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.

Today, The Fine Line is one of only a few regional art centers in this country. Internationally known artists teach a variety of workshops. The membership draws from the Chicago area and surrounding states. There are as many as 1,100 students a year, a teaching staff of 30-plus and well over 200 class offerings a year. So passionate are her friends, students and supporters that the center is run almost entirely by volunteers.

Woodstock Weavers Guild is a Weaving Guild serving Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.

Is national center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in books & paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists' residencies, community education programs, and a craft gallery.

Sievers School of Fiber Arts is an internationally known, three-season visual arts and crafts school 'north of the tension line' on beautiful Washington Island in Door County, WI.

Founded in 1979, Sievers has maintained a reputation for its outstanding faculty, small class size, and a special kind of place-- where people come together in a nourishing environment to discover or refresh their creative spirit.

A unique island retreat, away from the demands of your daily life, our school offers weeklong and weekend classes in spacious studios, dormitory facilities, and provides encouragement and enrichment to students of all skill levels.