MAFA will present free fiber arts lectures four to six times per year.
Registration is FREE, and will be through Lessonface. Visit the Lessonface page to find details for each lecture. Links to the lecture recordings will be available, usually for 30 days, through your Lessonface dashboard.
Our scheduled lectures for 2025 are:
- January 18, 2025, 10 a.m., on Lessonface: The Nettle Dress film, followed by Q&A with Allan Brown
- March 18, 2025, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Making a Life, with Melanie Falick
- May 20, 2025, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Crafting Stronger Hands, with Missy Graff Ballone
- September 16, 2025, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Lecture date to be confirmed and speaker TBA
- November 18, 2025, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Lecture date to be confirmed and speaker TBA
Our lectures for 2024 were:
- January 23, 2024, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: The Lost Flock – Author Talk, Jane Cooper
- March 26, 2024, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Exploring the Long Thread of Korean Textile Arts with Anne Choi
- May 21, 2024, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Thinking With Their Hands – Changing The World Of Children With Yarn with with Elizabeth Okeyele-Olatunji
- September 24, 2024, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: How String Changed the World: An Exploration of Fiber, Culture and Human Ingenuity with Cameron Taylor-Brown
- November 26, 2024, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Barbara Shapiro: Weaver, Dyer and Basketmaker