ORGANIZATIONS
Art for the Heart
Jean Nichols
Project Coordinator
PO Box 237
Peñasco, NM 87553
575-587-0202
575-587-2889 (studio)
artstudio@kitcarson.net
www.art-for-the-heart.org
A non-profit "art for healing" project fostering health through creativity. Many mediums, textures and treats, all heartfelt and handmade. Drop-in visitors are always welcome. Art for the Heart offers monthly workshops in a variety of fiber arts, and a weekly "Hersday" women's art group Thursdays 11-3.
Art Through the Loom Weaving Guild
Michelle Rudy
112 Beryl St.
Los Alamos, NM 87544
505-672-4170
mmrudy@newmexico.com
www.artthroughtheloom.com
Art Through the Loom members are a diverse community of fiber artists who come together to access markets and learn from one another as textile professionals. Our focus is on weaving, spinning and dyeing as well as techniques that use handwoven, handspun or hand-dyed materials. Guild members participate, as a group, in three to four shows and sales each year.
Diné Be Iiná - The Navajo Lifeway
Tahnibaa Naataanii
PO Box 683
Window Rock, AZ 86515
505-406-7428
info@navajolifeway.org
www.navajolifeway.org
Diné be' iiná, Inc. is a grassroots, nonprofit organization founded in 1991. Diné be' iiná's mission is to restore the balance between Navajo culture, life and land. While serving all sheep producers, DBI is particularly dedicated to conserving the traditional Navajo-Curro sheep breed as well as to educating t he community and the public about the importance of Navajo Sheep Culture and spirituality. DBI's goals are to restore status to sheep herding, wool processing, and fiber arts, and to promote t he education that is necessary for their pursiut in the modern world. DBI's activities provide leadership, economic development and support for traditional lifeways of Navajo shepherds and fiber artists. Take a moment to browse our site, see our photos and listen to our story.
Española Valley Fiber Arts Center
Diane Bowman, Director
325 Paseo de Oñate
Espanola, NM 87532
505-747-3577
Fiber Arts organization
info@evfac.org
www.evfac.org
The Española Valley Fiber Arts Center is a unique resource for fiber artists and those who find beauty in the fiber arts. Visitors to the adobe storefront in the historic district of Española, New Mexico enter a world of looms, colorful yarns, beautiful handmade textiles, books, and supplies. They may also find busy students learning to weave, spinners gathering for "Spinning Saturday", Pueblo women purchasing materials for embroidery, a tapestry artist weaving her latest creation, a Hispanic weaver from the High Road searching for just the right color of yarn, or children working on their backstrap looms. The Center is a special place where people of all ages and backgrounds are brought together by their interest in the fiber arts.
EVFAC offers classes in all forms of fiber arts as well as business training classes.
Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild
Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild was formed in 1971 by a group of spinners and weavers in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area to provide education and learning experiences for its members and increase the awareness of and appreciation for fiber arts.
Ruth Ronan
rbronan@gmail.com
Newsletter Editor
www.lasaranas.org
NMArts
Carol Cooper
407 Galisteo
Suite 270
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-827-6490
New Mexico Arts Organization
carol.cooper@state.nm.us
www.nmarts.org
The New Mexico Fiber Arts Trails are an arts entrepreneurship project of NMArts, New Mexico's arts agency. The trails lead visitors to 71 fiber artists and related businesses that applied to be in a statewide guide with maps, available through our web site. The trails are designed to bring the market to artists while promoting arts-based tourism and creative economic development, in partnership with NMFA.
NM Silk Painters Guild
Suzanne Visor
c/o 1517 Vassar Dr. NE
Albuquerque, NM
505-265-7288
paintedskysilk@swcp.com
www.nmartists.com/detail.aspx?id=1049
Founded in 1955, NMSPG members are primarily silk painters practicing all levels of competency. We include other artists who are surface designers using other materials and tools besides sikl and dyes.
Meet the 3rd Sunday of each month
Stage 3 to 5 exhibitions each year.
Tejedoras de las Trampas
HCR 65, PO Box 15B
Las Trampas, NM 87576
505-689-1340
• Classes • Embroidery • Felting • Gallery • Knitting & Crocheting • Quilting • Retail • Contemporary Tapestry • Housewares • Rio Grande/Chimayo • Rugs • Wearables
Non-profit organization
A non-profit organization that’s a gathering place for women of all ages and backgrounds to work on projects, visit with neighbors, and breathe new life into a cherished local heritage. The Tejedoras weave in their cozy studio and offer their work for sale in a two-room gallery.