Frequently Asked Questions

WARP welcomes all who value the social, cultural, historic, artistic, and economic importance of textile arts.  WARP’s diverse membership of approximately 500 individuals and organizations is connected to more than 40 countries worldwide. Join WARP and become part of an international network dedicated to improving the quality of life of textile artisans worldwide!

We offer two paid membership levels: Individual Membership and Professional or Organizational Membership.

You can choose either membership level for one or two years. We offer a Simple Living membership rate to make WARP membership accessible to all. And you can give either membership as a gift to someone you love or an interested colleague!

We also offer a Guest Membership for anyone who would like to join our public events. This is a one-time sign up that allows you to access part of our members area to register for public events. 

If you need to renew your membership, please select the membership level that best suits you and use the same email associated with your prior membership. If you need help, email us. 

Individual Membership benefits include:

• Online member-only programs featuring presentations and panel discussions with WARP members and invited guests.
• Annual meetings where you can meet, learn, and share with other WARP members, connect with craft resources, and have fun with other weavers and fiber artists.
• The WARP Quarterly, available online or in print, is more than a newsletter—it documents the stories of our members’ work in textile arts communities around the world
• An online password-protected membership directory with contact information and member profiles so you can network with other WARP members around the world.
• Your work listed in WARP’s Member Publications Directory, a catalog of over 250 books, articles, films, and more, created by WARP members. (Optional) More info

Professional or Organizational Memberships receive all the benefits above, plus:

• Listing in WARP’s Artisan Direct Connect so website visitors can find your products and services. More info
• Promotion on WARP’s social media accounts for your business or organization’s textile-related events such as workshops, sales events, exhibitions, and opportunities.
• Participation as a vendor in the International Textile Marketplace at WARP’s Annual Meeting. Vendors also have the opportunity to give a brief presentation about their business during the conference.
• Use of the WARP logo on your website. Learn more here.

WARP members have consistently asked for a way to connect directly with one another outside of the Annual Gathering—to network, exchange ideas, build relationships, and stay in conversation across geographies and disciplines. 

Our redesigned Members Area gives you access to an improved Members Directory, discussion groups, members-only and public event registration, and a much stronger foundation for member engagement.

This is a strategic initiative lead by an ad hoc committee including board members, staff, and volunteers. They spent the better part of a year evaluating our current systems, seeking input from committees, and searching for a development partner. This represents a complete overhaul of how we manage the operations of WARP. This is a strategic investment in our future.

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please email website@weavearealpeace.org.

If you are a current member, we invite you to take our new Members Area for a spin!

1. Click “Member login” in the upper navigation of this page.
2. You will need to create a new password. To do so, use the same email you used to sign up for a WARP membership. Click “Forgot Password”. If instructions on how to reset your password do not arrive in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If it still does not arrive, please contact us.
3. Once you sign in, you will be directed to the Members Area.
4. From the top navigation menu in the Members Area, navigate to the internal FAQ, you will find tips and a short, six-minute video tour. The video will help you do these four things:
   Update your membership info
   Add a banner image and avatar photo to your profile
   Join a discussion group
   Register for the in-person or virtual Annual Gathering

This is an entirely new system, and you may encounter some bumps along the way. For all technical website or membership concerns, reach out to our small but mighty website support volunteers for assistance at website@weavearealpeace.org.

To manage your membership, log in to the Members Area. Once you are there, click “My Info” at the top of the page and navigate to Membership. You will see three tabs:

Info: All the information you provided when you signed up for WARP. You can update it at any time, including opting in or out of the Member Directory.

Subscriptions: Your current membership status. This is where you can renew or upgrade your membership subscription.

Payments: Displays your recent transactions. Note that not all transactions may have transferred to the new system.

Here are a few of the most common circumstances we have encountered when members have issues logging into the Members Area.

Expired or Missing Membership Information

If your membership expired between November 2025 and April 2026, you may not have received a renewal notice, may have been unable to renew, or, in some cases, may have renewed without your membership transferring to the new system.

If you would like us to check your membership status, please reach out to us via the Contact page.

Browser Cache Issues

If you utilized our previous password-protected Members Area, your browser may have saved an old version of our site. If you encounter issues, try navigating directly to the Members Area by copying and pasting this URL in your browser, members.weavearealpeace.org. Then sign in using your WARP membership email and password.

If you still encounter issues, try using a private or incognito browsing window. When you open a private window, it does not load or share cookies from your normal browser profile and will only store them temporarily. (Cookies are small bits of data that, in theory, are supposed to be helpful, but sometimes they act like tiny mischievous elves.) If you don’t know how to access a private window, search “How do I open a private or incognito window in [insert your browser name]?”

If you find private browsing does not address the issue, clearing your browser cache may help. Your internet browser stores bits of information to, in theory, make your browsing life easier. As individual websites make updates, your browser may stash older versions of the site. Clearing your cache gives you a fresh start. How to do this varies from browser to browser. You don’t have to clear your entire browser history, you can just clear the cache from an individual website. Search, “How do I clear the cache for a single website using [insert the name of your browser here].”

Password or Username Issues

Please sign into the Members Area using the same email you used to sign up for your WARP membership. Your old password will not work; you need to generate a new password. If you save your passwords in your browser, be sure your browser updates to the new password. Otherwise, the next time you return to the site your browser will fill in your old password.

Here are other common issues:

Password Reset Link Doesn’t Arrive: If your password reset instructions do not arrive in your inbox, check your spam filter. It can help to add info@weavearealpeace.org to your contacts to keep our emails from being diverted to your spam filter.

Username Issues: Your username is most likely your first name and last name, separated by a hyphen. You can use your email in the “username” area of the login screen.

Too Many Unsuccessful Login Attempts: If you enter your password multiple times unsuccessfully, the system may think you are a “bot” and require that you wait an hour before trying again.

If you continue to experience issues, please reach out to us via our Contact page so we can help troubleshoot your situation. 

As a largely volunteer-run organization with limited staff hours, we do our best to get back to you within 24 business hours.

WARP offers two kinds of events: public and members-only. All events are listed publicly on WARP’s main website at weavearealpeace.org/events.

WARP Members

• Click the registration link for the event you’re interested in, and you will be prompted to log into the Members Area using your username and password.
• Once you have done so, you can register for the event. 

If this is the first time you have logged into the redesigned Members Area, you may have to rest your password. Please use the same email you used to sign up for your WARP membership to create a new password. 

Not a Member Yet?

• Go to weavearealpeace.org and click “Join WARP.”
• Follow the on-screen steps to sign up for the membership of your choice.
• After logging in, you will land directly in the Members Area.

Not Ready to Join WARP?

Be our guest! WARP offers a guest membership that allows you to register for our public events. Watch this short video and learn how to create a guest username and password. Then use it to register for any future public WARP events. 

This site is rapidly evolving as we encounter points of friction by our members. We are still smoothing out some of our systems. If you encounter any issues, please reach out to us via our Contact page. 

In order to streamline the management of our programs and member benefits, we redesigned our password-protected area of the website. Here, WARP members can access their benefits, connect with other WARP members, register for events, and manage their membership.

If you are not already a WARP member, we encourage you to join us. We have a membership level to suit every budget. To learn more about membership, visit members.weavearealpeace.org/join-warp.

For public events, we offer a Guest Membership to create a username and password that allows you to register for any future public events. 

We created a video to walk you through the guest registration process.

We streamlined the way we manage our programs. Rather than having a lot of different pathways for individuals to register, we have created one central registration system.

To access this password-protected area you need to sign up for a one-time Guest Membership to receive a username and password. This allows you partial access to our algorithm-free, advertising-free, robust Members Area and allows you to register for our public events.