Arianne's talk focused on indigenous weaving practices as well as innovations and revivals in textile production in Oaxaca. She drew from her own personal experience working and collaborating with weavers in rural communities in Southern Mexico since 2008; to highlight

5-8pm in the PTArts Gallery. The Calligraphy Study Group has been meeting once a week at the Pacific Textile Arts classroom for five years. Meetings are Thursdays 1:30-4:30 in the PTArts classroom. We have

SCHEDULED: ------------------- January 19th - Beginning Kumihimo with Jackie Wollenberg  NOW FULL - If you want to be put on a Wait List – call the PTArts office and leave a message  707-409-6811   OF SPECIAL INTEREST -- AT MAC  (Mendocino Art Center) APRIL 11-15 

PTArts MEMBER HOLIDAY SALE Wednesdays, 10:30-12, Thursdays 1:30-3:30, or Saturdays, 11-1:00 Through December 15th 11:30  Saturday December 15, 2018   PTArts MEMBERSHIP HOLIDAY POTLUCK SOCIAL 707-409-6811

Maren and Josh (the people who had all the things from Laos and Vietnam for sale at PTArts a couple of years ago) are finally offering a tour.  Max. 8 people.  20 days in February and again in October, 2019. Culturally

October 27th  Adriane Nicolaisen will both speak and then host a group at her home a couple blocks away.  Social and sharing starts at 10am

The first weekend in October brings again the best of Fiber Faire during 1st Friday and all day Saturday

Fiber Fair and Textile Bazaar!!! Gallery preview, Friday, October 5, 5 - 8:00 PM Saturday, October 6, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Gallery sales through October 27   Pacific Textile Arts' Annual Fundraiser and Textile Celebration! Artists' booths selling new and used textile treasures, yarns, books, equipment and textile

PTArts heard from Sue Richardson that in May of this year she led her fifth textile tour around the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia on board the Ombak Putih.  It was a great success, with several new places added to

La tejedora Summer 2018 October 22nd – November 2nd, 2018     12 days and 12 nights Whether you are a textile enthusiast or an adventure traveler that wants to experience traditional Andean life far off the beaten path, accompany us on a remarkable

From: Arianne Rand <ariannerand@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:26:29 -0700 Hello Community, I am back in Mendocino for a visit and am helping a dear friend of mine in Oaxaca, Mexico, the place I call home, organize an auction of vintage Mexican

Presented by the Richmond Art Center in partnership with the Northern California Surface Design Association What Knot? will feature contemporary art by Californian artists working with fiber and textile construction techniques, and offering new twists on traditional processes, materials and

5 PM First Friday in Gallery - Mendocino College Student Work 5 PM in the Tapestry Studio - THE RHINO PROJECT with Anne Beck and Michelle Wilson 7 PM in the classroom - The Boro Aesthetic Jody Alexander will discuss how Japanese Boro

at 2pm for

     New Travel Experiences with Traditions Mexico!

Hi All, I have started a Facebook page to match up equipment with people that have lost looms, spinning wheels, etc. in the recent California Fires.  Please help me spread the word so that people and organization that have equipment to

https://sfbay.cropmobster.com/alert/free-sheep-wool-alpacas/

Mari Yamaguchi's  Japanese Textiles  Saturday Program Series  3-24-18  FIELD TRIP We will meet Saturday, March 24 at 10:00 AM in the classroom at Pacific Textile Arts for social and sharing.  By 10:45 we will be carpooling to the studio of Mari Yamaguchi,

Laura Pierce's topic - her hooked rugs "off the floor" at our monthly program.  Social sharing starts at 10am and program starts at 11am.

PTArts worked the ART IN THE GARDENS event and Linda Hartshorn's Indigo Dyeing class was at the PTArts campus ! Here are a few pictures from Art In The Garden

This tragic fire engulfed Lolli’s studio. . .she and Eleanor drove by after lunch. . . everything gone.  No one in her studio at the time, thank goodness, but all her screens, etc. are gone.  Ron Hock, her petanque partner,

December is a month of celebration

December 2, 2016:  Come in and check out the holiday gift sale from 5-8pm

In Fall 0f 1976, the Mendocino Art Center launched its Textile Apprenticeship Program, an intensive immersion in the art, craft, and business of textiles. The program thrived until 1991. To observe the 40th Anniversary of the Program’s beginning, the work of

Pavlos Mayakis, 2016 Arts Champion in the Education category, is an instructor at Mendocino College in Fort Bragg, coordinator of the Fiber Arts programs at the Mendocino Art Center, and a board member of Pacific Textile Arts. Besides selling his own art, Pavlos teaches classes in

Linda Hartshorn will give a free talk on Friday August 26th at 7pm and her indigo dye class ORGANIC INDIGO - EASY AS 1,2,3 is Aug. 27-28.

Come visit the new Gallery show this coming Friday - 5pm STUDENT WORKS from the Mendocino College, Fort Bragg, Textile Classes taught by Adriane Nicolaisen and Pavlos Mayakis.

Free to Pacific Textile Arts Members.  All welcome, donations appreciated INTRODUCING SHANNON WEBER & HER WORK WITH UNCOMMON MATERIALS Shannon Weber from Oregon will be the Guest Artist in Residence at the Mendocino Art Center March 14 - April 30, 2016 and will

Jason is giving a workshop March 26-29 on 4-end Blockweave Structures. FREE TALK SAT MARCH 26th at PTArts GUILD MEETING 11am – noon 4-end blockweave (taquete), is an extremely versatile structure for rug weaving. Offering many of the design possibilities that are

 "CROSSING THE LINE" The theme of our collaborative show with North Coast Artists, Partners, and Edgewater Galleries. Members of each gallery will explore the concept of "line" in their chosen medium. The fiber arts expression will feature the work of local weavers

Feb. 20 TEXTILE HISTORY Class 1:30-4:30pm Accessory Structures – Stitch, Quilt, etc. If you have not enrolled for the entire class, you may attend an individual class session for $40.