 x 10 x 8-inch basket using only a few tools and simple methods.

Information and registration at  Marine Mills Folk School

Tony Stubblefield – Appalachian Ribbed Baskets

July 20, 2025 - July 26, 2025

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

Learn the fundamentals of ribbed basket construction. Starting with the basics, and progressing through a series of more complex shapes, try different methods of lashing the hoops, measuring ribs by eye and traditional filling-in or turn-backs.  

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Tradition and Innovation 12: National Basketry Organization Conference

July 22, 2025 - July 27, 2025

University of Puget Sound
1500 North Warner Street, Tacoma WA

Join us as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of NBO at our biennial conference in Tacoma, Washington! 

Information at National Basketry Organization

Backpack Baskets

July 25, 2025 - July 29, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Starting with flat reed, work through weaving the base and sides of the basket, then carving and lashing the rim, adding a handle, straps, and skids. 

Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Craft

Lynette Youson – Sweetgrass Creations

July 27, 2025 - August 1, 2025

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

Learn the coiling technique for creating a handwoven basket from sweetgrass, bullrushes, and pine needles lashed with palmetto palm strips. 

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Willow Basketry: A Study of Stake & Strand Baskets

July 28, 2025 - August 1, 2025

Touchstone Center for Crafts
1049 Wharton Furnace Road, Farmington PA

Discover and explore the fundamentals of stake and strand basketry using willow that is grown, harvested, and processed on nearby Foggy Blossom Farm. Skills covered will include the construction of a base, wale, side weaves, borders, handles and feet. 

Information and registration at Touchstone Center for Crafts

 

Basketry Now

July 29, 2025 - October 18, 2025

Textile Center
3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis MN

Basketry Now 2025 broadly surveys artistic expressions in basketry created by established and emerging artists and makers. The exhibition showcases diverse approaches that demonstrate superior craftsmanship, thoughtful design, and original concepts.

Information at Textile Center

Excellence in Fibers XI

August 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025

This Excellence In Fibers is the 11th 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 Art Now

Still

August 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

108 Contemporary
108 E Reconciliation Way, Tulsa OK

Artists and friends for several decades, Lissa Hunter, Jane Sauer, Jo Stealey and Carol Stein have had many conversations between and among themselves, encompassing a broad range of topics. Out of these virtual conversations, the seed for this exhibition took hold.

Information at 108 Contemporary

Wiigwaas Makak: Birch Bark Baskets

August 1, 2025 - August 2, 2025

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

Begin by splitting spruce roots to use as lacing. Next, shape and lace the winter bark to make a basket.

Information and registration at North House Folk School

 

The Hundred Stick Willow Basket

August 2, 2025 - August 3, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland Wisconsin

In this two-day class students will create a round willow basket, learning basic weaves such as twining and french randing.  

Information and registration at Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft   

Meg Morley – Sculptural Basketry

August 3, 2025 - August 8, 2025

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Students will learn several introductory basketry techniques and explore the possibilities of sculptural forms and experimental play.

Information at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Baskets From Nature

August 8, 2025 - August 12, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Learn how to process wild gathered bark and vines into basketry materials. With these materials, you will create your own unique baskets

Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Craft

Cael Chappell – Baskets with Waxed Linen Thread

August 8, 2025 - August 11, 2025

Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts
35 Big Hollow Road, Maplecrest NY

A four-day basket weaving workshop where you’ll learn the art of twined basketry using waxed linen thread. Each day will be filled with in-depth instruction to create unique, personalized baskets. Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

Information and registration at Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts

Swedish Picnic Basket

August 9, 2025 - August 10, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland Wisconsin

Learn to make a plank bottom basket with split willow weavers designed after a basket  found in an antique shop in Stockholm, Sweden.  
Information and registration at  Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft  

Tinkering Around: Textile Techniques in Wire

August 13, 2025 - August 17, 2025

Sanborn Mills Farm
7097 Sanborn Road, Loudon NH

This workshop will introduce wire as an artistic as well as a practical medium. You will learn how to work with wire and explore its linear qualities as well as creating three-dimensional forms. All experience levels are invited to enroll although a bit of hand strength is required.

Information and registration at Sanborn Mills Farm

Introduction to Wood Splint Basketry

August 22, 2025 - August 24, 2025

Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts
35 Big Hollow Road, Maplecrest NY

Using wood the class splits together, as well as pre-split wood, learn the ins and outs of frame style, wood splint basketry as you weave a 10″ basket together utilizing a white oak frame, and hand split white ash weavers. Some hand strength for weaving needed. 

Information and registration at Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts

Vedmeis: Split Willow Basketry

September 5, 2025 - September 8, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland Wisconsin

The Norwegian vedmeis basket has a special structure with two hoops/handles that also makes the legs on the basket. 
Splitting and preparing material is time consuming and will take more than half the course. Participants will learn different approaches to splitting and will be able to make basket materials directly from the forest.

Information and registration at  Woodspirit School for Traditional Craft  

Sweetgrass Basketry

September 6, 2025 - September 7, 2025

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

Learn the art of coiling a beautiful sweetgrass basket. Hands-on instruction provides students with an introduction to the traditions and skills of basket weaving, and a discussion about how to identify sweetgrass and gather materials for future projects. 

Information and registration at  North House Folk School

Annetta Kraayeveld: Diagonal Twill Immersion

September 8, 2025 - September 14, 2025

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

A workshop for students who want an intensive study of diagonal twill plaiting with paper.

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Jo Campbell Amsler – Willow Gathering Baskets

September 9, 2025 - September 11, 2025

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

Focus on three rib-style baskets: the Catalan Platter, Lindy Lee Flower Basket and the Willow Gathering Basket. Learn the basics of growing, harvesting and processing willow. 

Registration at  Sievers School of Fine Arts  

Kipe: Traditional Split Willow Backpack of Western Norway

September 10, 2025 - September 13, 2025

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

In this course we will make a kipe – a traditional backpack used along the west coast of Norway.

Information and registration at North House Folk School

 

Tidal Twinings Retreat

September 10, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Camp Magruder
17450 Old Pacific Hwy, Rockaway Beach Oregon

In addition to a full slate of classes, retreat activities include an attendee gallery show, auction, and a keynote presentation by the year’s featured teacher. Registrants can attend for one to five days. The retreat is flexible and welcoming to weavers of all skill levels.

 Information and registration at Columbia Basin Basketry Guild

 

Cattail Weaving Intensive: Hat, Baskets and More

September 12, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts
35 Big Hollow Road, Maplecrest NY

An introduction to several fundamental weaving techniques that utilize cattails including, twining, plaiting, weaving on a mold and hand forming cordage and netting.

Information and registration at Sugar Maples Center for the Creative Arts

Cael Chappell – Twining Baskets

September 13, 2025

Fiber Arts on 4th
6463 4th Street NW, Los Ranchos NM

A full day of the ‘basics’ including twining and reverse twining, how to start and how to finish your basket, how to shape your basket, and much more.

Information at Fiber Arts on Fourth

Registration at Fiber Arts on Fourth Workshops

Painted Paper Baskets

September 14, 2025 - September 20, 2025

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

Paint, strip, and weave watercolor paper into colorful baskets. Working with wooden molds or by hand, create several baskets in a variety of sizes and shapes. 

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Char Ciammaichella The Art of Pine Needle Coiling and Cutting a Cabochon!

September 15, 2025 - September 21, 2025

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

This class is designed for all levels of coilers with a bonus option to grind, sand and polish your own cabochon for a project center.

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Norwegian Split Willow Basketry Exploration

September 15, 2025 - September 18, 2025

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

In this course, students will explore three different styles of baskets that all come from the valleys of Østerdalen and Gudbrandsdal in eastern Norway, the aktarkorg, skjeppekorg or handlekorg. The weave is quite straightforward and can be varied in many different sizes and shapes. Students can choose to make two smaller projects or one bigger. Hand strength with willow recommended. 

Information and registration atNorth House Folk School

National Basketry Gathering 2025

September 18, 2025 - September 22, 2025


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National Basketry Gathering Australia is held every 2 years in a different state.
The next gathering will be held in Tasmania from the 18th-22nd of September 2025.

White Oak – Tree to Basket

September 21, 2025 - September 27, 2025

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

Learn how to turn a log into ready-to-use weaving materials using various hand tools, then weave a simple basket with your hard-earned materials.

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Unique Nantuckets

September 22, 2025 - September 28, 2025

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Students will first weave a 10” Nantucket Tray using hardwood staves and natural cane following traditional techniques. After learning these traditional techniques , learn new and unique designs.  

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Geraldine Zelinsky: Co-Creating With Nature

September 25, 2025 - September 28, 2025

Church Street Inn
120 Church St, Natchitoches LA

The NWLA Basket Makers 4th Annual Retreat. Geraldine Zelinsky, Basket Maker and pioneering founder of NWLA Basket
Makers will demonstrate how to process and add natural elements to enhance your pine needle baskets.

For more information and registration details, please email Co-Creating with Nature

Lee Sipe in the Renwick Museum “The State Fair”

September 25, 2025 - September 30, 2026

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

NBO member Lee Sipe will be exhibiting in this Renwick/Smithsonian museum exhibition. On the occa­sion of the 250th anniver­sary of the United States in 2026, the Smith­son­ian Amer­i­can Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery is mount­ing a major exhi­bi­tion, tenta­tively titled The State Fair, to feature the creative contri­bu­tions of state fairs from the mid-nine­teenth century to today. 

Information at the Renwick  Gallery – Smithsonian Museum

Twist and Twine with Irish Waxed Linen

September 28, 2025 - October 3, 2025

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. Use beautiful color changes to twine, stack, and spiral.

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Articulating Wire Hanging Baskets

October 4, 2025 - October 5, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Explore chain making, unique cold connections in wire, properties of mild steel, and low-tech steel finishing treatments. 

Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Crafts

Wood Bottom Baskets

October 4, 2025 - October 5, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Make 3 baskets of varying sizes, using twining and stop and start techniques with reed and other materials.

Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Crafts

Elizabeth Runyon – Basketry: Basic and Beyond

October 5, 2025 - October 10, 2025

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Start by weaving a traditional Appalachian ribbed egg basket to understand the technique, and then take those skills to the next level by creating sculptural, contemporary forms including a birdhouse and freestyle vase, using reed and seagrass.

Information at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Jo Campbell-Amsler: Step By Step Willow Basketry

October 6, 2025 - October 12, 2025

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Rib-style techniques will be the focus for this class, following the designs of many centuries’ old basket styles. Learn about willow as a basket material, making frames for your baskets, and many of the basic techniques used in this style of basket, all while perfecting your skill of weaving. 

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

April Ogimaakwe Stone: Black Ash – Weaving a Most Useful Handbag Basket

October 12, 2025 - October 17, 2025

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

 In this workshop, students will develop a deeper understanding of what it takes to retrieve the raw material from a harvested tree, then practice splitting, scraping, and cutting the material with simple tools. Having this knowledge will allow students to prep the material to create a most useful basket for every day needs. Open to all skill levels.

Information and registration at  Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Honeysuckle Baskets

October 12, 2025 - October 18, 2025

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

Learn about harvesting, processing, dyeing, and weaving with this traditional Appalachian material to produce beautiful, finely crafted baskets. All levels welcome.

 Information and registration at North House Folk School

Association of Michigan Basketmakers Annual Convention

October 15, 2025 - October 19, 2025

Blue Water Convention Center
800 Harker Street, Port Huron Michigan

Annual convention with basket workshops,   evening programs, exhibit room awards, silent auction, and marketplace.

Information at Association of Michigan Basketmakers

Willow Basketry

October 16, 2025 - October 19, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland Wisconsin

Weave your own adventure with buff and white willow. Be challenged at any level–beginners to advanced weavers and learn as many basket designs as you can think of.  
Information and registration at Woodspirit School of Craft   

Cael Chappell – Twined Rosette Earrings Using Waxed Linen Thread

October 18, 2025 - October 19, 2025

Fiber Arts on 4th
6463 4th Street NW, Los Ranchos NM

Twining and/or Reverse Twining in waxed linen thread to create a pair of earrings. Ability to work small is very good. Size, colors, patterns will vary for each student.

Information at Fiber Arts on Fourth

Registration at Fiber Arts on Fourth Workshops

Barbara Osborne – Agates, Ammonites, Abalone and Pine Needles

October 19, 2025 - October 24, 2025

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN

Students will begin by learning the attachment technique of the Margarita Stitch harness, then learn different ways to use this harness. Students should have some basic pine needle or other coiling experience. 

Information and registration at  Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Gourd Basketry

October 19, 2025 - October 24, 2025

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

Use traditional open-coil and twining techniques to transform gourds into beautiful baskets that you can embellish with pine needles, sisal rope, reed, and paper core.

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Jo Campbell Amsler – Willow Gathering 2025

October 21, 2025 - October 24, 2025

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

Weave and share in a beautiful and creative setting – no planned workshops – bring your skills, ideas, inspirations, and give yourself this time to create.

Information  at Willow Ridge Baskets

Basket Weaving on Bottles

October 25, 2025 - October 26, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ

Create functional woven pieces of art that can hold liquids. Using upcycled or antique bottles as the base to build on, participants will mainly weave with rattan reed.

Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Craft

Willow Wicker Hamper

October 26, 2025 - November 1, 2025

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

Create a large, willow hamper basket by utilizing multiple weaving techniques–the twine stitch, three rod wale, and English randing.

 Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Peeta Tinay – Round Reed Basketry

October 27, 2025 - November 2, 2025

River’s Bend Ranch
397 Riverbend Road, Stanley VA

Students will make 2 baskets using round reed. These are challenging and rewarding projects for students who want to dive deep and refine their weaving techniques and skills. 

Information and registration at Shenandoah Creates

Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry

October 30, 2025 - November 2, 2025

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

In this class, students will make durable, airtight birch bark boxes that are perfect for storage of coffee, tea, spices, or any number of other dry goods. 

Information and registration at North House Folk School

Birch Bark Star and Wool Felt Ornaments

November 1, 2025

Woodspirit School of Traditional Craft
1400 3rd St W, Ashland Wisconsin

Make a woven birch bark star ornament with wool pompoms and tassels. Be introduced to a variety of wool felted ornaments with stitched and needle felted decorations.
Information and registration at Woodspirit School of Craft 

Jennifer Zurick – Willow Bark Basketry

November 6, 2025 - November 9, 2025

The Woodworking School at Pine Croft
1865 Big Hill Rd., Berea KY/Madison

Introduction to weavers to native black willow bark, a very strong, flexible and beautiful fiber uncommonly used for basketry. Class participants will learn fiber preparation by removing the outer bark layer s of precut strips prior to constructing a small basket.

Information and registration at The Woodworking School at Pine Croft

Basket and Broom Sampler

November 9, 2025 - November 15, 2025

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

Make a cobwebber out of raw broomcorn and a turkey wing or angel whisk from processed broomcorn. Then, weave a melon-style rib basket and a flat reed market basket.

 Information and registration at North House Folk School

Creating with Pine Needles

November 21, 2025 - November 23, 2025

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

Learn how to gather, prepare, and dye pine needles. Use the materials to sample a variety of coiling techniques and styles. Incorporate embellishments and beads into your finished baskets

 Information and registration at North House Folk School

Cael Chappell – Twining Baskets: Patterns and Explorations

November 22, 2025

Fiber Arts on 4th
6463 4th Street NW, Los Ranchos NM

Start with making bases, and/or a base will be provided. Choose your thread size based on your skill, speed, and what you want to learn and accomplish. Instruction is individualized.

Information at Fiber Arts on Fourth

Registration at Fiber Arts on Fourth Workshops

Twill and Twine Bark Basketry

December 5, 2025 - December 7, 2025

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

Learn to incorporate both twill and twine weaving techniques into a single, finely woven basket. This class is open to both beginner and more advanced weavers, with opportunities for students to challenge themselves with increasingly difficult techniques as the class progresses.  

Information and registration at North House Folk School

 

Learning to Weave with Willow

December 6, 2025

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

Participants will be able to make a variety of woven items, including decorative stars or fish, bird feeders, bowls, etc. Techniques learned are essential building blocks for all other willow basket projects.

Information and registration at Cedar Roots School

 

Craft Forms 2025

December 7, 2025 - January 24, 2026

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

Showcasing works in basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather. metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, wood and 3-D printing.

Information at Wayne Art Center

Twill Basketry

December 7, 2025 - December 13, 2025

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

Start with a lazy twill and progress as your ability and desire allows. Learn to plan and graph a twill for both continuous weave and start-and-stop weaving. 

Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School

Large Birch Basket Tote

December 11, 2025 - December 14, 2025

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

The course will begin by learning about ethical techniques for harvest. Students will then use hand tools to prepare their 1 inch wide bark strips and then weave them into a tote base, measuring roughly 11″ x 4″x 13”.

Information and registration atNorth House Folk School

Excellence in Fibers 10

January 15, 2026 - February 14, 2026

Schack Art Center
2921 Hoyt Avenue, Everett WA

NBO members Annetta Kraayeveld and Dorothy McGuinness are among the exhibiting artists in this 10th Anniversary show.

Information at Schack Art Center

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  Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery

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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