Certificate in Fiber Arts

Lou Cabeen, Associate Professor and Chair, Fibers, UW School of Art

Layne Goldsmith, Professor, Fibers, UW School of Art

Jill Green, Fiber Artist, Northwest Basket Weavers Guild, Vi Phillips Basketry Guild

Nancy Hackbarth, Fiber Artist and Needleworker, Pacific Northwest Needle Arts Guild, and founding member, Northwest Sampler Guild

Debi Harney, Fiber Artist and President, Contemporary QuiltArt Association

Rock Hushka, Fiber Artist and Curator, Tacoma Art Museum

Mary Irvine, Artist, Northwest Basket Weavers – Vi Phillips Basketry Guild

Marie Johansen, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Pacific Northwest representative

Bobbie Larson, Fiber Artist, Surface Design Association

Sarah Loudon, Independent Consultant, Arts & Cultural Education Services, Seattle

Barbara Matthews, Fiber Artist, Surface Design Association

Pam McClusky, Curator of African and Oceanic Art, Seattle Art Museum

Meegan McKiernan, Fiber/Mixed Media Artist, Seattle Weavers Guild

Chaya Siegelbaum, Associate Director, UW Professional & Continuing Education

David Szatmary, Vice Provost, UW Educational Outreach

Lorraine Torrence, Quilt and Wearable Art Designer, Instructor, Author

Qualified applicants will already be skilled in the use of at least one fiber medium with which they have worked for a sufficient amount of time to produce a small body of work. This work will be documented by photocopies submitted as part of the application process.

English Proficiency

Students who are non-native English speakers are expected to have adequate English language proficiency. For details, see UWPCE Policies.

International Students

This program does not qualify as full-time study, and therefore does not meet requirements for an F-1 visa. However, if you are an F-1 student currently enrolled full time in another program, OR you are in the U.S. on some other type of visa (not F-1), you may be eligible to take a certificate program or course. For complete details, or to contact an adviser, see International Student Eligibility.

Program Costs

Instructional fees are payable on a term-by-term basis. The instructional fee for the entire program is $1,995, excluding certificate program and registration fees and textbooks. Students may choose to register for additional courses for an additional cost. There is a $50 nonrefundable certificate program fee to apply to this program and a $35 nonrefundable registration fee each term. The first-term instructional fee of $665, plus the nonrefundable registration fee, is due two weeks before the program starts.. The University's tuition exemption policy does not apply to this program. All fees are subject to change.

Information on registration, refund policies and procedures is included with registration materials.

Participants are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the instructors and the advisory board. At the end of each course, participants are notified of successful or unsuccessful completion.

When the required courses are completed in this noncredit program, participants earn a certificate, which is mailed within approximately six to eight weeks.