Over the last three years, the Young Weavers program has become the primary educational mission of the Center for Traditional Textiles. Program activities have included several gatherings, where young weavers from each of the ten CTTC communities met to learn traditions and techniques from each other, participate in textile classes, and forge lifelong friendships. ATA also funded textile classes for Young Weaver groups in each of the communities, and each group has a weekly gathering where young weavers learn from weaving mentors in their village. The Young Weaver program was developed by Sarah Lyons, education coordinator for CTTC. A graduate of Williams College, Sarah started as a volunteer in 2014, continued her work funded by ATA grants over two years, … Read More