2024 Meeting Schedule and Program Calendar
Apr 20 - Mary Zicafoose - Ikat: Notes from the Field
This Guild presentation is a compelling and lavish textile travelogue stopping at the major ikat producing centers around the world. The talk highlights the unique and culturally distinct ikat cloth produced over the ages as well as introducing the signature style of several notable contemporary American ikat artists.
Mary will share many images of her studio, process, and weaving and speak about her lifetime work in ikat. |
Mary Zicafoose-short bio
Nebraska artist Mary Zicafoose is well known for her work in weft ikat, a complex resist-dye weaving process. Her ikat tapestries have been represented in the International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland; Museo de Textil, Oaxaca, Mexico; China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou and the collections of over two dozen United States Embassy’s abroad. Her education includes a BFA from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, with graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska. A three-time USA Artist Fellowship nominee, Zicafoose is co-director emeritus of the American Tapestry Alliance. Extensive exhibition, teaching, mentoring and lecture venues include the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN and universities, conferences, Guilds, and textile programs worldwide. She is the author of “Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist Dyed Cloth” published by Penguin Random House. www.maryzicafoose.com
May 18 - Mae Bash - Band Weaving
Band weaving isn’t only plain weave, and even the plain weave is cool! This presentation will explore some of the many possibilities of band weaving, along with pattern design and techniques. We’ll also discuss some of Mae’s senior capstone project, “Verb strings and other weavings: An exploration of grammatical structures, visual arts, and language teaching,” specifically looking into the process of turning abstract, non-textile, concepts into patterns and the different techniques used to weave them.
Mae Bash first started weaving as a small child, and ever since they have been practicing a variety of textile arts, including crochet, sewing, embroidery, knitting, and of course, weaving. Mae recently earned a degree in linguistics from Western Washington University, culminating in a senior capstone project merging weaving with their major. When not attempting to do weaving and linguistics at the same time, Mae studies Latvian band weaving techniques and volunteers to help teach English classes in Bellingham.
March meeting will be held at the Bellingham Public Library on Saturday March 16.
The meeting room is in the lower level of the library; go down the stairs/elevator just inside the front door.
The library does not open until 10:00, so we'll start the business meeting at 10:30 which will give us time to set up chairs and tables.
We have the space until 3:00 pm, so plenty of time for socializing afterward.
Nebraska artist Mary Zicafoose is well known for her work in weft ikat, a complex resist-dye weaving process. Her ikat tapestries have been represented in the International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland; Museo de Textil, Oaxaca, Mexico; China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou and the collections of over two dozen United States Embassy’s abroad. Her education includes a BFA from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, with graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska. A three-time USA Artist Fellowship nominee, Zicafoose is co-director emeritus of the American Tapestry Alliance. Extensive exhibition, teaching, mentoring and lecture venues include the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN and universities, conferences, Guilds, and textile programs worldwide. She is the author of “Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist Dyed Cloth” published by Penguin Random House. www.maryzicafoose.com
May 18 - Mae Bash - Band Weaving
Band weaving isn’t only plain weave, and even the plain weave is cool! This presentation will explore some of the many possibilities of band weaving, along with pattern design and techniques. We’ll also discuss some of Mae’s senior capstone project, “Verb strings and other weavings: An exploration of grammatical structures, visual arts, and language teaching,” specifically looking into the process of turning abstract, non-textile, concepts into patterns and the different techniques used to weave them.
Mae Bash first started weaving as a small child, and ever since they have been practicing a variety of textile arts, including crochet, sewing, embroidery, knitting, and of course, weaving. Mae recently earned a degree in linguistics from Western Washington University, culminating in a senior capstone project merging weaving with their major. When not attempting to do weaving and linguistics at the same time, Mae studies Latvian band weaving techniques and volunteers to help teach English classes in Bellingham.
March meeting will be held at the Bellingham Public Library on Saturday March 16.
The meeting room is in the lower level of the library; go down the stairs/elevator just inside the front door.
The library does not open until 10:00, so we'll start the business meeting at 10:30 which will give us time to set up chairs and tables.
We have the space until 3:00 pm, so plenty of time for socializing afterward.
Guild meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of the month, September-June.
Unless otherwise specified by email to members, all monthly Meetings will take place both in-person and online, at the WECU in Ferndale (see below) and a Zoom link will also be sent 2-3 days before the meeting. All meetings will have both options, regardless of where the program presenter is. This is a work in progress as we transition back to in-person meetings while still keeping a remote option available for our members who can’t come to our meeting space. Please bear with us and do share your feedback with our board members as well as any suggestions for how to improve our meetings for everyone as we figure this out.
Whatcom Weavers Guild will be meeting in-person at:
WECU bank
5659 Barrett Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248
WECU has a large conference room that they are sharing with us for our meetings. Thank you, WECU!
The space is fully accessible and includes restrooms and a little kitchenette area. We will have chairs and tables to sit at and a screen for Zoom presentations.
Parking: the bank is open for business during our meetings, so they ask us to leave parking spaces closest to the building available for their customers and those with mobility needs.
Setup/take down help needed!
We will need to set up and take down all chairs/tables for each meeting. The space is only available during the bank's open hours, which are 9am - 1pm on Saturdays. We'll send around a signup sheet for volunteers at the first meeting, for November we encourage helpers to show up at 9am to help us set up our new space!
Unless otherwise specified by email to members, all monthly Meetings will take place both in-person and online, at the WECU in Ferndale (see below) and a Zoom link will also be sent 2-3 days before the meeting. All meetings will have both options, regardless of where the program presenter is. This is a work in progress as we transition back to in-person meetings while still keeping a remote option available for our members who can’t come to our meeting space. Please bear with us and do share your feedback with our board members as well as any suggestions for how to improve our meetings for everyone as we figure this out.
Whatcom Weavers Guild will be meeting in-person at:
WECU bank
5659 Barrett Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248
WECU has a large conference room that they are sharing with us for our meetings. Thank you, WECU!
The space is fully accessible and includes restrooms and a little kitchenette area. We will have chairs and tables to sit at and a screen for Zoom presentations.
Parking: the bank is open for business during our meetings, so they ask us to leave parking spaces closest to the building available for their customers and those with mobility needs.
Setup/take down help needed!
We will need to set up and take down all chairs/tables for each meeting. The space is only available during the bank's open hours, which are 9am - 1pm on Saturdays. We'll send around a signup sheet for volunteers at the first meeting, for November we encourage helpers to show up at 9am to help us set up our new space!