COVID-19 Response
by Margaret Leininger on April 20, 2020
After careful consideration and many discussions, the ATA Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel all of our activities in Knoxville, TN scheduled for July 2020. This includes the Speakers Session, Digislam, Members’ Meeting and the Members’ Retreat Workshops. Members who were scheduled to participate in the ATA Members’ Retreat have been notified separately and will be fully reimbursed for their fees.
During this difficult and changing time of the COVID-19 pandemic the Board remains committed to providing high quality and safe programing. As we announced earlier, Renditions, the exhibition originally scheduled for Knoxville, will now be an online exhibition with a printed catalog. We recently announced the BTG/ATA Weavers Applaud project and we encourage you to participate in this visual show of appreciation for all medical and front-line workers.
We thank you all for your patience. We especially thank all of the many ATA volunteers who have been working diligently through these difficult times.
On Behalf of the ATA Board of Directors, Susan Iverson, President
CODA 2020 Now Available!
by Margaret Leininger on May 6, 2020
Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest issue of CODA! It’s the best of the best from our Tapestry Topics publication and has many articles that will inspire your weaving practice. Go here to download CODA.
Renditions Unjuried Small Format Exhibition Updates
by Margaret Leininger on April 18, 2020
Due to COVID-19, the unjuried small format exhibition will now be an online exhibition. The good news is that all entries will still be included in a catalog documenting exhibition, and the it will be available 24/7 on ATA’s TEx@ATA online exhibition site. More details to follow such as return of art work, receipt of catalog, and exhibition opening dates.
International Student Award Deadline April 15!
by Margaret Leininger on February 6, 2020
Any college students studying tapestry looking for a scholarship award? Check out ATA’s International Student Award. Deadline is April 15! Read more here.
Tapestry Study Day
by Margaret Leininger on February 3, 2020
Curious about preparing your work for exhibition? The Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guild is hosting a Tapestry Study day on April 4, 2020, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Mac Market, 1140 NE Alpine Ave, McMinnville, OR 97128. Sign up to not only learn best practices of preparing your work for exhibition, but also experience an intimate encounter with the work of Margaret Kilbuck Johansen. Read more here.
3rd Annual Media Tour Begins January 20th!
by Margaret Leininger on January 14, 2020
Visit ATA on Instagram and follow 7 tapestry weavers between January 20th-January 26th and learn about Weaving Small. Comment on any of the posts each day to have a chance of winning any of the following 23 prizes:
- One of five mini Hello Looms
- Rebecca Mezoff’s online Mini Looms course
- A three-month subscription to the online textile school School Of Sweet Georgia
- One of five Hokett Tiny Turned Beaters
- A wooden loom, fiber pack and a $30 gift certificate to Pine Rose Fiber
- One of five free entries into American Tapestry Alliance’s Renditions 2020, ATA’s 13th international, unjuried, small format exhibition
- One of five free one-year memberships to American Tapestry Alliance
To increase your chances of winning follow ATA’s Instagram @americantapestryalliance #TapestryMediaTour between January 20th-26th and comment on each of the 7 stops, i.e., daily posts, featuring each of the weavers below:
- January 20 Rebecca Mezoff @rebeccamezofftapestry
- January 21 Sarah Swett @sarahcswett
- January 22 Bridget Fletcher @bridgetcetera
- January 23 Patti Kirch @pattikart
- January 24 Claudia Chase @mirrixlooms
- January 25 Kathe Todd-Hooker @kathetoddhooker
- January 26 Janna Vallee @everlea_yarn
Three winners will be chosen at random from the comments at each stop.
