September 17, 2025 | Something Old, Something New
Guild Evening Meeting
6:30pm, Weaving & Fiber Arts Center in person
Join the evening meeting on September 17 for fellowship and an informative show-and-tell session, Something Old, Something New. Bring a textile from your collection – vintage, antique, ethnic, mended, or made last year – and tell us about it. How was it made? Who made it? How did you come to own it? Also bring a fiber piece you made over the summer – any and all techniques are welcome! Show it off, share your inspiration, how you made it, and how it is used. Because of limited time, please limit your selections to one old and one new piece. The meeting starts at 6:30 at the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, 349 W. Commercial #1740, East Rochester.
October 8, 2025 | The Language of Line with Micala Sidore
Guild Monthly Meeting
9:30am, First Baptist Church in person and zoomed to home members
Examples of the ways that tapestry weavers employ line in their work—from all over the world.
We are lucky to share her visit, with the Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference (Oct. 8-11, 2025). Micala's class is Tapestry Landscapes and Identities: A Tapestry Workshop
Bio
I first studied weaving in 1973, completed my first tapestry in 1979 and, between 1984 and 1987, spent altogether 25 months as an intern at La Manufacture National des Gobelins, the French state tapestry studio.
My first solo exhibit of tapestries was in 1984. I have since had three other one person shows, and participated in many group exhibitions.
In 1987 I established the Hawley Street Tapestry Studio.
My first article, 1991, was for the German quarterly Textilforum, and I have written over 45 articles since then; I have given talks on tapestry and fiber art in 11 countries.
In 1991 I began the series called "Black + White + Red All Over", and in 1998 showed them first in Poland (when there were 19). There are now 69.
In 2014 I curated a traveling exhibition called "The Art is the Cloth", and in 2020 Schiffer Books published my book of the same name. My second book, “Tapestry Talking”, Subtitled “Understanding the Language of Handwoven Art” also from Schiffer Books, will come out in late May, 2026.
November 12, 2025 | The Real Polar Fleece with Linda Cortright
Guild Monthly Meeting
9:30am, First Baptist Church zoomed to the big screen, and to home members
Nothing could be more contrary to the world of natural fibers than “polar fleece.” Unless it’s the real polar fleece. Join Wild Fibers editor Linda Cortright on this delightful journey to Antarctica and the Russian Arctic in search of the real polar fleece. You will enjoy stunning photos, and some of the wildest tales of Cortright’s career—including teaching Santa Claus how to spin!
December 10, 2025 | Radical Potholders: Not What You Made When You Were 8 with Peg Cherre
Guild Evening Meeting
6:30pm, Weaving & Fiber Arts Center in person
You probably made lots of potholders on a little metal loom when you were a young child. If you’re like Peg Cherre, you just pulled “pretty colors” out of the and didn’t really care about the designs. Now she does much more with potholders - shadow weave, twills in a variety of patterns, clasped warp/weft, multi-layer weaves, clasped warp/weft, and more! Peg will show you some of what she’s made and share helpful resources. If you want to bring your own potholder loom and loops, we can try out a twill.
