Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild announces their Spring 2025 classes including a new instructor and a new class offering this term. Register here today!

Call for Artists: Fiber Art Colorado 2025 • Open to all Colorado artists • Search "Fiber Art Colorado 2025" on Café when applications open Wednesday, April 23 to Monday, June 23. Show runs Sept. 9 to Oct. 11, 2025 at Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, CO 80120 • Juror: David van Buskirk, master weaver, textile designer, fiber artist, and educator. • Awards: Total of $1,500 will be awarded • For more information, contact fiberart@depotartgallery.org.

2025 Colorado State Button Society Annual Show and Sale • Celebrating Women • April 12-13

Embassy Suites by Hilton, Denver Central Park, 4444 Havana Street, Denver

Educational programs, buttons for sale, competition trays, button art and more!

For more information, visit ColoradoButtons.com

Colorado Creative Industries is excited to announce that they are currently accepting applications for the next round of Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grants! The application will be open through April 11, 2025 and this round of grants will fund projects occurring between July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026. Previous recipients of the grant ARE eligible to apply.

The CCI Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant has supported generations of artists who continue to shape Colorado’s rich cultural heritage, from Colcha embroidery and traditional cowboy craftsmanship to Native American moccasin-making. The grant application opens a new cycle Feb. 10 through April 11, 2025. Grant Navigators are available to help guide you through the application process. Learn more about how to apply and upcoming info sessions by visiting the CCI grant webpage.

HGB member Sally Hartshorn has been working with ArtWorks in Loveland to put together an art exhibit for artists with Long COVID. And Still it Remains: A Long COVID Exhibition, was conceptualized by an RN/artist who is a Long COVID survivor. This exhibition brings more public and medical awareness to Long COVID and creates a sense of community among Long COVID survivors. Call for artists here. 

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild announces a call for entries for the 2025 Juried Exhibition, Inspiration, for artists working in all fiber media. The exhibit will run from August 9 - October 18, 2025 in Duluth, GA. The Biennial of Textiles by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild is the longest, continuous running juried show in the Southeast. The full prospectus is here. Enter your work through CaFE here.

Works for the exhibition will be chosen by our juror, Lynn Pollard. You may enter up to two pieces. Size of your entries is limited to no more than 60” in any direction and no more than 80 pounds. Work must have been completed since March 2023. Work must be of original design, executed by the entrant, and one of a kind. Email questions to juriedexhibits@chgweavers.org.

Weave a Real Peace 2025 Annual Meeting • Threads of Legacy: Weaving Hope, Tradition, and Justice in the U.S. South • June 4-8 Tuscaloosa, Alabama • Join WARP as they explore the rich and complex textile traditions of the U.S. South. From the Freedom Quilting Bee to the iconic Gee’s Bend quilts, they'll uncover stories of resilience, creativity, and community. Engage in thought-provoking discussions, field trips to historic sites, and collaborative learning to honor the past while weaving a connected, just, and peaceful future. Registration now open! More info here.

WARP is pleased to announce that applications are now open for their 2025 Artisan Support Grants! Textile artisans from any country who need help building healthy businesses inspired by handmade traditions are welcome to apply. Individual applicants may request up to $500; groups may apply for up to $1,000. The application deadline is March 31, 2025. WARP will announce the grant awards by June 15, 2025. WARP is particularly interested in applications focused on the following areas:

• Raw materials (fiber, yarn, dye garden supplies, wood to build a loom, etc.), which support your proposed project.
• Tools/Equipment (sewing machines, looms, digital cameras etc.)
• Training (design, business, technical, etc.)
• Marketing (craft fair stands, displays, brochures, catalogs, website, social media, etc.)

Apply for a WARP Artisan Support Grant

Sebastopol Center for the Arts is accepting submissions for their upcoming Fiber Arts Biennial. The full prospectus is here. 

Denver Art Museum

Confluence of Nature: Nancy Hemenway Barton is on view February 16 - October 8, in the fashion and textile art galleries on level 6 of the Martin Building. Free for Museum Friends and students, $15 members, and $20 nonmembers. Explore how Barton's experiences living and working abroad combined with her deep appreciation of nature influenced her innovative textile art, including her large-scale wall reliefs crafted from hand-loomed fabrics. This exhibit offers a unique glimpse into the artistic practice and personal history of a visionary Maine coast artist. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the global threads woven into her remarkable work.

Intermountain Weavers Conference

Registration for the 2025 Intermountain Weavers Conference is now open!

The 2025 IWC will be held June 17-21, 2025 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, NM.

The classes will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If the class you want is filled when you register, sign up for your second-place choice at that time. You will be able to sign up for the waiting list for other classes starting on March 1, 2025, but if you wait until that time, you are not guaranteed to get into the class you are on the waiting list for and you may not get into your alternate class choice either.

Sign up before Feb. 26 if possible. We will decide which classes are a go and which need to be cancelled due to low enrollment at that time. If you try to sign up after that date, you may find the class you wanted was cancelled.

All signups are done online on the Register web page. You MUST be logged into the website to register for a class. You can also sign up for meals and purchase the IWC 2025 shirts. Lunches are offered each day and there is a dinner on Thursday night. There are a variety of shirt styles and colors to choose from. 

Albuquerque has a unique blend of rich cultural heritage and vibrant urban neighborhoods. The city is home to a variety of outdoor recreation, delicious cuisine, a thriving arts scene, and immersive historic traditions. Consider coming early or staying after the conference to experience everything that is uniquely Albuquerque! To get more information about what Albuquerque has to offer, see this web page: Albuquerque

More details about the conference can be found in the December newsletter.

The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) - Textiles & Tea - Each week HGA hosts a conversation with some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today. Textiles & Tea takes place every Tuesday at 4 PM (EST) and is broadcast via Zoom. These broadcasts are free to view and open to all. Click on the link for additional information.

Website Announcements - Submission Guidelines
Contact president@handweaversofboulder.org if you have an item for this website announcements section pertaining to fiber events of interest to Guild members. 

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Colorado Gives Day
The Handweavers Guild of Boulder has been participating in ColoradoGives.org since 2019, providing a safe and secure platform to non-profits in the State of Colorado to receive charitable donations. Please join us in December 2025 for Colorado Gives Day. Link here for the Handweavers Guild of Boulder profile page and thank you for your ongoing support!

Handweavers Guild of Boulder has memberships with the following

• WARP (Weave a Real Peace)
• HGA (Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.)
• NoBo Art District
• Boulder County Arts Alliance

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Membership of the Guild shall be open to persons in sympathy with, interested in, or actively engaged in the art of handweaving and related arts/crafts. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of sex, age, ability, race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, genetic information, national origin, native language, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender status, marital status, veteran status, military status, political service, affiliation or disability.

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