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We are a non-profit organization supporting the fine arts medium of contemporary handwoven tapestry.
Featured News
Frances D. McClure received the ATA Award for Excellence for her tapestry, Beyond the Desert. Read more on her webpage.
ATA’s logo lapel pin is available! This pin proudly identifies you as a member of our international community of tapestry weavers and makes it easy for us to find one another at large gatherings. Let’s create a “sea of blue on
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I weave my tapestries as maps of my spiritual journey. The topography is both an external terrain of wilderness and mountains as well as an internal landscape. Read More
The landscape is the primary influence on my tapestries. I enjoy taking a detail element of a landscape and translating it into my own imagery. It may be near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where I live or other…
I express my ideas through hand-woven tapestry and painting. Both media are appropriate in evoking the spirit of place that marks my work; the beaches, tides, water and forests that surround me serve as my muse. Read More