Textile Arts Los Angeles annual summit is titled MATERIALITY & METHOD, and will explore how artists and designers approach material, and how they manipulate, re-imagine, and transcend its use and possibilities.

The Summit will feature speakers from a range of disciplines and a late afternoon trunk show aka show-and-tell with cocktail hour. Sunday will feature workshops geared to professionals and enthusiasts, designed to reinvigorate your professional practice, enchant you through the transformation of found and natural objects, or teach digital skills.

Courses include

• FROM VISION TO REALITY: ADVICE AND METHODS FROM AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST, WITH JANICE ARNOLD

• ARTISTIC TOOLS: NATURAL BRUSHES, WITH BARBARA BRYN KLARE

• LOCAL COLOR: DYEING WITH NATIVE PLANTS, WITH TRUDY BARNES

• MAKE A REPEAT IN PHOTOSHOP (FOR ANY SKILL LEVEL), WITH ANNE M. BRAY

• FROM TEXT TO TEXTILE: HOW THE VISIBLE MOVES THE INVISIBLE , WITH SARAH D. HASKELL