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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 January 2010

January 27
• Take a look at new Artist Pages from Sara Hotchkiss and Rebecca Mezoff.
• The latest exerpt edition of Tapestry Topics Online is now available: Winer 2009, v35n4. Enjoy!
• Selection is complete and our juror has chosen fifty-four final artists for ATB8!
• ATA announces a Call for Entry to Small Tapestry International 2: Passages.

December 2009

December 10
• Latest Education Article now available: Commissioning Tapestries with articles by Joan Baxter and Cecilia Blomberg, introduction by Mary Lane, edited with Mary Jane Lord.
• Registration forms for ATA's 2010 Educational Retreat are now available here.

November 2009

November 24
• New Web Exhibition presenting the work of Inyul Heo curated by Barbara Burns.
• New Artist Pages for Myla Collier and updates from Alex Friedman.

 
     
 
Inyul Heo 'Prayer'
 

 

above: "Prayer"
Inyul Heo
in our ATA Web Gallery

  

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

October 2009
• New Artist Pages updates for Bobbi Chamberlin and Patricia Dunn.
• ATA Award for Excellence in Tapestry 2009 went to Pat Williams for her tapestry Bugs on Parade.
• Update to ATA's Organizational Resume.
• ATA is on Facebook and you can become a fan.
• Update to Tapestry Topics Guidelines for submitting articles.

September 2009
• A list of ATA events planned for Convergence 2010.
• An ATA Award of Excellence was given to Kathe Todd-Hooker for her tapestry "So Sought After" at the IMC Fiber Celebrated Exhibition.
• ATA's Annual Report for 2008-2009 year ending June 30, 2009 is available for download here.
• Latest issue of Tapestry Topics Online (Fall, v35n3) is available with color images.
• New website banners and drop-down menus.

August 2009
• New Artist Pages for Lialia Kuchma, of Chicago, Illinois.

July 2009
• Artist Page update for Connie Lippert with three new tapestries.
• The latest exhibition for our ATA Web Gallery brings to you with great pleasure:
Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie curated by Susan Martin Maffei.
• Continuing ATA's Educational Article Series we have the latest addition:
Blog Tech
• Sign up for the next Online Study Group scheduled for September, "Political Lines in Tapestry" facilitated by Christine Laffer.
• ATA announces that "Enchanted Pathways" will be the next small format tapestry exhibition to take place at Convergence 2010 in New Mexico.
• ATA will host its next Educational Retreat "Tapestry Enchantment" in 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Now you can make your membership payment to ATA via PayPal. More information here.

 

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 January 27, 2010
(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.)