About Us
The Fiber Arts Collective is a space where fiber artists come together to collaborate, work, teach, and sell their work.
El Colectivo de Artes de Fibra—es un es un espacio donde los artistas de la fibra se reúnen para colaborar, trabajar, enseñar y vender su obra.
In July 2020, Tanya Bemis gathered together a group of fiber artists in Lithia Park to discuss the possibility of starting a Fiber Arts Collective in an available building in downtown Ashland, Oregon. Out of that meeting, in the middle of a pandemic, an amazing community resource was born. In a short time it has become a creative inspiration to fiber and textile artists throughout the area, offering a fabric store and an art gallery space for fiber artisans in its Ashland location. Once the pandemic is over, the Fiber Arts Collective will offer classes and resources for the community. Meanwhile it supports local social justice issues and encourages efforts to recycle and upcycle fiber resources.
Stay tuned for a great future!!
Tanya Bemis, Fiber Arts Collective Founder and owner of Cloth and Sundries Fabric Store.
The Collective includes an art gallery, a fabric store with constantly changing inventory, a makerspace with a dye room, sewing studio, working studios for upholstery and alteration services, and a resource library. Post-pandemic offerings will include classes, public presentations, artist meet-and-greets, and participation in First Friday Art Walk.
Some of the featured artisans in our Ashland art gallery are community members who lost jobs due to the pandemic or lost homes in the 2020 Almeda fire. One way to support local artisans as they rebuild their lives would be to visit our gallery and purchase their beautiful creations, which include one-of-a-kind garments, tote-bags, aprons, journals, cards, treasure boxes, wall hangings, table linens, home décor, and more.
At the Fiber Arts Collective, we are committed to both social justice and environmental care by participating in a renewable and regenerative economy based on environmentally friendly practices of upcycling, recycling, and circularity—practices which we encourage and promote in the artistic expression of all works displayed in our gallery. We honor the nobility of all people and welcome the gifts that diversity brings to any setting, so we invite artisans of all backgrounds into the Fiber Arts Collective.
El Colectivo incluye una galería de arte, un espacio de fabricación con una sala de tinte, estudio de costura, estudios de trabajo para tapicería y servicios de costurera, una tienda minorista de telas y cuero, y una biblioteca de recursos. Las ofertas posteriores a la pandemia incluirán clases, presentaciones públicas, encuentros con artistas y participación en la Caminata de Arte del Primer Viernes de cada mes.
Algunos de nuestros artesanos destacados son miembros de la comunidad que perdieron sus obras debido a la pandemia o sus hogares en el reciente incendio de Almeda. Una forma de apoyar a estos artesanos locales mientras reconstruyen sus vidas sería visitar nuestra galería y comprar sus hermosas creaciones, que incluyen vestidos únicos, bolsas, delantales, diarios, tarjetas, cofres del tesoro, tapices de pared, mantelería, decoración del hogar y más.
En el Colectivo, estamos comprometidos con la justicia social y el cuidado del medio ambiente al participar en una economía renovable y regenerativa basada en prácticas respetuosas del medio ambiente como reuso creativo, reciclaje y circularidad—prácticas que fomentamos y promovemos en la expresión artística de todas las obras exhibidas en nuestra galería. Honramos la nobleza de todas las personas y damos la bienvenida a los dones que la diversidad aporta a cualquier entorno, por lo que invitamos a artesanos de todos los orígenes al Colectivo de Artes de Fibra.