Textiles & Tea
Each week the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) hosts Textiles & Tea, a conversation with some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today. In our 45-minute discussion we focus on their artwork and their creative journey. We allow 15 minutes at the end of our conversation for questions from the audience. Textiles & Tea will take place every Tuesday at 4:00 PM (ET) and is broadcast via Zoom and Facebook Live. These broadcasts are free to view and open to all.
Schedule
Textiles & Tea takes place online every Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:00 PM ET. This program is supported through generous sponsorships and donations.
Click on the date for more information and to register.
Zoom allows up to 500 guests to view the program on the platform at any given time. The first 500 to log in will be able to access the program; registrants over that amount (uncommon) will still receive a link to watch the recording. This program is also shared Live on HGA's Facebook page. A link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.
September 2, 2025: Ruth Hallows
generously sponsored by Weave a Real Peace
Award-winning textile artist Ksm Lx'sg̱a̱n, Ruth Hallows weaves in the Chilkat and Ravenstail traditions of Northwest Coastal People. She employs the Tlingit and Haida protocols she inherited from her mentor weavers and seeks to recover Tsimshian ways of being through continued research in institutional and nontraditional archives and shares the skills and training she has gathered in workshops, presentations, and lectures. She maintains a daily practice of Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving.
September 9, 2025: Kyle McKeown Mansfield
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
Kyle McKeown Mansfield is a multimedia artist based in Livermore, CA. She received her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, where she also studied Japanese. Her earliest loom-weaving instruction was a week-long workshop at the Mendocino Art Center when she was twelve. Her interest in fiber arts was heightened by her travels to Japan and participation in textile workshops, including Japanese batik and shibori. Upon graduation, Kyle began a 40-year career creating colorful, contemporary gifts, jewelry, and wall hangings sold through fine craft galleries, as well as custom gift lines for notable clients such as Yosemite National Park and The Grateful Dead, among others. In 2023, Kyle turned to tapestry weaving for creative expression, finding it the perfect outlet for her lifelong love of color, textiles, and design. Her tapestries have been included in juried exhibitions.
September 16, 2025: Joyce Robards
generously sponsored by Students of Joyce Robards, Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Joyce Robards has been a weaver/textile artist for more than 50 years and a member of the Weavers Guild of Rochester, NY, and Handweavers of America for almost that long. She’s served in various capacities in both groups and is proud of her role in founding WGR’s Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, the Guild’s public outreach and teaching program, where she currently teaches four studio weaving classes a week and occasional classes in many other textile techniques. Joyce, an art teacher prior to “discovering” textiles, is the 2016 Handwoven magazine’s Teacher of the Year. Awards for Joyce’s work include several sponsored by HGA and Complex Weavers, and her work has been included in Knitters magazine, A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, Weaving Lives at 75, and Complex Weaver’s Journal.
September 23, 2025: Ahree Lee
generously sponsored by Southern California Handweavers' Guild
Ahree Lee is a multi-disciplinary artist working in the intersection of craft and technology. Her immersive installations, weavings, and videos utilize patterns and algorithms to challenge narratives surrounding craft, technology, and gendered labor. Her commissions include the Craft Contemporary Museum, the Asian Art Museum, the Cantor Arts Center, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, and the Sundance Channel. Her work has been recognized and supported by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, and Santa Fe Art Institute. It has been covered in the New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Metropolis Magazine.
September 30, 2025: Deborah Held
generously sponsored by Grace Tully
Debbie Held is a freelance writer and author, a contented real-life spinster, and an international fiber arts educator. She writes recurring spinning-related content for Spin Off magazine and its blog, PLY, Little Looms, SweetGeorgia Yarns, and more, and she’s an online spinning instructor for the School of SweetGeorgia. Debbie’s new book, “The Spinner’s Blending Board Bible," explores new and innovative ways to utilize this humble fiber-prep tool to its fullest potential.
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October 7, 2025: Deborah Zeitler
generously sponsored by Buenger Studios
Deborah Zeitler's adventure in fiber art began about 30 years ago with the impulsive purchase of a floor loom. She learned to weave from experienced weavers in Iowa City, joined the Iowa City Area Craft Guild, and began traveling to fiber meetings and craft schools. She learned dyeing, felting, Ply-Split Braiding, and shoe making. As a competitive person, Deborah began entering shows locally, regionally, and nationally. Her work has been exhibited at the Iowa State Fair, Small Expressions, Convergence®, Midwest Weavers and Spinners, various galleries, and most recently, the Renwick Museum of the Smithsonian. Deborah's primary fiber art interests are sewing garments from her handwoven fabric, making sneakers combining handwoven fabric and leather, and using Ply-Split Braiding to make small vessels.
October 14, 2025: Dani Ortman
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
Dani Ortman is a Canadian handweaver whose contemporary textiles embody simplicity and grace. Emerging as a professional textile artist in 2015, her work has been exhibited throughout Canada and the USA. Dani’s journey began in 2007, when she first learned to weave, work with plant dyes, and spin her own yarn. From 2012 to 2022, she served as Editor, Vice President, and President of the national Guild of Canadian Handweavers, passionately supporting her community. Now weaving in Vienna, Austria, Dani produces small collections of scarves and textiles 1–2 times per year. Her work invites others to experience the precious commodity of handwoven cloth, crafted from fine tussah silk, organic cotton, European linen, and Canadian wool.
October 21, 2025: Polly Barton
generously sponsored by Molly and Sam Elkind
Polly Barton is a nationally recognized artist who has been working in fiber for forty years. Trained in Japan, she is recognized for her work with traditional methods of binding and dyeing bundles of fiber to weave contemporary ikat imagery. Her studio practice has shifted over the last fifteen years to incorporating a wide range of materials, including pigment, soy milk, pastel, metallic threads, stitching, papyrus, and metal leaf. Her work is in many collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Seattle Art Museum, and the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum. Her work has been published in Hali Magazine, FiberArts, Surface Design Journal, and American Craft.
October 28, 2025: Rosalie Neilson
generously sponsored by LoftyFiber
Rosalie Neilson uses color and geometric design in her weaving and kumihimo braiding. As a designer and teacher, she publishes regularly in weaving and braiding journals and maintains an active teaching schedule throughout the United States, Canada, and England. Her published works include “The Thirty-Seven Interlacements of Hira Kara Gumi,” “The Twenty-Four Interlacements of Edo Yatsu Gumi,” “Kongō Gumi: A Cacophony of Spots—Coils--Zags—Lines,” and a two-volume book on block design “An Exaltation of Blocks”. She is featured in a 2-hour rep weave video by Interweave Press (now owned by Long Thread Media).
Sponsorships are available! Connect with new audiences directly, promote the fiber arts, and support the artists!
November 4, 2025: Austin Clark
November 11, 2025: Laura Thomas
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
November 18, 2025: Andrea Blackmon
Andrea Blackmon has been involved in fiber arts from a very young age, constantly seeking opportunities to learn new skills and techniques. She learned to sew at the age of 10 and began making her own clothes a year later. Over time, she expanded her skills to include crochet, needlework, knitting, ceramics, beadwork, and quilting. Her weaving journey began when she acquired a loom during a storage closet clear-out at her job. Currently, Andrea teaches weaving and other fiber arts to a group of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Andrea's work has been featured in notable publications such as Inspired by the Beatles: An Art Quilt Challenge by Donna DeSoto and Eight Shafts: Beyond the Beginning, edited by Laurie Knapp Autio. Additionally, her artwork has been displayed in several galleries, including the Del Ray Artisans' Gallery, The Arts Center in Orange, and the Freeborn County Arts Initiative.
November 25, 2025: Patti Barker
Patti Barker is an award-winning felt-wear designer, teacher, and author. She earned a BA degree in studio art with a concentration in fiber at Western Washington University. Patti's early fascination with fabric and fashion came from her seamstress mother. You might say fiber art is bound into her DNA. Her felting journey began in 2007 with a study of felted simulated skins, skin as a protective covering, and as an identifier. All the while, she was intrigued with the way wearable art transforms its wearer.
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December 2, 2025: Rebecca Smith
generously sponsored by Elizabeth Michel
December 9, 2025: Ellen Silberlicht
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
December 16, 2025: Eugene Vigil
generously sponsored by Las Aranas Spinners and Weavers Guild
December 23, 2025: Tina Linville
December 30, 2025: Anthony DiRenzo
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January 6, 2026: Roxie Fricton
January 13, 2026: Vicki Assegued
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
January 20, 2026: Jonpaul Smith
January 27, 2026: Anne Bowers
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February 3, 2026: Frances Crowe
February 10, 2026: TBA
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
February 17, 2026: TBA
February 24, 2026: TBA
Sponsorships are available! Connect with new audiences directly, promote the fiber arts, and support the artists!
March 3, 2026: TBA
March 10, 2026: Margery Erickson
generously sponsored by Halcyon Yarn
March 17, 2026: TBA
March 24, 2026: TBA
March 31, 2026: TBA
Sponsorships are available! Connect with new audiences directly, promote the fiber arts, and support the artists!
Be a Sponsor & Support Textiles & Tea
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Guest Recommendations for Textiles & Tea
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) seeks emerging and established fiber artists with a focus on weaving for our weekly interview series, Textiles & Tea. Artists are required to have an online presence and should be able to produce a headshot and a brief bio for marketing purposes. In advance of the interview, accepted artists will attend one planning meeting (approximately 30 minutes). Interviews take place on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM Eastern Time and last for one hour. All interviews take place on Zoom and as such participating artists are required to participate from a location that has stable internet, good lighting, clear microphone, and no disruptions.
HGA is always looking for new artists for our program. If you have a recommendation, please click here to complete our form.
Previous Episodes
All episodes of Textiles & Tea are recorded and are available to be watched on HGA's Facebook page and YouTube channel. Search alphabetically by last name for more information on previous guests and links to their Textiles & Tea episodes.
Chris Acton (January 3, 2023)
Gasali Adeyemo (August 23, 2022)
Dawn Ahlert (July 25, 2023)
Andrea Alexander with guest host Katy P. Clements (September 24, 2024)
Liz Alpert Fay (September 19, 2023)
Corey Alston (September 26, 2023)
Cathryn Amidei (February 15, 2022)
Klaus Anselm (April 29, 2025)
Venancio Aragon (October 4, 2022)
Tabitha Arnold (November 1, 2022)
Elizabeth Ashdown (February 27, 2024)
Becky Ashenden (January 30, 2024)
Kevin Aspaas (May 20, 2025)
Anastasia Azure (August 12, 2025)
Karen Baker (June 13, 2023)
Suzi Ballenger (March 12, 2024)
Loren Batt (October 19, 2021)
Paula Becker (May 21, 2024)
Nikyle Begay (July 29, 2025)
Marcelyn Bennett-Carpenter (January 2, 2024)
Joan Berner (August 31, 2021)
Mary Berry (May 31, 2022)
Bryana Bibbs (January 23, 2024)
Boisali Biswas (September 28, 2021)
Laicee Blackwell (July 1, 2025)
Cally Booker (May 9, 2023)
Natalie Boyett (November 26, 2024)
Heavenly Bresser (March 9, 2021)
Edwina Bringle (December 13, 2022)
Allan Brown (March 4, 2025)
Elizabeth Buckley (February 20, 2024)
Abraham Buddish (May 17, 2022)
Mary Burgess (February 28, 2023)
Florencia Campos Correa (February 4, 2025)
Al Canner with guest host Daryl Lancaster (March 21, 2023)
Jacqui Carey (May 28, 2024)
Deborah Chandler (October 18, 2022)
Cael Chappell (August 15, 2023)
Tien Chiu (March 30, 2021)
Karen Clancy (September 20, 2022)
Majeda Clarke (June 8, 2021)
Lucienne Coifman (February 16, 2021)
Kristin Crane (October 1, 2024)
Betty Davenport (July 23, 2024)
Lynne Dees (May 13, 2025)
Nick DeFord (July 11, 2023)
Cassie Dickson (May 18, 2021)
Sean Dougall (August 3, 2021)
Allie Dudley (August 9, 2022)
Line Dufour (February 25, 2025)
Emily Dvorin (April 11, 2023)
Dawn Edwards (October 26, 2021)
Molly Elkind (January 21, 2025)
Catharine Ellis (September 6, 2022)
Melissa English Campbell (August 24, 2021)
Evee Erb (July 20, 2021)
Deb Essen (September 3, 2024)
Jacey Boggs Faulkner (August 5, 2025)
Leslie Fesperman (September 5, 2023)
Donna Foley Brush (November 8, 2022)
Geri Forkner (June 3, 2025)
Alex Friedman (November 12, 2024; Episode #200)
Eric Frisino (July 26, 2022)
Tegan Frisino (July 5, 2022)
Laura Fry (July 22, 2025)
Sally Garner (December 20, 2022)
Adrienne Gaskell (June 14, 2022)
Patrice George (November 19, 2025)
Murray Gibson (January 25, 2022)
Liz Gipson (April 16, 2024)
Sam Goates (June 25, 2024)
Sara Goodman (January 7, 2025)
Rabbit Goody (May 10, 2022)
Sarah Gotowka (June 27, 2023)
Crystal Gregory (February 18, 2025)
Rhiannon Griego (October 8, 2024)
Ruth Hallows (September 2, 2025)
Karen Hampton (May 30, 2023)
Peggy Hart with guest host Dianne Totten (April 4, 2023)
Linda Hartshorn (June 15, 2021)
Sarah Haskell (January 4, 2022)
Jennie Hawkey (March 19, 2024)
Irene Heckel-Volpe (February 21, 2023)
Ana Lisa Hedstrom (February 6, 2024)
Deborah Held (September 30, 2025)
Helena Hernmarck (July 13, 2021)
David Heustess (May 24, 2022)
Sheila Hicks (November 29, 2022)
Heather Hietala (April 19, 2022)
Pat Hilts with Guest Host Melvenea Hodges (March 14, 2023)
Melvenea Hodges (January 10, 2023)
Neal Howard (August 20, 2024)
Pam Howard (December 6, 2022)
Kira Dominguez Hultgren (September 7, 2021)
Rebecca Hutton (March 11, 2025)
Giovanna Imperia (January 9, 2024)
Carol Irving (February 22, 2022)
Susan Iverson (June 18, 2024)
Vandana Jain (October 15, 2024)
Carol James (May 25, 2021)
Jacqueline James (April 20, 2021)
Deborah Jarchow (September 21, 2021)
Tracy Kaestner (December 3, 2024)
Robin Kang (February 11, 2025)
Marlowe Katoney (July 16, 2024)
Christine Keller (December 27, 2022)
Lisa Klakulak (August 8, 2023)
Tom Knisely (November 28, 2023)
Gerhardt Knodel (June 1, 2021)
Lena Kolb (April 15, 2025)
Julie Kornblum (July 27, 2021)
Denise Kovnat (March 2, 2021)
Annetta Kraayeveld (February 13, 2024)
Brecia Kralovic Logan (August 19, 2025)
Giovanna Imperia (January 9, 2024)
Bonnie Inouye (July 8, 2025)
Carol Irving (February 22, 2022)
Susan Iverson (June 18, 2024)
Vandana Jain (October 15, 2024)
Carol James (May 25, 2021)
Jacqueline James (April 20, 2021)
Deborah Jarchow (September 21, 2021)
Tracy Kaestner (December 3, 2024)
Robin Kang (February 11, 2025)
Marlowe Katoney (July 16, 2024)
Christine Keller (December 27, 2022)
Lisa Klakulak (August 8, 2023)
Tom Knisely (November 28, 2023)
Gerhardt Knodel (June 1, 2021)
Lena Kolb (April 15, 2025)
Julie Kornblum (July 27, 2021)
Denise Kovnat (March 2, 2021)
Annetta Kraayeveld (February 13, 2024)
Penny Lacroix (March 5, 2024)
Robbie LaFleur (February 23, 2021)
Daryl Lancaster (March 22, 2022)
Jean Pierre Larochette (May 27, 2025)
Sarah Lasswell (March 28, 2023)
Máximo Laura (January 17, 2023)
Demetrio Bautista Lazo (April 22, 2024)
Ahree Lee ( September 23, 2025)
Louise Lemieux Bérubé (October 24, 2023)
Janice Lessman Moss (September 27, 2022)
Suzie Liles (October 22, 2024)
Connie Lippert (May 2, 2023)
Felicia Lo (October 31, 2023)
Anita Luvera Mayer (June 21, 2022)
Annie MacHale (November 15, 2022)
Valeria Maldonado (June 24, 2025)
Pat Maley (August 22, 2023)
Victoria Manganiello (June 10, 2025)
Lilly Marsh (April 27, 2021)
John Marshall (October 25, 2022)
Kelly Marshall (April 13, 2021)
Susan Martin Maffei (February 1, 2022)
Michaela McIntosh (December 5, 2023)
Kyle McKeown Mansfield (September 9, 2025)
Molly McLaughlin (December 21, 2021)
Nazanin Amiri Meers (May 11, 2021)
Nicole Yi Messier (July 15, 2025)
Rebecca Mezoff (January 26, 2021)
Nathalie Miebach (February 9, 2021)
Jane Milburn (October 10, 2023)
Christine K. Miller (April 2, 2024)
Kathy Monaghan (April 30, 2024)
Jennifer Moore (December 7, 2021)
Elizabeth Morisette (August 17, 2021)
Ann Morton (December 10, 2024)
John Mullarkey (August 10, 2021)
TahNibaa Naataanii (June 11, 2024)
Nithikul Nimkulrat (May 23, 2023)
Elin Noble (October 12, 2021)
Char Norman (November 30, 2021)
Johanna Norry (June 17, 2025)
Melanie Olde (December 28, 2021)
Alan Oliver (December 19, 2023)
Brenda Osborn (April 18, 2023)
Angie Parker (March 8, 2022)
Lin Qiqing (January 14, 2025)
Sean Dougall & Andrew Paulson (August 3, 2021)
Peyton Pearson (April 1, 2025)
Verónica A. Pèrez (April 8, 2025)
Marcy Petrini (March 1, 2022)
Ann Richards (July 19, 2022)
Rowland Ricketts (September 12, 2023)
Jon Eric Riis (March 18, 2025)
Margaret Roach Wheeler (November 21, 2023)
Joyce Robards (September 16, 2025)
Deborah Robson (March 23, 2021)
Michael Rohde (October 5, 2021)
Kathie Roig (August 30, 2022)
Joan Ruane (July 6, 2021)
Deann Rubin (November 9, 2021)
Nadine Sanders (June 4, 2024)
Arturo Alonzo Sandoval (March 25, 2025)
Omar Chávez Santiago (January 31, 2023)
Sarah Saulson (June 28, 2022)
Caroline Sawyer with guest host Tegan Frisino (September 10, 2024)
Tommye Scanlin (April 12, 2022)
Alice Schlein (March 29, 2022)
Jenny Schu (January 18, 2022)
Margo Selby (December 14, 2021)
Karen Selk (August 26, 2025)
Aneri Shah (October 29, 2024)
Gene Shepherd (April 6, 2021)
Micala Sidore (May 3, 2022)
Maria Sigma (April 25, 2023)
Deborah Silver (October 11, 2022)
Janney Simpson (January 16, 2024)
Jeanne Sisson (December 17, 2024)
Norma Smayda (March 15, 2022)
Meagan Smith (August 6, 2024)
Sydney Sogol with guest host Katy P. Clements (September 17, 2024)
Joanne Soroka (May 6, 2025)
Robyn Spady (April 5, 2022)
Liz Spear (March 7, 2023)
Jane Stafford (February 7, 2023)
Laurie Carlson Steger (July 30, 2024)
Carl Stewart (February 14, 2023)
Lauren Stichweh (May 16, 2023)
Laura Strand (January 11, 2022)
Margaret Stump (March 26, 2024)
John Sturtevant (May 7, 2024)
Justin Squizzero (June 22, 2021)
William Storms (September 14, 2021)
Bonnie Tarses (July 12, 2022)
Astrid Tauber (July 18, 2023)
Cameron Taylor-Brown (March 16, 2021)
Concepcion Poou Coy Tharin (August 2, 2022)
Matt Tommey (November 5, 2024)
Anie Toole (November 22, 2022)
Dianne Totten (April 26, 2022)
Emily Trujillo (August 29, 2023)
Walter Turpening (January 24, 2023)
David van Buskirk (February 8, 2022)
Madelyn van der Hoogt (November 7, 2023)
Carol Ventura (August 1, 2023)
Paula Vester (December 12, 2023)
Laura Viada (February 2, 2021)
Vickie Vipperman (November 14, 2023)
Jeane Vogel (August 27, 2024)
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada (July 9, 2024)
Kelly Walsh (July 2, 2024)
Barbara J. Walker (October 3, 2023)
Hope Wang (January 28, 2025)
Melissa Weaver Dunning (October 17, 2023)
Kathrin Weber (June 20, 2023)
Sue Weil (May 4, 2021)
Marcia Weiss (May 14, 2024)
Peggy Wiedemann (January 12, 2021)
Alanna Wilcox (November 16, 2021)
Jennifer Williams (April 22, 2025)
Kim Winter (November 23, 2021)
Rebecca Winter (August 16, 2022)
Myra Wood (June 7, 2022)
Nolan Wright with Guest Host Chris Acton (June 6, 2023)
Patsy Zawistoski (April 9, 2024)
Mary Zicafoose (January 5, 2021)
Bhakti Ziek (November 2, 2021)