Materiality: Memory in Cloth

Juried by Jenine Shereos. About the exhibit | The Cambridge Art Association (CAA) is pleased to invite artists 18 and older, and based in New England, to submit to our Fiber & Textile Call for Art. This exhibit is presented in conjunction with Gather 2025, a celebration of fiber art in New England. While there is not a specific theme for the call, the juror will create a theme based on the artworks submitted.

www.cambridgeart.org/fiber-textile-exhibit/

Patterns on Concrete

This exhibition presents a selection of quilts done by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild, some working collectively, to address a range of personal narratives, social issues, and formal explorations. Many of these pieces were created during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring both personal and social tension, change and a slower pace to explore the world.

boston.gov/cityhallgalleries

Building Woven Landscapes" by Maris VanVlack

not yet received

htpps://weaversguildofboston.org

Art Evolved: Intertwined

There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art, which resonates in today’s world. "Art Evolved: Intertwined" is a collaboration between Studio Art Quilt Associates and the National Basketry Organization. After a rigorous jurying process, 59 artists from both organizations were invited to participate in this conversation, which highlights the enduring connections between quilting and basketry, as well as the relationship between beauty and functionality. The exhibition will travel to the Yellowstone Art Museum (MT), Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum (WA), Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (MS), and Fuller Craft Museum.

fullercraft.org/exhibitions/art-evolved-intertwined/

"Patterns on Concrete" Reception

Join us at Boston City Hall for an evening celebrating an exhibition by the Boston Modern Quilt Guild. Enjoy refreshments, and meet the exhibiting artists. Directions: Please use the entrance located on Congress St, across from Faneuil Hall. Pass security and take the elevators to the 3rd floor. The Mezzanine Gallery is located behind the information desk.

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INTERWOVEN: Textile Artists and Climate Change,

Exhibit

INTERWOVEN: Textile Artists and Climate Change, Artists’ Talk in the Gallery

Various exhibiting artists will walk through the gallery with visitors and describe approaches to the materials and themes as members of i3C Artists Group (inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis).

www.i3cartists.com/

Weave a designer scarf

Join us for a hands-on workshop and craft your very own unique scarf on a rigid heddle loom. Using the clasped weft technique, you’ll create stunning, staggered color blocks for a unique, textural masterpiece.

schooloffashiondesign.asapconnected.com/#EventID=2728392

Quilts 250 Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy

200 plus Quilts on Display, Antique, Traditional, Contemporary, The Spirit of 1775, Quilts of Protest Quilts in Bloom, featuring quilts paired with floral arrangements Quality boutique Children activities Special Lecture March 22 5pm American Quilts: The Art and Story of a nation by Gerald Roy of the Pilgrim/Roy Collection and Jennifer Swope, Curator of Textiles at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

www.quiltersconnection.org/Quilts250.html

Contradictions of Freedom

This exhibit features artists from Sisters in Stitches Joined by the Cloth, since 1997, New England’s only quilt guild dedicated to preserving the art, history, culture, and traditions of African American quilt making. "Contradictions of Freedom" acknowledges the roles of BIPOC peoples in our nation’s history, that have not been celebrated and historically acknowledged in our school’s American history curriculum. These women artists are deeply rooted in the very fibers of American History with ancestral ties dating back to the lead up to the American Revolution.

lexart.org

The Denim Project

We will be displaying our Denim Project Quilts at the Boston Public Library for the entire month of April. This project highlights sustainability and quilting. Each quilt was made only using recylced/upcycled materials. In particular, each quilt top was required to include denim.

bostonmqg.org

Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric

curated by Liz Thach + Camilo Alvarez

Printed and Stitched in Time: Stories of Undaunted Women

Fiber and mixed media artist Sandra Mayo presents "Printed and Stitched in Time: Stories of Undaunted Women" at The Vilna Shul. This fiber art exhibition explores the intertwined stories of Sara Rus and Ruth Paradeis, two Jewish women who survived the Holocaust only to face the disappearance of their children decades later during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Through her CJP/JArts Community Creative Fellowship, Sandra has researched the forces that sustain us in times of profound social trauma. Using Genograms—symbolic relational diagrams—as her visual language, she has developed new symbols for human rights and resilience, incorporating monoprints, screenprints, and embroidery on delicate yet durable materials. This work not only honors Sara’s and Ruth’s determination but also invites you to reflect on the small yet powerful connections and choices that help us endure and move forward. What rituals, relationships, and moments of meaning sustain us in difficult times?

Puppet Performance

Puppeteer, Carole D’Agostino and UMass Dartmouth Fibers MFA, Allison Morones share their love for puppets! This program will include a discussion on puppet fabrication, special skills and story telling, and 2 puppet performances!

www.hellocarole.com

SNULPTURE

An Exhibit/Installation of five sculptures. Welded steel, fabric, audio and kinetic electronics

www.andyzimmermann.com

Holding Thoughts

Virginia Mahoney’s exhibition, “Holding Thoughts” at Boston Sculptors’ LaunchPad Gallery, presents woven forms made of strips of old paintings and reclaimed food net. Before weaving, the paper strips are written on or stitched with words or passages from her old sketchbooks, an act that feels affirming and almost permanent. This excavation of the past is a contemplative act of remembering, honoring, and preserving, while processing uncertainty, change, and ruminations on present situations, advancing age, and the inevitable. Mahoney tries to hold on to where she has been with these vessel forms that reach out into space in an effort to assert and affirm power, self, mark, and agency. This exhibition is a walk through those pages and her reflections on our world–past and present–with its undulations and uncertainties, hesitations and doubts–and its speculations, expectations and hopes.

www.virginiamahoneyart.com/

Anna Kristina Goransson: Topia

Anna Kristina Goransson’s new work is being exhibited at Boston Sculptors Gallery for the first time. The new work includes felted pieces as well as woven sculptures. Goransson’s work is a colorful utopia, or is it dystopia, of a world beyond humanity.

www.annakristinagoransson.com/

Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, an exhibition curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez

The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and is scheduled to coincide with Concord’s celebration of Patriots Day. It will primarily feature fiber-based visual art.

concordart.org/exhibition/liberation-textiles-our-social-fabric/

Liberation Textiles Reception

The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and is scheduled to coincide with Concord’s celebration of Patriots Day. It will primarily feature fiber-based visual art.

Gather x Gallery 360 - Tour of "Cat Mazza: Network"

Join mid-career textile artist and UMass Boston professor Cat Mazza for a tour of her solo show, "Network," which is on view through April 12 at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360. "Network" showcases how Mazza’s practice has shuttled between the analogue and the digital, using craft and digital media to probe urgent issues from globalization to the understanding and treatment of mental health conditions. Mazza, alongside programmer Eric St Onge, is known for creating the early freeware application knitPro (2004), which translates digital images into stitchable patterns online. Allowing for both individual idiosyncrasy and collective action, knitPro has supported a series of “micro-revolts” against sweatshop labor, and, most recently, a Covid-responsive participatory project installed at Northeastern. Other works on view employ knitPro’s moving image offshoot, Knitoscope, to translate digital video into knitted animations. Learn more about the exhibition here: https://camd.northeastern.edu/featured-work/cat-mazza-network/

camd.northeastern.edu/featured-work/cat-mazza-network/

Knit Democracy Together -- Counting the Votes: the Process, the People, and the Electoral College

Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House. It’s a metaphor for representative democracy. At this knitting circle, you’ll deepen your understanding of the electoral process and engage in discussion with other civically minded crafters. Led by artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Materials provided; bring knitting needles or crochet hooks if you have them. Non-knitters welcome. More info at knitdemocracy.org.

knitdemocracy.org

Weave with repurposed fabric strips

This is a hands on workshop which will give you the opportunity to explore color and texture using cotton repurposed fabric strips. Dahlia will guide you into the hand weaving process, as you observe and experience the beauty of the process of making fabric.

www.dahliahandmade.com

Gathering: MassArt Fiber Artists Celebrating Marilyn Pappas

MassArt professional fiber artists exhibition

Noise Antidote: Abstract Embroidery

Bonnie Sennott’s abstract embroidery offers an antidote to the constant noise of social media, news, texts, and emails—coming from screens and devices of all sizes. It also provides a reprieve from the ongoing chatter of our busy minds. The small, meditative works in Noise Antidote invite viewers to slow down, enter a quiet space, and take a break from the noise. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11-5pm and by appointment

www.kingstongallery.com/center-sennott-2025

Knit Democracy Together -- Counting the Votes: the Process, the People, and the Electoral College

Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House. It’s a metaphor for representative democracy. At this knitting circle, you’ll deepen your understanding of the electoral process and engage in discussion with other civically minded crafters. Led by artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Materials provided; bring knitting needles or crochet hooks if you have them. Non-knitters welcome. More info at knitdemocracy.org.

knitdemocracy.org/

Interwoven Narratives – A Fiber Art Exhibition

TAG The Art Gallery | 460C Harrison Ave, Unit 2C, Boston (SOWA) Exhibition Dates: April 4 – 27, 2025 TAG The Art Gallery is pleased to present Interwoven Narratives, a juried exhibition of fiber art that explores the power of textiles as vessels of memory, identity, and cultural storytelling. This exhibition invites artists working in fiber-related techniques—including weaving, quilting, embroidery, felting, and mixed-media textile art—to share work that reflects the deeply personal and collective narratives embedded in the medium. Curated as part of the Gather Symposium, a city-wide event celebrating connection and creative expression, Interwoven Narratives brings together diverse voices to consider the ways textiles hold history, tradition, and transformation. Juror: Kate Irvin Kate Irvin, Department Head and Curator of Costume and Textiles at the RISD Museum, brings her deep expertise in global textile traditions and contemporary fiber practices to this exhibition. With over 20 years at RISD, she has curated groundbreaking exhibitions, including Sensory Silhouettes: Experiencing South Asian Garments (2024) and Sensing Fashion (2023). Her latest project, Liz Collins: Motherlode, highlights the bold and experimental fiber work of the Queer feminist artist.

newenglandartcenter.com/

Gather Kick-off Symposium

The Gather 2025 Artist Advisory Board is thrilled to invite you to our exciting Kick-off Symposium: Common Cause in Fiber Art: Connection and Care. This all-day event will look at the interconnection between fiber art and social issues.

www.gatherfibersymposium.com/gather-kickoff

PATTERNMAKING 101: SKIRT PATTERNS

Patternmaking 101 is for any sewer who wants to learn the fundamentals of creating a sewing pattern that they can use in the future.

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Entangle

In Entangle, artists Joetta Maue, Destiny Palmer, Loretta Park, EL Putnam, Alicia Renadette, and Amy Wynne explore connection and entanglement through fiber, drawing, video, collage, and sculpture. The exhibition, curated by Lauren O’Neal and Michele L’Heureux, addresses the interweaving of the literal, virtual, technological, and emotional threads that bind and define us. Opening Reception: Sunday, April 6, 2-4 pm Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sundays, 12-4 pm (gallery closed April 20)

fenwaygallery.org and https://tinyurl.com/bde8dnvw

A Moveable Feast: Fiber, Found Objects, and Apple Prunings

Come gather with artists Barbara Andrus, Louise Berliner, and Linda Hoffman at Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard, where Agriculture, Art and Community cross-pollinate and collaborate. Using a forgotten farm cart as our base we will construct a (travelling?) folly*, built from this year’s apple prunings and all the fiber participants can gather. Search your drawers, clean out your closets, look under the bed, grab old clothes, hunt at the dump, or splurge on something glittering and irresistible! Bring scissors, clippers, all kinds of string and rope, crochet hooks, anything you like to work with. What fun we will have as we gather together to create our own fiber flotilla! Bring a lunch. The farm’s own organic apple cider will be provided. Free, but limited to 15 participants, so please reserve your place! RSVP: strongwhitepine@verizon.net. Rain date April 6, 2025

www.oldfrogpondfarm.com

UMass Dartmouth 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Ignition Space - Exhibit

The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2025, the exhibition will take place in three locations from Saturday, April 5 to Sunday, April 27, all open to the public free of charge. Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 4 PM to 8 PM, Saturdays & Sundays 12 PM to 5 PM

www.fallriverartsandculturecoalition.org/space

UMass Dartmouth 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Art and Design Studios

The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2025, the exhibition will take place in three locations from Saturday, April 5 to Sunday, April 27, all open to the public free of charge.

www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries

Fiber Art exhibition at Western Ave Artist loft gallery

Artwork by Fiber artists at Western Ave studios and lofts will be on display in the Loft Gallery Western Ave during Open Studios. Located in Lowell, Western Ave studios and lofts is a large community of over 300 artists from the Merrimack Valley, Greater Boston and Southern New Hampshire. The first Saturday of each month is open Studios.

westernavenuestudios.com/

Weave a Table Runner

Learn to master the art of hand weaving. Warp and weave a table runner to be taken home at the end of the class. No previous experience is necessary, as you will be guided by Dahlia through the weaving, design and finishing process. We will be weaving with repurposed cotton fabric strips and luxury yarns on rigid heddle looms. Each student will be encouraged to see this way of weaving as a potential form of art and design which will be foremost in determining a unique table runner. Consider bringing your own fabrics to cut into strips and weave with. These can include a son’s flannel shirt, a husband’s neckties, patterned sheets which are no longer in service, etc. Dahlia will have many cotton fabric strips to choose from as well.

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3D Felting 101: Squishy Birds Edition

Bird lovers unite! This is an official call to action for the lovers of all things round and feathered. We need more Borbs! Borb (bird + orb) Noun An extremely round bird. "That borb is exquisitely rotund" Whether you’ve held a felting needle before or not, all experience levels are welcome to join this quest! In this workshop, you will be guided by an experienced borb artist through creating a soft and squishable needle-felted bird(species of your choice). Materials and tools to make your project will be provided by your instructor.

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South End Woven / Hand-Weaving Demonstration

Watch weavers make beautiful fabrics on one of the seven looms in the working weavers studio gallery. Making scarves, towels, rugs and other useful items with natural fibers and luxurious materials. Seven weavers are represented with unique styles, colors and tetures.

www.southendwoven.com

WeaversFest! at Five Crows Gallery & Handcrafted Gifts

Five Crows Gallery & Handcrafted Gifts presents WeaversFest!, an exhibit and sale of handwoven items created by members of the Weavers’ Guild of Boston. Handwoven items for the home and wearable art is juried and curated by the owner/artists of Five Crows Gallery in Natick, MA.

fivecrows.com

Weaving the Wrackline with Rebecca McGee Tuck

Join artist Rebecca McGee Tuck for a marine debris weaving workshop. In this hands-on experience, participants will learn weaving techniques to create their own unique pieces of sustainable fiber art. Each participant will take home their own finished woven artwork that promotes environmental awareness and positive impact. Come join me as we bend the rules of weaving and create a meaningful piece of art as we celebrate Earth Month!

Craftswoman & Collector

Profoundly influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement ideal that we should surround ourselves with beautiful handcrafted objects, Rose Standish Nichols embroidered items she used everyday, bringing color and ornamentation to her domestic spaces. She was also a collector, acquiring historic textiles that informed her work and enlivened her home. Join us for a focused look at highlights of the Nichols House Museum textile collection, featuring items created and collected by Rose Nichols.

nicholshousemuseum.org

Stab and Gab: Needle Felting Social Night

Artisans Asylum instructor Bleu Vermeer is happy to host this free Needle Felting Social Night! Come by the Artisans Asylum Fiber Arts Shop to hone your needle felting skills and learn new ones in this Needle Felting social night and skill swap. Bleu will be available to answer your questions and guide you on your journey to making a fluffy friend of your very own. While this is mostly a needle felting social, all fluff based projects are welcome! *Please note this is not a class. While we do welcome beginners, you will not receive the same level of instruction as you would in one of our introductory needle-felting classes. Introductory-level classes will have a number in the 100s in their Title. For example, 3D needle felting 101.

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Building Woven Landscapes, by Maris VanVlack

Weaver’s Guild of Boston, afternoon program by Maris VanVlack talks about her Fiberart practice as a weaver and multi media maker.

www.weaversguildofboston.org

Quilting Workshop

Join us for a fun quilting workshop at Boston City Hall led by members of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned quilter, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking to learn new techniques or just enjoy some stitching time in community. Each participant will create one block that will be part of a collaborative quilt that will be donated to charity.

boston.gov/cityhallgalleries

LA+D Gather: A Fiber Arts Maker Event

Join Michelle Lougee and Joetta Maue for a community building Fiber Arts maker event as part of Gather Fiber Symposium 2025. Our project is simple and sustainable- a fabric scrap stuffie! This is an inclusive event to foster community and engagement at Lesley and beyond. All are welcome! Materials provided!

Opening Reception: Liberty’s Reach

In celebration of the spirit of our country’s early patriots, this show highlights the theme of transcendentalism with textile creations by represented artist Merill Comeau and guest artists Kimberley Harding, Karen Henderson, Pam Lawson, Lucy Nims-LaFleche, and Ellen Solari.

www.threestonesgallery.com/

UMass Dartmouth 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition at New Bedford Whaling National Historical AHA! Night Meet & Greet

The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2025, the exhibition will take place in three locations from Saturday, April 5 to Sunday, April 27, all open to the public free of charge. Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday: 9 AM to 4 PM

www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries

The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction: Visual Artists Re-envision the Container

An exhibition of fiber work in response to Ursula Le Guin’s Carrier Bag of Fiction (or Art) essay. The theory suggests that the first tool may not have been a sharp and pointy aggressive implement but instead a useful vessel for carrying berries, potatoes or babies.

navegallery.org/wp/visit-us/

opening reception and artist talk

A celebration of the exhibit featuring brief artist talks by featured artists

navegallery.org/wp/visit-us/

Handspun 101: spinning yarn with a spindle

Spin your way through fiber basics and spindle techniques in this engaging class! Before creating personalized colorways on a blending board, We’ll explore the science of fiber — understanding crimp, staple length, and texture. You’ll learn to diz off fiber and prepare roving, setting you up for successful spinning. From there, we’ll break down spindle spinning step-by-step, practicing flicking, drafting, and twist control. You’ll experiment with different drafting methods and try your hand at plying. By the end, you’ll leave with a small skein of hand-spun yarn and the foundational skills to keep spinning.

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Mend/Amend with Winnie van der Rijn

Join me for a Quilting Bee style mending event! Quilting Bees have traditionally been used as a place for individuals to come together and affirm their communities. Taking this idea as inspiration we will we come together to collectively mend and amend a large vintage, tattered, stained, rescued American Flag. As we stitch we will take the opportunity to talk about ideas of freedom, as well as our concerns, fears, hopes and dreams for the country.

Gallery Talk with NEQM Collections Manager

NEQM Collections Manager Laura Lane offers a gallery talk in the exhibition, Showing Off: Selections from the Permanent Collection. Some of the most elaborately pieced and embroidered masterpieces from our renowned quilt collection will be on view in the NEQM’s Nancy Donahue Gallery. Showing Off is on view, April 1 through June 21, 2025.

neqm.org

UMass Dartmouth 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Ignition Space - Reception

The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition will hold a reception from 3-5 pm with Welcome remarks at 4 pm for the much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2025, the exhibition will take place in three locations from Saturday, April 5 to Sunday, April 27, all open to the public free of charge.

www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries

A discussion of Sculptural Fiber practices

Join artists Kristina Goransson (felting), Virginia Mahoney (Weaving) and Andy Zimmerman (stretched Dacron) for a lively discussion of the role of fiber in 3 very different sculptural practices. What role does fiber play and why do we return to it? Moderated by Michelle Lougee. Talk begins at 3:15, light refreshments and conversation to follow.

www.bostonsculptors.com/

Drop into Art - Textiles and Texture

Join us to explore an installation of fiber and textile art from the Danforth Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. Discover the various ways artists use different fibers and methods to make their art work, and then make a fiber sculpture in the Art Studio. April’s Drop into Art is presented in conjunction with Gather 2025, a month-long celebration of fiber and textile art in Greater Boston. Drop into Art is designed to celebrate the creative potential in all of us. With new themes and projects every month, Drop into Art offers opportunities for kids with their caregivers and adults to explore and create together. The sessions are unique, fun, and free, emphasizing discovery, invention, improvisation, and hands-on creativity.

danforth.framingham.edu/event/drop-into-art-april-4/

South End Woven / Hand-Weaving Demonstration

Watch weavers make beautiful fabrics on one of the seven looms in the working weavers studio gallery. Making scarves, towels, rugs and other useful items with natural fibers and luxurious materials. Seven weavers are represented with unique styles, colors and tetures.

www.southendwoven.com

Weaving an Address

This exhibition acknowledges and intimately explores the work and lives of the Black people who inhabited Walden Woods prior to and after the American Revolution. Through the artistic vision and perspective of modern Black artists a series or works are placed along the path etched out in honor of Henry David Thoreau by The Walden Woods Project in Walden Woods, Concord, MA. The exhibition has two parts: an indoor textile show and an outdoor installation show along the Thoreau Path in the woods. Both pieces will speak to each other to give audiences and even broader and more contextualized look at the history of Black Americans in Concord.

Weaving an Address Opening Reception

The opening reception for The Umbrella’s Spring exhibition will take place on April 14th from 6-8pm in the Allie Kussin Gallery at The Umbrella. We will be launching our Art Ramble on this same date. The plans (subject to change) currently include an artist panel/talk about the Gallery exhibit. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public!

Artisans Asylum Fiber Arts Social Night and Maker Gathering

Step into a world of fiber and creativity at Artisans Asylum Fiber Arts Shop Night! Whether you’re a textile pro or just fiber-curious, this is your chance to explore our incredible workshop and the tools that bring ideas to life—domestic and industrial sewing machines, spinning wheels, tabletop looms, sergers, a shoe sewing machine, and even a machine that bonds fabric with sound waves! Watch live demos, meet fellow makers, and get inspired by the endless possibilities. Drop by, meet the community, and see how Artisans Asylum can help bring your fiber arts dreams to life!

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Community Stitching: Fibers + Textiles with Cathy Karp

Join us for an afternoon of creating with our community! Bring any project and materials you would like (hand sewing, mending, knitting, crocheting, any fiber or textile project you would like to bring with you) and “stitch” in the galleries with Concord Art friends. Drop-in, stay as long or as little as you would like. This event is free to attend, but please register in advance for planning purposes.

concordart.org/event-pods/community-stitching-fibers-textiles-with-cathy-karp/

Opening Reception and Exhibit -- Paying Homage to Harriet Powers: Revolutionary Quilter

The fiber artists of Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild have honored the legacy of Black quilter and folk artist Harriet Powers (1837 to 1910) by faithfully recreating Powers’ "Pictorial Quilt" in a modern context, using their own vibrant fabrics and contemporary sensibilities. Meet three of the artists and see all 13 blocks at a 3-day exhibit presented by ArtsArlington and hosted by Mystic Open Studios.

www.ArtsArlington.org

Celebrating Fiber at Peabody Essex Museum

Join Paula B. Richter, Curator-at-Large, for this curator-led tour of Peabody Essex Museum galleries, exclusively tailored for Gather 2025 symposium participants. The tour includes selected highlights of the museum’s fiber/textile/fashion collection, both historic and contemporary, in the Fashion & Design Gallery; Asian Export Art Gallery; Maritime Gallery; and PEM’s award-winning Native American and American art installation, On this Ground: Being and Belonging in America. Note: This tour takes place on two levels. The first floor level is wheelchair accessible; a portion of the tour on the upper level is only accessible via a staircase with 3 steps. Museum staff will accompany all tours for this event. Please contact the museum for details.

my.pem.org/22411/23025

Easter Egg-stravaganza: Needle Felted eggs

Join us for a delightful session of needle felting, where you’ll transform plain egg shapes into vibrant, textured wonders using a rainbow of colored wool. Led by our skilled instructor, this class is perfect for those seeking a hands-on, crafty experience. Explore various felting techniques, experiment with colors, and create your own unique Easter eggs that will stand out in any basket. Get ready for an eggstra special treat - we’re hosting an Egg Theme Pun Contest during the class with a surprise prize for the punniest participant! It’s your chance to crack up the room with eggstraordinary wordplay and maybe even win a prize that will leave you eggstatic! Unlock your creativity in a relaxed and festive setting, and leave with charming, felted Easter eggs that are fun to make and fantastic seasonal decor. Reserve your spot now and let the crafting adventure begin!

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Trailblazing Women Printmakers - Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers

Manship Artists Residency and Rockport Public Library will present a free, hour-long book talk with Elena M. Sarni, author of Trailblazing Women Printmakers: Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers at Rockport Public Library at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 22. The event is planned in coordination with Gather 2025, a month-long exploration and celebration of fiber and textile art in the Greater Boston area.

A look behind the "curtain" - a fashion and textile tour of PEM’s James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes Collection Center

Join Petra Slinkard, Director of Curatorial Affairs and the Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion & Textiles; Dan Lipcan, the Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library, and Angela Segalla, Director of the Collection Center and Collection Stewardship for special behind-the-scenes tours for Gather 2025 symposium participants at the museum’s collection storage facility. These custom tours will include viewing of selected highlights from the museum’s fashion and textiles collection in storage and the Phillips Library’s rich holding of rare books, manuscripts, and other materials related to textiles, fashion, and fiber. Note: This tour takes place on two levels. The first floor level is wheelchair accessible; a portion of the tour on the upper level is only accessible via a staircase with 3 steps. Museum staff will accompany all tours for this event. Please contact the museum for details.

my.pem.org/22411/23026

Artist Talk: Liberty’s Reach

Fiber Artists in Liberty’s Reach studied Transcendentalism, walked the shored of Walden Pond and created work inspired by nature and philosophy. Join in as they share their processes and artworks and answer questions.

www.threestonesgallery.com/

Knit Democracy Together -- Representing All Voices: Alternatives to Gerrymandering and Winner-Take-All Primaries

Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House. It’s a metaphor for representative democracy. At this knitting circle, you’ll deepen your understanding of the electoral process and engage in discussion with other civically minded crafters. Led by artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Materials provided; bring knitting needles or crochet hooks if you have them. Non-knitters welcome. More info at knitdemocracy.org.

knitdemocracy.org

Knit Democracy Together -- Representing All Voices: Alternatives to Gerrymandering and Winner-Take-All Primaries

Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House. It’s a metaphor for representative democracy. At this knitting circle, you’ll deepen your understanding of the electoral process and engage in discussion with other civically minded crafters. Led by artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Materials provided; bring knitting needles or crochet hooks if you have them. Non-knitters welcome. More info at knitdemocracy.org.

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Sewing 101: Cut and Sew for beginners

This 4-week course, with a 3-hour class every week, is designed specifically for a beginner. Students will learn basic sewing terminology, become comfortable using the sewing machine, explore different fabric qualities, and understand safe ways to use the equipment. Beginners will get a thorough introduction to basic sewing and garment construction. Over the span of this course, students will become familiar with different machine stitches and their functions and the use of cutting, sewing, and pressing tools and equipment. Students will learn alteration basics and techniques for ripping, marking, and pinning, as well as how to measure for alterations. Students will be creating interesting projects using different fabrics and trims. This course can help someone learn skills for a possible job, to be able to decorate their house or to make handmade gifts.

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Bonneville Dougher Art Lovers Book Club

The Attleboro Arts Museum will welcome Gather guests to a special meeting of our "Bonneville Dougher Art Lovers Book Club." Free and open to all Reservations are required: office@attleboroartsmuseum.org or 508-222-2644 x10 Book: "The Golden Thread" by Kassia St. Clair From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found in a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, this book weaves a story of human ingenuity. Visit: www.kassiastclair.com/books to learn more. Guest Speaker: Renée Harding, Professor of Fashion Design and Program Area Chair, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Renée Harding has worked at Roytex, designing private label men’s activewear and sportswear for Pierre Cardin, Bill Blass and various merchants. She also worked at Bernard Chaus Sport in the Missy Knits division. Renée holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, Apparel Design and MFA from Academy of Art University, Fashion Design.

Collaborative Banner-Making with wildlife imagery

Inspired by historical and current protest posters, banners, and bedsheet paintings (see additional information below), including the fabric banners of Aram Han Sifuentes and the block print banners of Peter Schumann, Cambridge Wildife Arts will host a series of sessions that welcome members of the public to sit around a table and stitch a single embroidered and/or appliquéd banner meant for use in vigils, protests, and parades. Echoing the suffragettes, The use of wildlife imagery combined with a single word emphasizing our commonality with nature on the banner emphasizes our resilience and interdependence with each other as does the experience of creating something from fiber working in a group or in a circle, common to many cultures and historical moments. The banner will be worked on in more than one venue, rotating within Cambridge starting on April 26 at the Magazine Beach event collaboratively run with Mass Audubon and continuing on to several venues currently being approached for subsequent sessions of working on the banner. The banner itself will be used in the 2025 Honk! Parade in Somerville/Cambridge and will be lent for use in other events by arrangement once it is completed.

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Indigo dying workshop

Learn the basics of Indigo dyeing by exploring a variety of techniques. You will create a set of 4 hand-dyed cotton napkins. These make excellent gifts! Traditional shibori, resist, and pole-dyeing techniques will be included with hands-on help. The fee includes all materials needed. Please bring a bagged lunch. This event will happen rain or shine. NO PREVIOUS SKILLS NECESSARY. Come have fun, get messy, explore and see what you can do! $125.00 per person, We have multiple sliding scale seats reserved. Note: Indigo stains WILL. NOT. COME. OUT. Please dress accordingly.

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"Weaving threads of lace history"

This will be promoted as the largest gathering of lacemakers in Ipswich for over 200 years. The day will include the following: - A display and presentation of Ipswich lace-related items from the collection of the Ipswich Museum by Curator Katherine Chaison - A presentation by NELG member Mary Mangan of the Ipswich mobile exhibit, which was funded by a grant from IOLI - A display of contemporary lace made by NELG members - On-going lace making demonstrations of bobbin lace (including Ipswich of course!), needle lace and tatting - Opportunities for visitors to make lace on one of the “try me” pillows

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Light & Fashion

UMass Dartmouth CVPA and its Fashion Program present a night of fashion followed by a festival of lights, created by the Interior Architecture and Design Program.

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Artist talk: Caron Tabb + Sam Fields

Notable fiber artists Caron Tabb and Sam Fields will discuss their art practices in a lively conversation moderated by Merill Comeau.

"Darn It"

Join a fun group of people who want to learn to repair a piece of clothing or textile, whether it is a rip or a stain it can can be beautiful again.

Fiber Art: The Medium is the Message

Join Liz Thach, Curator of Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, and Gather organizers and fiber artists Merill Comeau and Jodi Colella for an engaging and participatory event that will highlight the vibrancy, breadth, and challenges of fiber as a social justice medium.

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Sashiko Stitches - Japanese Mending

Immerse yourself in the art and history of Sashiko, a traditional Japanese stitching technique rooted in practicality and beauty. Learn Sashiko’s origins and its cultural significance as a form of mending, storytelling, and creative expression. Then, roll up your sleeves for a hands-on workshop to try this timeless technique.

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Gather Together: Fiber Symposium’s Closing Celebration

Join us for an evening at the Danforth to celebrate the closure of Gather, a month-long exploration of fiber and textile art in Greater Boston. View our current exhibitions, including our recent acquisitions in contemporary fiber art, while connecting with your colleagues in our galleries. A complimentary assortment of refreshments will be provided. This reception is free, but advanced registration is requested. Image credit: Merill Comeau, Women’s Work is Never Done

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PATTERNMAKING 101: SKIRT PATTERNS

Patternmaking 101 is for any sewer who wants to learn the fundamentals of creating a sewing pattern that they can use in the future.

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Caron Tabb: A Stone in My Shoe

A Stone in My Shoe is a collection of multimedia artwork made by Boston-area artist Caron Tabb in response to feelings of grief, compassion, and resilience. Each piece in this body of work is deeply personal but intends to resonate universally, bridging individual burdens and collective pain. The title seeks to evoke both a physical sensation and an emotional resonance. The metaphor of a stone in one’s shoe speaks to the physical pain of something small yet persistently painful, often unnoticed by others. The sensation mirrors the universality of an unseen emotional burden, weighing on us even as we may appear outwardly composed. It straddles the personal and collective grief felt by so many. The works, crafted entirely in white, consist primarily of fiber installations, drawing upon the rich symbolism of Judaism and textile art to explore the intersection of emotion, spirituality and personal identity.