December 12–13, 2026 | Weaving Workshops with Sarita Westrup
Please join us this December for two workshops with contemporary fiber artist and basketweaver Sarita Westrup.
Sculptural Basket Weaving
Saturday, December 12, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Chinati Foundation Art Lab, 1 Cavalry Row
Free, with registration
Discover the art of sculptural basketry in this hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will learn essential weaving skills and techniques—focusing on intuitive twining using reed and a premade basket base—to craft a unique, expressive form. No prior experience is needed.
All levels welcome, all materials included. Please bring a packed lunch for a short break.
Loom as Object
Sunday, December 13, 10:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m., drop-in
Chinati Foundation Art Lab, 1 Cavalry Row
Free and open to all
Drop in and weave with us! Participants will explore weaving on uniquely shaped frame looms made from repurposed cardboard. Play with color, texture, and pattern, and leave with the skills to continue creating at home.
Families and children are encouraged to attend. All levels are welcome. Materials provided. No prior weaving experience required.
About the Artist
Sarita Westrup is an artist and contemporary basketmaker whose sculptural works draw on the material languages of fiber, movement, and containment to explore ideas of border, belonging, and transformation. Originally from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Westrup reinterprets traditional weaving and dyeing techniques through a lens of bicultural identity, translating the visual rhythms of her home into forms that feel both architectural and intimate.
Working across basketry, sculpture, and installation, her practice bridges inherited craft traditions with experimental processes—binding together natural and synthetic materials to evoke the permeability between land, body, and culture. Westrup has exhibited nationally at institutions including El Museo del Barrio, the Penland Gallery, and the Chautauqua Institution. She has presented solo exhibitions at Erin Cluley Gallery, Cluley Projects, and Arts Fort Worth. Her honors include grants from the Center for Craft, Nasher Sculpture Center, Nest, and the American Craft Council, and she recently completed a one-year Artist-in-Residence at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.