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Welcome to the website of the American Tapestry Alliance (ATA), a non-profit organization supporting the fine arts medium of contemporary handwoven tapestry.

Updates for September

September 16: ATA Award for Excellence in Tapestry given to Kathy Spoering for her tapestry The Gift.
• New Artist Pages for Kaija Rautiainen.
11th • Tapestry Topics Online has a record number of color images for its Fall 2008 issue (Vol. 34 No. 3)
• Online Study Groups will start two sessions in October. For information see our Members Programs.
4th • New Artist Pages for Martha Christian, Joan Griffin, Louise Halsey and Ruth Manning.
1st • Newest Education Article "Inspiration & Creativity" curated by Mary Lane with four select artists. In conjuction, Lane curated ATA Web Gallery's "Inspiration & Creativity" exhibition. Together, they offer a unique in-depth experience of these artists' work.
above: Joanne Soroka,
Cormarty, tapestry
Inspiration & Creativity
in our ATA Web Gallery
below: ATB7 Gallery view July 2008

Recent News Items
(also see our News+Resources page)

August 8: New Artist Pages for Bobbi Chamberlain, Ulrika Leander and Regina Vorgang.
• Our 2008 Award for Excellence in Tapestry has gone to artists Irisa Blumate and Jennie Lee Henderson.
• Our Annual Report for 2008 in .pdf can be found in the Members section under Archived Documents.

July 8: Tapestry Topics Online volume 34 number 2 - Summer 2008 is here with color images.

June 23: New Artist Pages for Deborah Weir.

May 22: ATA has produced two new catalogs. Place your order for American Tapestry Biennial 7 and Woven Gems today!
• Our 2008 Student Award went to Erica Diazoni of San Jose State University. Congratulations!
• View the latest new Artist Pages: Linda Weghorst and updates from Karen Crislip and Pamela Davis.

May 5: View the work of Lialia Kuchma in our latest in a series of Work Over Time exhibitions exclusively shown in our online gallery.

March 24: ATA announces a new program for beginning weavers through distance learning: Helping Hands (for Members).
• The latest issue of Tapestry Topics Online has full color images to augment our Spring 2008 printed version.
• New images now on view in David Johnson's Artist Pages.

February 18: Announced list of exhibiting artists chosen for ATB7!
• You can now download the entry form for Connections 2009.
• ATA's Educational Articles presents Archie Brennan, "The Space Between the Warps"
• View the updated images on Inge Nørgaard's Artist Page.

Purpose of ATA's Website

ATA has developed this site for a number of purposes. First, we wish to extend our mission goals to the on-line environment. Our goals include developing a wide-spread awareness of the development of contemporary tapestry in North America as an art form, educating the general public about tapestry techniques, materials, images and meanings, and supporting our members by providing them with the necessary information and resources.

Second, we wish to expand our current membership and our programs as we grow in the future. In order to do this, we want to reach people who might know something about tapestry and who wish to know more; we want to encourage those who wish to try their hand at weaving tapestry; and, we also want people to find us – and the web provides an accessibility we have not previously enjoyed.

Lastly, we wish to document some of the achievements ATA and its members have attained. As these pages grow, we simultaneously write a sort of history for future generations.

Website last updated on September 16, 2008
(If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact
our webeditor [at] americantapestryalliance.org or send regular snail mail to us at American Tapestry Alliance, PO Box 28600, San Jose, CA 95159-8600, USA.)