The National Basketry Organization hosts juried, all-inclusive and invitational basketry exhibitions that feature members’ creative works. We seek to share the broad range of what is being made by our diverse basketry community.
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Other current basketry and fiber art exhibitions
Basketry Now 2025
Basketry Now 2025 broadly surveys artistic expressions in basketry created by established and emerging artists and makers. The exhibition aims to showcase diverse approaches that demonstrate superior craftsmanship, thoughtful design, and original concepts.
Recent NBO Member exhibitions
Every 1 is a biannual, all-inclusive, members-only online basketry exhibition that demonstrates the breadth and scope of the basketry that NBO members create.
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Every 1 2024
Every 1 2024 was offered in conjunction with the online gathering Virtually Woven 2024, July 12-14, 2024.
Every 1 2022
Every 1 2022 was offered in conjunction with the online gathering Virtually Woven 2022, July 28-30, 2022.
Every 1 2021
Every 1 2021 was offered in conjunction with the online gathering Virtually Woven 2021, July 30-31, 2021.
Collaborative exhibitions
Art Evolved: Intertwined
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.
More information (external link)
Art Evolved: Intertwined is a joint exhibition with Studio Art Quilt Associates.
NBO Exhibitions Archive
Browse catalogs or slideshows of these NBO exhibitions.
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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
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
Crafting Tommorrow
May 1, 2025 - June 16, 2025
Held in partnership with LA Artcore and Textile Arts LA, this small-group exhibition will feature bodies of work by selected artists in a gallery exhibition at LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California. Selected works will build on the theme of Crafting Tomorrow and be juried by Fafnir Adamites. DEADLINE: June 16, 2025.
Apply online via CaFÉ
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
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
Other current basketry and fiber art exhibitions
Here, Now, and Always
July 2, 2022 - July 2, 2028
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
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
iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa
November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2025
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
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
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
Under One Sky
May 16, 2025 - June 1, 2025
Created in close partnership with the Washoe Tribe, this gallery celebrates the heritage and artistry of Washoe basketry. Every detail of the exhibit—including display captions written in the Washo language—was informed by Washoe voices to reflect their traditions, values, and way of life.
Ongoing at Nevada State Museum
Fiberart International 2025
June 20, 2025 - August 30, 2025
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.
Fiberart International 2025
June 20, 2025 - August 30, 2025
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.
Small Expressions 2024
July 12, 2025 - August 23, 2025
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
Basketry Now
July 29, 2025 - October 18, 2025
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
Lee Sipe in the Renwick Museum “The State Fair”
September 25, 2025 - September 30, 2026
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
Excellence in Fibers 10
January 15, 2026 - February 14, 2026
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
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
Art Evolved: Intertwined
January 27, 2026 - April 26, 2026
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
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