latest news

Community Alliance Center for Mental Health Tapestries Installed

Mary's most recent public art was installed in May in the lobby of the new Community Alliance Center for Mental Health facility in Omaha. The commission consists of seven colorful tapestries with meaningful words rendered in ikat.

Mary Receives 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.

Watch the film

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.

Purchase your copy today!

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".

Watch the interview

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 

• April 1-15, 2024
  Andean Textile Arts
  Bolivia Textile Tour
• May 9-11, 2024
  Eugene Textile Center
  Eugene, OR
  Vibrant Rugs Workshop
• May 12-14, 2024
  Eugene Textile Center
  Eugene, OR
  The Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop, Version 2
• July 11-12, 2024
  Convergence 2024
  Handweavers Guild of America
  Wichita, KS
  Ikat Warp Shifting Techniques Seminar
  Ikat: The Power of Pattern Seminar
• August 1, 2024
  Northland Weaver's Guild
  Mary Zicafoose: Notes From the Field Presentation
  Traverse City, MI
• September 12-14, 2024
  Mary Meigs Atwater Guild of Utah
  Shifted Warp Ikat Workshop
  
• September 16, 2024
  Madison Weaver's Guild
  Mary Zicafoose: Notes From the Field Presentation
  Madison, WI
• October 19, 2024
  Ak-Sar-Ben Ball
  Court of Honor Induction
• 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
• May 3-6, 2025
  Baltimore Weaver's Guild
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Lecture and Workshop
• May 9-10, 2025
  Northern Colorado Weaver's Guild
  Color and Dyeing Zoom Lecture
• April-June, 2025
  Double Vision: Mary Zicafoose and Jane Carney
  Gallery 1516
• August 20-24, 2025
  Sanborn Mills Farm
  Loudon, NH
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
• September 17-20, 2025
  Whatcom Weaver's Guild
  Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Lecture and Workshop
• May 14-17, 2026
  CNCH Conference
  Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
  Vibrant Rug Workshop
• September 16-20, 2026
  Bainbridge Barn
  Dyeing Wool For the Wow, 9/16
  Vibrant Rugs, 9/17-9/20

galleries

• Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan