Workshop opportunities

[This replaces an earlier post, with a shorter list.]

I recently wrote out a list of workshop opportunities for
a friend who has taken up quilting, and thought I'd share it on my blog also. Some
of these places offer workshops in a variety of art/craft practices (first
group below). Others are quilt/textile centered. The teachers are usually very
good, and a workshop is a great way to spend dedicated time. Except for those at quilt shows (3rd group), these workshops are usually one week
long, sometimes two. And while I was at it, I listed the quilt museums I know
about as well.

I've done two workshops at Arrowmont (mixed media,
machine quilting), one at the Pacific Northwest Art School (hand-stitching), one
at Ox-Bow (paper-making), and several at the Nancy Crow Barn (fabric dyeing, textile
surface design); all have been excellent. 

Variety of offerings in art/craft, including
quilts/textiles (workshops
are either one or two weeks long)

·     
Arrowmont, Gatlinburg,
TN

·     
Haystack,
Deer Isle, Maine 

·     
Penland, Penland,
North Carolina

·     
Shakerag,
Sewanee, TN

·     
Pacific
Northwest Art School, Coupeville, WA (on Whidbey Island)

·     
Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (the summer school of the
Art Institute of Chicago; open to anyone in the summer)

·     
Madeline
Island School of the Arts, La Pointe, WI

·     
John Campbell Folk
School, Brasstown, NC

·     
Appalachian
Center for Craft,
Cookeville, TN

·     
Anderson Ranch,
Snowmass Village, Colorado

·     
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT

Quilt/textile focused (usually one-week workshops)

·     
Nancy
Crow Barn, Baltimore, OH

·     
Aya Fiber
Studio, Stuart, FL (mostly dyeing/surface design, but some stitching
workshops)

·     
Maiwa School
of Textiles, Vancouver, British Columbia

·     
Stitchin'
Post,
Sisters, Oregon (Jean Wells regularly teaches here)

·     
Quilt
and Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, Ohio

·     
Okan
Arts,
Seattle, WA

·     
Woodland
Ridge Retreat,
Downsville, WI

·     
Empty
Spools Seminars,
Pacific Grove, California

·     
Grand
Hotel Needle Art Seminar, Mackinac Island, Michigan

Quilt shows that include many workshops (usually just one
day long):

·     
Wisconsin Quilt Expo, September, Madison, WI

·     
International
Quilt Festival, Oct/Nov,
Houston, TX (the largest quilt show)

·     
Minnesota
Quilt Show,
June, latest shows in Rochester or St. Cloud, MN

·     
Vermont Quilt Festival, June, Essex, VT

·     
QuiltCon,
location varies, the show to go to for modern quilting

·     
Pennsylvania
National Quilt Extravaganza, September, Philadelphia, PA

·     
Quilt
Odyssey,
July, Hershey, PA

·     
International
Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival, October, Everett, WA

·     
AQS
Quilt Week in
Paducah, KY, fall and spring

list
of many shows/workshops: https://quiltersresources.com/event/classes-and-workshops

Quilt museums

·      International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE

·      San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA

·      Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA

·      Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (includes a large textile collection, including quilts)

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If you know of other resources
you think I should add, please let me know.