WARP is a catalyst for improving the quality of life of textile artisans worldwide.
We are an inclusive global network of individuals and organizations who value the social, cultural, historic, artistic, and economic importance of textile arts.
We believe textiles are fundamental to the human experience and reflect a community’s culture
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A donation to WARP expands our impact in textile communities to create positive change in the world. This holiday season, consider making or gifting a donation to WARP!
Upcoming events
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.
We believe cross-cultural exchange enriches the lives of individuals in the global textile community and promotes positive change
Our work supporting textile communities around the world is made possible by the generosity of donors like you.
We believe networking and sharing information facilitates constructive action
Featured member business
PAZA
PAZA began as a 2007 Peace Corps project and continues as a collaboration between the Bolivian weavers and foreign supporters.
Featured member publication
Faces of Tradition: Weaving Elders of the Andes
By Nilda Callañaupa Álvarez, Christine Franquemont and Joe Coca. The powerful visual expressions of Joe Coca’s photographs introduce dozens of elder weavers and the landscapes that they occupy in the Cusco region of the Peruvian Andes. A revealing cultural study presents personal stories and deep insight into time-honored textile traditions.
Latest blog post
The birth of the WARP Newsletter 30 years ago
From the very first WARP “meeting” in 1992, we knew that the most important mission of this new organization was communication and networking. Our goal was to connect people who wanted to support textile artists with textile artists that needed support. In 1992, the internet had not yet been invented. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
Recent event recording
Continuing Textile Traditions: Local Cloth’s Blue Ridge Blankets
The mission of Local Cloth’s Blue Ridge Blanket project is to help revitalize the fiber economy in western North Carolina, by connecting fiber farmers, processors, dyers and weavers together, to produce locally sourced and crafted blankets.