The WARP Blog

Applications Now Open for 2024 Artisan Support Grants

We are delighted to announce that, for 2024, WARP will again award monetary grants to textile artisan communities in need.  The WARP Grants Committee is again offering two grant options: one for Emergency and one for Development. We will be accepting 2024 grant applications from March 4 – March 31, 2024. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

Internet sales then (1994) and now (2024)

Because internet sales are of continual interest, we decided that this month we would bring you a story from the Spring 2023 WARP newsletter about just that. Susan Schaefer Davis has been doing internet sales of rugs from Morocco for just about as long as internet sales have existed, retiring just six years ago. Rikki Quintana is a relative newcomer to the field, starting her sales for “the ‘Stans” a mere ten years ago   INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

The WARP Newsletter – Part II

The December Blog talked about how the WARP newsletter began in the early 1990s. This Blog continues the story of the newsletter and features a bit of the impact it has had over the years.  INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

Thank you for being a member of WARP

As 2024 starts, I would like to thank you for all your support of WARP in 2023. Through the incredible dedication of our board members, volunteers, and the support of our membership, we have been able to expand our impact in textile communities worldwide. Thank you for being a WARP member! INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

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

Women’s Woven Voices

How can a woven piece of cloth be a powerful catalyst for connection, compassion, and change? INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

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.