Jan
4
9:00 AM09:00
Basketry Workshops 2026
January 4, 2025 Flower Knot Painting, in my studio in San Francisco
Jan
1
to Dec 31
Workshops 2025
Multiple Basketry Workshops in my studio in San Francisco and elsewhere.
Aug
17
9:00 AM09:00
Hexagonal Plaiting Workshop in my studio in San Francisco
Introduction to Hexagonal Plaiting, Two projects include a tablet rest or hanging vase and a flat bottom basket in hex. More advanced students may explore sculptural forms with guidance. Contact me via the contact page on this website.
Single weaver Hexagonal baskets
Flat bottom hexagonal plaited basket in cane
Jul
14
to Dec 31
On-line exhibit
NBO Every 1 2024, Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and the Inside Story, through December 31, 2024
Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story, 2023. Plaited paper twisted cubes.
Jul
11
to Jul 14
Exhibition
July 11, 2024 - July 14, 2024
Green Pineapple 166
HGA Converence Whirlwind Basketry Exhibition
Green Pineapple 166, Flower knot plaited cane with twined crown elements, 2024
Jul
2
to Jul 2
HGA Convergence 2024
Travelling Exhibition
July 2024 to June 2025
Welcome Pineapple 166
HGA Small Expressions Exhibit
Welcome Pineapple 166, Flower knot plaited cane with twined crown elements, 2024
Jun
15
10:00 AM10:00
The Textile Arts Council Annual Sinton Lecture at the De Young Museum
I am honored to present the Textile Arts Council’s Annual Sinton Lecture at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, June 15, 2024.. My talk is entitled Barbara Shapiro: Weaver, Dyer and Basket Maker. Please join me there or on line. More information will be found in May on the Textile Arts Council website.
Apr
25
to Apr 28
Exhibition
Green Pineapple166.2
CNCH Conference Gallery. First Place in the basketry category
Flower knot plaited cane, twine crown elements. 2023.
Feb
11
to Feb 11
Online Exhibition
Unwrapping Memory, 2016
Order and Chaos, Surface Design Organization
Unwrapping Memory, 2016.
Oct
6
to Jan 6
Exhibition in Print
Surface Design 8th Annual International Exhibition in Print: Lasting Impressions, Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story, Fall 2023
Faulty Towers: No Waste Fashion and The inside Story, plaited paper, 2023
Aug
19
9:30 AM09:30
Workshop: Japanese Flower Knot basket with Barbara Shapiro
We will create a small basket with a heap leaf plaited base and sides built with Japanese flower knot plaiting. Contact me through the Contact button on my website for more information.
Japanese Flower Knot Workshop Basket
Jul
29
to Sep 10
Exhibit: International Fiber Arts XI, Sponsored by Surface Design Association at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts
My work Fautly Towers: No Waste Fashion and The Inside Story has been selected for this exhibit. Opening reception July 29, 1-3PM. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 1AM to 4PM.
Apr
23
12:00 PM12:00
Exhibit on line: Every One
Every1, Welcome Pineapple 236, hosted online on the National Basketry Organization website, July 30 - December 30, 2022.
Welcome Pineapple 236, Plaited cane, Japanese Flower Knot technique
Mar
28
12:00 PM12:00
Lecture: A Career in Indigo
Indigo and Sustainability Series, Massachuchets College of Art and Design
Thickened indigo for painting or printing on cloth or paper, natural indigo, Iron sulfate slake lime formula
Feb
24
to Mar 25
Exhibition: Diversity
10 Bay Area Basket Makers present Diversity. Seven Urns for Covid installation, 2 Pineapples, Sanchez Art center, Pacifica, CA Spring 2023
Seven Urns for Covid and 2 Pineapples at the opening of the Sanchez Art Center Diversity exhibit. Plaited cane, found lids.
Feb
11
to Mar 26
Exhibition: The Color of Water, 2023
The Color of Water, Troubled Waters, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, February 11 - March 26.
Troubled Waters, 2019. Plaited seder cane, Indigo, Persimmon, Sumi ink on repurposed papers and cloth.
Sep
21
to Sep 22
Workshop for Santa Cruz Textile Arts Guild, September 2022
Hex and Beyond, a 1.5 day worksop in Aptos, CA. Contact the guild for more information
Two Women, Hex plaited cane with paper
Sep
21
to Sep 22
Hex and Beyond Basketry Workshop for Santa Cruz Textile Art Guild
Contact the Guild for more information about attending.
Small One Handle Basket
Sep
14
6:30 PM18:30
Lecture: Art in the Time of Covid on Zoom
Northwest Basketry Weavers, online lecture on the work I have produced during the time of the Covid pandemic. for more infornaition, contact the guild.
Green Pineapple 166, 2022, Plaited dyed cane in Japanese Flower knot technique.
Jul
30
to Dec 31
Exhibit: Every 1, NBO online exhibit July 30 to December 31, 2022
Welcome Pineapple 326, National Basketry Organization website July 1 to December 31, 2022
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2022, Japanese flower knot plaiting, dyed cane.
Jul
30
to Sep 4
Exhibit: PULP: Book Art and Paper Art, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, July 30 to September 4, 2022
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, 2020, plaited artist prints, twisted cubes, FIRST PRIZE JURORS’ AWARD
Jul
30
to Sep 27
Exhibition: PULP: Book Paper Arts
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Faulty Towers: Night and Day, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Summer 2022. First Prize Jurors’ Award
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, 2020. Plaited Artist prints. Photo Mike Watson.
Jul
30
to Sep 4
Exhibit: Pulp: Book and Paper Arts
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Faulty Towers: Night and Day, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Summer 2022. First Prize Jurors’ Award
Faulty Towers: Night and Day, plaited paper. 2022
Jul
22
to Dec 30
Exhibit: Traditions Evolve, Northern CA Surface Design Association, 2022
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2020, Plaited cane in Japanese Flower knot plaiting, hosted online on the Surface Design Association website
Welcome Pineapple 236, 2022. Dyed cane in Japanese flower knot plaiting
Apr
23
to Dec 28
Exhibit online: Traditions Evolve on SDA website
Traditions Evolve, Welcome Pineapple 236, No CA SDA, hosted online at Surface Design website, Summer 2022
Jun
1
to Aug 1
The Art of Mending Exhibit . Summer 2021
Three works from my Mended Turnings series, made in collaboration with wood turners Chuck Quibell and Hugh Buttrum, will be exhibited in this exhibit at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, ME. The exact dates are to yet published. The exhibit is sponsored by the Illustration Institute.
Apr
24
10:00 AM10:00
Basket Making with a Twist
Workshop for the Textile Arts Council of the iFne Arts Museums of SF. Create one or more plaited twisted cubes which can be the building blocks of a sculpture or enclose a personal object as a memory box. THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT BUT CONTACT TAC FOR THE WAITING LIST.
Aug
15
to Aug 16
Hex Weave and Beyond: Creativity in Cane Basketry
Mendocino Art Center. Hex basket/sculptures over-woven in random weave or paper shik. Advanced students may learn the Japanese flower knot pattern.
Jul
1
to Aug 3
Exhibit
Bar Area Basket Makers’ exhibit at Mendocino Art Center. Baskets and Gourds: Traditional and Beyond. See it here.
Apr
26
9:00 AM09:00
Hex Structure with Paper Skin
Explorations in structure and skin using your own creativity to expand on tradition. Walnut Creek Community Arts.