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December 8, 2026: Deanne Fitzpatrick

generously sponsored by Schiffer Craft

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December 15, 2026: Nancy Arthur Hoskins

generously sponsored by Complex Weavers

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December 1, 2026: TBA

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January 12, 2027: TBA

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January 19, 2027: TBA

generously sponsored by Complex Weavers

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January 5, 2027: TBA

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Becka Rahn is a full-time teaching artist who works in a micro-studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She specializes in fabric design, paper sculpture, and illustration using recycled papers and hand embroidery.  Becka is the co-author of The Spoonflower Handbook, a guide to designing your own fabrics, and holds a book arts certificate from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.  She is passionate about helping artists conquer technology barriers to make their work more accessible. Her superpowers are breaking complex ideas into simple steps, inspiring creative thinking, and incorporating puns into everything she makes. 

June 9, 2026: Thomas Victor

generously sponsored by Crosstown Shuttlers

Through his pursuits in the arts, Thomas Victor arrived in New York City, where he currently creates his work. His deep admiration for nature continues to inspire his process and focus on natural materials. A self-proclaimed “fiber snob” with endless curiosity, Victor explores all stages of textile production—from the data behind breeding strategies and microbial soil health, to fiber sorting, spinning, and the creation of knitted and woven cloth and garments. When his loom could not accommodate new ideas, he turned to redesigning and remodeling his equipment. He is now entering a new chapter of exploration through the setup and use of a 960-hook Jacquard head, expanding his practice in production and design. 

June 16, 2026: Marilyn Romatka

generously sponsored by Whidbey Weavers Guild

Marilyn Romatka has a passion for Folk Art. She has been teaching living ethnic crafts to both children and adults throughout the nation for many years. She has a drive to see that traditional skills are passed on to the next generation. Her background in science makes her teaching style organized and clear; her passion gives the class zing. Students in her classes laugh and learn in a relaxed atmosphere. She is the author of the book Creative Crafts of the World, a book of lesson plans to teach groups of kids – from scouts to homeschoolers to grandkids! 

June 2, 2026: Becka Rahn

generously sponsored by Dell Christy

Barbara Heller has exhibited tapestry work locally, nationally, and internationally for more than fifty years and is a passionate advocate for tapestry’s place in contemporary art. Alongside her studio practice, she has organized exhibitions and symposia, written articles, lectured, taught workshops, edited publications, and curated exhibitions. Barbara currently serves as Director of Education for the American Tapestry Alliance and founded both the British Columbia Society of Tapestry Artists and the Canadian Tapestry Network.

July 14, 2026: Susie Taylor

generously sponsored by Weavers' Guild of Boston

Susie Taylor received a BFA in Fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute, an MFA in Design from UCLA, and later earned HGA’s Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving. She has an extensive background designing jacquard upholstery fabrics for American mills in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. Based in Rochester, New York, Susie maintains an active studio practice and is represented by Johansson Projects in Oakland, California. She has taught at Penland, Arrowmont, and Tyler School of Art and Architecture.

July 21, 2026: Joanne Hall

generously sponsored by the Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners

Joanne Hall earned her master’s degree in Textile Design from the University of Minnesota and taught weaving at both the University of Montana and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Returning to Montana, she developed a successful tapestry practice while launching Glimakra USA, a business importing Swedish weaving equipment now based in Eugene, Oregon. Joanne is also the author of five weaving books and has taught workshops in tapestry, Swedish weaving techniques, and drawloom weaving for more than 50 years.

July 7, 2026: Barbara Heller

generously sponsored by Joyce Robards and Terry Kelly and the Weavers' Guild of Rochester

Agnes Hauptli is a self-taught weaver who began weaving on a rigid heddle loom and quickly developed a lifelong passion. She creates scarves, shawls, exhibition pieces, and experimental textiles on looms ranging from an 8-shaft countermarche to a 32-shaft compu dobby. Winning the Mason Trust Scholarship enabled her to study Jacquard weaving on old mechanical looms in England, which led to her working on a TC-2 Jacquard loom. She is especially drawn to fine threads, complex structures, and iridescent surfaces. Teaching has also become an important part of her weaving practice.

August 11, 2026: Frances Fox Shambaugh

generously sponsored by Smoky Mountain Spinnery and Wilderness Weavers Guild

Frances Fox Shambaugh is a fifth-generation weaver, artist, historian, and storyteller from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Inspired by both of her weaving grandmothers, Frances studied weaving at Arrowmont and later worked with master weaver Nella Hill in the Arrowcraft cottage weaving industry. She has taught throughout the Southeast, creating handwoven garments and wall hangings exhibited in regional galleries and held in public and private collections. 

August 18, 2026: Cassandra Mayela Allen

generously sponsored by Gail Trotter

Cassandra Mayela Allen is a self-taught artist in New York City. Her practice spans textiles and socially engaged art installations that explore memory, migration, and belonging. Her residencies include Pocoapoco, Campo Garzón, and Bolster Arts, and she is an alumna of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She exhibits internationally and has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, Elephant, and Vogue México.

August 4, 2026: Agnes Hauptli

generously sponsored by Handweavers of Bucks County

Keila McCracken is a contemporary fiber artist based in Turtle River, Minnesota, who beautifully merges traditional weaving with modern sustainability. As the first weaver on the continent to utilize a historic Hattersley loom, she crafts intentional, slow-made pieces that honor the magic of everyday lived experiences. In 2021, Keila designed an original herringbone tweed called ‘Diamond Point’.

September 8, 2026: Fannie Lee

generously sponsored by New York Guild of Handweavers

Fannie Lee is a New York-based fiber artist whose work spans tapestry, collage, pattern weaving, and embroidery. With an art background from Kent State and Syracuse universities, her work is exhibited in galleries and museums. Her current practice includes creatively manipulating other media—paper, photos, and fabric—into designs that serve as the cartoons for her tapestries. 

September 15, 2026: Carol Eckert

generously sponsored by Fiber Arts on 4th

Originally trained as a painter, Carol Eckert creates intricate coiled basketry compositions exploring human-nature interactions. Her work is exhibited internationally and held in major collections like the Renwick Gallery and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Co-author of Contemporary Basketry, she maintains a daily blog and received the National Basketry Association’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. 

September 1, 2026: Keila McCracken

generously sponsored by Bemidji Area Weavers Guild

Linda Hayden lives on a cattle ranch in Three Rivers, California, near Sequoia National Park, where she gathers natural plants to dye wool for her specialized saddle blankets. She founded Linda Hayden Saddle Blankets in 1996 and has exhibited throughout the West, with work collected internationally. Linda also creates hand-dyed, handspun clothing.   

October 13, 2026: Neil Goss

generously sponsored by Carla Tilghman

Neil Goss is a Kansas native transplanted to the Blue Ridge Mountains now living/working in Asheville, NC (Tsalaguwetiyi Land-Eastern Cherokee Territory). Goss primarily focuses on the processes of weaving and natural dyeing to create works that bridge the gaps of art and craft, paying homage to the interconnectedness of the Earth, human existence and all living entities. Goss makes individual wall works, immersive installations, ephemeral public art, teaches workshops, and does artist talks. Goss has exhibited coast-to-coast in the US, most notably at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery in Manhattan and the Textile Center in Minneapolis. 

October 20, 2026: Stacey Harvey-Brown

generously sponsored by Debbie Hoover

Stacey Harvey-Brown is a weaver, teacher, author, and musician who draws inspiration from mathematics, geology, cosmology, music, and nature. Her textile work explores perception through optical illusions, dimensional structures, and richly textured surfaces. She shares her explorations through her books, Woven Optical Illusions and Creative Dimensions in Weaving, and international lectures.

October 6, 2026: Linda Hayden

generously sponsored by Kaweah Konnection