Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat
April 17, 18, & 19, 2008. Whitewater Basketry Guild presents the 2008 retreat which will be held at the Kulhman Center on the Wayne County 4-H Fairgrounds in Richmond, IN.

Northeast Basketmakers Gathering 2008
April 11-13, 2008. The Northeast Basketmakers Guild will be holding its fifth basketry event at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in West Springfield, Mass. The coordinators are Rosemary Howbrigg and Kate Conroy. For additional information contact Kate by email at bsktkate@cox.net or by phone 401-294-6471.

2008 Smithsonian Craft Show
April 10-13, 2008. This year's show will feature basketmakers Jennifer Heller Zurick, Mary A. Jackson, Deborah Muhl, Dennis Nahabetian, Leon Niehues, Joh Ricci, JoAnne Russo and Biba Schutz.

Land of Lincoln Basketweavers Association Spring Weave 2008
April 11-12, 2008. Cliffbreakers Convention Center, Rockford, Illinois. Instructors include Karen Griffith, Marla Helton, Thomas Holtkamp, Annetta Kraayeveld, Loni Labek, Pam Talsky, Ellonyia Yenney, Susan Tucker & Jennie Bass.

2008 NCBA Convention "My Baskets and Me"
March 13-16, 2008. NCBA Convention will be held in Raleigh, NC on March 13-16, 2008 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Classes will be scheduled to begin on Thursday afternoon and end on Sunday Morning. Seminars will be scheduled for Thursday or Sunday.

Elizabeth Whyte Schulze Solo Exhibit
October 30-December 14, 2007. The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery - The Richmond Art Center - The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut. Reception Tuesday October 30, 2007, 6PM with slide lecture at 7:30 PM. More about Elizabeth Whyte Schulze.

Rhythmic Coils: Sweet grass Baskets by Debora Muhl
September 15 - November 18, 2007. Solo show of coiled sweetgrass baskets by Debora Muhl at Allentown Art Museum Payne Hurd Gallery, Allentown, PA.

Baskets as Architecture
October 2 - November 17, 2007. Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

West Virginia Basketmakers Annual Convention
October 26-28, 2007. Flatwoods Days Inn Conference Center, Sutton, WV. The teachers will be Tonya Cubeta, Pam Feix, Debra Hammond, Thomas Holtkamp, Joni-Dee Ross, Nathan Taylor and Vicki Worrell. You must join WVBA to attend.

Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection
June 29--September 23, 2007. Preview June 28, 2007. Intertwined is a touring exhibit that has been organized by the Arizona State University Art Museum and curated by senior curator Heather Sealy Lineberry with Jane Sauer, fiber artist and scholar. Approximately 75 works will be on exhibit at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, TX from the more than 150 works in the Sara and David Lieberman collection of contemporary baskets during this stop of the tour. Artists in the exhibition include: Jeanette Ahlgren, Kate Anderson, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Dail Behennah, Lanny Bergner, Nancy Moore Bess, Mary Black, Jerry Bleem, Joanne Segal Brandford, Charissa Brock, Jane Chavez, Jill Nordfors Clark, Susan Colquitt, Carol Eckert, Lillian Elliott, Noboru Fujinuma, John Garrett, John Garrett, Mary Giles, Katherine Glover, Shokosai Hayakawa, Marion Hildebrandt, Elsie Holiday, Hideaki Honma, Kazuaki Honma, Jan Hopkins, Lissa Hunter, Kiyoma Iwata, Ferne Jacobs, Kay Khan, Nancy Koenigsberg, Gyongy Laky, John McQueen, Norma Minkowitz, Kenichi Nagakura, Leon Niehues, Pearl Nuvangyaoma, Lindsay K. Rais, Fran Reed, Ed Rossbach, JoAnne Russo, Jane Sauer, Hisako Sekijima, Kay Sekimachi, Kay Sekimachi, Naoko Serino, Debbie Shriver, Carol Stein, Hideho Tanaka, Tsuruko Tanikawa, Maseo Ueno, Mika Watanabe, Katherine Westphal, Judy K. Wilson and Jiro Yonezawa. Watch for other upcoming stops on the tour. The exhibition is available for tour and an exhibit catalogue is available.

Sue Coleman Demonstrates Her Art at the Nevada State Museum
June 30, 2007. Carson City, Nevada resident Sue Coleman is a member of the Washo nation, part of the Dresslerville reservation and a master Washo Basket Weaver. She will demonstrate the art of twining in willow, a method of basket weaving popular in the Great Basin since prehistoric times.

Beyond Basketry: Japanese Bamboo Art
August 19, 2006 - July 6, 2007. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is host to an exhibit of Japanese Bamboo basketry.

Idyllwild Arts - Native American Arts Festival
July 8 – July 13, 2007. Idyllwild, CA. The week-long Native American Arts Festival includes basketry workshops, slide lectures, presentations and demonstrations. On Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 12-1 pm. there will be a Brown Bag Lecture delivered by Edward Jolie (Oglala Lakota, Archaeologist, University of New Mexico), entitled "New Stories from Old Baskets: Innovation in Indigenous Basketweaving Traditions". Donna Largo will teach a week long workshop on Cahuilla Basketry July 9 –13. Julia and Lucy Parker will instruct a workshop on Pomo & Miwok Basketry in the week leading up to the festival, July 2-6 and Arline Fisch will teach a one-week session in  Textile Techniques In Metal, July 9-13. She will also present a lecture July 10, 2007, 8 pm for those interested in contemporary weaving techniques. Some events are open to the public.

Sue Coleman Demonstrates Her Art at the Nevada State Museum
June 30, 2007. Carson City, Nevada resident Sue Coleman is a member of the Washo nation, part of the Dresslerville reservation and a master Washo Basket Weaver. She will demonstrate the art of twining in willow, a method of basket weaving popular in the Great Basin since prehistoric times.

Small Expressions 2007
April 23-June 22, 2007. Handweaver's Guild of America’s Annual Fiber Art Exhibit for Small Scale Works at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and July 21 - September 2, 2007, at The Indianapolis Art Center. Local Hosts will be the 2007 Midwest Weavers Conference and Spinners & Weavers of Indiana Fibers and Textiles (SWIFT).

"Roots" - Mid-West Weavers Conference 2007
June 20-23, 2007. Hosted by Omaha Weavers and Spinners Guild. Workshops, tours, gallery shows, vendors and more.

12th Annual Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar
June 12-16, 2007. Sponsored by the Bluegrass Area Extension Homemakers. Kentucky Leadership Center, Jabez, Kentucky. Color Catalog and Registration Form.

Wild Fibers - Hand Weavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta 2007 Conference
June 14-17, 2007. Post conference workshops are scheduled for June 18-22, 2007. Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers of Alberta are hosts to the Association of North West Weavers Guild (ANWG) Conference 2007. Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Basketmakers Nadine Spier and Marilyn Moore will be included in the faculty.

Weaving a Collection: Native American Baskets from the Bruce Museum
February 10, 2007-June 10, 2007. This exhibit at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT explores five geographic regions of basketry: the Northeast, Great Plains, Southwest, California, and Northwest. On view are approximately 45 examples from all the major basket makers of North America that illustrate the distinctive elements of technique and materials from these regions. Press release, Educator's Guide and Ancillary programs in PDF format.

Weaver's Summit 2007
June 1-3, 2007. 5th Annual Weaver's Summit will be held in 2007 in Nashville, Indiana. Registration does not require membership. Featuring some of the country's top instructors. (Susan Coyle, Patti Hawkins, Billy Owens, Cass Schorsch, Tressa Sularz, Kathy Tessler, Tika Tucker, Marilyn Wald and Judy Zugish).

SOFA New York
June 1 - 3, 2007. The annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art celebrates its tenth year in New York at the Seventh Regiment Armory, NYC. View new works including contemporary basketry from galleries such as Tai Gallery/Textile Arts, browngrotta arts, Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery among many others. Lecture presentations and other special events are scheduled.

Big Willow 2006
May 2006 - May 2007. The Scottish Basketmakers Circle, Patrick Dougherty and the Brahan Estate will collaborate in a series of events that will draw artists, makers and visitors from all over Britain to the Brahan Estate, near Dingwall in the Highlands. Patrick will be in residence during May 2006 and will construct a willow installation on the grounds of the estate with the help of many volunteers. The Highland Council Exhibitions Unit is curating a related touring exhibition, 'Pushing the Boundaries', to show new and innovative work from Scottish Basketmakers' Circle members. The opening for the exhibition is scheduled to take place in Inverness on 26 May 2006 as part of a weekend of celebration for the opening of Patrick's sculpture on 27 May. The sculpture will be on view until a closing ceremony May 26, 2007. Te Pooka fire and performance artists together with the world famous Scottish band, Blazin Fiddles will create a performance at the event. This will culminate in the burning of Patrick's sculpture!

2007 Stowe Basketry Festival
May 14-15, 2007 / May 16-May 20, 2007. Stowe, VT will be the site of the 12th Stowe Basketry Pre-Festival and the 16th overall Festival. Programs will feature Pre-Festival two day workshops followed by Festival workshops of one, two & three days, daily and evening activities, informal gatherings, and scheduled evening seminars & mini-workshops.

FIBER FEST 2007: "Golden Heddles & Golden Treadles"
May 14-20, 2007. Great Falls Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Montana State University-Great Falls Creative Arts Program are offering a week of fiber art activities for all ages and ability levels. The event includes four basketry workshops to be held at MSU-Great Falls College of Technology, Great Falls, MT.

Gifts of the Forest: Native Traditions in Wood and Bark
January 25 to April 27, 2007. On view at The UBS Art Gallery (1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City). The exhibit was organized by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Connecticut and will feature approximately 100 objects made by Native American tribes of eastern North America. The exhibit is broken into several sections and will include “The Tool as Art” featuring woodworking instruments such as crooked knives and splint gauges for basket making and “Weaving with Wood” which highlights the tradition of splint basketry. Catalog in .pdf format

By Native Hands: Native American Baskets From the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
March 2 - May 13, 2007. The Courthouse Galleries in Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA is host to this traveling exhibition that features over 60 baskets drawn from the Catherine Marshall Gardiner Native American Basket Collection from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi. Ancillary programs, including reception, workshops, demonstrations and gallery talk with Dr. Bruce Bernstein of the Smithsonian Institution. Other stops on the tour organized by Smith Kramer Museum Traveling Exhibits include Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York: September 2, 2007 through November 11, 2007. Exhibit Catalog in Hardcover or Paperback.

Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture from the Cotsen Collection
February 2–May 6, 2007. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco will present Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture in the Cotsen Collection, an exhibition that draws on the richness and breadth of the approximately nine hundred works Mr. Lloyd L. Cotsen generously donated to the Asian Art Museum in 2001.

Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the 20th Century
Ongoing through April 30, 2007. Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center in Cullowhee, NC presents an exhibit that examines how the materials and styles of Cherokee basketmaking evolved over the past century. The exhibit was organized by the Asheville Art Museum and guest curator Sarah H. Hill, author of “Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and their Basketry.” Betty Dupree, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc. also were involved in its development. The exhibition features the creations of basketmakers Eva Bigwitch, Nancy Bradley, Rowena Bradley, Emmaline Garrett, Lucy N. George, Annie James, Elizabeth Queen Kalonahuskie, Sally Locust, Lucille Lossiah, Mary Jane Lossiah, Ramona Lossiah, Nancy Oosomee, Eva Reid, Annie Ropetwister, Lottie Stamper, Sallie Wade, Elsie Watty, Maidena Wildcatt, Eva Wolfe and Lizzie Youngbird.

Gourd & Basket Weekend in the Gardens
May 5-6, 2007. Misti Washington Gourd & Basket Guild will be hosting its 8th Gourd & Basket Weekend in the Gardens. The event is sponsored by Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas, California. Donna Carlson, Justin Farmer, Jackie Abrams, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Toni Best, Angela Briggs, Lynne Everett, Theresa Fisher, Polly Jacobs Giacchina, Charlene "Cookie" Hanson, Kay Harradine, Marla Helton, Mary Hettmansperger, Tom Hotlkamp, Donna Kallner, Pam Kay, Joan Moore, Judith Olney, Polly Adams Sutton, Don Weeke and Judy Zugish are scheduled to offer workshops. A marketplace and exhibit are also planned.

Festival of American Basketry Conference
April 27-29, 2007. Arts Guild Center, High Amana, IA 52203. Seven workshops by nationally-known basketmakers at the Amana Arts Guild Center in High Amana. Early American and contemporary techniques and styles explored.

CNCH 2007 - Conference of Northern California Handweavers
April 19-22, 2007. New and experienced fiber crafters can choose from a variety of intensive workshops taught by teachers well recognized in their special fiber fields on the Asilomar Conference Grounds located in Pacific Grove, California. Basketry instructors scheduled to participate include Flo Hoppe, Mary Hettmansperger, Nancy Moore Bess and Linda Hendrickson.

Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat 2007
April 19-21, 2007. Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat is sponsored by Feix Family Baskets, Basketmakin’s & Whitewater Basket Guild. This three day event will be held at the Kuhlman Building, Richmond, Indiana.

Northeast Basketmakers Gathering 2007
April 13-15, 2007. The Northeast Basketmakers Guild will be holding its fourth basketry event, "Northeast Basketmakers Gathering 2007" at the Best Western/Sovereign Conference Center in West Springfield, MA. Classes are scheduled to begin Friday afternoon and end Sunday noon.

3rd Annual Spring Karuk Basketweavers Gathering
April 7-9, 2007. The public is invited to the 3rd Annual Spring Karuk Basketweavers Gathering being held at The People’s Center of The Karuk Tribe of California in Happy Camp, CA. Basketweaving and informal sharing will continue throughout the Gathering.

Susan kavicky - Creative Basketry Workshop
March 31-April 03, 2007. Pieces of Dreams - Island Lake, IL. Susan will teach a four day workshop from her home studio that will help you learn methods to find and foster your own style of basketry. You will experiment with materials, techniques, shapes and sizes as you explore your own style of basketry. Then finally, allow your work to emerge, by learning how to regard the artist within. An intermediate level of basketry experience is recommended.

Japanese Style Basketmaking with Donna Sakamoto Crispin
March 26, 30, 2007. Donna Sakamoto Crispin will lead students in the study of Japanese Style Basketmaking during this workshop at the Sedona Art Center in Sedona Arizona.

2007 NCBA Convention - "Weaving Friendships"
March 22-25, 2007. Durham, NC at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Classes will be scheduled to begin on Thursday afternoon and end on Sunday Morning. Seminars will be scheduled for Thursday or Sunday.

Florida Tropical Weaver's Guild Conference
March 22-25 2007. The Annual Conference of the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild will be held at the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center near Eustis, FL, located near I-75 and the Orlando National Airport. Judy Dominic and Lyn Taylor Keil will lead basketry workshops.

49th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market
March 3-4, 2007. The Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix, AZ draws more than 600 of the nation’s finest Native artists who show and sell authentic artwork and cultural items including basketry. Basketmakers scheduled to participate include Sally and Peggy Black, Annie Antone, Eric Bacon, Lorene Boxley, Julia Calnimptewa, Kelly Church, Terrol Johnson, Leona Antone Romero, Theresa Secord and numerous others.

26th Biennial Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers
March 20-25, 2007. Wildflowers of the Sierra - Visalia Convention Center - 303 E. Acequia St, Visalia, CA 93291. Basketry instructors Toni Best and Marilyn Moore are included in the faculty.

New Directions in Paper
February 13–March 14, 2007. An Exhibition of Works in Paper by Members of the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild. Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR.

Camp Tuck A Basket
March 2 - 4, 2007. Bloomington, Illinois at the Interstate Center. Teachers include: Cherilyn Braun, Patti Hawkins, Flo Hoppe, Joan Moore, Marlys Sowers, Dianne Stanton and Kathy Tessler. You must be a member of Land of Lincoln Basketweavers to attend Camp Tuck.

Connected: Annual Exhibition of Fiber and Basketry Techniques
February 2007. Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia in Scottsdale, Arizona annual exhibition of Fiber and Basketry.

49th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market
March 3-4, 2007. The Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix, AZ draws more than 600 of the nation’s finest Native artists who show and sell authentic artwork and cultural items including basketry. Basketmakers scheduled to participate include Sally and Peggy Black, Annie Antone, Eric Bacon, Lorene Boxley, Julia Calnimptewa, Kelly Church, Terrol Johnson, Leona Antone Romero, Theresa Secord and numerous others.

WinterWeave 2007
February 23, 24 & 25, 2007. Wildwood Basketry Guild presents Winter Weave™ 2007. Their 18th annual basketweaving conference will be held at Wildwood Cultural Center in Mentor, Ohio on February 23, 24, and 25, 2007. The conference is small (about 75 attendees) and offers 12 instructors in 2007. Visit their website or email Char Ciammaichella for more details.

Hilton Head Island Island Gullah Celebration
February 1-25, 2007. An event that showcases the arts, crafts, foods and history of the Native Island Gullah people. Sat. and Sun., Feb. 17-18: Arts, Crafts & Food Expo – A Total Gullah Experience will feature sweetgrass basket demonstrations and sales.

Willow Weaving Weekend
February 17-18, 2007. Amana Arts Guild Center, High Amana. A weekend of learning and improving willow basketry techniques.

By Native Hands: Native American Baskets From the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
December 2, 2006 – February 11, 2007. This exhibit at the Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville, Georgia features a collection of Native American basketry from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, MS. Exhibit Catalog in Hardcover or Paperback.

Weaving Generations Together - 2007 GBA Convention
February 2, 3, & 4, 2007. The Georgia Basketry Association will hold its 2007 convention at Doubletree Hotel, Roswell, GA. Three days of basket weaving workshops will be offered.

Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia
February 03, 2006 - 2007. Cultural Strands/Woven Visions and the accompanying exhibition, Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia is an innovative public program exploring the past, present and future of Indigenous and non-Indigenous fibre art and basketry. The exhibit will travel to a number of locations throughout Australia during its run.

Baskets 'N the Works Weaving Retreat
January 26-28, 2007. It will be held at the conference center at Columbia Lakes Resort in West Columbia, TX.

TIDEWATER BASKETRY GUILD: Guilder's Weave 2007
January 10-14, 2007. Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel in Newport News, Virginia.

Wondrous Works: Contemporary Art by Native American Women
February 12, 2006 to January 14, 2007. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico presents Wondrous Works: Contemporary Art By Native American Women - Over thirty works by twenty different contemporary Native American women artists are presented in this exhibition that includes Navajo basketry by Sally Black and Peggy Rock Black.

Woven Worlds - Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte, NC
September 09, 2006 - December 31, 2006. This exhibit features 125 late 19th to mid 20th century baskets, all of which were collected by Clark Field between 1915-1966. They are from the permanent collection of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Philbrook Museum of Art. One of the finest, most comprehensive and well-documented collections of North American Indian basketry, the Clark Field Collection spans 73 culturally and geographically diverse tribal cultures ranging from the Sub-Arctic to the Arctic and from the Southeast to the Pacific Northwest.

Fibers of Life: From A Weaver's View
February 4, 2006 – December 31, 2006. Fibers of Life highlights approximately one hundred baskets from the Northwest Museum of Art and Culture’s collection of nearly three thousand. Read a recent review, "Basket collection stunning, unmatched".

The Woven Image
Through December 31, 2006. The Woven Image at Grounds For Sculpture's Toad Hall Shop & Gallery. Works by fiber artists Nancy Kay Anderson, Karen Henderson and basket artist Debora Muhl will be on view during the exhibit. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

The Language of Baskets
June 06, 2006 - December 31, 2006. George G. Darlow Exhibit Hall of The Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, CT. The Language of Baskets Exhibit celebrates the creativity, ingenuity and diversity of the Indigenous Peoples of North America. Also at IAIS till September 31, 2006 Fancy Baskets, an exhibit of fancy baskets from Indian Peoples of Maine.

Celebration of Basketry & Native Foods Festival
December 2-3, 2006. The Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ. More than 200 of the nation’s finest basketweavers from across North America will gather at the Heard Museum to demonstrate, show and sell their hand-woven masterpieces.

Redefining the container: To hold within
November 4th – 26th, 2006. Waterworks Gallery in Friday Harbor, WA presents a contemporary container/vessel show featuring works from artists of the Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia.

WovenWorks
September 30 - November 22, 2006. The Fitton Center for Creative Arts, a community arts center located in Hamilton, Ohio presents WovenWorks. This exhibit has been created to showcase artists and craft artisans who use weaving as a major structural element in their work. The show will include a variety of forms, including but not limited to basketry, wall-works, sculpture, screens, jewelry, garments, blankets and rugs.

Northeast Basketmakers Guild Exhibit - Waves of Tradition
September 09 - November 03, 2006. Slater Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI. Juried exhibit, jurors JoAnn Kelly Catsos and Lois Russell.

Woven Legacy: A Collection of Dat-so-la-lee Works
July 01, 2005 - October 31, 2006. The Gatekeeper’s Museum / Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum in Tahoe City, CA will display the works of Louisa Keyser, Washoe basketmaker. These 62 miniatures are displayed in a re-creation of Hurley's Cottage, home of Amy Cohn's Tahoe City curio shop.

Coushatta Basket Exhibit at Tupper Museum
Ongoing through October 28, 2006. The Coushatta Indians, who still live north of Jennings, Louisiana in the town of Elton, once brought their pine needle baskets to the W.H. Tupper General Merchandise  store to trade for food and other merchandise. The Tupper family preserved many of these prized examples of Native Indian basketry and have loaned them to the museum for this exhibit. Local news coverage of this exhibit.

NCBA Fall Seminar East - Weave, Eat and Be Happy
October 13 and 14, 2006. Mount Olive College & Sleep Inn, Mount Olive NC 28365

Irish Basketmaking w/ Vincent Mc Cearán
October 08 - 15, 2006. Study traditional Irish basketmaking and tour the island of Inishmore off the west coast of Ireland.

Fibers of Life: From A Weaver's View
February 04, 2006 – October 09, 2006. Fibers of Life highlights approximately one hundred baskets from the Northwest Museum of Art and Culture’s collection of nearly three thousand in Spokane, Washington.

BasketWeavers Guild of Oklahoma 7th Annual Weavers Weekend
October 06-08, 2006. Weekend of basket weaving workshops held at the Central Christian Camp in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Contact Committee Chairman, Janet Newman at dnjn3227@sbcglobal.net for information.

Columbia Basin Basketry Guild - Tidal Twinings
September 13 - 17, 2006. The Columbia Basin Basketry Guild Tidal Twinings Annual Retreat will be held at Camp Magruder, Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

Baskets of North Idaho
September 22 - 24, 2006. Sandpoint Fiberarts Guild presents its 10th Annual Weekend of Basket Weaving Workshops at Bear Paw Camp located just 40 miles west of Sandpoint, Idaho.

The Grande Finale Basket Gathering
September 29 - October 02, 2006. Weekend activities sponsored by Royalwood, Ltd. include a gathering gallery, displays, friendship basket weaving, teacher's marketplace, potluck picnic, basketry workshops led by Bob Coker, Mary Hettmansperger, Regina Riley and Judy Zugish.

3rd Annual Native American Basketweavers' Market
September 09, 2006 11am - 5pm. North Lake Tahoe Historical Society home of the Gatekeeper’s Museum / Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum in Tahoe City, CA presents a day of sales, demonstrations and exhibits of fine and utilitarian baskets and beadwork by CA & NV weavers.

Basketry International Exhibition
May 26 - September 04, 2006. An international basketry exhibit will be held at the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, Ohio 45701 - (740) 592-4981 in conjunction with the National Basketry Organization's Regional Convention.

Gourds and Baskets at Shake Rag Alley
August 18 – 20, 2006. Enjoy a weekend of creativity amid gourds, baskets, and late summer days at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, WI. Gourds offer amazing versatility; gourd art classes will teach you many new ways of working with these wonderful materials. There will be a variety of basket classes as well, from pine needle to willow, plus opportunities to combine basketry skills with gourd enhancement.

Small Expressions 2006
June 23 - August 13, 2006. Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, Michigan. Small Expressions is an annual international, juried exhibit featuring high quality, contemporary small-scale fiber art works. Small Expressions is sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., to showcase fiber art of a small scale not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction.

Interwoven: Visions of the Great Basin Basketmakers
May 12 - August 07, 2006. The Nevada State Museum in Carson City will host an exhibition featuring fine art woven hand crafted baskets and vessels. Amazing creations by many of the region's finest basketmakers and weavers will be displayed in the new gallery. Demonstrations and workshops by the Great Basin Basketmakers as well as a lecture and workshop presented by Jackie Abrams.

Baskets from Home - White Oak Baskets of South Central Kentucky
April 29 — August 13, 2006. An exhibit of white oak baskets of South Central Kentucky, Kentucky Library and Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY. Funded by the Provost's Initiatives for Excellence at the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology of the Kentucky Library and Museum.

Introduction to Japanese Basketmaking - Donna Sakamoto Crispin
July 17 - 23, 2006. Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM. Weaving with cane, bark and bamboo, participants will explore beginning techniques of Japanese basketry. You will make a variety of baskets based upon plaiting, twining, and random weave techniques and practice the concept of shibui (tasteful restraint, simplicity) in your weaving.

NBO Regional Convention
July 20-23, 2006. National Basketry Organization's Regional Convention will be held at Ohio University Inn, Athens, Ohio. Contact nbobaskets@hotmail.com for information.

Mid Summer Weave
July 07 - 08, 2006. Conference sponsored by the Heritage Basketry Guild of Dayton, Ohio, will offer classes in a variety of techniques and materials. Class lengths are four and eight hours for all basketry skill levels. Mid Summer Weave is only open to paid registrants, not open to the public.

2006 White Oak Basket Contest
July 03, 2006. Floral Hall Show Barn, Hart County Fairgrounds near Rowletts, KY on 31W in between Horse Cave and Munfordville, Kentucky. Multiple categories with cash awards. Sponsored by Family Medical Center of Munfordville.

Contemporary Baskets and Fiber Sculpture
June 10 - July 07, 2006. The 12th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Baskets and Fiber Sculpture at del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Consult del Mano website for gallery hours.

Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture
July 01 - 02, 2006. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ. The museum's Hopi festival was started over fifty years ago to encourage the survival of Hopi arts and crafts. This year there will be more than 55 booths brim with fine arts and crafts. Sales and demonstrations by the craft artists including basketmakers will take place against a backdrop of cultural presentations, storytelling, music, and dancing.

Handweaver's Guild of America’s Convergence 2006 Grand Rapids
June 25 - July 01, 2006. Convergence is the biennial, international conference sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA). Convergence features keynote speakers, workshops, seminars, exhibits, special events, and hundreds of booths filled with fibers and fiber-related equipment from around the world in the Vendor Hall.

Weavin' in Winona Basket Workshop
June 23 - 25, 2006 at Tau Conference Center of Winona State University in Winona MN. Teachers scheduled are Patti Hawkins, Flo Hoppe, Gail Hutchinson, Marlys Sowers, Polly Sutton, Dianne Stanton, and Marilyn Wald.

Circles of Life: Katsina Imagery in Hopi Basketry
March 25 - June 25, 2006. This exhibit at Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California includes historic Hopi photographs, textiles, ceramics and most centrally, basketry plaques. The exhibit will be supplemented by several ancillary events including a slide lecture, book signing of the exhibit catalog, film screening, docent-led gallery tours and a trunk show and sale of contemporary works.

Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar
June 13 - 17, 2006. Sponsored by Bluegrass Area Extension Homemakers. Kentucky Leadership Center, Jabez, Kentucky. Teachers: Jean Bove, Peggy Boyd, Judy Tulley, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Charles Crenshaw, Betty Curry, Betti Edwards, Pam Feix, Venie Hinson, Thomas Holtkamp, Gail Hutchinson, Jim & Jimmie Kent, Kay Kohler, Alan Litchfield, Dianne Masi & Dory Maier, Doña Nazarenko, Janet Northern, Pam Parman and her husband Royce, Sharon Plumpe, Elaine Sinclair, Jan Treesh, Tika Tucker, Marilyn Wald, Martha Wetherbee, Judy Wilson, Vicki Worrell, Karen Zane, and Laura Lee Zanger.

Upper S.C. Basket Guild Weave-In
June 09 - 11, 2006. The Upper S.C. Basket Guild is sponsoring a 5th Weave-In at the Holiday Inn, Greenville, S.C. Membership is not required to attend. For more info, contact: Pati English englishh@nuvox.net.

SOFA New York
June 01- 04, 2006. Ninth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Seventh Regiment Armory - Park Avenue & 67th Street, assembling fifty + of the world’s finest galleries and dealers presenting for sale one-of-a-kind masterworks bridging the decorative and fine arts.

Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival
June 03 - 04, 2006. Laing Middle School - Mt. Pleasant, SC. A weekend celebration of the legacy of the sweetgrass basket makers of Christ Church Parish in Mount Pleasant. The Gullah basket making tradition can be traced to West African slaves brought to live on South Carolina Lowcountry rice plantations and has been carefully handed down from one generation to the next since their arrival. Entertainment will include performances by local singers, dancers and drummers. Local food vendors will provide traditional Gullah delicacies.

Native Perspectives on the Trail: A Contemporary American Indian Art Portfolio
February 02, 2006 - May 31, 2006. Clark County Historical Museum - Vancouver, Washington (USA). This exhibition was organized by the Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana with support from the United States Forest Service, USDA. This exhibit also includes selections from the Clark County Historical Museum’s Native American Collection. Native Perspectives Lecture Series includes programs led by Pat Courtney Gold - "A Wasco Basket Weaver's Tie to Lewis and Clark" on April 6, 2006 and Mary Dodds Schlick - "What the Explorers Saw, The Distinctive Basketry of the Columbia River Peoples" on May 4, 2006.

Silver Dollar City Basket Seminar
May 18 - 20, 2006. Radisson Hotel, Branson MO.

By Native Hands: Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
March 11, 2006 - May 07, 2006. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, Longmont, CO. The 65 baskets in By Native Hands include some of the finest examples of double-weave of the Choctaw and Chitimacha baskets of the Southeast, the elaborate feathered baskets of the Pomo of California, the twined grasses of the Salish from the Pacific Northwest and other baskets from across North America. All are from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Arts collection assembled by Catherine Marshall Gardiner.

Cherokee Heritage Center
35th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show and Sale to be held April 29 — May 28, 2006. Entry deadline March 31, 2006. Basketry category includes baskets that are hand-worked of natural fibers and dyes, such as yucca, willow, three-lobed sumac, honeysuckle root, cottonwood, devil’s claw, splints, cane, ash, etc. or hand-worked materials, including horsehair, metal, yarn, horn, bone, etc. Commercial dyes and commercially processed rattan are allowable with disclosure. 2005 Trail of Tears Basketry Gallery

Life in the Pacific of the 1700s
February 23 - May 14, 2006. The Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Göttingen at Luce Galleries, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S Beretania St., Honolulu HI. This exhibition presents several hundred objects from life in Hawaii before contact including numerous baskets, mats and other woven objects collected during the second and third Pacific Ocean voyages of Captain James Cook (1728–79). News coverage from the Honolulu Advertiser.

Lake Country Basket Fest
May 05 - 07, 2006. Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield, Brookfield, WI. Lake Country Basketry Guild presents a weekend of workshops led by Jo Campbell-Amsler, Sandy Atkinson, Susan Brooks, Betty Curry, Susan Reed-Fanfoni, Marla Helton, Venie Hinson, Flo Hoppe, Eileen LaPorte, and Dona Nazarenko. Vendors and teachers marketplace will be available.

Southwestern Ontario Basketry Conference
Pre-conference May 17 & 18 - Conference May 19, 20 and 21, 2006. Southwestern Ontario Basketry Guild presents a week of weaving at Alumni Conference Centre, University of Windsor.

BEYOND WEAVING: International ArtTextiles
April 06, - May 11, 2006. Flinn Gallery at the Greenwich Connecticut Public Library. In conjunction with browngrotta arts of Wilton, CT, the gallery will feature contemporary works by 50 international fiber artists. The focus will be on artworks from five regions of the world where textiles play a major role in contemporary art: Europe, Japan, Canada, the UK, and the US. Several lectures and gallery walks are scheduled. a 140 page full-color catalog will accompany the exhibit.

By Native Hands: Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
March 11, 2006 - May 07, 2006.  Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, Longmont, CO. The 65 baskets in By Native Hands include some of the finest examples of double-weave of the Choctaw and Chitimacha baskets of the Southeast, the elaborate feathered baskets of the Pomo of California, the twined grasses of the Salish from the Pacific Northwest and other baskets from across North America. All are from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Arts collection assembled by Catherine Marshall Gardiner.

Show Me Gourd Festival
April 29 - 30, 2006. State Fair Grounds, Sedalia, MO. Nationally recognized gourd artists will be showing and selling their gourd art. Plenty of dried gourds for sale, competitions, raffle, awards, workshops, gourd hat contest, door prizes and auction.

Festival of American Basketry Conference
April 28 - 30, 2006. In the Historic Amana Colonies, Iowa. Workshops to be led by Dianne Stanton and Karen Tembreull.

Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat
April 21 - 22, 2006. This event, sponsored by Whitewater Basket Guild will be held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Richmond, IN in the Kuhlman Center. 29 teachers with 70 different classes are scheduled for this event.

5th International Fiber Biennial
March 3 - April 29, 2006. 5th International Fiber Biennial, curated by Bruce Hoffman at Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

Celebrating Birch - The Giving Tree
February 10, 2006 - April 26, 2006. North House Folk School - Grand Marais, Minnesota (USA) Exhibit & Ongoing Programs: Celebrating the elemental beauty of traditional craft. Events include a six-week featured exhibit hosted with Johnson Heritage Post, a multi-weekend series of courses on the North House campus, featured speakers, community gatherings and more.

First American Art: The Diker Collection (NY-USA)
April 24, 2004 – April 09, 2006. Selections from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art will be on exhibit at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. The exhibit includes a breathtaking selection of vintage Native American baskets. Featured are baskets created by legendary makers Elizabeth Hickox, Dat-so-la-lee, Lucy Telles, Amanda Wilson, Mary Winkle, Lucy Makil and other equally accomplished, but unidentified makers.

Interlocked: Contemporary Visions from Traditional Woven Arts
February 9 - April 5, 2006. Hicks Art Center Gallery. The exhibition features uniquely woven tapestries, fabric, basketry sculpture, and ceramic sculpture by five artists. The gallery is located on the campus of Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA.

Meeting the Dawn: First Nation Art from the Northeastern Woodlands
January 27, 2006 – April 5, 2006. Helen Day Art Center - Stowe, VT (USA). Judy Dow, Clara Neptune Keezer, Rocky Keezer, Jesse Larocque, Mary Leaf and Fred Tomah are the basketmakers represented.  Article in Times Argus newspaper about this exhibit.

Workshop with the Masters - John Garrett
March 31, 2006 - April 02, 2006. Three day masters workshop in Experimental Basketry with John Garrett at the Racine Art Museum will take place. March 31, April 1 and 2 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Florida Tropical Weaver's Guild Conference 2006
March 16 - 19, 2006. FTWG will host their Conference 2006 at Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center near Eustis, FL. Jackie Abrams is participating as an instructor.

Japanese Baskets-Looking and Collecting Lecture by Lloyd Cotsen
March 16, 2006 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Asian Art Curatorial Council lecture: Japanese Baskets-Looking and Collecting at the Pillsbury Auditorium of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fee for non-members, tickets required in advance.

Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Art
January 27 - March 19, 2006. The Faulconer Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell College - Grinnell, Iowa. The exhibit, featuring 37 works by 37 Japanese bamboo artists will feature works not previously seen together in a public venue. Guest curators are Donald Doe and Robert T. Coffland. Newspaper article about the exhibit featuring Hajime Nakatomi, show participant and Artist in Residence.

Midwest Basketry Focus 2006
March 08 - 12, 2006. Midwest Basketry Focus Higher Ground Conference and Retreat Center West Harrison, Indiana.

Northwest Basketweavers Spring Retreat
March 16 - 19, 2006 at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center, Port Orchard, WA.

Winter Weave 2006
February 24 - 26, 2006. A weekend of weaving in Mentor, Ohio sponsored by Wildwood Basketry Guild.

Northwest Native Basketry Workshop Series
The Oregon Historical Society is offering basketry programs in their Native American Arts Series on Saturdays in January and February 2006. Instructors include Taaw-Lee Winch (Tule Mats), Rosalind Sampson (Cornhusk Weaving), Pat Courtney Gold (Wasco Sally Bags), Nettie Jackson (Klickitat Basketry), Arlita Rhoan (Cradleboards), Nettie Jackson (Klickitat Basketry), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco Sally Bags) and Frank Jim (Cedar Bark Basketry).

2006 Georgia Basketry Association Convention
The GBA Convention "Imagine All The Weaving 2006" will be held February 3, 4 & 5, 2006. Convention Coordinator Maureen Wilson.

2006 Northwoods Basket Retreat
January 20 - 22, 2006. The fourth annual Northwoods Basket Retreat on the Wolf River. Jo Campbell-Amsler and Donna Kallner will be your guides, leading classes.

Beyond Fibers: New Forms
December 02, 2005 - January 18, 2006. An international juried exhibit of work created with fiber materials or using traditional fiber processes, sponsored by Steamboat Springs Arts Council.

FROM OUR GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS: American Indian Basketry
January 05 - 31, 2006. Quintana Galleries in Portland, OR. Celebrating the legacy of Native America's matriarchs through the art of basket making. This rare collection of historic basketry showcases the weaving of tribal areas through the Southwest, Northwest Coast and California. Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10:30 - 5:30.

Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration
This event is traditionally held on the second Saturday in December at the Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. This year the 11th Annual event will be held December 10, 2005 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This day long event celebrates the traditional arts and culture of the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people of Maine. Over thirty Maine Indian basketmakers, including many members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance who sell their hand-made, one of a kind, ash splint and sweet grass basketry will be featured. Traditional foods, storytelling, music, children’s workshops, and demonstrations of brown ash pounding and basket making will be presented throughout the day. Free and open to the public from 10:00 to 3:00 9:00-10:00: Early Bird Shopping (fee).

Woodland Indian Art Market
December 09 - 11, 2005. Nokomis Learning Center 5153 Marsh Road Okemos, Michigan. Native American arts and crafts from Michigan and the Great Lakes area will be on display and available for purchase. Proceeds from the sale support the educational mission of the Nokomis Learning Center. Craft demonstrations will be held.

Basketry and Native Foods Festival
December 03 - 04, 2005. More than 200 of the nation's finest basketweavers from across North America will gather at the Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona to demonstrate, show and sell their hand-woven masterpieces. 

Native Design
November 03 - December 31, 2005. The Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA presents an exhibit of Wounan Baskets from the Panamanian Rainforest. Magical baskets of varying sizes enriched with exquisite designs of Panamanian rainforest flora and fauna. The exhibition will also include stunning photographs documenting the Wounan way of life.

Name In the Narrative: Textiles Object/Word
September 16, 2005 - December 30, 2005. Millstone Gallery at Center of Creative Arts - St. Louis, MO. Curated by Kate Anderson In the Narrative was developed in collaboration with Innovations in Fiber VI, a biennial collaborative project that features contemporary fiber art in the St. Louis area. Fifteen galleries and institutions are participating by hosting exhibitions, workshops, lectures and tours. Participating artists: Susan Taber Avila, Diane Banks, Marcia Docter, Kiyomi Iwata, Gyongy Laky, Ruth McCorrison, Marilyn Pappas, Laurel Nathanson, Lindsay K. Rais, Michael Rohde, Luanne Rimel, Tom and Kathy Wegman.

Lissa Hunter - USM Art Gallery Lecture Series
Thursday, November 17, 2005 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Nationally known artist Lissa Hunter will give a talk Thursday, November 17, from 11 a.m.-noon in Room 10 of Bailey Hall, University of Southern Maine Gorham campus, 37 College Ave, Gorham.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
November 10 - 13, 2005. This show featuring basketmakers Christine Love Adcock, Darryl & Karen Arawjo, Rob Dobson, Mary A. Jackson, Aaron Kramer, Debora Muhl, Joh Ricci and Lawrence Wheeler along with many other prominent craft artists will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Preview on November 9.

Baskets of Blessings - NCBA Fall Seminar
November 11 and 12, 2005. Hosted by Winston-Salem Arcadia Basketmakers.

Camp Weave-Away
November 3, 4, 5 and 6, 2005. Camp Weave-Away, sponsored by the Village Weavers Basket Guild of NW Ohio will be held at Brethren Retreat Center Shipshewana, Indiana.

Texas Gourd Society Show and Sell (TX-USA)
October 15-16, 2005. Palmer Events Center, Austin, Texas. Two day event for gourd artists.

Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention
October 26 - 30, 2005. The Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Michigan will be the site of the 2005 AMB Convention.

SOFA CHICAGO 2005
October 27 - 30, 2005. The Twelfth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art: SOFA CHICAGO 2005 takes place at Festival Hall, Chicago’s Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave. with Opening Night Preview: October 27. Many galleries will be in attendance representing a large number of basket artists. Among them you will find: browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT; Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia; Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Tai Gallery/Textile Arts, also of Santa Fe, NM.

Annual Gourd and Basketry Celebration
October 22 - 23, 2005. The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, IN presents a two-day annual Gourd and Basketry Market. Indiana and regional artists will be selling their original creations and artists will be demonstrating their crafts to the public.

Columbia Basin Basketry Guild 2005 Fall Retreat
September 14-18, 2005. The Columbia Basin Basketry Guild is sponsoring their 2005 Fall Retreat at Camp MacGruder in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

Folsom Gourd and Basket Festival (CA-USA)
September 24-25, 2005. Gourd artists, basketmakers and suppliers will participate in this annual festival held in Folsom, California.

Texas Gourd Society Show and Sell (TX-USA)
October 15-16, 2005. Palmer Events Center, Austin, Texas. Two day event for gourd artists.

Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention
October 26 - 30, 2005. The Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Michigan will be the site of the 2005 AMB Convention.

Annual Gourd and Basketry Celebration
October 22 - 23, 2005. The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, IN presents a two-day annual Gourd and Basketry Market. Indiana and regional artists will be selling their original creations and artists will be demonstrating their crafts to the public.

Columbia Basin Basketry Guild 2005 Fall Retreat
September 14-18, 2005. The Columbia Basin Basketry Guild is sponsoring their 2005 Fall Retreat at Camp MacGruder in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

Folsom Gourd and Basket Festival (CA-USA)
September 24-25, 2005. Gourd artists, basketmakers and suppliers will participate in this annual festival held in Folsom, California.

Mid Summer Weave (OH-USA)
July 9, 2005. The Heritage Basketry Guild of Dayton, Ohio sponsors a day-long program of 4 hour and 8 hour basketmaking classes.

MAFA '05
July 10-17, 2005. Mid Atlantic Fiber Association regional conference.

Upper S.C. Basket Guild Summer Workshop (SC-USA)
June 18, 2005. Spend a Summer Saturday in a selection of basketry workshops in Greenville, South Carolina.

Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar (KY-USA)
June 14-18, 2005. Jabez, Kentucky. Nationally recognized instructors will teach five days of workshops and many other events are planned.

NBO Biennial National Convention (CA-USA)
June 14-18, 2005. Granlibakken resort in Lake Tahoe, CA will be the site of this basketry event. Instructors include Jackie Abrams, Patti Lechman, Darryl & Karen Arawjo, Kari G. Lønning, Nancy Moore Bess, Margaret Mathewson, JoAnn Kelly Catsos, Mary Merkel-Hess, Jill Nordfors Clark, Kathleen Myers, Linda Fifield, Leon Niehues, Scott Gilbert, Joanna Schanz, Pat Courtney Gold, Polly Adams Sutton, Patti Hawkins, Eric Taylor and Tina Fung.

People of the River - Native Arts of the Oregon Territory
January 22, 2005 - May 30, 2005. This exhibition is organized by the Portland Art Museum and is accompanied by a publication on the art of the Native Peoples of the Columbia River.

Material Content: Basketry Sculpture in the 21st Century (MO-USA)
March 18 - May 15, 2005. The exhibition at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri emphasizes the marriage between construction and content in contemporary basket art. Exhibition curator, Kate Anderson has selected works carrying messages that vary throughout the exhibition, whether it is social commentary, environmental inspiration and concerns, autobiographical explorations, or spirituality. These messages, combined with the range of materials and techniques, create a diverse exhibition that explores the modernity of this art form in the 21st century.

Lucy Parker Demonstration (CA-USA)
April 30, 2005. 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM The California Indian Museum & Cultural Center Presents a basketry demonstration: The Art of California Indian Basketry With Lucy Parker. She comes from a family of well known basketmakers and follows in the tradition of her famous mother and great-grandmother. Today Lucy is passing her skills on to her daughter. She will provide a historical overview and discuss the materials used for basketmaking. Lucy will explain the process of gathering, preparation and the drying methods used by traditional basketmakers and those who make baskets today.

Jane Sauer Lecture: Creating with Intensity (MO-USA)
April 29, 2005. Fri, 7-8:30 PM. This public lecture on contemporary baskets will allow you to spend an evening with Jane Sauer as she shows slides and discusses the impact of passion and obsession on the creative process of contemporary basket artists. The evening begins with a brief tour of the exhibition Material Content: Basketry Sculpture in the 21st Century and will then convene in the second floor studio space of Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Material Content: Basketry Sculpture in the 21st Century (MO-USA)
March 18 - May 15, 2005. The exhibition at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri emphasizes the marriage between construction and content in contemporary basket art. Exhibition curator, Kate Anderson has selected works carrying messages that vary throughout the exhibition, whether it is social commentary, environmental inspiration and concerns, autobiographical explorations, or spirituality. These messages, combined with the range of materials and techniques, create a diverse exhibition that explores the modernity of this art form in the 21st century.

In conjunction with this exhibition a variety of weekend studios are to be offered. Diane Banks will be conducting a workshop entitled, Content and Structure: Contemporary Baskets with Non-Traditional Materials, on Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd from 10am-4pm both days. In addition, artist Leandra Spangler will hold a weekend studio workshop entitled Flat to Form: Paper as a Sculptural Medium on Saturday, April 16th, from 10am to 4pm, and Sunday, April 17th, from 10am-1pm. A free public lecture will be given by Jane Sauer entitled Creating with Intensity: A Public Lecture on Contemporary Baskets.

Natural Basketry Festival Conference
April 22-24, 2005. The Amana Arts Guild's annual gathering of basketmakers will take place at Historic Amana Colonies, Iowa. Guest instructors will be Mary Hettmansperger and Margaret Mathewson.

Northwest Basket Weavers Spring Retreat (WA-USA)
March 17-20, 2005. Pilgrim Firs Conference Center, Port Orchard, WA. Spend a weekend of weaving and visiting with other basketmakers.

Fibers in Paradise (CA-USA)
March 9-13, 2005. 25th Biennial Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers to be held in Escondido, California. A variety of workshops and associated events will include basketry along with other fiber categories. Donna Crispin, Carol Lang and Linda Hendrickson are among the faculty.

GBA 2005 Convention (GA-USA)
February 4-6, 2005.  Sponsored by the Georgia Basketry Association in Atlanta. Some of the workshops: Eric Taylor, Donna Carlson, JoAnn Kelly Catsos, Patti Hawkins, Judy Briscoe, Marilyn Wald, Hope Fuhs, Joan Stoneham, Linda Sura, Jimmie Kent, Tika Tucker, Gail Hutchinson, Faye Clause, Elaine Robson, Pati English & Barbara McCormick.

Winter Weave 2005 
February 25, 26, and 27th 2005. Conference sponsored by Wildwood Basketry Guild is located in Mentor Ohio, about 20 minutes east of Cleveland. Instructors are Anne Bowers, Karen Griffith, Gina Kieft, Marlene Meyer, Judy Richmond, Kathy Tessler, Susan Coyle, Venie Hinson, Sharon Klusmann, Dona Nazarenko, Tressa Sularz and Laura Lee Zanger.

The Language of Native American Baskets: From the Weavers' View
September 20, 2003–January 9, 2005. George Gustav Heye Center, New York. This exhibition features more than 200 baskets from the National Museum of the American Indian collection, focuses on the process of making a basket rather than on the finished basket as an object.

The West Virginia 2004 Convention, "Autumn in the Hills"
October 15-17, 2004. Parkersburg, WV. Teachers will be: Anne Bowers, Pam Feix, Karen Griffith, Debra Hammond, Dianne Kennedy, Judy Moore, Susan Reed-Fanfoni, Elaine Sinclair, Marilyn Wald and Vicki Worrell. Vendors: Bungalow Basics, Feix Family Baskets, Folk Art Basketry, MS Creations, Sarah's Baskets and XYZ Basket Works. Convention Booklet $5.00 Make the check out to WVBA and send it to: Paula Huber, PO BOX 4208, Parkersburg, WV 26104-4208. For more information contact: woodnweave@charter.net or 304-428-8108.

No Boundaries: Contemporary Basketry
September 1 - October 3, 2004. Contemporary basketry exhibit assembled by the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston appears at the West Bend Museum. Traveling exhibit includes the works of twelve established and emerging basket artists including John Garrett, Carol Eckert, Lindsay Rais, Rob Dobson and Jan Hopkins. Programming Guide.

Blankets and Baskets: Weavings of the American West
July 2 - October 10, 2004. Exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum surveys their collection of historic baskets and blankets.

Basket Trends
May 29 - September 5, 2004. In conjunction with Bead International '04, The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH will showcase contemporary basket work. Invited artists and juried entries will be included.

Fiberart International 2004 
April 3-August 15, 2004. Exhibit of innovative contemporary art in fiber. The exhibition will include works by artists from across the world, selected by a panel of three jurors recognized in the field. Cash awards, catalog, docent program, conference and adjunct exhibitions of work by regional fiber artists to be held concurrently at galleries in and around Pittsburgh. 

Small Expressions 2004
June 3–August 7, 2004. Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado. One of several exhibits to be held in conjunction with HGA Convergence 2004. 

Great Basin Basketmakers’ Convention
July 15-18, 2004. Great Basin Basketmakers Weave-In: A Fresh Approach a three-day event in Reno, Nevada. Convention activities include workshops, demos, gallery exhibits, mini projects, talks, vendor sales, slide shows, instructor’s marketplace, and optional basket bus tours to the Pyramid Lake reservation and Lake Tahoe.

Apache Legacy: One Hundred Years of Basketmaking
June 23, 2003 - May 2004. Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico presents selections of Apache basketry from their collection of over 350 pieces.

HGA Convergence: Fiber With An Altitude
June 27 - July 3, 2004. Handweavers Guild of America hosts its pre-convention and convention in Colorado. Workshops, lectures, special events, juried exhibits, a first-class fashion show, tours.

Don't Fence Me In - Containing The West
June 29 – July 3, 2004. Basketry exhibit to be