COMMUNITY EVENTS
Event Posting Policy: One-time events and programs may be posted here. No announcement may be posted which will promote a commercial interest or cause. Events should be accessible to TAC members either geographically (San Francisco Bay Area) or virtually. Submit events to tac@famsf.org.
Fantastic Fiber Fair
Saturday, 12/3/22, 11am - 4pm
Admission: Free
Location: 850 Battery St., San Francisco
Organizer: San Francisco School of Needlework and Design
The Fantastic Fiber Fair is an annual craft fair hosted by SFSNAD featuring over 20 unique, local, emerging, and established artisans to share the art of hand stitching, fiber, craft, and embroidery. This event will also feature new membership giveaways, exclusive SFSNAD items, and an embroidery exhibit.
Featured artists include: Peggy Ichinose • Dianne Ayres • Susie Kelly • Joan Near • Amy Jenkins • Connie Chow • Esme Nickerson • Claudia Bibber • Carol Curtis • LaQuita Tummings • Brenda • Emily Stauffer • Ana Sanchez • Joan Maze Miles • The Lace Museum • Barbara Lieberman •Cheryl Berger • Duwenavue Sante Johnson • Lucy Barter.
The Intrigue of Baluch Rugs
with DeWitt Mallary
Saturday, 12/10/22, 9:00 am PT
Admission: Free
Location: Online
Organizer: Textile Museum Associates of Southern California
The set of rugs bought, sold and collected under the catch-all name “Baluch” actually includes the products of a number of weaving groups in different areas of northeast Iran and northwest Afghanistan. In addition to certain iconic types, there is an uncommon diversity of idiosyncratic, creative mixing of designs and styles. The most exciting examples of Baluch weaving all use outstanding wool, enabling intensely saturated colors. This virtual presentation led by DeWitt Mallary will look at many of the finest examples of Baluch rugs and bags of various types, and discuss what makes them outstanding, letting the objects demonstrate the intrigue of this group of weavings.
Curator's Conversations
with Artist Christine Meuris and Amy DiPlacido
Date change!
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, 10am PT
Admission: Free
Location: Online
Organizer: San Francisco School of Needlework and Design
Join us for an informative conversation between artist Christine Meuris and Curator Amy DiPlacido where they will discuss the artist's work and Meuris's slow making processes. Throughout her works Christine focuses on translating traditional home-based arts executed in fabric, fiber and paper. Inspirations come from a wide selection of techniques, such as quilting patterns, needlepoint patterns, and woven tapestry. Amy DiPlacido is a visual artist and curator based in Northern California. She has held the position of Curator of Exhibitions at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.