Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
Threads of Thought: Ryan Carrington
Thursday, February 26th, 2026 at 6pm
"I grew up in a family that values labor, hard work, and creating with one’s hands. At the heart of all of my pieces lies a quiet homage to the modern-day craftsman and tradesman. My work bridges issues of labor, class, work ethic and economics with my personal and family history. Within my studio practice I delve deep into processes that parallel the monotony and tedium that laborers endure.
Through my art, I shed light on a corner of our society with a rich history of craftsmanship, process, and precision. By nurturing a fresh fascination of tools and materials, I provoke consideration for how we value each other in our ever-changing community. "
- Ryan Carrington
Join us to hear more about Carrington’s exceptional work!
$20 per person
Vivacious Vessels: Fiber Wrapped Coil Baskets with Vicki Assegued
Sunday, March 1st, 2026 from 11am to 4pm
Wrap beautiful fabric strips around a rope core, and use fancy yarns and strings to secure and coil it all into an elaborate basket, creating any shape that you choose. We'll decorate the piece with embellishments, handles, or anything that excites your aesthetic sensibilities. No art or basket-making experience is necessary and all levels are most welcome. Perfect for beginning through advanced artists.
All materials will be supplied, including a large and wonderful selection of fabrics, yarns, rope, clips, and basket-making needles. Please bring fabric scissors if you have them, and household scissors if not. Optionally, you're most welcome to bring fabric, yarn, lace, trim, string, buttons, beads and other fibers and embellishments.
$130 (all materials included)
Threads of Thought: Rachel Clark
Saturday, March 7th, 2026 at 2pm
Coats, Coats, and More
When I began doing almost exclusively coats about 15 years ago, I had only planned to do them for a year. “The Year of the Coat.” I found that I enjoyed making coats. Short Coats, Long Coats, Boxy Coats, Vintage Coats, Flare Coats, A-Line Coats, and Swing Coats. I love them all. It is a larger canvas; you get to tell a fuller story and use more fabrics.
I would describe my style as very eclectic; I love colors, like ethnic, and combining and mixing them. I am drawn to creating wearable art because it allows me to play with all sorts of ideas, and it will enable me to use my voice to express or explore ideas and tell stories.
Join us for a stunning display of Clark’s coats with a lecture about her process and more!
$20 per person
Yoga at the Museum with Sarah Wilhelm
Second Sundays: March 8th, April 12th, May 10th, 2026 from 10am to 11am
Join us for a rejuvenating and peaceful morning of yoga at the Museum! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a beginner, Sarah Wilhelm will guide you through a series of gentle poses and mindfulness practices, all within the inspiring environment of our Museum. All ages and levels welcome, we can't wait to see you!
$18 per person
Textile Cards with Mirka Knaster
Saturday, March 14th, 2026 from 10am to 1pm
There is no need to toss textile stuff into the landfill. Using a variety of fabrics, yarns, threads, papers, embellishments (beads, feathers, etc.), and whatever else is at hand, we will create abstract compositions to fit inside Strathmore photo frame cards (5”x7”). They can be used as unique cards for special occasions or inserted into inexpensive frames to become personal gifts of original art.
$95 (all materials included)
Ultra Textural Weaving on a Unique Substrate with Vicki Assegued
Saturday, April 4th, 2026 from 11am to 4pm
In this highly innovative and fun workshop, you’ll learn many techniques for weaving, knotting, wrapping, tying, sewing, coiling and twisting of fiber materials to build your dynamic and stunning piece to hang on the wall. The surprising and versatile foundation for this weaving is plastic fencing, which opens the creative journey into much more than weaving. You’ll also make fringe, tassels and pompoms to add texture and delight.
$130 (all materials included)
Rust Dyeing with Mirka Knaster
Saturday, April 11th, 2026 from 10am to 1pm
AND Saturday, April 18th, 2026 from 10am to 1pm
This class is two sessions. One ticket registers you for both sessions.
Rust is an eco-friendly, cost-free, and easy medium for dyeing fabric, leather, or paper. Any found object made of iron or steel can corrode to produce iron oxide, which results in interesting, often unexpected imprints. Colors can range from taupes to oranges and browns or transform already colored fabric into other hues.
In the first half-day session, we will repurpose used cloth by putting it through the rust process and leaving it overnight. In the second half-day session, we will unwrap and rinse the dyed cloths. Then we will examine the shapes and colors that were produced and determine what kind of stitching will best enhance them.
$190 (for two sessions)
Layered Fabric Assemblage with Vicki Assegued
Sunday, May 3rd 2026 from 11am to 4pm
You'll learn many techniques for creating a truly unique and stunning art piece, with multiple layers and textures of fabric. The piece begins with creating a base, then covering it with beautiful overlays of fabric, surrounded by shapes that extend outward, giving the piece added shape, dimension and excitement. The final piece will hang on the wall. No sewing involved, no art experience necessary, and perfect for all levels, from beginning through advanced artists.
$130 (all materials included)
Going Beyond the Frame with Vicki Assegued
Sunday, June 7th, 2026 from 11am to 4pm
You'll begin by wrapping a frame with gorgeous fabrics and fibers, creating a foundation for adding elements within, around and beyond the frame. You'll then learn an exciting variety of techniques for creating all sorts of parts and pieces to add on to your artwork, turning it into a gorgeous and unique wall piece.
$130 (all materials included)
Stuffed Vessels— an Adventure into Dimensional Fiber Sculpture with Vicki Assegued
Sunday, July 5th, 2026 from 11am to 4pm
You'll start by building a stuffed shape, covering it with a foundation of beautiful fabrics, and then having a wonderful time decorating and developing it. You'll learn to make a variety of fun shapes and parts to attach to your vessel, adding texture and dimension. You can build a base and a top, shaped as you choose it to be. This workshop is packed with learning many techniques for going all out with decorating and embellishing your art, which can include all kinds of wrapping and making of various objects to hang on your piece, as well as tassels, fringe, pompoms, and so much more.
$130 (all materials included)
Threads of Thought: Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez
*Event has been postponed, more information to come*
After a decade in music industry management, costume design, and styling, Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez entered academia through The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. As Associate Research Curator at the Met, she collaborated with Harold Koda, Curator in Charge, and Andrew Bolton, Curator, on exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and education. She has taught and lectured at New York University, Pratt, and Parsons, with research interest areas that include twentieth-century avant-garde fashion and sub-cultural style, non-western costume as it relates to contemporary fashion practice, issues of sustainability, and postwar decorative arts and design history. Mirabelli-Lopez has an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s degree in visual culture from New York University, and an MPhil in decorative arts, design, and culture from The Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
Threads of Thought: Cordy Joan
*Event has been postponed until further notice*
Transmissions Quilts is a project that makes quilts for individually nominated trans people. Along the way, we are building out an oral histories archive of interviews with quilt recipients and offering community workshops to trans and queer people. We're thrilled to be collaborating with San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles to offer a talk about the project. Preceding the talk will be a chance for trans and queer people to gather and work on a collective quilt together - no experience necessary. The pieces we make in these workshops enter into a larger exhibition that we are taking on tour around the country. The tour is intended to bring the gift-quilts and associated art objects to places our trans quilters and recipients live. Photo by Alastair Boone. We had to postpone this event, but please fill out this google form to receive a personalized invite when the new date is announced.
