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.
Basketry Calendar
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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
Bark Basketry Basics: On-Demand Basket Weaving Class
February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2034
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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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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
Big Gay Art Show
October 27, 2024 - April 25, 2025
The Big Gay Art Show is a juried art show that exhibits and sells artwork in support of the LGBTQ+ community and allies. The show will run from June 6-29, 2025, on-site at the Sedona Arts Center.
Information at Sedona Arts Center
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.
Small Expressions 2024
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
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.
Inspiration
March 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild is pleased to announce a call for entries beginning March 1st, 2025 for the 2025 Juried Exhibition, “Inspiration”, for artists working in all fiber media.
The exhibit will run from August 9 – October 18, 2025 in Duluth, Georgia.
Information and entry at Inspiration
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
Hands of our Ancestors
April 2, 2025 - May 2, 2025
The Linfield Art Gallery
900 SE Baker Street, McMinnville Oregon
Hands of the Ancestors is an immersive exploration of cultural continuity, resilience, and the sacred connection between people, land, and tradition.
Information at The Linfield Art Gallery
April Ogimaakwe Stone – Black Ash Market Basket
April 24, 2025 - April 27, 2025
North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN
Through scraping and cutting with knife and scissors, we will prepare the previously harvested and fully dried splint to create a basket measuring approximately 9″x9″x5″. Working with shave horse and drawknife, we will then use riven wood blanks to bend a freshly harvested ash handle to insert into each basket, bringing the overall height to approximately 9”.
Information at North House Folk School
CNCH Conference: Bound by Thread
April 24, 2025 - April 27, 2025
Asilomar
800 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove CA
Annual Conference of Northern California Handweavers, featuring workshops and events.
Information and registration at CNCH Conference 2025
Double Wall Apple Basket
April 25, 2025 - April 27, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Create a basket using various weaving techniques, including twining, three- and four-rod waling, over/under weaving, and more. Weave and shape the basket and finish the neck with a lashed rim that supports an oak swing handle. All levels welcome; moderate hand strength needed.
Information and registration at John C. Campbell Folk School
Northeast Basketmakers Guild Spring Gathering
April 25, 2025 - April 27, 2025
Thompson Hall
4 Alden Ave, Enfield CT
Northeast Basketmakers Guild annual Spring Gathering, featuring member exhibits, raffles, market place, and more.
Information and registration at Northeast Basketmakers Guild
Stake and Strand Willow Baskets
April 27, 2025 - May 3, 2025
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 at John C. Campbell Folk School
Jo Campbell Amsler: Step-By-Step Basketry
April 29, 2025 - May 3, 2025
Textile Center
3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis MN
Discuss and practice a variety of common techniques such as making frames, lashings, handles, and rims. Construct three or four baskets and make a variety of samples for future reference. All levels – hand strength needed for willow.
Information and registration at Textile Center
Paper Made II
May 1, 2025 - June 6, 2025
Enter your made-from-paper 2D or 3D artwork during the month of June 2025. The artwork for Paper Made II must be made primarily from paper or a paper product or created using a paper-making process.
Information at Fiber Art Now
Sarita Westrup – Sculptural Basketry
May 3, 2025 - May 4, 2025
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
251 N. Spruce St. , Winston-Salem NC
Explore basketry as a medium of free form sculpture in this special visiting artist workshop with contemporary basketmaker Sarita Westrup. All levels welcome.
Information and registration at Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Field Notes: An Art Survey
May 3, 2025 - May 11, 2025
browngrotta arts
276 Ridgefield Road, Wilton CT
More than two dozen accomplished international artists will share what’s on their minds, what’s on their looms, and what’s inspiring their art process, as the art form’s popularity crests.
Information at Browngrotta Arts
Baskets from Your Backyard
May 4, 2025 - May 9, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Learn to weave rib structured baskets using materials from your backyard.
Information at John C. Campbell Folk School
Knutkorg: The Scandinavian Knot Basket
May 9, 2025 - May 11, 2025
North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN
Constructed from willow and split cedar, the basket is an interlocking framework of bent and notched pieces. The pieces fit together like an ingenious puzzle, making the knutkorg a craft marvel.
Information at North House Folk School
Experimental Metal Weaving: Exploring the Basics
May 10, 2025 - May 11, 2025
Peters Valley School of Craft
19 Kuhn Road, Layton NJ
Explore the basics of various weaving and basketry techniques using metal materials such as copper, and nickel.
Information and registration at Peters Valley School of Craft
Fiber 2025
May 10, 2025 - May 19, 2025
Silvermine Art Galleries
1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan CT
This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways.
Information at Silvermine Arts Center
Mother’s Day Flower Basket
May 10, 2025
Millhollow Works School
149 Hurricane Rd, Keene NH
This square to round top basket will be sized to fit a 4 to 5 inch potted plant. Working with round, flat and flat oval reed, you will weave this handy little basket that could also be used to hold utensils for your patio table or soaps in the bathroom.
More information and registration at The Craft School – Mill Hollow Works
Stowe Basketry Festival
May 13, 2025 - May 17, 2025
Midway Lodge
7231 Mountain Road, Stowe VT
The Stowe Basketry Festival will feature a wide variety of project offerings that will available on the website soon.
Information and registration at Stowe Basketry Festival
Peggy McCarson – Tote It!
May 15, 2025 - May 18, 2025
John C Campbell Folk School
One Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Weave a tote basket from the kits brought by instructor. Design your own with guidance from instructor.
Information at John C. Campbell Folk School
Peggy McCarson – Handle with Flair
May 18, 2025 - May 24, 2025
John C Campbell Folk School
One Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Learn to weave handled baskets and explore different options for your handle, including wood, reed, and leather. Start with weaving a market basket and decorating the wood handle, then move on to a wicker basket with an inserted reed handle.
Information at John C. Folk School
Black Ash Workhorse Tote Basket
May 24, 2025 - May 25, 2025
Roots School
192 Bear Notch Road, Bradford VT
Learn all the basics of black ash basketry plus some additional skills. In this two day workshop, students will experience all the steps in the process, from a demonstration of pounding the log, to weaving their own unique basket.
Information at Roots School
Folded Bark Baskets
May 30, 2025 - June 1, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Learn how bark is removed from trees, folded, and made into usable containers while working with poplar bark, kudzu, honeysuckle, wisteria vines, and other natural materials.
Information at John C. Campbell Folk School
Backpack Basics and Beyond
June 1, 2025 - June 7, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
Learn the basics of weaving an Adirondack, backpack-shaped basket with straps.
Information at John C. Campbell Folk School
Birch Bark Berry Basket
June 6, 2025 - June 8, 2025
North House Folk School
500 Highway 61 West , Grand Marais MN
Learn precise sewing techniques, floral embellishment using cut bark pieces, and the construction of handles or lids for the baskets.
Information at North House Folk School
Lynette Youson – Sweetgrass Basket Weaving
June 8, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN
Participants will have the freedom to determine the form with which their weaving will take shape. The materials – Sweetgrass, pine needles, bulrush and palmetto palm will be transformed using creativity, patience and time-tested methods.
Information at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Black Ash Berry Baskets
June 15, 2025
Roots School
192 Bear Notch Road, Bradford VT
Students will experience all the steps in the process, from a demonstration of pounding the log, to weaving their own unique, square to round basket with an optional leather strap. Included is a discussion on identifying, choosing and harvesting a tree.
Information at Roots School
Intermountain Weavers Conference
June 17, 2025 - June 21, 2025
Albuquerque Convention Center
401 Second St NW, Albuquerque New Mexico
Workshops on a wide array of Fiber Arts: Basketry, weaving, spinning, dyeing, knitting, design, tapestry, Chimayo weaving and more. Free events include the Marketplace, an evening Fashion Show, Celebration of Fiber Show, Raffle Baskets, and a Silent Auction.
Information and registration at Intermountain Weavers Conference
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cattail Weaving Intensive: Hat, Baskets and More
September 12, 2025 - September 14, 2025
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
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
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
Honeysuckle Baskets
October 12, 2025 - October 18, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
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 John C. Campbell 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
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
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
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
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 John C. Campbell Folk School
Creating with Pine Needles
November 21, 2025 - November 23, 2025
John C. Campbell Folk School
1 Folk School Road, Brasstown NC
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 John C. Campbell 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 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
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 Lauren Rogers Museum of Ar
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