Garlic Basket Workshop
Come by the Great Basin Basketmakers Open Studio to weave a round reed garlic basket and to learn more about the Great Basin Basketmakers. $5 material fee to participate. Free to observe. RSVP by emailing gbbreno@gmail.com. If you have these tools, bring scissors and a small awl.
Truckee Roundhouse Maker Show
Come to our makerspace home at the Truckee Tahoe Airport to celebrate a decade of making at our 10th annual Maker Show! This event brings together our entire creative community– Makers, Artists, Visionaries, Inventors, Non-profits, Performers, Education Partners, and Sponsors to IGNITE THE IMAGINATION. Discover over 90 local artisans – jewelers, sculptors, painters, and metal workers all together to INSPIRE YOU. This is not just a craft fair – at the Maker Show, YOU are the artist.
Try sewing, wood turning, create your own candle, explore screen printing, and many other creative activities. We'll have a makers market, food trucks, beer, music, art cars, kids activities, a silent auction, and raffle prizes. Join us for a true celebration of Wonder, Art, and Community.
Tickets prices go up on the day of the event so get your advance tickets today!
https://www.truckeeroundhouse.org/makershow
Rope Basket Workshop
Learn to sew a rope basket with the Great Basin Basketmakers. Supplies needed: Sewing machine with a zig zag stitch setting, extension table, two bobbins, Denim needle, extension power cord, scissors, spool of off-white thread.
Great Basin Basketry Exhibit
Five baskets that I made are now displayed at the Great Basin Basketmakers Basketry Exhibit at South Valleys Library (15650 Wedge Pkwy, Reno, NV). March 3 thru April 29, 2026. Founded in 1987, the Great Basin Basketmakers, a volunteer-led non profit, was formed to preserve, promote, and teach the art of basketry. This exhibit displays baskets made by its members using natural materials showcasing traditional and abstract basketry techniques taught in workshops offered throughout the year.
National Basketry Organization Conference
I’ll be attending the National Basketry Organization's 12th Biennial Conference, Tradition & Innovation in Basketry 12, at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Washington, July 22 to 27, 2025. I will have my baskets exhibited at the University of Puget Sound’s Kittredge Gallery.
Global GeoART Blitz 2025
Wherever you are in the world join us July 19-27 for the second Global GeoARTBlitz, a geography+art version of a bioblitz, which are regional or global events that encourage people to observe nature in a specific geography and upload their species observations to the citizen science app iNaturalist.
Artown: Great Basin Basketmakers Open Studio
Come by the Great Basin Basketmakers Open Studio at the Sparks Masonic Center on July 3 to learn more about our organization and to learn how to interweave (plait) repurposed paper strips into a basket. Free to observe. $5 material fee to participate.
Great Basin Basketmakers Exhibit
In 2008, the Great Basin Basketmakers’ current president Joan O’Brien suggested we have a basket retreat where we could concentrate on weaving. She found the venue with Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center, where we could spend 3 days/2 nights weaving at Lake Tahoe. This exhibit showcases some of the projects that have been woven over the years.
Nature Journaling
I will be leading two Nature Journaling workshops at U.C. Berkeley’s Sagehen Field Station for California Naturalist program.
22nd Annual Quilt Show Reno 2025
I’m volunteering for my second year at Quilt Show Reno. Always fun to see everybody’s quilted creations and artistic talent. Need not be a quilter to come to the Quilt Show.
Pleinair Magazine's 12th Annual Plein Air Convention
I’m volunteering and attending Pleinair Magazine’s 12th Annual Plein Air Convention in Sparks, with a schedule packed with workshops and paint outs in Reno, Virginia City, Tahoe National Forest, and Sand Harbor! It’s going to be fun!
Learn About Nevada through Sketch Journaling
Spend the morning Rosewood Nature Study Area with artist Jennifer Jay for a morning of sketching, drawing, and painting in your journal. Jennifer will briefly discuss the practice of sketch journaling with examples from her sketchbooks of local places of interest before we practice sketching birds and wildlife found in the Great Basin using the 70+ taxidermy mounts within the Visitor Center.
6th Annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference
6th Annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference
Sculptural Basketry Techniques Workshop (private event)
Exploring artistic expression through fiber art can be a captivating journey. From weaving, knitting, embroidery or basketmaking, the versatility of fibers allows artists to create intricate textures and forms. By experimenting with different techniques and materials, one can discover the endless possibilities of fiber art. Whether it's through traditional methods or innovative approaches, finding form with fiber offers a unique way to bring creativity to life.
Explore your intuitive and creative self while learning the basic techniques of basketweaving, twining, coiling, and looping using plant material, tree branches, cordage, waxed linen thread, and yarn.
This hands-on workshop is not about producing a finished piece by the end of the meeting. There isn’t enough time. You will start weaving techniques to create mini samplers that may inspire you to delve into unexplored areas of your fiber arts journey.
Intersections, The Nevada Creative Conference
Three days connecting with Nevada’s diverse arts and culture community of artists, educators, arts, business, and community leaders in workshops, art tours, networking, learning, and collaboration opportunities with arts leaders from across our state, as well as national and regional organizations. Organized by Nevada Arts Council.
Sculptural Basketry Techniques workshop - Reno Fiber Guild
Exploring artistic expression through fiber art can be a captivating journey. From weaving, knitting, embroidery or basketmaking, the versatility of fibers allows artists to create intricate textures and forms. By experimenting with different techniques and materials, one can discover the endless possibilities of fiber art. Whether it's through traditional methods or innovative approaches, finding form with fiber offers a unique way to bring creativity to life.
Explore your intuitive and creative self while learning the basic techniques of basketweaving, twining, coiling, and looping using plant material, tree branches, cordage, waxed linen thread, and yarn.
This hands-on workshop is not about producing a finished piece by the end of the meeting. There isn’t enough time. You will start weaving techniques to create mini samplers that may inspire you to delve into unexplored areas of your fiber arts journey.
Truckee Round House Maker Show
I’ll be working in the Encaustic Wax painting booth! Come see me!
Holiday Pop-Up Art & Craft Sale
Instead of shopping with the big box stores on Black Friday, let’s support local artists, including me! Shop for art, craft & gifts - you’re sure to find something truly special for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Come see my creations and what I have for sale on Small Business Saturday, November 27, 2021 10am-3pm at Salvio Pacheco Square, 2151 Salvio Street, Concord, CA. Sponsored by Visit Concord Visitor Center and Concord Art Association.
Tiny Art Show
I am participating in the Tiny Art Show, which will be displayed in the display case at the Clayton Community Library in the month of November. Sponsored by the Contra Costa County Clayton Library and Creekside Artists Guild.
Mid-Autumn Festival Virtual Celebration (via Zoom)
Gather the family to celebrate the Cameron House community with a mooncake demonstration led by our Executive Director, Mike Lee, and Chinatown's own AA Bakery owner, Henry Chan. In addition to mooncakes, it wouldn't be a festival without lanterns. Join us as artist Jennifer L. Jay creates lanterns with items you can find around your home. The program will also include slam poetry by Alex Luu and a lantern lighting ceremony.