Boisali Biswas – Mixed Media Fiber Artist Handweavers Guild of Boulder November 2022 Day & Evening Program Boisali Biswas is a studio artist working in mixed-media fibers, born and brought up in India. Her formative undergraduate years were spent at Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan. The essence of that profound experience has stayed […]

Robbie LaFleur - Scandinavian Fiber Arts Handweavers Guild of Boulder January 2023 Day & Evening Program Robbie LaFleur, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been following a thread of Scandinavian textiles since she studied weaving at Valdres Husflidsskole in Fagernes, Norway in 1977. She continued her study with Scandinavian instructors at workshops in Norway and the U.S. […]

Laura Nelkin – Knitwear Designer and Fiber Artist Handweavers Guild of Boulder February 2023 Day Program Laura Nelkin is a prolific and innovative knitwear designer and pattern maker. She is known for her complex but accessible designs that challenge knitters to think about their stitches in a new way. Taking inspiration from her home in […]

Denise Perreault – Beaded Art and Restoration Handweavers Guild of Boulder February 2023 Evening Program Denise's 40+ year textile art career encompasses weaving for interior design, and many types of decorative and functional beadwork, often using reclaimed materials.  She is the sole proprietor of Denise Perreault Beaded Art and Restoration, where she's restored beaded bags, […]

Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D – Extra/Ordinary - Craft and Contemporary Art Handweavers Guild of Boulder March 2023 Day & Evening Program Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D. is a scholar, critic, curator, and Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver, where she teaches courses on modern and contemporary art. Buszek authored Extra/Ordinary as an […]

Jill Powers – Bark Fiber – An Eco-Art Story Handweavers Guild of Boulder April 2023 Day & Evening Program Jill Powers is a contemporary fiber and environmental installation artist living in Boulder, Colorado. She works with many natural materials and processes, especially bark fiber. Jill focuses on ecological changes and finds inspiration in creating art […]

Beth Marx – Felt Artist Handweavers Guild of Boulder May 2023 Day & Evening Program Beth Marx has been a felt maker for over 15 years and is still fascinated with the process. Beth can’t remember when art was not part of her life. From the little girl who played art school in the basement of […]

Hanna Rose Shell Author, Artist, Associate Professor-University of Colorado Boulder Handweavers Guild of Boulder October 2023 Day & Evening Program Hanna Rose Shell studies aesthetics, textiles, and the interface of art and science in the form of text and film. Shell’s 2020 book, SHODDY: From Devil's Dust to the Renaissance of Rags, examines recycled textiles as […]