Last month’s class highlights and a loom sale to get ready for spring…͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
EVFAC/NMFAC

March 2024

Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles exhibition Advisory Committee member Lynda Pete (furthest back right) and co-curator Rapheal Begay (left of center) at MIAC on Sunday March 3rd for a “Talk with the Curators” hosted by EVFAC (not pictured: co-curator Hadley Jensen).

Greetings EVFAC Community!

The Center was bustling in February with several full classes and equipment rentals filling up the weekday and weekend hours - lots of creative energy buzzing around! 

Lynda Pete taught a beginning Navajo weaving class that was full - 18 people! We are discussing more classes with her in the fall, including an intermediate Navajo weaving class. Please fill out our waitlist form if you’re interested in these classes.

On Sunday after the class, Lynda and co-curators Rapheal Begay and Hadley Jensen came together to discuss the Horizons… exhibition: the pieces in it and their histories, the overall concept and how the objects and weavings were chosen. It was a rich presentation and discussion. We’re very grateful to a grant from the Santa Fe Community Foundation that enabled us to make this event happen. 

We are wanting to host a more regular lecture series, and looking for speakers and presentation ideas! We have stipends available for the right fit. If you are interested in offering a talk (1-2 hours) or have a suggestion for a fiber-related topic that might be of interest to our community, please email Kim at director@nmfiberartscenter.org.

As always, stay tuned here, in Eblasts, and on our Classes & Events page (the first place classes and events get listed) to see what’s upcoming.

Some of February’s highlights from new classes are pictured below, as well as some announcements from the shop and a few opportunities and events going on this month. 

Wishing you ease and settled-ness in the winds of March!

Kim Zitzow

Director of Operations

February’s Navajo Weaving class with Lynda Pete

 

February’s Colcha class with Vanessa Zamora

Here’s what’s going on for March classes:

Introduction to Rug Hooking with Laura Salamy - March 9th, 11am-4pm

Natural Dyes and Eco-Printing with Tyrrell Tapaha (Full!) - March 21, 22 and 23; 10:30am-2pm *this class is the second of the 4 Navajo textiles series in conjunction with Horizons… at MIAC

Rio Grand Weaving: A Spanish Tradition with Emily Trujillo (Full!) - March 28, 29 and 30th; 10:30am-5:30pm

If the class you want to take is full, please fill out our class waitlist form so we can make another class available!

At the Center

SPRING LOOM SALE!!

EVFAC is getting ready for Spring and we need your help! For the rest of March all donated looms will be discounted! If you are an active member you will save 40%; all other customers still save 30% off!

Discounts are applied to the listed price and are first come, first serve. We have a variety of looms available for both the new and experienced weaver, including table and floor looms.

For more info please visit EVFAC between 10am-5pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, or email Debbie at info@nmfiberartscenter.org

Calls for Entry & Opportunities

Fiber Art Now's Operating Expenses Grant is open for applications! 

Funds may be used for operational expenses such as overhead costs, professional development, publicity, and supplies for fiber-related community and nonprofit organizations. The award is $300. Deadline for applications: April 15, 2024.

There is still time to apply for our Public Installation Grant! The award is $300. Deadline is March 15, 2024.

 

Call for Entry

2024 Convergence® Fiber Art Exhibits

 

The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) is excited to announce that applications are open for our 2024 Convergence® exhibits. The entry deadline has been extended to March 31, 2024.

 

Exhibits will be on view July 11 - 14, 2024 at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas, during HGA's Convergence® conference.

View the full program schedule and register here.

Around Town

Terrie Mangat: Quilts

February 3-March 17, 2024
Opening, February 3: 4 to 6 p.m.
Artist’s talk: February 18, 3 p.m

627 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Taos, New Mexico 87571
(575) 224-0530
thewrightcontemporary.com

The Annual Spiders’ Market
March 22-23, 2024

Albuquerque Garden Center
10120 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 

*sponsored by
Las Aranas Spinning and Weaving Guild 

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS:

February 3 - March 17th, 2024 - Terrie Mangat: Quilts. **Artist’s talk: February 18, 3 p.m** Taos artist Terrie Mangat makes eye-popping quilts in both traditional and cutting-edge designs. Inspired by both age-old patterns handed down through the centuries and by the art and landscape of Northern New Mexico…

October 6 2023 - April 1, 2024 - Generations of Imagination: What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. Curated by Emily Trujillo, 8th generation Chimayo weaver. Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. Santa Fe, NM.

Through May 30th 2024 - Art of Timeless Beauty, the Navajo Child's Blanket. Fechin House. Taos, NM

July 16th 2023 - June 2, 2024 - Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Santa Fe, NM.

Española Valley Fiber Arts Center

EVFAC/NMFAC

325 Paseo de Oñate
Espanola, New Mexico
United States

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