Textiles & Tea

Each week the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) hosts Textiles & Tea, a conversation with some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today. In our 1-hour discussion we focus on their artwork and their creative journey. Textiles & Tea takes place every Tuesday at 4:00 PM (ET) and is broadcast via Zoom and Facebook Live. These broadcasts are free to view and open to all.

Schedule

This program is supported through generous sponsorships and donations.

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Gretchen Romey-Tanzer began weaving in the early 1970s on an inkle loom before transitioning to a Leclerc floor loom. Her formal training includes the School for American Craftsmen in Rochester, NY; the Joensuu Handcraft School in Finland; the Banff Centre for Fine Arts in Alberta, Canada; and Indiana University. While she has explored many textile processes, floor-loom weaving remains their focus. Romey-Tanzer designs double-weave textiles as modernist works for the wall. In addition to exhibiting her work, she teaches workshops and run a weaving studio and gallery. Her work is held in private and museum collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

May 12, 2026: Heather Macali

generously sponsored by Christine Williamson

Heather Macali is an artist, craftsperson, and educator based in Detroit, Michigan. She holds an MFA in Textiles from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and teaches at Wayne State University, where she specializes in weaving, dyeing, textile design, and spinning. Her work investigates color, structure, and the hand-to-material relationship through three-dimensional woven forms. Macali has exhibited nationally, and her work has been featured in Fiber Art Now (January 2026) and Creative Dimensions in Weaving by Stacey Harvey Brown.

May 19, 2026: Erik J. Dwyer

generously sponsored by Johanna Norry

Eric James Dwyer is an emerging textile artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, whose work examines how complex woven structures translate imagery to cloth and how material choices influence legibility and emotional tone. His process-driven practice approaches weaving as a method of attentive translation and care. Dwyer learned to weave at the Penland School of Craft in 2022 and has since completed residencies at the Praxis Digital Weaving Lab and Penland, deepening his interest in structural complexity, digital processes, and the relationship between image, pattern, and woven form. Alongside his studio practice, Dwyer works as a critical care nurse, an experience that informs his understanding of both nursing and weaving as parallel practices grounded in attentiveness, patience, responsiveness, and care.

May 5, 2026: Gretchen Romey-Tanzer

generously sponsored by Weavers' Guild of Rochester

May 26, 2026: Beth Ross Johnson

generously sponsored by Mary Meigs Atwater Weaver's Guild

Beth Ross Johnson is a weaver, writer, and workshop leader living in Black Mountain, NC. She learned initially from students of Norman Kennedy and later studied with him for many workshops. She has an MFA from Georgia State University and has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri (ikat) and sakiori (rag weaving) with master weavers there. Recent explorations have been in European ikat traditions, and she is co-writing a book on sashiko-ori (woven sashiko).

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Previous Episodes

All episodes of Textiles & Tea are recorded and are available to be watched on HGA's Facebook page and YouTube channel. Search alphabetically by last name for more information on previous guests and links to their Textiles & Tea episodes. 

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Our mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community.