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Of Interest 2019-2020

The following is a list of events of interest to guild members in our community and nationwide during the 2019-2020 guild year.


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MAFA 2019 Conference
June 27-30, 2019
Millersville University
Millersville, PA

 
With 40 workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting and other fiber arts, an active marketplace and many special events, the Conference Planning Committee is busy getting ready your experience at MAFA 2019.  Master weaver and author Tom Knisely will keynote MAFA 2019! 
Download the conference brochure to take your time perusing the workshops, learn about the instructors, and select a first and second choice before registration opens.  Deadline to register for classes is May 31, 2019.

Check out the MAFA Newsletter here: https://mafafiber.org/wp-content/uploads/Reps-News/MAFA-Reps-News-2019-05-06.pdf
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​Our guild member, Mary Kircher, is having a show at the Horace Williams House in June.

The Horace Williams House
610 E Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514

 
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The Durham Art Guild presents “A Force of Nature” featuring new individual and collaborative works by DAG members and our own guild members,  Evee Erb eveeerb.com  and Sydney Sogol sydneysogol.com.  Textile artists Evee Erb and Sydney Sogol believe that environmental health can be facilitated through art. Utilizing recycled and environmentally friendly materials addressing themes of conservation, A Force of Nature is an exhibition featuring handwoven textiles and sculptures.

June 14 – August 3, 2019.
3rd Friday receptions with the artists on June 21 and July 19 from 6-8pm.

DAG’s SunTrust Gallery
Durham Arts Council building
120 Morris St. in Durham

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Centerfest Arts Festival
September 21 & 22, 2019
Downton Durham


http://centerfest.durhamarts.org/general-information/become-a-sponsor

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​65TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
August 16 - October 12, 2019 
DAG's SunTrust Gallery


Save the date!

 
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Festifall
October 12, 2019, 11 am - 3 pm
Downton Chapel Hill


A FUN, EXPERIENTIAL, ARTS-FOCUSED FESTIVAL FOR ALL AGES IN DOWNTOWN CHAPEL HILL.  Festifall is an annual celebration that brings the community together around a diverse array of arts experiences.  The festival advances our mission of inspiring creativity and celebrating community for a better Chapel Hill and is curated along the lines of our values of inclusion, experience, and understanding. 
http://www.chapelhillfestifall.com/
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Call for Artists: Deadline for submissions is 8/19/19
More details on the website:
https://www.entrythingy.com/d=chapelhillfestifall.com#dashboard

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NC State Fair
October 17-19, 2019
State Fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC

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Call for Artists Deadline for submissions is 9/15/19
More details on the website:
  • Home Furnishings division
  • ​Handicrafts and Hobbies Division:

 
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NC State - Wilson College of Textiles
October 19, 2019

North Carolina State University
1020 Main Campus Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606

​NC State Wilson College of Textiles Open House is a wonderful event for all ages to discover, learn and engage with textiles. Staff, faculty and students will be available to engage you in demonstrations, activities and information sessions on the Wilson College of Textiles. Things to do: tour the college, identify fibers, tie dye a shirt, eat an edible non-woven, try on protective gear, weave a bracelet, win door prizes, enjoy food trucks.

Guild members will be participating in the CFF Spin-In from 9 am – 4 pm.  Bring a wheel and join us!

For more information about the event, go the the website: https://textiles.ncsu.edu/visit/textiles-open-house/

 
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Alamance Artisans 2019 Art Extravaganza

Our guild member Jean Fortune Kaplan will exhibit tapestries and wearables at the Alamance Artisans’ 2019 Art Extravaganza at the Vailtree Event Center, October 26–27, 2019, and its Preview Exhibit at the Frank Community Gallery, September 28–29, 2019. The free-admission Art Extravaganza includes 31 artists of diverse media and offers light refreshments and wine, raffles, and demonstrations at the Vailtree Event Center, which is handicapped accessible with free parking. alamanceartisans.com/extravaganza
Preview Exhibit
Saturday, September 28, 11 am–7 pm
Sunday, September 29, 1 pm–6 pm
Frank Community Gallery
University Place, 201 S. Estes
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Art Extravaganza
Saturday, October 26, 10 am–5 pm                  
Sunday, October 27, noon–5 pm 
Vailtree Event Center                                          
1567 Bakatsias Ln.                                                
Haw River, NC 27258

The Navajo Way with Master Diné Weaver/ Artist Roy Kady
October 21-27, 2019

Frisco, NC

3 classes:
  • Basic Navajo Weaving, Mon-Wed, 10 am - 5 pm
  • Continuing Navajo Weaving/Ending a Navajo Weaving Thu-Sat,  10am to 5pm 
  • Basic Wet/Dry Felting, Sunday, 8am - 5pm

Roy Kady Biography: If there is a “man for all seasons” among contemporary Diné (Navajo), Roy Kady might be that man. Kady is a wellestablished sheep herder and a male weaver residing in the community of Goats Spring on the outskirts of Teec Nos Pos,
Arizona, 

For more details about the class, download this flyer.
 
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Check out the list of Vendors --> click here
 

​Triangle Weavers Guild Annual Sale & Show
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 
10 am - 4 pm

Where: Triangle Fiber Arts Center (TFAC)
                3717 Murphy School Road, Durham, NC

​                For directions to the event, click here

Occurring on the same weekend as the Orange County Artist Guild Studio Tour, our marketplace will be filled with handcrafted items, unique gifts, yarns and tools.  Beautiful weaving, spinning, basketry, knitting, embellishments and more, many created by our talented guild members, will be for sale and on display.


Orange County Artist Guild
25th Annual Open Studio Tour
Studios open: November 2,3, 9 & 10, 2019

 
Now in its 25th year, the 2019 open studio tour takes place the first 2 weekends in November. Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm, Sundays from 12 noon to 5 pm. Free and open to the public.
 
Each year during the first two weekends in November, the potters, glass blowers, sculptors, jewelers, fiber artists and painters of the Orange County Artist’s Guild open their studios to the public. This is your chance to view a working artist studio, ask questions, and shop for beautiful, one of a kind art. Now in its 24th year, the studio tour features over 80 local artists, covering nearly every artistic discipline and style.  Guild members Carol Retsch-Bogart, Rose Warner and Dawn Hummer will be participating.  For more information, visit the website: http://ocagnc.org/tour/
 
Preview show dates
   Hillsborough Gallery of Arts: Oct. 25 – Nov. 10
   FRANK Community Gallery: Oct. 26 – Nov. 10
Opening reception dates and times
   Hillsborough Gallery of Arts: Opening Reception Oct. 25, 6-9 PM
   FRANK Community Gallery: Opening Reception Oct. 26, 6-9 PM
 
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Nomadic Murals: Tapestries of the Modern Era
Location: Bechtler Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Fourth-Floor GalleryTime
April 5, 2019 - December 1, 2019
 
The exhibition is an exploration and presentation of more than 40 tapestries created by artists usually associated with painting, sculpture, and architecture, including Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso among many others. Nomadic Murals will highlight the museum’s collection of tapestries from the mid-20th century, as well as shed light on a unique medium that has been important to many great Modern and contemporary artists. 

​More info on the website

Craft + Design
November 22-24, 2019
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Richmond, VA
 

Now in its 55th year, Craft + Design is a museum-quality show that has garnered a reputation for showcasing the finest in contemporary craft. Shoppers spend the weekend browsing the work of over 150 artists from across the country. Awards are presented in ceramics, precious metals, glass, wood and recycled materials, contemporary design, innovative use of traditional craft materials and fiber.  The event will take place November 22-24, 2019 at Main Street Station’s renovated train shed.

 
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Christmas Carousel Holiday Gift Market
Nov. 29, 30 & Dec. 1, 2019
NC State Fairgrounds


The Triangle’s largest marketplace for arts, crafts and seasonal favorites!
Going strong for 32 years, The Christmas Carousel Holiday Gift Market one of the largest collections of arts, crafts & holiday gifts assembled in one location. As you stroll through the 2019 event, you’ll meet over 250 exhibitors from all across the Southeast, showcasing thousands of one-of-a-kind items and unique gifts! Santa will be there all three days!  More details on the website http://www.christmascarousel.com/
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Become an Exhibitor
Interested in becoming an exhibitor at 2019 The Christmas Carousel Nov. 29 – Dec 1, 2019? The festival, celebrating it’s 32nd year, draws 22,000 + visitors annually.   Download the application packet
 
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​Fiber Day at

​Chatham Mills Farmer's Market
December 7, 2019

The lawn of the historic Chatham Mills,
480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC


Check out the webpage,
http://chathammillsfarmersmarket.com/
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Be a Vendor
Chatham Mills’ Farmers’ Market’s is having their fourth annual Fiber Day market on Saturday, December 7th! We would like to invite you out to the market to vend your fiber products for this event, do demos of fiber processes, and to showcase all things fiber that our local community has to offer.
Email Cheryl McNeill if 
interested

DCM Holiday Show
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Durham Convention Center
Durham, NC
 

The Durham Craft Market Presents: The Annual Holiday Show
With a total of 120+ artists exhibiting on one block, it’s THE day to shop for unique, locally made holiday gifts you don’t want to miss! Come early, lines out the door were long last year.
http://durhamcraftmarket.com/visit-the-market/special-events/
 
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Call for Artists:
  • The application link is:  https://forms.gle/4BoBf9GJRoUKw7KV6
  • The guest vendor fee for this year is $85. 
  • Deadline to apply is August 24, 2019

 
Mary Kircher: FORMATIONS
Wednesday, January 8 - Wednesday, February 4, 2020
Page-Walker Arts & History  Center
119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC

Reception: January 31, 6-8 pm
Artist Talk at 5 pm


Guild member, Mary Kircher says: " I have a new exhibit showing in Cary, NC.   It includes a couple new tapestries and works we haven't seen for a while that look fantastic at the Page-Walker Art Center.  I'd love to see you at the artist reception, Friday, Jan 31.  Please join me for an artist talk at 5pm to learn more about tapestry and my process."
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MAFA- Mid Atlantic Fiber Association
​June 2021

Millersville, PA
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Call for Workshop Proposals
  • Now accepting proposals for Workshops
  • For more information visit our website 
  • Deadline: February 15, 2020
 
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A Weaving exhibit at MOMA
November, 2019 through April 19, 2020

11 West 53 Street, Manhattan
Floor 3, 3 North, The Philip Johnson Galleries


A
ssociated Press article
Weaving and fiber arts get the new MoMA treatment
https://apnews.com/91f83ce48007402c8c22f22b65e4f841
 
From the MoMA website
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5101
“Taking a Thread for a Walk” through April 19, 2020
 
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2020 Carolina Alpaca Celebration Halter Show
February 15, 8 AM to 5 PM
February 16, 
8 AM to 4 PM

Cabarrus Arena and Events Center
4751 US Highway 49 North
Concord, NC 28025.

Admission is FREE!!
​http://carolinaalpacacelebration.com/
 
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Now accepting entries for
  • Photo Contest
  • Skein & Fiber Arts Contest

 
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CANCELLED!

​Carolina Fiberfest 2020
March 13-14 2020
  • Friday, March 13, 9 am - 6 pm
  • Saturday, March 14, 9 am - 6 pm
 
Where: Kerr Scott Building  
              NC  State Fairgrounds
              1025 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607

Save the date!  More details to follow.


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