February Program: 7pm 2-16-19
Arianne's talk focused on indigenous weaving practices as well as innovations and revivals in textile production in Oaxaca. She drew from her own personal experience working and collaborating with weavers in rural communities in Southern Mexico since 2008; to highlight
First Friday-Calligraphy Show
5-8pm in the PTArts Gallery. The Calligraphy Study Group has been meeting once a week at the Pacific Textile Arts classroom for five years. Meetings are Thursdays 1:30-4:30 in the PTArts classroom. We have
January 26th PTArts program
Saturday January 26th PTArts Program will begin at 10am with social and sharing and at 11am Victoria Ridenour will give a program centered around her work as a self employed designer and creator of costumes. Expect the use of mannequins! "Making Fantasies
2019 Brings new class opportunities
SCHEDULED: ------------------- January 19th - Beginning Kumihimo with Jackie Wollenberg NOW FULL - If you want to be put on a Wait List – call the PTArts office and leave a message 707-409-6811 OF SPECIAL INTEREST -- AT MAC (Mendocino Art Center) APRIL 11-15
December bring to the Gallery …
PTArts MEMBER HOLIDAY SALE Wednesdays, 10:30-12, Thursdays 1:30-3:30, or Saturdays, 11-1:00 Through December 15th 11:30 Saturday December 15, 2018 PTArts MEMBERSHIP HOLIDAY POTLUCK SOCIAL 707-409-6811
Weave A Real Peace TOUR
Maren and Josh (the people who had all the things from Laos and Vietnam for sale at PTArts a couple of years ago) are finally offering a tour. Max. 8 people. 20 days in February and again in October, 2019. Culturally
Balkan Textile Program 11-17-18
"Sophisticated knit wear, handwoven scarves, shawls, and rugs from Albania and Serbia for sale at reasonable prices." Beautiful Collection of Serbian handwoven items for sale—perfect for holiday gifts. Items from the IZVORJE Association for Hand Weaving Belgrade, Serbia. Open during regular
PTArts Program on Saturday 10-27
October 27th Adriane Nicolaisen will both speak and then host a group at her home a couple blocks away. Social and sharing starts at 10am
OCTOBER Fiber Faire ! Items for sale in PTArts GALLERY
The first weekend in October brings again the best of Fiber Faire during 1st Friday and all day Saturday
Put this on your calendar
Fiber Fair and Textile Bazaar!!! Gallery preview, Friday, October 5, 5 - 8:00 PM Saturday, October 6, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Gallery sales through October 27 Pacific Textile Arts' Annual Fundraiser and Textile Celebration! Artists' booths selling new and used textile treasures, yarns, books, equipment and textile
First Friday 9-7-18 – new show!
Judy Castleton's Art Quilts !!! 5-8pm Friday September 7th Ongoing in Willits for the month of September QUILTS!
Fall 2018 Textile Tour of the Cusco Highlands
La tejedora Summer 2018 October 22nd – November 2nd, 2018 12 days and 12 nights Whether you are a textile enthusiast or an adventure traveler that wants to experience traditional Andean life far off the beaten path, accompany us on a remarkable
Class Opportunity
Mari Yaaguchi, of Ryukyu Textile, will hold several events at her studio (19120 Dorffi Rd., Ft. Bragg, CA) this summer. Mari is offering the following workshops during the summer. Mari has a fascinating historical collection of Japanese textiles and plant fibers,
Opportunity – Juried Show
Presented by the Richmond Art Center in partnership with the Northern California Surface Design Association What Knot? will feature contemporary art by Californian artists working with fiber and textile construction techniques, and offering new twists on traditional processes, materials and
June Classes at SF Fiber
Classes offered in Floor Loom, Rigid Heddle, Tapestry, Spinning and Navajo Rug Weaving at all levels, for kids and adults. Email Lou or call 510 995-6667 (510 99LOOMS) for more information.
Friday June 1st — LOTS GOIN’ ON
MORE DATA in older post - scroll down 5pm-8pm First Friday Gallery Opening with works from Mendocino College Fiber Arts students 7pm Hear from Jody Alexander (who is teaching at the Mendocino Art Center) on The Boro Aesthetic Boro is a word used
Saturday May 26th PROGRAM
We will be hearing from the always interesting Bob Rhoades at 11am. Come at 10 for social and sharing.
Friday June 1st 2018
5 PM First Friday in Gallery - Mendocino College Student Work 5 PM in the Tapestry Studio - THE RHINO PROJECT with Anne Beck and Michelle Wilson 7 PM in the classroom - The Boro Aesthetic Jody Alexander will discuss how Japanese Boro
Saturday April 28th Program: WOOL
Come at 10am for social and share. 11am Ann Brezina, recent board member, spinner extraordinaire, shearer and wool judge at Boonville Fair, will be speaking on a favorite subject of hers
SPINNING GROUP
will now meet regularly on Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm and no regularly scheduled Saturdays.
In support of Northern CA fire victims ….
Hi All, I have started a Facebook page to match up equipment with people that have lost looms, spinning wheels, etc. in the recent California Fires. Please help me spread the word so that people and organization that have equipment to
First Friday: Larry Thomas’s Drawing Class Works
APRIL 6, 2018 Come on down and enjoy the new show. 5pm
In need of fleece to spin? …
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March Gallery and Program: following the adventures of Mari
Mari Yamaguchi's Japanese Textiles Saturday Program Series 3-24-18 FIELD TRIP We will meet Saturday, March 24 at 10:00 AM in the classroom at Pacific Textile Arts for social and sharing. By 10:45 we will be carpooling to the studio of Mari Yamaguchi,
Saturday 2-24-18 PTArts Program
Laura Pierce's topic - her hooked rugs "off the floor" at our monthly program. Social sharing starts at 10am and program starts at 11am.
HAPPY NEW YEAR – time to renew your PTArts membership !
May you enjoy fiber, fabrics, surface design
September bring monthly PROGRAMS back …
Visit the Gallery during September: Exhibit of Oaxaca textiles from June 2017 trip by Elaine Todd, Jackie Wollenberg and Lolli Jacobsen and then plan to attend the program on Saturday September 23rd for a slideshow of the Oaxaca trip. Come
Busy Weekend August 5th 2017
PTArts worked the ART IN THE GARDENS event and Linda Hartshorn's Indigo Dyeing class was at the PTArts campus ! Here are a few pictures from Art In The Garden
June 2nd 2017 FIRST FRIDAY gallery show 5pm-8pm
Come see the work that's being done at Mendocino College. Curated by the instructor, Adriane Nicolaisen.
MAY 27th: Sewing Circle 11am & 1:30pm
Come join in the sewing circle for the Rhinoceros Project as our last program gathering before summer break. You can visit their website at rhinocerosproject.tumblr.com which has a bunch of photos & some information about the project. Coffee and Show&Tell at
SAD NEWS …Fort Bragg Fabric Studio destroyed in 4-26-17 fire.
This tragic fire engulfed Lolli’s studio. . .she and Eleanor drove by after lunch. . . everything gone. No one in her studio at the time, thank goodness, but all her screens, etc. are gone. Ron Hock, her petanque partner,
April 2017 PTArts Program
SATURDAY APRIL 22, 2017 Join other PTArts program folks to enjoy a lecture from Barbara Dunsmoor from 11am to noon. Sharing and Social begin at 10am. Free to Pacific Textile Arts members and STUDENTS in the class. All welcome. Donations appreciated.
Sign-Up for PTArts January Workshops
Sunday-Monday, Jan. 14-15, 2018, Noon to 4:30 pm -- FIBER TO BRACELET with Mickie McCormic ----- Learn a fast, easy way to make your own felt beads, how to ornament them, and how to create a charming bracelet by combining
PTArts February Pgm & W/S
Robin Lynde is the owner of Meridian Jacobs. There is more to running a fiber business than admiring shelves of yarn and knitting all day just as there is more to raising sheep than cuddling lambs. How do you combine
January PTArts Program on the 28th
Sam Russell and her "Critters" Sam will bring her collection of whimsical needle-felted creatures (some for sale) and share her creative process through a power point presentation, "including tips on how needle felting doesn't have to be a blood sport!" Saturday, January
First Friday – PTArts Holiday Sale
December 2, 2016: Come in and check out the holiday gift sale from 5-8pm
11-19: PTArts program on Mushroom Dyeing
In keeping with "This Month is Mushroom Month in Mendocino" The Mushroom Dye workshop is full but you might be able to talk yourself into Nancy Denison's Monday Extension - come to PTArts Saturday for the program and check with her. PTArts
Remembering TAP !
In Fall 0f 1976, the Mendocino Art Center launched its Textile Apprenticeship Program, an intensive immersion in the art, craft, and business of textiles. The program thrived until 1991. To observe the 40th Anniversary of the Program’s beginning, the work of
2016 Mendocino County Arts Champion in Education: Pavlos Mayakis
Pavlos Mayakis, 2016 Arts Champion in the Education category, is an instructor at Mendocino College in Fort Bragg, coordinator of the Fiber Arts programs at the Mendocino Art Center, and a board member of Pacific Textile Arts. Besides selling his own art, Pavlos teaches classes in
Oct. 22nd PROGRAM …
Lisa Grey, of NH, will speak on the topic: PAINT, PRINT, STAMP!: Old Dogs, New Tricks. She has been a full time studio artist for 37 years. She has led workshops in multiple dyeing, printmaking, and creative sewing techniques in the
Sept 24th: Program with Carolyn Carleton Browe
Elk studio tour around 2:30 PM Carolyn has shown her handwoven and felt pieced rug work locally and nationally. She has worked from her production studio, Carleton Designs, for the past 36 years. She is currently exploring floor-covering ideas in merino