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EVFAC/NMFAC

February 2024

3 Walk in & Weavers with their very first weavings! Visit the program page for more info. No experience necessary, aesthetic choices all your own!

 

Greetings EVFAC community!

We are up and running with classes every weekend this month, and adding classes all the time!

Here’s what we’ve got on the books for February:

WickerWorks: Introduction to Basketmaking with Gina Telcocci - February 3 & 4, 10:30am - 2:30pm (FULL!)

Wooldyeing with Natural Dyes Workshop with Leigh Alexander - Saturday, February 10th, 11am - 4pm

Acid Dye Workshop with Leigh Alexander - Saturday, February 17th, 11am - 5pm

Beginning Four Harness Loom Weaving with Karen Hampton - February 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th - 11am - 3pm (FULL!)

**The very end of February marks the beginning of our 4-class Navajo textile series with artists from Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles currently on view at MIAC! Read more about the exhibit here.

Master Navajo weaver Lynda Teller Pete will begin the series with a 3-day rug Navajo weaving workshop.

Navajo Weaving with Lynda Pete runs February 29th - March 2nd, 10:30am-5pm.

Students enrolled in this class are also invited to a talk and tour of the exhibition at MIAC on Sunday March 3 from 3-4:30pm with Lynda and co-curators Hadley Jensen and Rapheal Begay. There might be a few open spots for those not enrolled in the class. If you would like to be placed on the list for open spots, email Kim at director {at} nmfiberartscenter {dot} org.

Other classes in the series will include:

Natural Dyeing with Tyrell Tapaha - March 21st - 24th

Wedge Weaving with Kevin Aspaas - April 4th - 7th

Navajo Horse Cinch Weaving with Roy Kady - April 25th - 28th

Registration details for these classes coming soon!!

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

And finally, if you’re itching to get started on a winter project, check out our Rentals page. If you don’t see what you need, contact Debbie at info {at} nmfiberartscenter {dot} org and she might be able to get you set!

Calls for Entry & Opportunities

Call for Entry: February 1-29, 2024

This popular exhibition returns for its second year. Enter your innovative contemporary art created from fiber and recycled and repurposed mixed media. All submissions must include a fiber material or textile technique. Juried artwork will be featured in the Summer 2024 issue of Fiber Art Now and selected works will be eligible for an onsite exhibition. View submission guidelines here. Visit Fiber Art Now’s website here.

 

View the full program schedule and register here.

 

An Artist Think Tank and Webinar from WESST Women’s Business Center in February:

  • Artist Think Tank: Reimagining & Refreshing Your Direction. WESST Santa Fe Women’s Business Center. Feb. 13, 9-10am. Details + Registration here.

  • Webinar: What’s in a Headline? Everything. WESST Santa Fe Women’s Business Center. Feb. 21, 10-11:30am. Details + Registarion 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…

November 17, 2023 - February 12, 2024 - Billie Zangewa: Field of Dreams. Zangewa creates intricate collages composed of hand-stitched fragments of raw silk. Her use of silk as a material speaks to the transformative nature of the work itself. SITE Santa Fe. 

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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