Sarah Saulson
Beginning Weaving

Sarah has been weaving since childhood. She recently retired from Syracuse University, where she taught handweaving and textiles. Now she has a weaving studio in Pawtucket as well as teaching at the RIWC in Wakefield.

Learn more about Sarah at www.sarahsaulson.com.

Janet Austin
Tapestry

Janet fell in love with weaving in 1972, as a student at Massachusetts College of Art, then spent 8 years weaving functional items to sell. Feeling the urge to create images, she pursued an MFA in Painting, and has been weaving tapestries inspired by her paintings since 1983. Janet teaches, writes, lectures and blogs as part of her mission to educate the world about tapestry.

Tangled Web: Tapestry and Other Stuff
www.austintapestry.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Springett
Inkle Weaving

Elizabeth Springett is Principal and Creative Director at WovenSeas Weaving Studio located in Warren RI. WovenSeas is a textile maker space specializing in woven cloths such as towels, placemats, rugs, scarves and shawls, all of natural fibers. Teacher, colorist, designer, and sales, Elizabeth manages all aspects of the textile studio and shop, both online and in person. Elizabeth loves color and texture and gathers much inspiration from the land, sea, and sky while biking along East Bay.

Linda Rhynard
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving

Linda Rhynard is owner of Kindred Spirits Creations- a studio dedicated to teaching Weaving in Bristol, RI.


Linda has been passionately engaged in Fiber Arts for the last 20+years and is a Certified Weaving a Life instructor, has taken extensive workshops at Harrisville Design Studio, John C Campbell Folk art School, The Weaving Studio with Marilyn van der Hoogt, Tapestry Classes with Janet Austin, Susan Martin Maffei (ATA 2014) Workshops: Tamar Shadur, Northampton Mass., Color and Design Workshop with Rebecca Mezoff ,Navajo Weaving classes through Weaving in Beauty in Gallup N.M (Gloria Begay and Jenny Slick) and multiple classes with Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas.


Linda’s work has been exhibited in several juried shows both locally and nationally. She was also a contributor the UMass Dartmouth Exhibit “Contemporary Textiles reflecting Abolition, Slavery and the Road North"(Spring 2017). She has also been included in several ATA Exhibit Publications.


While Linda’s classes are primarily hosted at her studio in Bristol, RI, for the past five years Linda has hosted classes at Bristol Art Museum and at Blitheworld Museum. She also participates in various weaving demonstrations with her associated guilds or as an invited guest.

Beth Fitzpatrick
Rigid Heddle Weaving Class

Beth has been a fiber enthusiast from age 5 when she learned to crochet from her grandmother and to knit and to sew from her mother. She has explored many techniques and learned from other fiber folk along the way. She began spinning 20 years ago at a local fair and became a proficient spinner. As more yarn built up in her stash, she has followed the weaving path as well. One of the joys she has is teaching the love of fiber exploration and watching her students’ develop their skills. Beth has taught at Slater Mill in Pawtucket RI as well as her private students.