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!
Note: the in-person and virtual sessions for some events have changed since the postcards pictured below were printed. Please check the events listing for the latest information!
Note: the in-person and virtual sessions for some events have changed since the postcards pictured below were printed. Please check the events listing for the latest information!
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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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
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:
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A live (in-person) workshop. 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:
$75.00Add to cart
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
An informal and fun event where PenWAG members (in-person and remote) share some of their most spectacular recent work!
This is an hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
Guest Registration:
$10.00Add to cart
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
A live collaboration as we work to give back to our community! A PenWAG Community Project
• Want to be a part of a fun super-easy charity project?
• Want one that doesn’t require you to haul a sewing machine or other large equipment?
• Want the opportunity to see and socialize with other members and friends?
• … and create something invaluable for girls all over the world?
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest! Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members
The Stash Exchange is an in-person event at the Saratoga Senior Center.
Our annual opportunity to reduce (or grow) your stash of materials and hobnob with fellow PenWAG members!
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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.
