Join MAFA
Any interested fiber group in the greater Mid-Atlantic region may request acceptance as a member guild in the MidAtlantic Fiber Association. The region includes guilds in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia.
In addition, any interested commercial enterprise, institution, organization, school or individual who is not a member of a member guild may request acceptance as an associate member.
Member Benefits
Biennial conference: A central focus for MAFA is its biennial conference, which offers in depth study workshops with leading fiber artists. Individual members of participating guilds enjoy one month of priority registration time and reduced registration fees to the event.
MAFA Virtual: One way to keep all our members connected and engaged, as well as to bring new and more diverse members into the MAFA community and our guilds is to offer virtual programs in addition to our in-person conferences.
Grant programs: MAFA offers grant, fellowship and scholarship programs to support participating guilds in their educational outreach programs; guild members committed to sharing learning experiences; and novices learning fiber arts skills.
Publicity for guild events: MAFA offers a place to publicize guild programs, workshops and events with other guilds.
Zoom: MAFA has two Zoom Pro accounts for use by our member guilds to conduct guild meetings and simple programs. This is a free service to our guilds.
Hosted guild websites: MAFA can create and host member guilds’ websites on its server at no cost. If interested, contact the webmaster for full details.
Resources: MAFA provides a resource site for the community to interact in learning through project ideas and links to other online resources.