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Contact:  Jean Walbridge

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Fort Worth Weavers Guild announces September exhibition

 

FORT WORTH, TX (April 2, 2007) – Fort Worth Weavers Guild will host its biennial handwoven textile exhibition, “Textiles, Textures and Treasures,” Sept. 1-29, 2007 at The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy, Fort Worth, TX.   FWCAC hours are Monday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

There will also be a sale of Guild members’ handwoven pieces on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., and a reception from 5 – 9 p.m. the same day, in conjunction with Fall Gallery Night activities sponsored by the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association.  

 

“Textiles, Textures and Treasures” will feature a wide variety of items woven in the past two years by the more than 60 Guild members from the greater Fort Worth area, some of whom have been weaving for over 50 years.  The Guild expects to display more than 75 articles in September.  

According to Guild President Margaret Arafat, “Weaving is an ancient craft that encompasses the functional and aesthetic.  Today’s weavers use traditional and modern fibre and techniques to practice this ancient,  universal art form from a contemporary point of view.  The pieces in exhibit in “Textiles, Textures and Treasures” rang from the deceptively simple to the obviously complex, and exemplify the diversity that is the weaving world today.”