Registration for our next virtual lecture The Black Gold Tapestry with Sandra Sawatzky is open through January 16 at 1PM Eastern and the lecture takes place online on January 18, 2026 at 1PM Eastern. As a benefit of membership, EGA members can attend the virtual lecture for just $5! Not an EGA member yet? No worries, you can attend the lecture for $25. Or you could start the year by joining one of our chapters or as a member at-large and participating for a discounted price. Through your membership you also join us in achieving our mission of inspiring passion for needle arts through education and the celebration of its heritage.
Speaking of discounted prices? Did you hear about our 2026 EGA Virtual Lecture Annual Pass? This special offer is available only to EGA members through January 16 at 1PM Eastern. For a discounted price you can register for all 12 of this years’ live virtual lectures. If you already registered for the Annual Pass you are automatically registered for all 12 2026 lectures including this one.
Artist Sandra Sawatzky will tell her story of why and how she came to make The Black Gold Tapestry, her 220-foot-long hand-embroidered illustrative narrative that chronicles the history of oil over 220 million years. Taking nine years to research, design, illustrate, and hand-embroider the Tapestry, it’s an homage to the 1000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry (Normandy France) in its design and materials. Sawatzky completed the work in nine years, taking over 17,000 hours to complete it.
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Looking for more lectures? See our list of available recordings here.
