Home Grown, Hand Made:
A Fiber Arts Exhibit by Peachtree Handspinners and Etowah Valley Handspinners Guilds
Saturday, September 14, 2024 to Friday, January 31, 2025
The Peachtree Handspinners Guild and the Etowah Valley Handspinners Guild are hosting an exhibit of handspun textiles at the Bartow History Museum in downtown Cartersville, Georgia. This exhibit will feature a large variety of member-made hand woven, knit, crocheted, felted, braided, dyed and/or sewn textiles made from handspun fibers. Many of the yarns are spun from locally raised wool, mohair and cotton raised by guild members (see photograph).
The Bartow History Museum’s permanent collection features some of the rich textile history of Cartersville and Bartow County. You’ll find several beautiful antique spinning wheels and a loom that were used in the area, as well as the American Textile Company’s (ATCO) Cotton Mill factory and village history. Cartersville and Bartow County are on the West Georgia Textile Heritage Trail. https://westgatextiletrail.com/
Cartersville Georgia is known as the “Museum City”. It is home to the Bartow History Museum, the Booth Western Art Museum, Tellus Science Museum and Savoy Automobile Museum. It is also home to the Etowah Indian Mounds on the Etowah River and Red Top Mountain State Park on Lake Allatoona.
Bartow History Museum
4 E Church Street Cartersville GA 30120
https://bartowhistorymuseum.org/
770-387-2774
Exhibit Events:
Artist Panel Talk
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 7pm-8pm
A guild moderator will lead a panel of guild textile artists in a discussion of their work, techniques and history.
Sheep to Shawl Educational event
Saturday, October 26, 2024 10am-5pm
All-day demonstrations of wool washing, carding, spinning, weaving and knitting using local sheep’s wool from Dry Creek Naturals Farm (@drycreeknaturals). This event is at the Bartow History Museum and is part of the Booth Western Art Museum’s West Fest Event. https://boothmuseum.org/west-fest/