Up-Coming Fiberart Workshops :
FALL 2025- SPRING 2026
The Aya Fiber Studio is pleased to invite regional, national and internationally acclaimed fiber-artists into the studio to give lectures, fiber workshops and critiques for a wide range of fiberart studio practices and techniques. These visits will provide studio students direct interaction with the artist and LIVE hands-on- learning experiences. Our intimate setting and small classes provide students with direct instructor attention.
Coming Workshops are listed by the month and the link for more info and registration is in the button below: you can also click link in post
July 2025-NC
2025 BLUE IN THE MOUNTAINS INDIGO AND SHIBORI RETREAT- July 2025 (Workshops are ala carte)
SUKUMO VATTING (7/1-7/10) - KATAZOME (7/2-9) can be done alongside Sukumo Vatting- SHIBORI WORKSHOP I (7/10-7/11)
SHIBORI WORKSHOP II (7/14-7/15) -SHIBORI WORKSHOP III (7/16-7/17)- SHIBORI WORKSHOP IV (7/21-7/22)
SHIBORI WORKSHOP V (7/23-24)
KATAZOME- Japanese Paste Resist with Suzanne Connors (NC) July 2-9, 2025
August 2025-NC
INTRO TO ECO PRINT WORKSHOP in NORTH CAROLINA with Suzanne Connors Aug 11, 2025
3-DAY BOTANICAL PRINT WORKSHOP in NORTH CAROLINA WITH Suzanne Connors August 12-14, 2025
OUT OF THE BLUE INDIGO & SHIBORI: Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Assoc. August 23, 2025
September 2025- Stuart Studio REOPENS
INTRO TO SHIBORI- with Suzanne Connors Sept 16, 2025
SELECTIVE DEGUMMING ON RAW SILK with Suzanne Connors- Sept 23, 2025
DISCHARGE- REMOVING COLOR ON FABRIC with Suzanne Connors- Sept 25, 2025
October 2025
Kakishibu Persimmon Tannin and Indigo Discharge: Shibori and Direct Application with Ana Lisa Hedstrom- October 6-8, 2025
Komebukuro: Crafting a Cultural Keepsake with Suzanne Connors- Oct 14, 2025
Wine, Warp and Weft - Oct 16, 2025 6:30 pm
INTRO TO ECO-PRINT with Suzanne Connors- October 20, 2025
3 DAY BOTANICAL PRINT WORKSHOP with Suzanne Connors- October 21-23, 2025
INTRO TO SHIBORI and INDIGO with Suzanne Connors- October 27, 2025
November 2025
KATAZOME- Japanese Paste Resist with Suzanne Connors Nov 17, 2025 (STUART FL)
December 2025
INTRO TO SHIBORI and INDIGO with Suzanne Connors- December 8, 2025
ADVENTURES IN GELLI PRINTING with KEVIN WOMACK- Dec 4-6, 2025
January 2026
Depth and Mystery in Shibori with Doshi- Jan 5-8, 2026
Gold Leaf Variations with Lisa Binkley- Jan 12-16, 2026
INTRO TO SHIBORI and INDIGO with Suzanne Connors- Jan 19, 2026
Visual Haiku with Flax Fiber Collage with Jacqueline Mallegni- Jan 21-23, 2026
Develop a Personal Artistic Vocabulary on Paper with Claudia Lee- Jan 26-30, 2026
February 2026
Sculptural Stitchery with Susan Stover - Feb 2-6, 2026
Interaction! Shibori Indigo Over Color with Carol Anne Grotrain- Feb 9-13, 2026
Abstract Alchemy-Black, White and Warm Metallics with Judith Kruger -Feb 16-20, 2026
Light and Lacey- Mixed Media Fiber Art Collage with Valerie Goodwin- Feb 24-26, 2026
March 2026
Why Not Joomchi? with Jiyoung Chung - March 2-6, 2026
Patterning the Pattern with Amy Nguyen - March 9-13, 2026
Japanese Papermaking & Bookbinding Intensive with Anne Covell- March 17-19, 2026
Intro to Shibori and Indigo with Suzanne Connors - March 23, 2026
Creative Approaches to Surface Design on Fabric with Jeanne Brady- March 24-27, 2026
April 2026
Mixed Media Encaustic: Mono-Printing, Work on Paper and the Book with Lorraine Glessner- April 6-10, 2026
Surface Design with Betty Busby- April 13-17, 2026
Unlock the Magic of Cameo Silhouette with Kim Borowy- April 18-20, 2026
DYE PAINT YOUR IMAGES / BRING THEM TO LIFE WITH QUILTING with Hollis Chatelain- April 22-24, 2025
Wet Cyanotype with Suzanne Moseley- April 27- May 1, 2026
May 2026
INTRO TO ECO-PRINT with Suzanne Connors- May 5, 2026
3 DAY BOTANICAL PRINT WORKSHOP with Suzanne Connors- May 6-8, 2026
Kawandi - Sujata Shah- May 11-15, 2026
MAY 2027
Japan Indigo and Textile Tour 2027 - May 2027
Summer 2026- Planning Ahead (venues I am teaching at)
Blue in the Mountains 2026- North Carolina (NEW SCHEDULE SOON)
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance (Atlanta GA) June 11-14, 2026
Madeline Island (Wisconsin) July 13-17, 2026
Sanborn Mills Farm (New Hampshire) August 12-17, 2026
