Come to the Silver City Fiber Arts Festival and "Give Weaving a Try!" This class, taught by local weaver and artist, Donna Foley, will give participants the chance to try out two different types of table loom-no experience is required, and you will take home a small woven piece of your own creation. The class will be taught in 1-hour sessions on Saturday July 18 between 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Silver City Fiber Arts Festival at the Grant County Conference Center. Pre-registration is recommended at The Common Thread, 107 Broadway, Silver City, 575-538-5733, open Mondays 10 am-5 pm, and Thursdays-Saturdays 10 am-5 pm.

The Silver City Fiber Arts Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, 2015 from 10am-5pm at the Grant County Business and Conference Center at 3031 Hwy 180 East in Silver City, NM. The festival will feature juried vendors of handmade fiber art and fiber art making supplies, a variety of special exhibits showcasing many different fiber art items, classes, workshops, and more. The festival is free and donations are encouraged at the door, to help the Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective's nonprofit fundraising efforts.

The festival is a celebration of the fiber arts and is also a major fundraising event for our 501 c 3 non-profit group. The group provides opportunities for rural women to earn income, provides classes in various fiber arts, and helps educate the public about the many different fiber arts. We operate The Common Thread , a fiber art gallery of handmade fiber items by our members at 107 W. Broadway in downtown, Silver City, NM.

For more information about the festival, please visit www.fiberartscollective.org or email scfiberartsfestival@gmail.com or call The Common Thread at 575-538-5733.