Hours:
Daily
10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery is celebrating our 50th anniversary!
We were Washington’s first fiber art gallery when it opened in 1974 as an original occupant of the Torpedo Factory. Our parent guild was established in 1944 and is still going strong.
Our members create original fiber art such as sculptures, wall hangings, accessories, wearables, table linens, jewelry, greeting cards and many other innovative works. Examples of skills and techniques our artists use are knitting, weaving, paper making, quilting, basketry, jewelry, hand-painting and dyeing. Our members are very active in the art community. They teach, publish, exhibit in local and national shows; many have won awards.
Every year we install eleven juried shows, each of four to six weeks duration. Our current show theme is “Celebrations.” Click here for our complete show schedule, and to learn more about the members featured during this show.
Here’s just a sampling of our work! There is more to see on Instagram and our website.
View more images of the artwork in the current show at www.potomacfiberartsgallery.com/current-exhibition
Gallery Members
Alphabetical list of our members and their primary fiber art techniques. Many members are accomplished in several categories.
Barbara Dove, “In the Springtime” fabric collage
Joanne Bast: beadwork, felting, stitchery
Jeanne Bohlen: felting, surface design
Janet Bowen: hand-weaving, knitting
Carol Brobst: weaving, knitting, fiber jewelry
Amy Castine: beading, embroidery, sewing
Larry Novak, handwoven scarf
Becky Dahlman: hand-weaving, wall hangings
Eileen Doughty: thread sculptures, silk paper jewelry
Barbara Dove: pictorial collage, art quilting
Margaret Erwin: botanical printing, wearable art
Floris Flam: quilting, dyeing
Paige Garber: sewing, felting, bead embellishments
Eileen Doughty, thread sculpture decorative teapot
Susan Fitter Harris: knitting and crochet
Joan Hutten: fiber art, garments, jewelry
Joyce Keister: hand-weaving, dyed silks
Gretchen Klimoski: one-of-a-kind clothing, sashiko stitching, fiber jewelry
Carol Brobst, woven shawl
Mickey Kunkle: beading
Nan Lopata: knitting
Grace Mahanes: felting, knitting, jewelry design
Mila Medina: knitting and crochet
Robin Milburn: weaving, knitting, fiber jewelry
Gladys Seaward, free-form beaded necklace
Joye Newman: knitting, crocheting
Larry Novak: weaving, book art, paper art
Nancy Pollack: knitting, crocheting
Judy Porter: beaded and woven jewelry, felted garments
Robin Milburn, woven scarf
Ruth Quah: weaving
Marla Rudnick: knitting, metal jewelry
Marisela Rumberg: eco-printing, paper mache sculptures, Zentangle quilting
Barbara Rushworth: knitting, crocheting, felting
Gladys Seaward: freeform beadwork jewelry
Silvia Souza, embossed and painted paper necklace
Mary Shultz: beading
Irina Smirnoff: wearable fiber art, nuno felting, wet felting
Silvia Souza: paper jewelry, embroidery
Fran Spaeder: sewing, quilting, patchwork
Janet Stollnitz: weaving, dyeing, needle-felting
Rosalind Taylor: weaving, knitting
