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Education

Includes schools and studios offering all methods of enhancing knowledge and skills, including conference workshops and seminars, ongoing classes offered by organizations and institutions of higher learning, private instruction, lesson plans, museums, history and scientific research specific to textiles.

Alison Irwin, Handweaver
Alison Irwin
383 Arbutus Avenue
Duncan, BC V9L 5X6 Canada
250-746-6330     website            

Alison offeres classes, ideas, and help for both beginner and more experienced weavers in her Maple Bay studio. Alison will also travel; ask about guild rates. Download free instructions for her Text Tiles from Handwoven Mmagazine's website-only project at www.handwovenmagazine.com.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37728 US
865-436-5860     website      

Art classes and craft classes for everyone from the novice to the professional. Craft education is the reason and being for Arrowmont, and for over 50 years the school has dedicated its resources to nurturing the creative talents of individuals. Courses are one and two weeks (or a weekend) in length and require students to be in attendance Sunday through Friday. Fax: 865-430-4101

Art Workshops in Guatemala
Liza Fourre
4758 Lyndale Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55409 US
(612) 825-0747     website            

Art Workshops in Guatemala strives to provide a new and renewing experience for creative souls. Through contact with a world so different from our own we expand our horizons - not only artistically - but also in many other ways. Fax: (612) 825-6637

ArtCords, LLC
Darin Alexander
PO Box 1026
Gentry, ARKANSAS 72734 USA
866-872-2673     website            

Teaching arts of Cowboy style mohair cord items in public since 1992, Darin Alexander also hand-plies mohair for a variety uses. Born of traditional saddle cinch making techniques, the possible projects are endless. ArtCords DVDs present principles of design and constructive technique for making several styles of cinches and girths, also lovely as wall hangings. Becoming proficient, one can make other items such as hat-bands, belts, and furniture. Mr. Alexander provides personal training, workshops, and seminars. ArtCords provides an assortment of supplies for novice and advanced cord artists along with cinches and girths for those who appreciate the best for their horse, mule, or as home decor. We ship international, so visit the ArtCords website and secure online store today!

Behind the Scenes Adventures
Cynthia LeCount
PO Box 4144
Davis, CA 95617 US
707-939-8874     website            

Behind The Scenes Adventures are specialty trips-small groups of friendly folks with common interests in traditional festivals and celebrations, ethnic textiles and indigenous costume, archaeology, cultural history, art and architecture. Join us in Morocco, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan and Bhutan in 2026, and Western India, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan in 2027.

Black Sheep Newsletter
Rich and Peggy Lundquist
25455 NW Dixie Mtn. Rd.
Scapoose, OR 97056 US
503-621-3063     website            

Published quarterly for growers, spinners and textile artists interested in black sheep, wool and other animal fibers. $15 per year, $28.00 per 2 years. Back issues available.

Cascade Weaving
None
1300 Fifth Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801 US
509.682.6900     website            

Cascade Weaving, located in Wenatchee, Washington, offers a variety of weaving classes. Facilities are operated under the auspices of Wenatchee Valley College. Try the online warp group calculator!

Center for Pattern Design
No name
PO Box 303
Saint Helena, CA 94574 USA
707-967-0852     website            

Patterns for clothing, enclosed forms and containers of all sorts. Re-prints of old patterns (this whole thing started in 1980 as Antiquity Press) and print on demand books and patterns.

Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
Betty Doerr
2239 15th St.,
San Francisco, CA 94114 US
(415) 307-0062     website            

Descendants Of The Incas fulfills one of the major goals of the Center For Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru: to share information with you and others about the Native American culture of the Andes. The Center's overall purpose is to help preserve and celebrate Andean textiles and assist their makers in carrying on a tradition practiced for more than 2000 years. The Center is fortunate to have Nilda Callañaupa living in Cusco, Peru serving as Project Coordinator. Fax: (415)-861-5026

Damascus Pioneer Craft School
Terry Olson
14711 S.E. Anderson Rd.
Clackamas, OR 997015 USA
503-658-2704     website            

Offering classes in the traditional crafts in a 125 year old building, listed on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. Open Studio days are Tuesday and Thursday, plus one Saturday and one Wednesday each month. Open Studio means you can come in as much as you want during each term. Hours are 10am-3pm. Visit our School Shoppe while you are in the area. We have a selection of yarn by Harrisville and Brown Sheep, and we carry the Faro line from Glimakra. We have Al Snipes weaving forks, Joy Moss tapestry bobbins, copper pipe looms, and some books.

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