This workshop combines drawing and weaving, focusing on the relationship between drawing and tapestry: how the pencil can be a way of putting thoughts on paper in a manner that assists in tapestry design.

We will explore different approaches to describing shape and form, quality of line, and shaded areas, then look at how these translate to tapestry technique and design. At the loom, we will weave different types of woven lines, three-dimensional forms, and shaded areas.

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The Groove Artspace is a multifaceted organization, including a teaching collaborative (with 15+ teachers offering a huge array of arts and crafts classes), studios for working artists and artisans, a gallery offering monthly exhibits and a non-profit arm managing our community outreach and education work.  We have a strong focus on glass and mosaic, but our work encompasses all forms of handwork and artistic creation.

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Join Ruth Baldwin and Annie MacHale as they lead a vision board session! Gain inspiration from your fellow fiber arts enthusiasts and make intentions for a year of creativity and fun.

By visually representing your thoughts in a beautiful, playful, work of personal art, you can enjoy the creation of it and then put it in a prominent place in your home.

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To kick off our year of programming from nationally acclaimed teachers, we want to showcase the talents of our local community from first timers to experienced weavers, spinners, dyers, felters, rug hookers, and all things fiber arts.

Entries for the exhibition will be accepted from December 9, 2025 to January 16, 2026.

The exhibition will run from February 6 to March 8, 2026 with a special opening night on February 6.

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A technique that originated in northwest India, Ply- Split Braiding has been traditionally used in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan to weave camel girths.

This fiber technique continues to be used to make traditional bands and mats; contemporary fiber artists also use the technique to make sculptural and vessel forms.

Working with cords spun by the instructor, students will make a small fiber vessel using one of the main ply-splitting techniques: Single-Course Oblique Twining (SCOT) method.

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Interested in expanding your weaving repertoire and creating vibrant and functional pieces?

The projects chosen for this three-day workshop build skills and familiarize students with weaving with paper. Students will make four baskets out of painted paper designed by the instructor.

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Fiber Arts on 4th is thrilled to be part of Handwork 2026, a national initiative organized by Craft in America that celebrates the power of making and the communities built through craft.

In honor of this celebration, PBS released episodes of Craft in America to spotlight regional crafts across four regions (North, South, East and West). We will watch the episode spotlighting the West, which includes a feature on New Mexico’s very own Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).

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In this busy four-day workshop, Ann will introduce the off-loom weaving technique of twining as a method of creating contemporary woven sculptural forms.

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This workshop takes a dive into design principles for Baltic/Speckled pickup using original and playful reptile patterns created by instructor Annie MacHale, a nationally celebrated Inkle Loom weaver for over 45 years.

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Paper weaving is a quick and fun way to play with color, image, and pattern—without a loom!

Through lecture and demonstration, you will learn how to choose papers for weaving, how to decorate them, how to cut strips, choose a weave structure, read a weaving draft, and how to do the actual weaving.

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I Am Clay is the first exhibition to focus on figurative pottery from Acoma Pueblo.

The community-curated show examines historic Puebloan precursors to figuration in clay, and considers how tourism during the early 20th century helped shape the development of this practice.

Over 120 objects will narrate the story of the Acoma women artists at the heart of this tradition.

I Am Clay travels to Haak’u Museum at Acoma Pueblo in February 2027.

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The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) stewards the world’s largest collection of international folk and traditional arts, including more than 160,000 objects from six continents and over 150 nations. This diverse collection includes dress and textiles, furniture, ceramics, masks, basketry, woodcarving, and metalwork. As one of the few museums in the United States dedicated to folk art from around the world, MOIFA expands the understanding of folk art and encourages dialogue about traditions, cultural identity, community, and aesthetics. The museum is a dynamic, multidimensional learning environment that is an integral part of community life. Our collection and programming provide important connections between past, present, and future folk art and related traditions.

MOIFA’s mission is to connect communities through stories of dynamic cultural traditions, human creativity and resilience. We value and champion dialogue and collaboration with artists and communities; excellence in public engagement and programming; cultural empowerment, social justice, and accessibility to collections. As an artist-centered organization, we believe that folk artists have the power to change lives and the world, and we work to facilitate their creativity and innovation.

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The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)—the University for Indigenous Creative Excellence—is the only higher education institution in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. IAIA offers undergraduate degrees in Cinematic Arts and Technology, Creative Writing, Indigenous Liberal Studies, Museum Studies, Performing Arts, and Studio Arts; graduate degrees in Creative Writing, Studio Arts, and Cultural Administration; and certificates in Broadcast Journalism, Business and Entrepreneurship, Museum Studies, and Native American Art History. Recent partnerships such as those with The Walt Disney Company, Nike, The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and NBCUniversal Media help students set down footprints in the creative community. IAIA serves approximately 500 full-time equivalent (FTE) Native and non-Native students, representing nearly 100 federally recognized Tribes. IAIA is among the leading art universities in the nation and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

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Fiber Arts on 4th is the hub for loom weaving, spinning, dyeing, basketry, felting, gatherings, workshops, inspiration, and all things fiber arts in New Mexico.

We are dedicated to strengthening the amazing community of fiber artists throughout New Mexico by acting as a hub to connect people in the Albuquerque area to all the other amazing fiber arts programs and projects throughout the state. New Mexico’s history and culture of fiber arts runs very deep, from indigenous people going back thousands of years, to Spanish conquistadors nearly 500 years ago, to today’s vibrant community consisting of all types of fiber artists.

Our campus is 7,500 square feet of buildings on 1.5 acres in beautiful Los Ranchos, NM in Albuquerque’s historic North Valley new the Rio Grande River. We also have a 15 passenger van so we can run excursions out to museum shows, fiber arts sales, guild events, and workshops around the state.

We invite you to visit the Land of Enchantment and stay awhile to learn about it’s rich history in fiber arts, and maybe come take a workshop or do some shopping in our store while you are here!

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