Watch video recordings of previous WARP events below.
Video recordings of Meet a Member Fireside Chats and Networking Roundtables are restricted to WARP members only. If you’re not a member yet, please consider joining WARP today!
April 2026
Networking Roundtable: Business Networking Group Revisted
WARP Members Only Program. For all business members and other interested members, this session is an opportunity to meet to discuss issues facing textile-based businesses. Come prepared to discuss the hot topics that are of most interest or concern to you today.
Continuing Textile Traditions: Intercambios
Intercambio are a group of artists living in Oaxaca, Mexico, whose lives have been profoundly Influenced by the culture and in particular the concept of the Guelaguetza in which giving and receiving play a critical role of creating and maintaining community.
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Susan Weltman
WARP Members Only Program. Susan’s extensive travels have been an inspiration to her artistic endeavors, either visiting fiber artists or being influenced by the sights she has seen. Susan has been a WARP member since 2005.
March 2026
Networking Roundtable: Health & Safety While Traveling
WARP Members Only Program. Join us to share your own tips, stories, and health and safety precautions that have proved beneficial to your travels (or the things you wish you had known before you left home).
Continuing Textile Traditions: Canadian Weaving Traditions Today
Alice Abbott, Bob Keates, and Ginette Bourdage discuss the history and future of weaving in Canada.
February 2026
Continuing Textile Traditions and Creating Contemporary Materials: Madagascar Wild Silk and Raffia
Join WARP for our February Continuing Textile Traditions panel discussion to discover the well-kept secret of contemporary wild silk and traditional raffia textiles from Madagascar.
Networking Roundtable: Textile Stories- How Working with Cloth and Fiber has Impacted Your Life
WARP Members Only Program. The textile arts have an age-old history that continues into the present, for makers and textile enthusiasts. This session is an opportunity to share with other WARP members your own story about how working with textiles and fibers has impacted your own life. What is YOUR story?
Conoce a Nuestros Miembros: Fireside Chat con Margaret MacSems
EN ESPAÑOL Margaret MacSems fue fundamental en el desarrollo del colectivo textil Khadi Oaxaca en la Sierra Sur de Miahuatlán. También es cofundadora del colectivo de algodón nativo Ñu’u Ndito y actualmente está guiando el desarrollo de su cooperativa de productores.
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Margaret MacSems
Margaret MacSems was instrumental in the development of the Khadi Oaxaca textile collective in the Sierra Sur de Miahuatlan. She is also co-founder of the native cotton collective Ñu’u Ndito and is currently guiding the development of their producer’s cooperative.
January 2026
Networking Roundtable: Volunteering in Retirement to Support Artisans
Come join other WARP
members, including those who have worked with local and international artisan groups, to explore the issues around volunteering.
Continuing Textile Traditions : Textile Podcasts – Sharing Traditions Old and New
This month’s Panel Presentation is designed to help us navigate the world of textile-based podcasts. Our three speakers are all podcast hosts who bring us a combination of entertainment and useful information, each in a very different style.
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Mary-Anne Dalkowski
Weaving has been an integral part of Mary-Anne Dalkowski’s life for over 50 years as a means of expression, connection and growth.
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