MAFA presents 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 upcoming and past lectures:
- November 18, 2025, 7 p.m., on Lessonface: Artisans by Design: an Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India, with Judith Frater
- September 16, 2025, My Journey through the U.S. Sheep Breeds, with Margaret Radcliffe
- May 20, 2025, Crafting Stronger Hands, with Missy Graff Ballone
- March 18, 2025, Making a Life, with Melanie Falick
- January 18, 2025, The Nettle Dress film, followed by Q&A with Allan Brown
- November 26, 2024, Barbara Shapiro: Weaver, Dyer and Basketmaker
- September 24, 2024, How String Changed the World: An Exploration of Fiber, Culture and Human Ingenuity, Cameron Taylor-Brown
- January 27, 2024, The Lost Flock, presented by Jane Cooper
- November 28, 2023, Craft Activism, Memory-Making and Political Action with Hinda Mandell
- September 26, 2023, Making the Invisible Visible: Historically Based Storytelling Through Textiles, Karen Hampton
- April 25, 2023, Wild Fibers: From Alaska to Afghanistan, Linda Cortright