Sandhill Cranes
Mary standing with one her recent ikats, Crane Count Week No. 7. This is the first of a series of Great Plains pictorial landscapes Mary is rendering in weft ikat.
latest news
Mary to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts
Mary Zicafoose was recently notified that she is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts from the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards at the 18th annual ceremony on February 18, 2024. She is incredibly grateful to be receiving this honor! If you'd like to attend the ceremony, you can purchase tickets for the event here.
Latest Episode of The Long Thread Podcast Features Mary
The Long Thread podcast recently asked Mary to join them to discuss her ikat work. Listen using your podcast player at @longthreadmedia, or via their website.
The Capricorn Plate Tapestry Headed to Embassy
The Capricorn Plate Tapestry has been selected by Ambassador Brewer to be included in the collection of the US Embassy in Lesotho Africa. This is Mary's seventeenth contribution to the US Art In Embassy Program worldwide.
Mary Zicafoose: Midway Film Release
The long-awaited documentary film about Mary's life and career has been released. Director Jeffrey Hahn combines the testimony of Mary's peers and friends, with the narrative of her artist's journey, to recount a colorful exploration of the virtuoso, teacher, and woman that is Mary Zicafoose.
Ikat Book Sale
Mary's first book, Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth was released by Penguin Random House in 2020. This inspirational book features both natural and synthetic dye formulas and processes, in addition to instructional ikat projects.
Mary is working on a companion ikat volume that will be available for purchase in 2025.
Schacht Spindle interviews Mary for Spinning & Weaving Week
Jane Patrick of Schacht Spindle Company interviews Mary in a segment "The World is Begging to Become a More Beautiful Place".
Follow Mary on Facebook
To see what's new and happening in the Mary Zicafoose Textiles studio, "Like" the Mary Zicafoose Textile Facebook page.
events schedule
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February 18, 2024
OEAA Awards
6:30pm
Holland Performing Arts Center
Omaha, NE
Purchase Tickets -
April 1-15, 2024
Andean Textile Arts
Bolivia Textile Tour -
April 20, 2024
Whatcom Weaver's Guild
Zoom Presentation -
April 25, 2024
Seattle Weaver's Guild Lecture -
April 26-28, 2024
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Seattle Weaver's Guild -
May 12-14, 2024
Eugene Textile Center
Eugene, OR
The Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop, Version 2 -
May 17-19, 2024
Fiber in the Forest
Ikat, Color and Dye Workshop
Eugene Textile Center -
July 11-12, 2024
Convergence 2024
Handweavers Guild of America
Wichita, KS
Ikat Warp Shifting Techniques Seminar
Ikat: The Power of Pattern Seminar -
July 18, 2024
Northland Weaver's Guild
Mary Zicafoose: Notes From the Field Presentation
Traverse City, MI -
September 11-13, 2024
Mary Meigs Atwater Guild of Utah
Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop
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September 16, 2024
Madison Weaver's Guild
Mary Zicafoose: Notes From the Field Presentation
Madison, WI -
October 19, 2024
The Craft Guild of Iowa City Fall meeting
Seminar -
October 20-22, 2024
Iowa City Weavers Guild
Iowa City, IA
The Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop -
October 25-27, 2024
Madison Weaver's Guild
Ikat Scarf Workshop
Madison, WI -
January 17, 2025
Olympia Weaver's Guild
Mary Zicafoose: Notes From the Field Zoom Lecture
followed by Four-Session Zoom Workshop -
February 8, 2025
Northern Colorado Weaver's Guild
Color and Dyeing Zoom Lecture -
April-June, 2025
Double Vision: Mary Zicafoose and Jane Carney
Gallery 1516
galleries
- Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- The Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan