Welcome To Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
HGA is an international membership association created to encourage excellence, inspire creativity, and preserve fiber arts traditions through education and community. Our mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community. We invite weavers, spinners, dyers, basket makers, and all fiber art enthusiasts to join us!
Founded in 1969 to inspire creativity and encourage excellence in the fiber arts, the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., brings together weavers, spinners, dyers, basketmakers, fiber artists, and educators. HGA provides educational programs, conferences, and an award-winning quarterly publication, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, to its members as it seeks to increase awareness of and appreciation for the fiber arts.
HGA offers opportunities for learning, exhibition, artist promotion, and more.
HGA provides inspiration, instruction, and networking opportunities for fiber artists of all skill levels.
Connect with the fiber art community with HGA’s directories, publications, calendar and more.
Immerse yourself in the fiber arts at our biennial 7-day fiber art conference with seminars, workshops, vendors, exhibits, fashion show, tours and more.
As part of our effort to increase awareness of and appreciation for the fiber arts, HGA sponsors exhibitions of fiber art each year.