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Award for Excellence in Tapestry
Program Information
Presentation Statement .pdf
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Award for Excellence Recipients
List of Winners 2004-2009

ATA Student Award
Program Information
Guidelines .pdf
ATA Student
Award Recipients
2010 Jennifer Hunt
2009 Daniel C. Edwards
2008 Erica Diazoni

2007 Melinda Heal
2006 Mary Caitlin Sellers

Distance Learning and Helping Hands

Educational Retreat
Tapestry Enchantment 2010

Educational Workshops
In planning for 2011

Educator Roster
ATA Educator Roster
ATA Educator Roster - List in Alphabetical Order

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Also check the Members portion of this website with educational features such as issues of Tapestry Topics Online and Tapestry Topics Feature Articles as well as further information on our Programs.

Education

 

Articles

Newest Educational Article

Commissioning Tapestries

with essays by

| Joan Baxter | Cecilia Blomberg |

with an Introduction by Mary Lane
edited with Mary Jane Lord

ATA has begun producing certain articles for the purpose of presenting the information online. Check the list of articles here.

Awards

Award for Excellence in Tapestry

Program information is available online. For past awards check our List of Winners. In 2007, ATA's Award for Excellence in Tapestry for 2008 went to: Alexandra Friedman of Mill Valley, California, Irisa Blumate of Riga, Latvia, Jennie Lee Henderson of Gualala, California, Tommye Scanlin of Dahlonega, Georgia, Kathy Spoering, of Grand Junction, Colorado.

ATA Student Award

Program information is available online. The 2009 ATA Student Award went to Daniel C. Edwards of ANU School of Art.

 

Distance Learning

The Distance Learning program is designed for intermediate tapestry weavers who want to pursue an in depth study of a tapestry topic with guidance and mentoring from a more experienced tapestry weaver. An intermediate weaver is defined as someone who can warp a loom and who has woven several small tapestries or samplers. This is meant to be a self directed and well-defined program of study. Students are encouraged to narrow the range of study so that it can be completed within one year. Description and contact information located in our Members section here.

Helping Hands

The Helping Hands distance learning program is designed for beginning tapestry weavers who want to begin exploring tapestry with guidance and mentoring from a more experienced tapestry weaver. The student must be an ATA member.  A beginning weaver is defined as someone who has little experience or one who has completed an introductory level workshop.  This program will introduce students to warping a loom, shape building, warp and weft balance, and beginning cartoon development. Find a full description and contact information here.

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Educational Retreat

Acclaimed tapestry artists, Lynne Curran and James Koehler, will be teaching at the American Tapestry Alliance's 2010 Educational Retreat. Following Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the retreat will take place at St. John's College in Santa Fe, starting the evening of Sunday, July 25 and ending Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Information: Thank you for your enthusiastic response to this retreat. Both of these workshops have filled.

Educational Workshop

ATA schedules Educational Workshops in conjunction with special events such as exhibitions. Look here for future updates!