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SENE Fibershed: Boston Farm & Fiber Festival Meetup
Save the Date for the 2nd annual @newenglandfarmtofiber Festival where New England local farm fiber vendors take over Boston Public Market in the heart of downtown Boston. Last year's festival was so successful they are bringing it back for year 2 and we'll be on hand talking Fibershed with a few local Fibersheds from New England! The […]
NATURAL COLOR TALK+ BOOK SIGNING
NATURAL COLOR TALK+ BOOK SIGNING - ANNIE'S ANNUALS, RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA ANNIE’S ANNUALS, RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA Plants to dye for – literally! Sasha Duerr, alchemist, founder of the Permacouture Institute and author of “Natural Color”, returns by popular demand to share a wealth of local and seasonal plants (as well as weeds and waste from your garden!) […]
Cover Cropping in Orchards
Solano RCD, Dixon RVD, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)/Farmers Guild, and NRCS invite you to a Cover Crop Field Day! Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 9:30 - 11:30 am Stevenson Bridge Rd, Winters, CA 95694 (Detailed directions provided with RSVP) Join us for: * A facilitated panel discussion and open Q&A session with Solano […]
6th California Climate & Agriculture Summit
UC Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, United StatesJoin the Summit and a celebration of CalCAN's 10th Birthday! Monday, March 4th will showcase several climate-friendly farms through a tour in the Yolo County area. March 5th at UC Davis will be a full day of plenary, workshop and poster presentations about the latest science, policy, and practice related to climate and agriculture. We […]
NEST Opening Reception
Sonoma Community Center 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA, United StatesOpening Reception: March 7, 2019 | 5:30pm–7:30pm 276 E Napa Street, Sonoma | Gallery 212 / Sonoma Community Center Gallery Hours: Everyday 8 am – 9 pm Keyaira Terry is pleased to present her debut solo exhibition at Gallery 212. In this exhibition, Terry shows her most recent body of work of hand-woven pieces […]
NEST – Leather & Fiber: a love story
Sonoma Community Center 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA, United StatesGallery Hours: Everyday 8 am – 9 pm Keyaira Terry is pleased to present her debut solo exhibition at Gallery 212. In this exhibition, Terry shows her most recent body of work of hand-woven pieces consisting of a mix of leather, locally sourced, high-quality wool and plant materials. Many of Terry’s pieces feature […]
Stephany Wilkes Book Party + Discussion
A Verb for Keeping Warm 6328 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a book signing and discussion with Stephany Wilkes, author of Raw Material: Working Wool in the West. In her book, Stephany tells the story of American wool through her own journey to becoming a certified sheep shearer. What begins as a search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely and irresistible […]
NY Textile Lab: Regional Yarn Pop-Up + Raw Material Book Reading
Discussion with author and shearer Stephany Wilkes and Local Yarn Pop-Up Shophttps://www.tatter.org/ What is the journey from sheep to skein? Who is involved in the yarn making process? How many hands are involved in bringing us the fiber in our lives? What makes a gainfully employed woman in tech want to give it all […]
Spring Natural Dye Workshop
Shiloh Regional Park 5750 Faught Road, Windsor, CAJoin us for an afternoon in Shiloh Regional Park— as we come to know this region and the plants that grow here. Along with our walk, we will identify dye and medicinal plants throughout the region and gently gather materials to work with as a source for natural dye. We will share in lovely foraged […]
San Francisco Trunk Show – Carol Lee Shanks
Grand Hyatt San Francisco 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CAYou are cordially invited to a Trunk Show in San Francisco hosted by the Santa Fe Weaving Gallery on Friday, March 29th and Saturday, March 30th, 2019 from 9am-5pm at the Grand Hyatt Hotel345 Stockton Street. Carol Lee Shanks will be there along with her fellow bay area designer friends: Ellen Hauptli, Holly Badgley […]