Basket by artist Barbara Shapiro.
Date and time: Thursday, October 17, 2024. 6:30pm PST.
Location: Online via Zoom. No RSVP required. Members will receive an email with the Zoom URL prior to the meeting.
Cost: Free for members. This meeting is meant for Columbia Basin Basketry Guild members only. If you are not a member, but would like to become one, click here.
Description: During the Guild’s October’s General Meeting, textile artist Barbara Shapiro will share the productive burst of artistic output inspired by moving her studio in January 2020 and by current personal and political events. The sequestration that Covid forced upon us all brought forth lots of new work in several series. Unfinished and abandoned projects from years ago were seen with new eyes and finally finished. Newly discovered materials inspired different ways of working. And as always, Indigo colored her materials.
Barbara hopes to inspire you to look at your own work in new ways as you enjoy this saga of 2020-21 in her studio in the time of Covid.
Barbara Shapiro has created textile art for decades, combining rich knowledge of historical and ethnic textiles with broad technical experience in weaving, dyeing, and basketry. After being involved in the San Francisco “Art to Wear” movement in the '70s and '80s, Barbara shifted her focus to textiles as fine art. Since 2004 she has devoted much of her art practice to basketry, often including indigo-dyed elements. She teaches frequent workshops on Basketry Techniques, Indigo, and Sources of Inspiration.
Barbara writes on textile subjects and has translated an historic French textile book on card weaving and several indigo teaching manuals. As a writer, she has contributed to many major textile publications. Barbara's award-winning fiber art and baskets have been widely published and exhibited throughout the USA and in Canada, France, England, Ireland, Japan, Korea, and Israel.
No RSVP required. Members will receive an email with the Zoom URL prior to the meeting.
Portrait of artist Barbara Shapiro.