Weave a Real Peace - Creating a Connected Textile Community -

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Continuing Textile Traditions: Himalayan Naari

Join WARP for our September panel discussion on Continuing Textile Traditions, featuring Himalayan Naari, a women’s trust based in the remote mountain village of Chakouri in the Indian Himalayas.

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Threads of Community: Building Bridges Through Textiles

Continue the journey of the music behind the threads and meet artist Martha Carmen López Nimacachi and learn how Handmade by Friendship Bridge connects her art with new markets and opportunities.

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Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Trisha Gupta

WARP Members Only Program. Trisha Gupta is an interdisciplinary artist and art educator whose practice involves community outreach, collaboration, and preservation.

What Did We Gather: Testimonials from Participants to the Annual Gathering in Canada

Join WARP for our July panel discussion, where we will revisit some of our memories, lessons, and highlights of this year’s Annual Gathering in Guelph, Ontario.

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Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Liz Gipson

WARP Members Only Program. Liz Gipson is a weaver, writer, and educator based in New Mexico. Her educational background is in community development and fiber arts.

Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Kathy McHenry

WARP Members Only Program. Kathy McHenry grew up on the East Coast of the US, with strong Mid-West roots, nourished by color and design, but aware of the rules – for behavior, political expression and color harmony.

A group of children and two women sit on a patterned mat outdoors in a forest, weaving yellow threads using a traditional loom, with their feet securing the threads as they work together.

Continuing Textile Traditions: Impact of Textile Tours

Our May panel discussion consists of individuals who have participated in textile tours over the past few years. They will share their experiences of the tours, reflect on the impact these journeys have had on their own lives, and discuss the ways in which they believe these tours have affected the artisans and communities involved.

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.