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Michigan League of Handweavers, 23rd Biennial Fiber Show

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Exhibition On-view: September 11 - October, 25, 2026

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Opening Reception

Friday, September 11, 2026, from 6-8 pm

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About the Exhibition

The 23rd Biennial Fiber Show show highlights members of the Michigan League of Handweavers. Juried by Cathryn Amadi, selected fiber artists express their creativity through a variety of fibers, from common to luxurious, with the goal to promote Fiber Arts in Michigan.

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The Michigan League of Handweavers (MLH) was founded in 1959 to promote handweaving. Handweaving is a fabric production technique that involves weaving threads together on a handloom without the use of electricity. It is one of the oldest crafts in human history, dating back to the Neolithic era around 12,000 years. The League welcomes anyone interested in handweaving or the many related aspects of fiber art and craft including spinning, felting, knitting, crochet, knotting, quilting, dyeing, embroidery, surface design, garment design and construction, bead-weaving, dollmaking, papermaking and basketry. The League provides opportunities for members to come together to learn and to exchange ideas by sponsoring lectures, workshops and exhibits. As a non-profit, educational organization, we also provide seed money for events around the state.

Michigan League of Handweavers, 23rd Biennial Fiber Show is made possible thanks to the generosity of The Ann Arbor Fiber Guild, Black Sheep Weavers Fiber Guild, Cross Borders Weavers, Dharma Trading, Eastside Weavers Guild, Greater Lansing Weavers Guild, Jackson Handweavers Guild, Joyce & Bob LaVasseur, DuckaDilly, Lakeshore Fiber Arts Guild, Midland Fiber Arts Guild, Northland Weavers & Fiber Arts Guild, Spun, Weavers Circle, Woodland Weavers and Spinners, Yarn Barn of Kansas, Weavers Guild of Kalamazoo

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About The Juror

Cathryn Amidei is a contemporary textile artist whose handwoven tapestries merge traditional craft with digital technology, creating complex and dimensional surfaces. She earned an MFA in Fibers from Eastern Michigan University, where she taught for 15 years, and has supported and taught weavers for over two decades with expertise in the TC-2 jacquard loom. Amidei is Director of the Digital Weaving Lab at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland, Ohio. Her practice explores themes of connection, motion, and interaction, often reflecting on natural spaces and the body as landscape. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is held in private collections.

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Artists

MultiHarness Collaboration (Nancy Clark, Cathy McCarthy, Nancy Reile, Uta Turcotte)

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Events

Live Demonstrations

Sept 12 - 2-5pm - Bobbin Lace with Jennifer Stafford
Sept 14 - 12-2pm - Stitch Work with Debbie Grifka
Sept 16 - 11am-3pm - Spinning with Marge Sumner
Sept 18 - 4-6pm - Band weaving with Jean Hosford
Sept 21 - 12-2pm - Stitch Work with Debbie Grifka
Sept 22 - 11am-4pm - Warp Weighted Loom Weaving with Barb Schutzgruber
Sept 23- 11am-4pm - Warp Weighted Loom Weaving with Barb Schutzgruber
Sept 24- 11am-4pm - Warp Weighted Loom Weaving with Barb Schutzgruber
Sept 25 - 1-4pm - Spinning or Weaving with Amy Stevenson
Sept 27 - 3-5pm - Improvised Collaged Embroidery - Helen Welford
Sept 28 - 12-2pm - Stitch Work with Debbie Grifka
Sept 30 - 11am-3pm - Spinning with Marge Sumner
Oct 2 - 1-4pm - Spinning or Weaving with Amy Stevenson
Oct 3 - 10:30am-2pm - Temari with Thom Koster
Oct 4 - 3-5pm - Improvised Collaged Embroidery - Helen Welford
Oct 7 - 11am-3pm - Spinning with Marge Sumner
Oct 9 - 3-6pm - Knitting and Inkle Weaving with Amy Greene and Michael Conger
Oct 12 - 10:30am-2pm - Temari with Thom Koster
Oct 13 - 3-6pm - Knitting and Inkle Weaving with Amy Greene and Michael Conger
Oct 16 - 1-4pm - Spinning or Weaving with Amy Stevenson
Oct 23 - 3-6pm - Knitting and Inkle Weaving with Amy Greene and Michael Conger

*Gallery is open to the public during live demonstrations.

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