Textile Center

🎁 Calling All Fiber Art and Textile Artists! 🎁 This November and December, Textile Center is expanding our shop into a winter shopping wonderland, and we want your work to be a part of it!

Doubling the size of our year-round shop, this is a unique time of year when our shop can feature many more artists and their work, with items ranging from handmade mittens, ornaments, garments, and home goods to jewelry, wall art, and more —perfect for thoughtful gift-giving.

Who should apply:
- Artists who work with fibers, textiles, or textile techniques.
- Artists aged 18 and older.
- Nonmembers and Textile Center members.
- New artists or those returning after 2+ years.

What we’re looking for:
- Gift items in any fiber form or using any textile technique.
- Gifts for all occasions and uses (accessories, apparel, home, pets, etc.).
- Items catering to diverse tastes (masculine, feminine, and everything in between).
Seasonal and holiday-themed items (e.g., winter wear, ornaments, and decor).

Commission details:
- Artists keep 50% of the sale price. 60% for Textile Center members and BIPOC artists.

Ready to apply?
Learn more and submit your entry form here: textilecentermn.org/holidayshop2024

Explore the endless possibilities of polymer clay accessories at this Thursday's Craft Night!

Play with texture and learn how to marble polymer clay into colorful, patterned beads. While your beaded creations bake, discover a variety of techniques to fashion beads and tassels from yarn and cloth. Combine everything into a keychain, pair of earrings, or another unique wearable item.

Craft Nights are beginner-friendly, social, and just $15. All supplies are included!

Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/craft-night-polymer-clay-accessories/

It’s Textile Center’s 30th year, and we’re also celebrating the BIGGEST year of our A Common Thread exhibition to date! 172 works of fiber art cover the walls of Textile Center, showcasing an amazing array of work by our innovative members.

Please join us to help celebrate our member artists and check out the exhibition! Join us for the public opening reception this Thursday, August 8, from 5 – 7 pm at Textile Center.

Find inspiration in the various techniques represented in this show, including stitching, quilting, knitting, crochet, sewing, weaving, dyeing, felting, needlework, hand construction, polymer clay, lacemaking, basketry, beading, sculpture, mixed media, and more.

A Common Thread is on view through October 19, 2024.
https://textilecentermn.org/acommonthread-2024

(Featured art: "Coltrane" by Jacques Elate Joss and Carmen Elate)

Join teaching artist Haley Harnagel and learn to make a macramé wall hanging from start to finish. Last chance to register!

Macramé Wall Hanging
Saturday, August 10, 10 am – 2 pm

Learn more + register: textilecentermn.org/product/macrame-wall-hanging-aug2024/

From decorative to functional, learn to create a variety of buttons perfect for garments you are looking to upcycle or make from scratch. Last chance to register!

Death Head and Dorset Buttons
Friday, August 9, 10 am – 3 pm
Register here: https://textilecentermn.org/product/dorset-buttons-aug2024/

Join us for our next block printing class at Textile Center… Crafternoon: Say it with Ogham!

Saturday, August 3 • 1 – 4 pm • 1-hr time slots
$15/person
with Sara Kerr

Explore the Celtic Ogham alphabet by creating a custom-printed tote bag or bandana. Often called the language of trees, the Celtic Ogham (pr: OH-um) alphabet is an ancient script for Old Irish and is found on stone monuments throughout Ireland and Britain that date from at least the 4th century CE.

Create your own word “tree” or choose one of our premade designs made of letters from the Ogham alphabetic code, which reads vertically from the bottom up, with branches extending from the central “trunk.” Wear your new tote bag or bandana to the upcoming Irish Fair of Minnesota (August 9-11)!

Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/crafternoon-say-it-with-ogham-aug2024/

Join us in welcoming artist Lesia Pona to Textile Center for a special workshop on Ukrainian openwork embroidery, a stiching technique where small holes are pierced through fabric and then surrounded with stitches.

Learn the main techniques of openwork including merezhka (drawn thread work), vyrizuvannya (cutwork), vykoluvannia (piercing small holes), and haptuvannya (hemstitching). Gain insight into the rich history of Ukrainian embroidery from one of the leading artists of this tradition.

Saturday, August 17, 10 am – 4 pm
All levels welcome
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/traditional-ukrainian-embroidery-aug2024/

We're back at Sociable Cider Werks this Wednesday with another $15, beginner-friendly class: Foam Block Printed Fabric!

While enjoying some delicious beverages, learn how to create a stamp using a relief technique and a foam resist. Then print your stamp design onto a cotton bandana. This easy and blade-free stamp carving technique can be used to create a decorative repeating textile pattern.

Foam Block Printed Fabric
Wednesday, July 24, 5 – 7 pm
with Analeise Jarvi-Beamer
Ages 21+ , well-behaved dogs are welcome in Sociable’s taproom. Pre-registration is recommended, but drop-ins are welcomed to join!
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/block-printed-fabric-july2024/

Join us in welcoming visiting artist-designer Gunjan Jain to Textile Center for a special hands-on demonstration and workshop on Sari Draping!

The sari, one of the oldest dress forms in the world, has long been worn and appreciated by individuals who love textiles, both inside and outside of the sari’s home country of India.

As an uncut and unstitched garment made from 6 yards of fabric, this beautiful and versatile dress can be styled in so many ways using various draping techniques. Explore how to create your very own sari drape that works for your body and expresses your personality!

Sari Draping
Tuesday, July 23, 6 – 9 pm
with Gunjan Jain
$27 Members / $30 Nonmembers
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/sari-draping-july2024/

“We have been weaving the history of our people for hundreds of years… through clan migration, critical stories, dreams. These are woven documents. From that foundation of ceremonial work, I also create contemporary works that speak to how to engage with that history now.”

We are thrilled to welcome renowned Chilkat weaver Lily Hope to Textile Center this fall for a special 4-day workshop:

Yeil Koowu (Ravenstail) Weaving
4 days • October 15 – 18 , 2024
Register: textilecentermn.org/product/yeil-koowu-weaving-2024

Lily Hope (b. 1980) was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska to full-time artists. She is Tlingit Indian, of the Raven moiety. Following her matrilineal line, she’s of her grandmother’s clan, the T’akdeintaan. She learned Ravenstail weaving from her late mother Clarissa Rizal, and Kay Parker, both of Juneau. Lily’s contemporary works in textile and paper collage weave together Ravenstail and Chilkat design. She is one of few designers of dancing blankets. She teaches both finger-twined styles extensively, demonstrates internationally, and offers lectures on the spiritual commitments of being a weaver.

Learn more about Lily in this video by Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: https://youtu.be/7sWebOn62cY?si=2Dwq0R7KSs7VOHoJ

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Lily Hope: Weaving History Tlingit weaver Lily Hope discusses how her artwork serves as woven documents, telling stories of clan migration, critical stories, and dreams. She describes ...

Last call❗Show your work in our A Common Thread exhibition. Always a favorite, this exhibition features a fabulous array of fiber art created by Textile Center’s innovative members.

After this year, A Common Thread transitions into a biennial exhibition, so the next chance to participate will be in 2026.

Application deadline: July 12, 5 pm
Exhibition run: August 1 - October 9
Opening reception: August 8

Learn more and submit your entry: https://textilecentermn.org/product/act-2024/

Featured work:
"Bureau of Conversation Pieces" by Layl McDill (left)
"Peppermint Twist" by Rebecca Speakes (right)

Join us for a special 3-day workshop with visiting artist Anitha N. Reddy to explore the rich tradition of kawandi or quilt making in the Siddi tradition.

The Siddis are a marginalized community living in the state of Karnataka in Southern India, who originally descended from the Bantu tribe of East Africa. They are renowned throughout the world for their colorful, abstract quilts made from old clothing and repurposed scraps of textiles. Created in community by Siddi women, these quilts are heirloom objects that hold memories and histories embedded in old pieces of cloth.

Explore the Siddi kawandi tradition and stitching style. Learn compositional strategies that make these quilts unique including how to mix and layer different colors and patterns. Create your own Siddi style cushion cover or table runner using hand-stitching, applique, folding, and quilting techniques. All levels welcome.

Siddi Style Quilting
Thursday – Saturday, July 25 – 27, 10 am – 4 pm
Learn more + register: textilecentermn.org/product/siddi-style-quilting-july2024/

This workshop is made possible through a collaboration with Khazana Art and Textiles, a woman-owned boutique, gallery, and community gathering space in Minneapolis. www.khazana.com

Got a fridge that could use some pizzazz? Maybe you have a magnetic vision board for your office or classroom that needs some bling?! Join us at Sociable Cider Werks to learn the “ins and outs” of hand-stitched beaded embellishments.

Beaded Magnets at Sociable Cider Werks
Wednesday, July 10, 5 – 7 pm

Learn more + register: textilecentermn.org/product/beaded-magnets-july2024/

Join teaching artist Alonzo Pantoja for upcoming classes on coiling and weaving this July!

Intro to Coiling – 2 SPOTS LEFT
Thursday, July 11, 6 – 9 pm

Weaving as Collage
Thursday, July 25, 6 – 9 pm

Learn more + register: textilecentermn.org/product-tag/pantoja/

Textile Center will be closed Monday, July 1 through Monday, July 8. We will reopen on Tuesday, July 9, with normal hours (10 am – 4 pm, 7 pm on Thursdays).

We hope everyone has a relaxing holiday, and be sure to join us when we reopen for the last week of the On Weaving exhibition! textilecentermn.org/onweaving-2024/

🔹 Meet and Greet + Trunk Show: Guest Teaching Artist Atsushi Futatsuya 🔹

Join us in welcoming Atsushi Futatsuya to Textile Center this week for a sold-out Sashiko Intensive workshop!

We're welcoming everyone to meet Atsushi during a casual meet-and-greet at Textile Center TODAY, Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, from 12 – 1 pm. Plus, shop a Trunk Show of sashiko goods and supplies from Atsushi in our shop today through tomorrow, Saturday, June 28. We're open 10 am – 4 pm.

About Atsushi Futatsuya:
Born as the third generation of a surviving sashiko family in Gifu prefecture, Atsushi Futatsuya grew up with sashiko surrounded by thread, needles, and lots of fabrics. He launched the “Sashi.Co” project with his mother, Keiko, who has over the thirty-year experience of sashiko stitching as a platform to introduce their masterful works. Starting in 2017, Atsushi introduced the beauty and philosophy of Sashiko to the world through his website and workshops as “Sashiko Story”. Atsushi Futatsuya

Submissions for this year's A Common Thread member exhibition are rolling in! We're loving the variety of materials and techniques being featured by our textile community. Swipe through to see just a few of the works that will be on display throughout all of our galleries at Textile Center.

There's still time to submit your entry! This non-juried show is open to ALL current Textile Center members.

Applications are due July 12, 2024
Exhibition runs August 1 - October 9, 2024
Opening reception is August 8, 2024

Learn more and submit your entry: textilecentermn.org/act

Artists featured in order:
Cyri Tjaden, "Sun & Moon"
Alice Markey, "Star Jacket"
Marnie Peichel, "Birch Forest"
Cindy Gipple, "Vessel and Bells"
Susan Koefod, "Wave Motion"
Michele Mayama, "Phoenix Rising"
Phillippa Lack, "Noon"
Barbara Sferra, "A Being of the Stars and the Earth"
Lily Peterson, "Coming Together After Loss"
Renay Leone, "Garden vs. Wildlife"

Join us for an upcoming class at Sociable Cider Werks! Bring friends, make friends, and explore a new art form. $15, all supplies included.

🔹 Sketching with Stitches (this Wednesday!)
Wednesday, June 26, 5 – 7 pm
with Shannon Twohy
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/sketching-with-stitches-june2024/

🔹 Beaded Magnets
Wednesday, July 10, 5 – 7 pm
with Melissa Nyberg
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/beaded-magnets-july2024/

🔹 Foam Block Printed Fabric
Wednesday, July 24, 5 – 7 pm
with Analeise Jarvi-Beamer
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/block-printed-fabric-july2024/

🔹 Stitched Milagros
Wednesday, July 31, 5 – 7 pm
with Ivonne Yáñez
Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/stitched-milagros-july2024/

Learn from surface design expert Leah Parkhurst in two upcoming July workshops!

Let's Print: DIY Silk Screening
Friday, July 12, 10 am – 3 pm
Learn how to will build your own silk-screens from three common items you may already have at home, and print with them to create a range of textiles. Perfect for beginners!

Mono-Printing on Fabric
Saturday, July 13, 10 am – 3 pm
Uncover the delightful world of mono-printing with a silk-screen. Explore the fascinating possibilities that arise when combining the versatility of silk-screens with the spontaneity of one-off prints. Suitable for all skill levels!

Sign up for both classes and get $25 off! Use code PRINT25 at checkout.

Learn more + register: textilecentermn.org/product-tag/parkhurst/

Experience the beauty and tradition of Moob (HMong) batik with Ka Oskar Ly.

Used to adorn skirts, baby carriers, and other household and personal items, batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique with deep roots in the HMong community, passed down from generations of skilled textile artisans. Learn about the natural materials used in batik and the significance of this art form.

Explore techniques for wax-painting and indigo-dyeing while creating your very own piece of batik fabric. Participants are encouraged to bring motifs from their own cultural backgrounds to inspire their design creation. All levels welcome!

Moob (HMong) Batik
Wednesday, July 10, 10 am – 4 pm
https://textilecentermn.org/product/moob-hmong-batik-july2024/

We’re seeking a Shop Associate to join our talented team of individuals passionate about fiber art!

🛍️ Shop Associate
Part time, 10 – 20 hours per week
$15 per hour

This position is ideal if you are looking to build a career in retail or fiber art and gain experience working in a long-standing, respected center in the Twin Cities nonprofit arts sector. You will work with our team of seasoned arts leaders and will have the opportunity to learn about the inner workings of Textile Center.

Learn more and apply at the link in our bio, or visit textilecentermn.org/opportunities

Discover one-of-a-kind, homemade garments at the Slow Fashion Sale! Created with care and donated by our creative community members, these garments are seeking homes that appreciate their creativity. 🧵 Free entry!

SALE TIMES:
- Thursday, June 6, 10 am – 7 pm
- Friday, June 7, 10 am – 4 pm
- Saturday, June 8, 10 am – 4 pm

OUR GOALS:
- Facilitate an event that embraces reuse, upcycling, and creativity.
- Nurture appreciation for wearable art by connecting homemade clothing with grateful new owners!
- Raise funds to support Textile Center’s artistic and educational programs.

PARKING:
- Textile Center lots, behind our building and at 3018 University Ave SE
- Neighborhood parking (look out for parking signs)
- (Saturday only) Pratt Community School, 66 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
- University of Minnesota’s Prospect Park Ramp (next to the Green Line Prospect Park Station) at 390 29th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

GOOD TO KNOW:
- Size inclusive garments
- Prices ranging from $5- $75
- Make a day of it at Textile Center! The sale runs during our open hours, so our galleries are open with exhibitions of woven works, our artisan shop is open for gift-shopping, and our library is open for reading and book check-outs.

We'd love to see photos of your sale finds and how you style them (and we bet the artists would love that too!) Don't forget to tag us in photos of your hauls and outfits. 📸

Make a marbled maze of color on fabric by learning the basics of suminagashi, “floating ink” – the Japanese art of marbling.

Instead of working on the traditional paper medium, you will make samples and small works on cotton fabric. Use these vibrant and colorful fabrics to add to art quilts, make fiber art jewelry, affix to stationery, and more.

Get Started: Suminagashi
Thursday, June 20, 6 – 8 pm
with Sandra Brick
$36 members | $40 nonmembers | all supplies included

Register: https://textilecentermn.org/product/get-started-suminagashi-june2024/

✨ Join the Textile Center team as our part-time Bookkeeper! ✨

Textile Center, a national center for fiber art based in Minneapolis, seeks a Bookkeeper to assist the Executive Director in ensuring the organization is fiscally responsible and maintains financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. The position supports Textile Center departments in processing financial transactions and preparing reports.

Part-time, 20-25 hours per week
Weekdays during business hours
$25 - $27 per hour
On-site at Textile Center

Learn more + apply: textilecentermn.org/opportunities