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
Every 1 2024
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.
All works in the exhibition will remain on view until December 31, 2024. After that date, the online exhibition will only be accessible to NBO members.
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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 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.
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Art Evolved: Intertwined is a joint exhibition with Studio Art Quilt Associates.
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Botanicals
November 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Flowers, plants, trees . . . Nature’s bounty. Show us how they help bring your art to life. Be inspired by your surroundings. Be creative; be colorful (or not); be innovative. Artwork must include fiber or fiber-related techniques.
Information at Fiber Art Now
Other current basketry and fiber art exhibitions
Here, Now, and Always
July 2, 2022 - July 9, 2026
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
Heart of the Community: Baskets from the Basha Family Collection of American Indian Art
March 21, 2024 - February 2, 2025
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
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 24, 2024 - October 27, 2024
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
Woven Legacies: Carrying a Cherokee Tradition
May 24, 2024 - November 3, 2024
With more than 40 pieces on display, visitors can explore how generations of Cherokee weavers continue to adapt, practice, and teach basketry. The exhibit also looks at the impact community support has had on basketry, including the annual Cherokee National Treasure recognitions and the Cherokee Artist Recovery Act.
Information at Visit Cherokee Nation
Mag-win’-teg-wak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry
May 25, 2024 - January 5, 2025
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
Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry
August 3, 2024 - November 10, 2024
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 Museum of Wisconsin Art
Pat Hickman: Track Spikes
September 7, 2024 - October 27, 2024
Pat Hickman gives familiar objects a new life, or perhaps creates echoes of their previous life, by sculpting translucent casts, in this case casts of track spikes used by railroads across the country. Her emphasis on process and creating unique, individual forms are woven together to form a single, contemplative installation and individual sculptures for this solo exhibition.
Information at Garner Art Center
In Our Words, An Intergenerational Dialogue
September 13, 2024 - December 7, 2024
Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish: In Our Words, An Intergenerational Dialogue is a major exhibition that centers the subjectivities of two contemporary Indigenous artists whose practices have sustained and bolstered the relevance of the age-old Anishinaabe practice of black ash basket-making in the 21st century.
Information at University of Michigan Stamps Gallery
Earth, Water, Sky
September 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025
A career retrospective of nationally renowned artist Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation). This exhibition gathers four decades of the prolific artist’s prints, glass, weaving, and ceramics in the largest and most comprehensive showing of his career to date.
Information at Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
Sarita Westrup: LA TRIENAL 2024
October 10, 2024 - February 9, 2025
NBO member Sarita Westup and other juried artists are featured in this exhibition with shows the transformation, porosities of landscape and the built environment, spiritual connections, collective memories, hybrid belongings, and material exchanges.
Information at El Museo del Barrio
Threads: natural fiber and living lines
October 16, 2024 - March 9, 2025
Ann Coddington works in threads—living lines created by natural fibers. This material invites layered metaphorical possibilities that are not bound by a loom or a specific interpretative category. Opening reception October 16, 4-7.
Information on the exhibition, workshops and demonstrations at Ruth Davis Design Gallery
Kate Anderson and Jane Sauer at Duane Reed Gallery
October 18, 2024 - November 23, 2024
NBO members Kate Anderson and Jane Sauer will be exhibiting their work at the Duane Reed Gallery this fall.
Information at Duane Reed Gallery
Jeremy Frey: Woven
October 26, 2024 - February 10, 2025
Jeremy Frey: Woven is a groundbreaking exhibition in contemporary and Indigenous art. Featuring more than 50 baskets, made from natural materials like black ash and sweetgrass, Woven presents a comprehensive collection that spans a career of more than two decades.
Information and hours at the Art Institute of Chicago
CraftForms 2024
December 7, 2024 - January 5, 2025
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
Small Expressions 2024
December 18, 2024
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 The Gallery at Papillon & Company
Small Expressions 2024
January 24, 2025 - May 25, 2025
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
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.
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
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
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