Save the Date: WARP’s 2024 Annual Meeting
May 16-18, 2024 Mark your calendars! We already have dates set for WARP’s 2024 Annual Meeting. We will be meeting May 16-18, 2024 at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado.
History of Guilds
Have you thought about the history of Guilds? Maybe for you it is a common word and activity. You probably hear about this type of organizations all the time. But for me as a Mexican, it was a completely new concept! INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
WARP’s 2023 Online International Textile Auction
WARP’s highly anticipated online auction was open for bidding October 16-22. Thank you to all of our donors, and to everyone who participated as a bidder! With your support, we raised $11,000 to support WARP’s mission of serving as a catalyst for improving the quality of life of textile artisans worldwide.
Imagining Text as Textile
During the process of writing Benefit Street, a novel whose narrator Şiva is a political refugee telling the story of her traumatic displacement, textiles, in particular the flat-weave kilim, became one of the essential ways in which her story was woven together.INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
Annual meeting in Ohio
I think what makes WARP special are the people involved. I’ve always thought that textile people are great people and I think WARP gathers all these amazing people.INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
WARP’s New Website!
We are thrilled to roll out our new website! weavearealpeace.org – home of all things WARP – has undergone a major overhaul. The new website has many valuable resources, and we are outlining some of the exciting highlights here.
2023 Annual Meeting
Threads of Connection: Exploring the Local to Global Textile Community
JULY 13-16, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, OHIO
WARP’s Annual Meeting brings members together for education, fellowship, and networking.
WARP Members’ Textile Exhibition
With over 500 WARP members living and working in textile communities around the world, this exhibition showcases a diversity of artistic creations and traditions from Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Uganda, the United States, and more.