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Asafo Flags: Online Exhibition from the Karun Thakar Collection
Online exhibit from the Karun Collection: Asafo Flags from Ghana, depicting a journey through the country’s history from 1900-1970’s. Some flags have been digitally repaired to give the viewer a better visual experience.
Textile Artists Featured in Craft In America's New Episodes: Storytellers and Democracy
New Episodes of Craft in America highlight textile arts.
The Quilters of Gee's Bend: Inspiring Story of Alabama Quilt-Makers
In this article by Claire Armistead of The Guardian, we are taken through the story of the infamous Quilters of Gee’s Bend Alabama. “They made Quilts to keep the cold at bay. And their bold creations ended up being hailed as masterpieces-the equivalent of Jazz and Blues, tokens of solace and defiance in tragic times.”
Suzie Zuzek: The Unrecognized Icon Behind Vibrant 1960's Prints
The iconic designs of Suzie Zuzek, artist behind Lilly Pulitzer’s vibrant 1960’s and 70’s brand resurface after years presumed lost. The story of an artist whose work is familiar to millions, whose designs majorly impacted material culture but whose name was little known.
Knit! - A Global Textile Exhibition Showcasing Extreme Creativity
Knit! sees 28 designers from around the world interpret the structural and decorative capabilities of knitted textiles. We’re talking about some of the world’s top craftsman and industrial designers pushing woven materials to their functional limits.
Making Knowing at the Whitney Museum of Art
Includes work from Ruth Asawa, Eva Hesse, Lenore Tawney and more. Runs through Feb 2022
The Joy of Old Clothes
A summer spent avoiding shopping and excavating our closets has yielded some surprising revelations. From an article in the New York Times.
Sterling Ruby at ICA Boston
Influenced by Ruby’s childhood experience with Amish quilt-making in rural Pennsylvania, these works embody the artist’s attraction to craft and its connotations relating to gender and modernity. Through October 12, 2020
Parsons' Inaugural MFA Textile Graduates Debut Capstone Projects
Outstanding work from Parsons’ graduating MFA students.
COVID-19 & Local Arts Education Advocacy: Voting for the Arts in 2020
California Alliance for Arts Education and Arts for LA have teamed up to offer online training sessions to provide advocacy training. This session will focus on the movement for equitable arts education/
Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 Exhibition
The new University Art Museum at New Mexico State University is featuring Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 as their inaugural exhibition, on view through August 16, 2020.
The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here
From the perspective of the small business rather than the artist per se, but many of us wear both hats. Sobering, yet with the clarity that can drive us to fruitful action.
Virtual Tour of Dress Up, Speak Up exhibition at 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati
The 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati is featuring Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance, an exhibition on view through July 2020 that can be visited virtually.
E-Textiles that can Alter Your Mental State - Article in Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics recently published an article featuring e-textiles that incorporate vibration patterns, altering the perception of one’s own body.
A Global Lifeboat: Evolution and Kindness in the Time of Coronavirus
A podcast that reminds us of our better natures, the advantages of kindness, and the evolutionary benefits of looking out for one another.
Is This an Initiation?
“I think of every house in lockdown as an alchemical hut. Millions of them. This enforced solitude is going to produce many different responses.”
Virtual Video Tour + Photos of Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics at Japan Society
The Japan Society’s current exhibition, Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics, features boro textiles hand-pieced by Japanese peasants in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
FREE Online Workshops from Creative Capital: Coping with COVID-19
Creative Capital has launched a series of free online workshops for artists on “Coping with COVID.” These workshops are designed to help artists mitigate the effects of the pandemic and economic situation, and are now available to watch online!
The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985 at Center for Craft
The Center for Craft in North Carolina has an online version of their current exhibition, The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985.
Upcoming Exhibition by Neri Oxman: Material Ecology at MoMA
Material Ecology, an upcoming exhibition at MoMA, features work by Neri Oxman.