Exhibitions
Upcoming WGSL Exhibition for June 2025
What: A Continuous Thread
Is a juried exhibition open to all fiber-related techniques created by current guild members of the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis.
When: June 1st - June 28th, 2025
Reception - Sat, June 7th 2-5pm with Gallery Talk at 3pm
Where: The Gallery at University City Public Library,
6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130
Exhibition focus: This exhibition investigates the thread of fiber creativity that ties our past explorations to our future visions while it informs the work we are creating NOW. A continuous thread connects our guild fiber artists representing diverse interests, combining categories and techniques in a personal way, or reflecting current trends. Sometimes, what we have mastered in the past resurfaces in our current work. Other times, we boldly investigate a new combination of materials, color, and presentation.
Jurors: Sharon Kilfoyle & Leandra Spangler, both artists have juried numerous exhibitions for our guild as well as other arts organizations and galleries.
For more details - download the Call for Entries: A Continuous Thread, June 2025
To submit items - download the Entry Form: A Continuous Thread
Entry Forms DUE by May 1st, 2025
Download Call for Entries and Entry Form for more information
Previous Exhibitions
Concealed/Revealed Virtual Gallery Show sponsored by the Gretchen Brigham Gallery and the Union Avenue Opera featuring the talented fiber artists from our Weavers' Guild of St. Louis! The exhibition title reflects the dominant theme from The Barber of Seville - one of the operas being performed this season by Union Avenue Opera. The works on display focus the complexities of someone or something being concealed or disguised as well as the opposing dynamic of being revealed or exposed. The artists explored this theme through images, concepts or the intricacies of their fiber techniques. Participating Artists: Sharon Kilfoyle, Leandra Spangler, Lisa Hinrichs, Judy Cobillas, Jane Olson Glidden, Janet Moore, Joyce Pion, Laurie Harper, Marilyn Emerson Holtzer, Debra Lewis, Julia McClure, Betty Neill, Pat Owoc, Lorri Scott, Jo Ann Treumann, June Vaughan and Sally Vikman.
re:SURFACED
Fontbonne University Gallery of Art presents “re:SURFACED,” a juried exhibition of work by artists from the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis as well as invited guest artists. Exhibit is presented October 2-November 1, 2019.
Featured artists include Valerie, Doran Bashaw, Judy Cobillas, Carlene Fullerton, Jane Olson Glidden, Laurie Harper, Marilyn Emerson Holtzer, Karen Butler Holzhausen, Sharon Kilfoyle, Pat Owoc, Mandy Pedigo, Joyce Pion, Mary Quinn, Alice Ripley, Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, Brenda Schilling, Lorri Scott, Leandra Spangler, Jo Stealey, Becky Stevens, JoAnn Treumann, June Vaughan, Sally Vikman, Jennifer Wax
Serving as Juror for this exhibit was Leandra Spangler, artist, art educator & workshop instructor based in Columbia, MO. This exhibit’s focus is surface design, surface treatments and surface alterations. Work will celebrate the physical textures of fibers, their connections, weave structures, interlacing, felting, and embellishments, as well as the visual textures of dye applications & eco-printing inherent within our fiber techniques.
The exhibition coincides with Innovations in Textiles 2019.
Press: St. Louis Magazine
Timeless Fibers: Tradition and Beyond
The Gallery at the University City Public Library presents “Timeless Fibers: Tradition and Beyond,” a juried exhibit featuring artists from the Weavers' Guild of St. Louis as they embrace time-honored woven traditions as well as explore contemporary fiber techniques. Exhibit is on view September 1-26, 2019.
The exhibition coincides with Innovations in Textiles 2019.
Woven in Time Exhibition at the Missouri History Museum 2012
Woven in Time commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis. ,Showcasing artists working with a variety of materials, Woven in Time celebrated the modern revival of the fiber arts movement in the United States and explored the work of locally and nationally recognized artists.
Woven in Time Retrospective Fashion Show 2012 at the Missouri History Museum
