Of Interest 2020-2021
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The following is a list of events of interest to guild members in our community and nationwide during the 2020-2021 guild year.
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HGA’s 2020 Convergence®
July 24-30, 2020 Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN CANCELLED! 
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Welcome to the ultimate international fiber art experience: Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.’s (HGA) Convergence® conference! We’ve planned an exciting week of activities and events. Join fellow fiber art enthusiasts in the immersive Convergence® experience. For more details check the website:
https://weavespindye.org/convergence/ Registration begins October 1, 2019 (priority registration begins in med September) Download the Convergence Registration Book |
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Virtual Tour of Textile Museum of Canada
October 10, 2020, 2 pm on Zoom Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild invites you to join us for a FREE virtual field trip to the Textile Museum of Canada, Saturday October 10th, at 2 pm on Zoom. Please share this info with your members! Full details on the attached flyer, or on our website. Attendance limited to 100 people. |
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Fiber Forum 2021
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee April 15th to 18th, 2021 Save the date! More info on their website: http://www.sefiberforum.org/
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Fiberfest Pop-Up Market
October 31 & November 1 Fiber Fest, which the Triangle Weavers Guild has participated in since its inception in 2007, was cancelled in the spring due to the pandemic. But the organizers are holding a virtual Pop-up market October 31 and November 1. Please follow the link to their site: https://carolinafiberfest.com/we-are-having-a-virtual-pop-up-market/ |
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Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Presents:
Creative Confinement – Online Fiber Show
Our Members’ Show, as planned, was canceled due to COVID-19 shelter in place requirements. Instead, we’ve come up with a way to put on a show with a twist – we’re now hosting a show online and we have invited some of our neighboring guilds to join in. In a small way, we can help fill the gap that Convergence left in the summer when it was canceled. We’re working on some awards for the show but more details about that will come later.
See the work here
Categories:
Functional, Wearable, Accessory, Mask, Made During Shelter in Place (Started on or after March 1, 2020), and Mask. See registration page for descriptions.
Creative Confinement – Online Fiber Show
Our Members’ Show, as planned, was canceled due to COVID-19 shelter in place requirements. Instead, we’ve come up with a way to put on a show with a twist – we’re now hosting a show online and we have invited some of our neighboring guilds to join in. In a small way, we can help fill the gap that Convergence left in the summer when it was canceled. We’re working on some awards for the show but more details about that will come later.
See the work here
Categories:
Functional, Wearable, Accessory, Mask, Made During Shelter in Place (Started on or after March 1, 2020), and Mask. See registration page for descriptions.
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Orange County Artists Guild 2020 Virtual Art Tour
October 24th through November 30, 2020 https://www.ocagnc.org/ Now in its 26th year, the 2020 open studio tour takes place October 24 to November 30th. Browse the online gallery or schedule a virtual or in-person studio visit at ocagnc.org. Free and open to the public. |
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Chatham Mills Farmers' Market
Holidays at the Market December 5, 12 and 19, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/ChathamMillsFarmersMarket/ |
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You are invited to vend at Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market for “Holidays at the Market” on December 5th, Dec 12th, and Dec 19th! We will invite a limited number of craftspeople each Saturday for the three weeks in December leading up to Christmas. If we keep the number of visiting vendors to about 5-6 each week, this will allow us to maintain good social distance with each other and not overcrowd the customers.
If you are interested in an opportunity to market during the month of December, please contact Cheryl McNeill at cmfmmanager@gmail.com. |
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Elf Market & Holiday Fair 2020
Saturday, December 12th & Sunday, December 13th, 2020 Sat: 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun: 12 PM - 5PM University Place, 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 The ArtsCenter will hold its 14th annual Elf Market in a new, socially distanced format. This year, The ArtsCenter is excited to be partnering with RAM Realty Advisors to hold the market at University Place in Chapel Hill, a spacious 12,000 square foot venue that will allow vendors to safely space out their tables and shoppers to shop while maintaining plenty of social distance. All vendors, attendees and staff will be required to wear a mask while at the event.
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The Handweavers Guild of America
Accepting Entries for the Small Expressions 2021 Traveling Exhibit
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) to showcase contemporary small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing, or display devices. Juried by Madelyn van der Hoogt, the exhibit will open at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum (June 30 - August 22, 2021) in La Conner, Washington. The exhibit will then tour the United States for a year. Download Prospectus.
For more information visit our website or email Whitney Young, HGA Program Coordinator
Accepting Entries for the Small Expressions 2021 Traveling Exhibit
Deadline: March 15, 2021
Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) to showcase contemporary small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing, or display devices. Juried by Madelyn van der Hoogt, the exhibit will open at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum (June 30 - August 22, 2021) in La Conner, Washington. The exhibit will then tour the United States for a year. Download Prospectus.
For more information visit our website or email Whitney Young, HGA Program Coordinator
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Carolina Fiberfest
A Virtual Event March 12-14, 2021 Dates extended! Did you miss the Carolina FiberFest? Great news! The site will be available for a little longer! Please stop by to support our vendors, view the recorded talks and find out where else our instructors will be teaching! www.carolinafiberfest.com |
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Fiber Forum 2021
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee April 15th to 18th, 2021 Save the date! More info on their website: http://www.sefiberforum.org/ |
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You are invited to vend at Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd for Spring Vendorpalooza!
Vendorpalooza is an open-market, all-local-products and crafts fair, during which local visiting vendors are invited to come out, meet our customers, and experience the beautiful Saturday market at Chatham Mills with us! For more info on being a vendor download this document |
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Blue Ridge Fiberfest
June 4-5, 2021 Sparta, NC Blue Ridge Fiber Fest is pleased to be offering in-person fiber arts instruction for 2021, in place of the full festival. On June 4 and 5, 2021 the Higgins Fairgrounds in Sparta will host regional fiber artisans who will share their talents with those interested. There will be classes in spinning, weaving, knitting dyeing, braiding, and more. REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES IS NOW OPEN! CHECK CLASS LISTINGS AT www.blueridgefiberfest.com |
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16th Annual Carolina Fiberfest
March 11-12, 2022 VENDORS - We are looking for NEW vendors to help us round out our shopping experience! Space is limited and we do have a juried vendor process. If you are interested in applying, please fill out this application by May 15, 2021. INSTRUCTORS - We are ready to accept proposals for 2022 workshops! Please let us know your interest by submitting your proposal here by June 1, 2021. DESIGNERS - We missed hosting our Craft-Along in 2021 and are ready to start searching for 2022 Craft-Along designs! For more information, please checkout this page on our website for information and the submission form and submit your proposal by June 1, 2021. www.carolinafiberfest.com |
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