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Dear VMOTA community,
We believe that engaging with textile arts celebrates each individual’s cultural heritage and has the power to connect us through our shared stories. In response to current events affecting immigrants, we have been working on a project to show positive support to our new neighbors. Recognizing that we all have an immigrant story to share, VMOTA is participating in the Welcome Blanket Project. As participants in this project, we invite you to join us for three First Fridays (September, November, and December) to help create a knitted or crocheted blanket and a quilted blanket as a symbol of solidarity and welcome. The final blankets will be responsibly distributed through Helping Empower Community Refugees in El Cajon. Positive messages to blanket recipients by participants will be included with the blankets. This opportunity is free and open to the public; and individuals of all levels of experience are invited. Additional details will be shared on our website as we get closer to our first event.
Thank you for joining us in this community effort to welcome our newest neighbors.
The VMOTA Board & Staff
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JULY FIRST FRIDAY
Closed for Independence Day
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JULY FOCUS FIBER - MEMBERS ONLY
Creative Exploration of Cyanotype on Fabric by Tara Ritacco - July 7, 2025
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Did you know VMOTA members get exclusive access to our monthly Focus Fiber meetings? This is a great opportunity to connect with other members and learn alongside each other. Join us in July for an engaging session with Tara Ritacco on Cyanotype. The Cyanotype printing process was invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842 and later was popularized by Anna Atkins for documenting botanical specimens.
Learn about the fusion of art and science, tradition and experimentation behind the process of creating the cyanotype processes on fabric and paper.
Date: Monday, July 7, 2025
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
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CLEAN YOUR CLOSETS
Upcoming Veranda Sale Donation Collection Dates
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Support VMOTA by donating fabrics, textile tools, weaving supplies and more!
Every August, VMOTA hosts our annual Veranda Sale - a sustainable shopping event where donors can share the excess supplies and buyers can purchase items at a discounted rate. Not only does this help us save the planet from textile waste, it also encourages artists to continue to create!
Our last collection events take place on July 19th and 21st! Please consider supporting our sale by donating your unused textile supplies.
For more information about our sale and the items we take, please click the button below.
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NEW WORKSHOP
Experimentation with Modifiers on Fabrics Dyed with Natural Dyes - July 28, 2025
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This class is led by Mildred and Sama Barrios, who run a Mexico-based natural color studio called SUULA. In this hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of modifying natural color. In the realm of natural dyeing, modifiers involve the partial or total application of substances such as vinegar, iron oxide, and baking soda, among others, to fabric dyed with natural dyes. This process alters the tone of the dye, allowing for a wider variety of colors or the creation of patterns and designs on the fabric. Some dyes react more strongly than others to these modifiers. During the workshop, participants will experiment with pre-dyed fabric samples to explore the technique.
Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
Time: 1pm - 4:30pm
The cost is $100 for VMOTA members and $120 for non-members.
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UPCOMING VOLUNTEER TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Become a Docent!
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At VMOTA, our valued docents extend a white-gloved experience to local schools, community organizations, and artists who become future collaborators and advocates of our purpose to celebrate the wonders of textile art. Docents spark dialogue, inspire creative thinking, and celebrate textile art through thoughtfully crafted tours. We are looking to expand our docent team.
Join us on August 5th from 12:30 to 3:30 PM for an exciting docent training opportunity! No experience necessary. To reserve your spot and receive more information, please email info@vmota.org.
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NEW WORKSHOP
Discover Weaving Inlay On A Transparent Background - August 17-18, 2025
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Join us as creative weaving artist Rebecca Smith leads a two-day workshop in the technique of inlay, a process for weaving pictorial and geometric designs on a loom. In this workshop, participants will weave designs simultaneously with the sheer, transparent background or ground cloth. When the finished piece is hung, light travels through the background cloth to frame the design, which remains opaque.
Date: Sunday, August 17 - Monday, August 18, 2025
Time: 9 am - 4 pm with a 1-hour break for lunch each day
The cost is $150 for VMOTA members and $175 for non-members. The class will be limited to 14 participants.
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REMINDER: STORYTELLING THROUGH TEXTILES
Current Exhibitions
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INTIKA: Men in Textiles
In partnership with Oceanside Museum of Art, VMOTA presents an exhibition that showcases men who work with textile art. Inspired by the island of Taquile, Peru where, for nearly 500 years, men have used textiles as a means of expression. The island's indigenous name “INTIKA” is still used by the locals today and was the inspiration for this exhibit.
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We Are Voices of Other Voices/Somos Voces de Otras Voces
Under the direction of Ricardo Pinto and María Saldaña, artisans from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca partnered with contemporary Mexican artists who do not typically work with textiles to develop a series of pieces exclusively crafted for this exhibition.
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Human Affects by Laura Foster Nicholson
Through handwoven textiles, Laura shares about climate change, hope of renewable energy, careful farming, and a less destructive way of life.
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Weft and Memory by Denise Lacarra
In the work of Denise Lacarra, painting decomposes and recomposes in a process that challenges its own material limits. Fragments of previously painted canvases are cut, recombined, and sewn together, generating compositions where the visual memory of each stroke overlaps with new configurations.
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SUULA - Mildred & Sama Barrios
July 23 to Sept 6, 2025
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Oslyn Whizar
Sept 10 to Oct 25, 2025
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Interpretations 2025
Oct 18, 2025 to
Jan 31, 2026
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Fiber Arts Now - ARTwear
Oct 18, 2025 to
Jan 31, 2026
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Mid Century Modern, VMOTA Members Challenge
Oct 22 to Nov 29, 2025
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Sea Creatures by Quilts on the Wall
Oct 29 to Dec 13, 2025
| | Are you dedicated to the future of textile art? We need you! | | Expand Your Support by Becoming a Visionary Donor – Our first 40 donors who donate $400 or more will receive special recognition for their support on our 2025 campaign materials and webpage, in our impact report, and through an exclusive gift given as a token of our appreciation. | | Thank you for joining us in supporting the long-term impacts of textile art. | | |
Wednesday & Thursday | 10 AM – 2 PM
Friday & Saturday | 10 AM – 4 PM
www.vmota.org | 619 546 4872
| | | Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego. | Visions Museum of Textile Art is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization, federal I.D. number, 33-0122009. | | |
Photo Credits:
Image 1: Visions Museum of Textile Art - Denise Lacarra's Weft and Memory
Image 2: Detail from Homage to Lucy Burns, detail by Patricia Malarcher
Image 3: Cyanotype photo by Tara Ritacco
Image 4: Visions Museum of Textile Art
Image 5: SUULA X MATIZ Studio
Image 6: Visions Museum of Textile Art
Image 7: Quiet Time by Rebecca Smith
Image 8: Lugares Conocidos by Genaro Moreno
Image 9: Sawfish by Ana Hernandez
Image 10: Lagoon Flooded by Laura Foster Nicholson
Image 11: Visions Museum of Textile Art - Denise Lacarra's Weft and Memory
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