Small Expressions is an annual juried exhibition showcasing contemporary small-scale works (not to exceed 15 inches in any direction) that use fiber techniques in any medium. Small in scale but visually compelling, HGA’s Small Expressions exhibit features works that speak to the intricacy of expression, intimacy of design, thoughtful communication, and visual excitement. The artists in this exhibit create a big impact through small pieces.

Affordable and easy to install, our world-class exhibition requires minimal space while offering enhanced opportunities to engage and educate your visitors.

The HGA Member Showcase celebrates the creativity, technical skill, and artistic vision of HGA members. The exhibition highlights recent work created within the HGA community and provides members with a highly visible platform to share their artwork with a global audience of artists, educators, collectors, and fiber enthusiasts. Presented online, the exhibition removes barriers associated with shipping, framing, insurance, and travel, allowing members from across the United States and around the world to participate. The HGA Member Showcase is intended to reflect the breadth of contemporary fiber practice and demonstrate the vitality of the HGA membership.

Like the Mississippi, cloth carries memory. Each thread interlaces stories—of ancestors, of place, of the unseen currents that shape our lives. Artists are invited to enter Creative Spirits of the River, a juried exhibition of constructed and/or embellished yardage that showcases the richness of fiber art techniques.

Inspired by New Orleans—a city alive with ghosts, rhythms, and the ever-present river—this exhibition seeks work that embodies the spirit of transformation. Whether woven, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, or spun, yardage becomes more than material: it is a vessel for remembrance, innovation, and imagination. Yardage offers artists the freedom to explore pattern, rhythm, texture, and surface in expansive and expressive ways.

Let your work flow like the river and join this collective celebration of fiber’s enduring power.