Places to Go:
Your Guide to Textile Travel
Traveling to other countries opens your senses to the vast
possibilities of weaving techniques and design. A universal
language, weaving ties us together whether we live in New
York City or Bangladesh.
Below is a list of ongoing travel opportunities for the textile
enthusiast. If you or your company offers
regular textile tours or classes overseas and would like to be added
to our list, please e-mail your information to webeditor@interweave.com. (If you are looking for one-time travel opportunities, please see our calendar.) Happy Weaving!
Please Note: The companies on this list are for informational
purposes only—Handwoven magazine and its publisher,
Interweave Press, do not endorse any of these tours.
Last updated: June 21, 2006
AFRICA
Ghana
AfricanCraft, 3327 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20020. (202) 328-6834; Website: www.africancraft.com.
Morocco
Melitour to Morocco fall of 2007 with Anita Mayer. Send a SASE to: Anita Luvera Mayer 2111 19th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221. (360) 293-3838.
ASIA
Bali
Bali Discovery Tours, Komplek Pertokoan, Sanur Raya No. 27, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. 62 361 286 283; (fax) 62 361 286 284; Toll free US fax (866) 593-9640; (24h phone) 62 812 3819724;
E-mail: info@balidiscovery.com;
Website: www.balidiscovery.com.
China
Mary Fletcher, PO Box 61228, Denver, CO 80206; (303) 632-9255; ChinaMF@comcast.net
Mulitple Countries
Earthues, Michele Wipplinger, 5129 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107. (206) 789-1065;
Fax: (206) 783-9676; Website: www.earthues.com.
Vietnam
Textile Odyssey, Serena Lee Harrigan, 854 - 34th Ave., San
Francisco, CA, U.S.A. 94121. (415) 666-3636; E-mail: textile_odyssey3@yahoo.com;
Website:www.loomandshuttleguild.org/textiletravel.html
EUROPE
Italy
Giuditta Brozzetti, T. Berardi, 5/6, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Telephone: (011) 39-075-40236; Fax: (011) 39-075-5002492 (from USA); E-mail: email@brozzetti.com;
Website: www.brozzetti.com.
Norway
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Laurann Gilbertson, PO Box 379, Decorah, IA 52101. (563) 382-9681; E-mail: textiles@vesterheim.org; www.vesterheim.org
Scotland
The Singing Weaver, PO Box 268, Chehalis, WA 98532. (360)
740-0914; www.singingweaver.com.
United Kingdom
Janet Phillips; Website: www.janetphillips-weaving.co.uk
SOUTH AMERICA
Guatemala
Art Workshops in Guatemala, Liza Fourré, 4758 Lyndale Ave.
S., Minneapolis, MN 55419. (612) 825-0747;
E-mail: fourre@artguat.org;
Website: www.artguat.org.
Mexico
Traditions Mexico Hands on Tours. Website: www.traditionsmexico.com; Email traditionsmexico@yahoo.com
Peru
Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Betty Doerr, 2239 15th St., San Francisco, CA 94114.
(415) 307-0062; Fax: (415)-861-5026; Website: www.incas.org
Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
PUCHKA Peru. Sasha McInnes and many talented South American colleagues; British Columbia, Canada and Arequipa, Peru; Website: www.puchkaperu.com; E-mail:
textiletours@puchkaperu.com
SOUTH PACIFIC
New Zealand
New Zealand Journey, Jane and Nola Fournier, 2610 Gold Rush Ave., Helena, MT 59601; Website: www.newzealandjourney.com;
E-mail: journey@newzealandjourney.com
Mary Fletcher, PO Box 61228, Denver, CO 80206; (303) 632-9255 ChinaMF@comcast.net
MULTIPLE CONTINENTS
Craft World Tours, 6776 Warboys Rd., Byron, NY 14422. (585) 548-2667; www.cwtours.com
HORIZONS: Artistic Travel (France, Sweden, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, United States, and more), PO Box 634, Leverett, MA 01054.
(413) 367-9200; Fax: (413) 367-9522; E-mail: horizons@horizons-art.com;
Website: www.horizons-art.com.
Myths and Mountains (Asia and South America), 976 Tee Ct.,
Incline Village, NV 89451. (800) 670-Myth; Fax :(775) 832-4454;
E-mail: travel@mythsandmountains.com;
Website: www.mythsandmountains.com.
Nancy Crow (France, Guatemala, Mexico, South Africa), 10545 Snyder
Church Rd., Baltimore, OH 43105.
Website: www.nancycrow.com.
The Textile Museum (Madagascar, Bhutan, Peru, and more),
2320 S St., NW, Washington, DC 20008-4088. (202)-667-0441;
Website: www.textilemuseum.org.
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