Open Studio with Healing with Weaving: Woven Landscape Community Weaving ProjectHosted by Debbie Barrett-Jones

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO

Saturday, July 19th, 2025

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m

Free & Open to All Ages


Join local textile artist Debbie Barrett-Jones at her open studio for a special afternoon centered on creativity, community, and healing. This exciting event will showcase works from Debbie’s entire twenty-year journey as a weaver, including her latest woven scarves, highlights from Billi S Creations, and real-time loom demonstrations. Visitors will also have the unique opportunity to participate in the Healing with Weaving: Woven Landscape Community Weaving Art Project—an interactive installation where guests can try weaving a few inches on a frame loom, adding their personal touch to a collaborative woven landscape.

*Proceeds will help fund future Healing with Weaving Community Outreach Projects


What to Expect:

  • Hands-on community weaving experience for all skill levels

  • Live loom demonstrations by the artist

  • A chance to explore Debbie’s studio

  • Healing with Weaving Loom Kits available for purchase

  • Gift ideas ranging from $5 to $500—perfect for art lovers and supporters of handmade, local craft

  • An opportunity to connect with the artist and learn about the therapeutic benefits of weaving

This event is part of Barrett-Jones’ larger Healing with Weaving initiative, which uses the art of weaving to foster mindfulness, emotional connection, and personal healing. Whether you're an experienced fiber artist or just curious, you are warmly invited to take part in this meaningful community project.

For more information and updates, visit debbiebarrettjones.com or follow Debbie on Instagram.

Interested in learning how to weave? Sign up for Debbie’s upcoming Intro to Weaving Workshops—perfect for beginners who want to dive deeper into this meditative and expressive art form.


Healing with Weaving: Woven Landscape Community Weaving Art Project, is an invitation to come together and weave on a  Healing with Weaving Frame Loom, then connect them together to create one large woven landscape installation. Connecting our woven stories together can inspire hope, healing, and restoration, recognizing how our lives are interwoven with each other and the rich landscape around us.

Woven Together Community Landscape Participants

Kelli Austin  |  Debbie Barrett-Jones  |  Matthew Baumann  |   Lori Bennett

Morgan Bennett  |  Peggy Bennett  |  Elaina Boudreau  |  Kristen Bowlin Rebecca Boyd

Larkin Bowlin  |  Jillian Buckley  |  Mary Burian  |  Maria Comerford  |  Christina Jean Craig

Fiona Dougan  |  Mitch Durr  |  Kari Flynn | Emily Gaul  |  Andrea Glinn  |  Sadie Goll

 Joz Garsow  |  Kelsey Harkins  |  Shelby Hawkins  |  Emily Herndon  |  Jane Holmes  

Tiana Nanayo Kuuleialoha Honda  |  Allie Horner  |  Lilly Habel  |  Kanishka Jayanetti

Lyndsee Johnson  |  Sarah Johnson  |  Cora Jones  |  Audrey Knight  |  Grace Kruer Doyle 

Anne-Marie Krull  |  Ina Krul  |  Madeleine Krull  |  Kylie McConnell  |  Lily Mehlman

Jordan Nations  |  Kara Nedvar  |  Michelle Newcome  |  Maurice Olin  |  Richard Ouk 

Ashley Perrin  |  Paige Price  |  Jennifer Reinhardt  |  Jesse Reusch  |  Sandra Rodriguez 

Cydney Ross  |  Barbara Starrett  |  Cameron Stewart  |  Kelly Stindt

Ivy Tompkins  Dejah Wake   |  Bo S Weisenberger  |  Josh Wendell 

Erin Wilson  |  Melanie Yearta