Paper cutting brings people joy. It’s a way to return to the original simplicity of life.
Tian Yali, paper cutter
[Crafty Hour] Reflections in Ice: Geometric Papercuts
December 14 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm[Crafty Hour] Autumn Leaf Mandalas
November 9 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm[Crafty Hour] Mindful Layers: Papercut Art for World Mental Health Day
October 12 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join fellow GAP members in person for the first time since 2019, for a weekend of papercutting workshops, panels and camaraderie in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina!
Call for Art: GAP Members Exhibit, "Mountains and Valleys," at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC. Apply on Entry Thingy at https://www.entrythingy.com/forartists_calls - Fee is $20.00 and each artist may submit 2 pieces.
Celebrate Pride Month Glamorously! Tori Wright the “Paper Costumier” is in the House! Attendees will learn paper engineering techniques needed to cut and create their...
Crafty Hours are free to all members. Come hang out, bring a beverage, some paper, and whatever you use to cut: Scissors, knife, sheep shears, scalpel, chainsaw, sickle…. We won’t judge! You do you. Let’s get to know each other and get cutting!
Guild of American Papercutters
National Museum
Established in 2009-2010 in cooperation with Laurel Arts, the Museum is located at the Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Housing over 200 carefully chosen and curated paper artworks, it is the first American museum devoted to the art of papercutting.
