Handweavers Guild of America - HGA

08/20/2026

Join us next week for Textiles & Tea, featuring Suzanne Paquette (SuzannePaquette.com)! Sponsored by FIBERology (fiberologymn.com) and The Rum River Handweavers Guild

📍 Tuesday, August 25
🕓4:00 PM ET
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mPCa2UW_R_m-HyKoB48_bA

Suzanne Paquette is a Quebec City–based fiber artist with more than forty years of experience. She holds a master’s degree in fine arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal and has received numerous grants, awards, and honors for her artistic work and teaching. In 2025, she received Quebec’s prestigious Jean-Marie Gauvreau Prize for craft art. Suzanne’s tapestries have been exhibited internationally and are included in both public and private collections.

Textiles & Tea is a weekly artist interview series, hosted by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., featuring fiber artists from around the globe.
🔗Handweavers.org/textiles-and-tea

08/19/2026

Great article that mentions HGA member Deborah Zeitler.

Iowa has more pieces in the Smithsonian's State Fairs exhibit than any other state. Here are the backstories behind these Iowa-made treasures:

08/19/2026

Wonderful article about HGA's Convergence conference in New Orleans.

Weavers from around the world are converging on New Orleans this month, and locals can walk in for free.

08/18/2026

Textiles & Tea with Cassandra Mayela Allen
generously sponsored by Gail Trotter

08/18/2026

Join us TODAY at 4:00 PM ET for Textiles & Tea, featuring Cassandra Mayela Allen (www.cassandramayela.me)! Sponsored by Gail Trotter. We'll see you there!

📍 Tuesday, August 18
🕓4:00 PM ET
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DY19fkEnS2CjLYrfcwE7Bw

Cassandra Mayela Allen is a self-taught artist in New York City. Her practice spans textiles and socially engaged art installations that explore memory, migration, and belonging. Her residencies include Pocoapoco, Campo Garzón, and Bolster Arts, and she is an alumna of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She exhibits internationally and has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, Elephant, and Vogue México.

Textiles & Tea is a weekly artist interview series, hosted by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., featuring fiber artists from around the globe.
🔗Handweavers.org/textiles-and-tea

08/17/2026

🌟We'd like to take a moment to acknowledge our generous sponsors! 🌟

They made Convergence® possible—drop a 🧵 or 💜 in the comments to help us thank them!

Fiber Arts on 4th, Dewey & JJ Watt McCormick, Royalwood LTD, Crajan by Ron Janish, Jane Stafford Textiles, Harrisville Designs, Inc., Yarn Barn of Kansas,
Weavers Guild of Oklahoma City, Lojan wheels and looms, Louet Worldwide

08/16/2026

2026 Convergence Exhibits New Orleans

08/16/2026

Convergence 2026 New Orleans Strut Your Stuff Informal Fashion Show sponsored by Susan's Fiber

08/15/2026

Convergence 2026 New Orleans Exhibits

08/15/2026

✨ JOIN US TONIGHT FOR AN EVENING OF INSPIRATION IN NEW ORLEANS!

The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. is thrilled to host artist-weaver and 2022 American Craft Council Fellow Karen Hampton as the Keynote Speaker for Convergence® 2026 in NOLA!

🎙️ "Ghosts and Ancestors: Why I Weave"
📅 When: Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 8:00 PM
📍 Where: New Orleans, LA (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)

As a trailblazing artist in the textile community, Karen Hampton has dedicated her career to making the invisible visible. Through her powerful artwork, she tells deeply personal stories and broadens the international visibility of textiles made by Black and Brown artists worldwide.

🏆 Bonus: Before the keynote address begins, HGA will be announcing the highly anticipated awards for the Small Expressions and Convergence® juried exhibits!

🎟️ Tickets: $49 (or FREE if you purchase a Convergence® Value Package (CVP).

🔗 Learn more and grab your tickets here: Handweavers.org/Special-Events