An ATA board member since 2013, Marilyn is managing partner of clothroads.com, a global textile marketplace. She was formerly president and editorial director for Interweave media.
A former editor of Handwoven magazine, Anita is a writer and journalist. Her first textile arts book, Nordic Hands, was published in 2023.
Jennifer holds an MFA in Fiber; her work, which explores mathematical relationships and musical patterns in doubleweave, has been featured in exhibitions and publications throughout the world. She is the author of The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave. Jennifer lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
is the former executive director/founder of One to One Women Coaching Women, a non-profit that provides coaching at no cost to women in the U.S. and Canada who come from challenging backgrounds and situations.
is currently based in Denver, Colorado. She received her MA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied Modern & Contemporary Art History with a focus on fiber and Latin America. In 2018 she lived in Cusco, Peru, where she volunteered with the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco.
is a retired educator with a degree in Spanish from UCLA, a MA in Special Ed from CSULA, and a PhD in the same field from USC. She learned to weave in the mid 70’s and has collected textiles on her travels around the world, with a special passion for Latin American textiles.
has always had a love of history and tradition. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MS in education from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has served on the ATA board since October 2014 and oversees social media.
A nonprofit fundraiser for educational and environmental organizations for nearly 30 years, Ginger weaves together her commitment to women’s empowerment, traditional arts, cross-cultural understanding, and environmental sustainability. She has worked and travelled in Latin America, Africa, Nepal, Far East Russia, and Asia.
Now an experienced backstrap weaver exploring the complex techniques of Peru and Guatemala, Bob has been an enthusiastic ATA and CTTC supporter and volunteer for several years.
is professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Between 1999 and 2013, he served as explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society. An ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Wade is the author of numerous books and articles.
has worked for the past 30 years as an organizer and fundraiser for community-based organizations in Latin America and the San Francisco Bay area.
A Canadian art historian and scholar of pre-Columbian textiles, Mary has published works on the Paracas, Nasca, and Inca textiles of Peru.
is an educator and former education program specialist at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC.
For more than three decades, Kevin worked as a grants officer, working with local non-governmental organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has published on indigenous movements, participatory development, and the drug industry in the Andes. He currently teaches at Georgetown University.
has been a cultural and trekking guide for the international adventure travel company Wilderness Travel for forty years. In 1996, she was a Fulbright Fellow in the Ausangate region of Peru, studying textiles and rituals. Andrea is an avid photographer and the author of Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals.
founded Interweave Press in 1975, serving as its creative director until 2015. She was also founder and publisher of Thrums Books, a publishing company focused on indigenous textiles and the people who create them. Linda joined the ATA board in 2008, and transitioned to the advisory board in 2019.
A Canadian art historian and scholar of pre-Columbian textiles, Mary has published works on the Paracas, Nasca, and Inca textiles of Peru.
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