Our 2026 Program!
New Year — New Program!
We’re so excited to introduce our program for 2026, featuring lectures and workshops by artists from both inside PenWAG and out!
So please join us each month and together we can enjoy the wonderful and varied “eye candy” and be inspired to try new techniques, new mediums and new ideas!
New special page featuring presenter Paul Gallo
PenWAG favorite Paul Gallo has generously agreed to let us keep his recorded PenWAG lectures online and make them public.
Visit his featured presenter page to find them all in one place!
PenWAG:
Online and/or In-Person!
MEMBER BENEFIT LECTURES
By Leaders in The Wearable Art Arena
Our Zoom and Hybrid meetings begin at 10:30 or 11 AM as indicated in the event
PenWAG conducts its meetings and workshops as a mixture of virtual and in-person events, with added virtual access for our remote members, venue and technology permitting. Check the details for each individual event to see how it is being presented.
In the interest of everyone’s best health, the board requests that all in-person attendees be fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 in accordance with the latest CDC recommendations.
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Membership
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Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild
Come learn with us! Wearable art garments and accessories are timeless. The goal of PenWAG is to bring together designers and dabblers in artful clothing and accessories, to expand our artistic horizons, to encourage and nurture the creativity in each of us. PenWAG is a San Francisco Bay Area guild dedicated to education about and promotion of art in the form of garments and accessories. We host a monthly meeting at the Campbell Community Center on the second Saturday of each month. Following the morning meeting, we present workshops and classes. PenWAG is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt educational organization incorporated in the State of California (EIN 261088159).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
An online Zoom webinar featuring Karen MIller. Katazome, the Japanese art of stencil dyeing, has been the foundation of Karen’s textile practice for 30 years. Her work involves beautiful textile art with a general peacefulness and has been widely exhibited in shows worldwide, most recently in two consecutive shows at Portland Japanese Garden.
Free to all PenWAG members; we request a guest contribution from non-members to defray expenses.
$10.00Add to cart
An online Zoom workshop featuring Karen MIller.
Karen is leading us in a workshop that is unrelated to the Katazome. It is a fast and easy way to make a versatile and flattering lightweight flowing “coat” using 2 yards of fabric, 2 seams, and 2 hours of time.
$65.00Add to cart
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
A simulcast (live and Zoom) hybrid seminar.
When you think of beautiful things made of ribbon, what is your picture? Antique clothing from past centuries or today’s haute couture? Judith will share her path from California College of Arts and Crafts, majoring in fabric surface design and sculpture, to finding her true passion in ribbon work. She will explore the history and variety of ribbon trim in all its sumptuousness and show you how you can incorporate into your own pieces.
Free to members; we request a $10 guest fee for non-members to help defray costs
Guest Registration:
$10.00Add to cart
A simulcast (live and Zoom) hybrid workshop. Note there are now different prices for in-person vs zoom attendance.
Judith encourages fun and imagination in this simulcast class. Make your own version of classic ruffled ribbon roses and two different types of folded ribbon leaves as accents. Will you create these to apply to garments and accessories, or as earrings, pins, shirt collar clips?
NOTE: This workshop is live only (either Zoom or in-person) and will not be recorded for replay.
In Person (includes Zoom Access):
$75.00Add to cart
Virtual (Zoom only):$65.00Add to cart
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
A simulcast (live and Zoom) hybrid seminar, free to members.
The history of the cyanotype process goes back almost as far as photography itself. Sara Eberhart will explain the historical beginnings of this alternative photography process and introduce you to how a few contemporary artists use this medium on paper and fabric.
Guest Registration:
$10.00Add to cart
A simulcast (live and Zoom) hybrid workshop.
Note there are now different prices for in-person vs zoom attendance.
Explore the accessible and fun process of cyanotype, an alternative photography method. Experiment along with others using flowers, plants and other objects to create striking blue patterns on fabric and paper treated with an emulsion and exposed to UV light.
In Person (includes Zoom Access:
$65.00Add to cart
Virtual (Zoom only):$65.00Add to cart
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THE WEARABLE ARTISTS COMMUNITY
The Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild is a San Francisco Bay Area club dedicated to education about and promotion of art in the form of garments and accessories. We host a monthly meeting at the Campbell Community Center on the second Saturday of each month. Following the morning meeting we present workshops and classes. PenWAG occasionally arranges special group tours to museums, exhibits and shopping districts.
