June — Slides of members' work

2004–2005

September — Ed Bing Lee, small works created with densely packed half-hitch knots
October — Amy Orr, quilter who constructs surface imagery from street castoffs and other objects
November — Angiola Churchill, elegant, ethereal, site-specific works fashioned from white paper
December — Lewis Knauss, small, abstract, landscape interpretations constructed from natural materials
January — Lindsay Rais, wire vessels shaped with knotless netting studded with pistachio shells
February — Wenda Gu, monumental installations with global social implications built using hair
March — Slides of members’ work
April — Raylene Marasco, custom-printed, dyed, painted fabrics for fashion, costume, and home decorating customers
May — Margaret Hluch, tapestry weaver whose imagery chronicles personal experiences; quilter
June — Jorie Johnson, felter who fabricates clothing and accessories using innovative processes and materials

2003–2004

September — Polly Apfelbaum, “fallen paintings,” spreading floor arrangements of little shapes hand cut from fabric
October — Jane Ingram Allen, sculptures and public art installations of paper, painted string, and found objects
November — Layne Goldsmith, authority on textile history, fiber structure, feltmaking, weaving
December — Holiday party, slides of members’ work
January — Dorothy Caldwell, large constructions of dyed, stitched fabric with wood, stone, and other elements
February — Barbara B. Goldberg, review of the work of basket maker Joanne Segal Branford
March — Jacqueline Atkins, textile historian; propaganda textiles of Japan, Britain, and the U.S., 1931–1945
April — Betsy Sterling Benjamin, wax-resist textiles with imagery influenced by Japanese design and aesthetics
May — Barbara Lee Smith, embroiderer who builds intensely colored, complex surfaces with layering and stitchery
June — Annual business meeting, slides of members’ work

2002–2003

September — Janis Jefferies, Textile Dept. at Goldsmiths College; London digital printing artist, writer, educator
October — Donna Lish, hand- and machine-knitted structures reinforced with beads
November — Katherine Cobey, hand-knitted garments and large sculptural objects
December — Miriam Schaer, multimedia book artist using garments as containers
January — Joanne Russo, explores childhood influences that shaped adult artists
February — Slides of members’ work
March — Sonya Clark, African-influenced, beaded, embellished, conceptual headdresses and objects
April — Beverly Semmes, large, abstract sculptures referencing social relationships
May — Joan Livingstone, felt shaped into large forms and installation objects
June — Koenigsberg Award presentation to wearable artist Rebecca Turnbow

2001–2002

September — Tetsuo Kusama, Japanese weaver of large commissioned installations
October — Missy Stevens, small pictorial images using punch needle embroidery
November — Donna Sharret, needle-lace designs of synthetic hair with rose petals
December — Reception and raffle of MANY PAGES, member-created artists’ book
January — Henry Drewal, professor/scholar; art of Yoruba-speaking African people
February — Chunghie Lee, Korean; wearables, sculptural forms, and installations
March — Donna Rosenthal, small sculptures constructed from household items
April — Jon Eric Riis, tapestry weaver who enriches surfaces with beads
May — Emma Amos, artist who includes African fabrics in her painted works
June — Annual business meeting, slides of members’ work

2000–2001

September — Annet Couwenberg, hand-sewn mixed-media sculptural works
October — Tamiko Kawata, jewelry and art objects constructed from safety pins
November — Alan Shields, handmade paper objects
December — Three exhibitions of contemporary lace art
January — Jill Furst, historian; Aztec and Mayan beaded and feathered objects
February — Jane Sauer, basketry and sculptural forms
March — Barbara Shawcroft, small-to-massive three-dimensional fabrications
April — Twylene Moyer, Sculpture magazine editor; observations about fiber
May — Randall Darwall, weaver of functional, wearable textiles
June — Annual business meeting, slides of members’ work