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April Fiber Art Picks!
Pop-up Studio and TAC Maker Space Bard Graduate Center Through May 13, 2018 Textile Arts Center has partnered with the Bard Graduate Center to set a pop-up studio and maker space in the BGC Gallery...
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Stories of Scale, Selvages and Sublimity: Ethel Stein, Lenore Tawney, and...
Ethel Stein: Drawloom, Damask and Dynamicity “Ethel Stein Portrait 2008 by Tom Grotta,” Courtesy of browngrotta arts Born as Ethel Levy in New York City, Ethel Stein was 96 when her first exhibition of...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Cory Siegler
Cory Siegler is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned a BFA in Printmaking from Pratt Institute, and her current work is based primarily in drawing, printmaking, bookmaking,...
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Work in Progress: Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda
How did you first become interested in working with textiles? Textiles were always in my life. My mom and my grandma made so much of what was around us from scratch; from food, to clothing, to home...
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May Fiber Art Picks!
Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care The Museum of Art and Design May 8, 2018 to October 2, 2018 Event: In Conversation: Tanya Aguiñiga and Art Made Between Opposite Sides ,The Theater at MAD, May 12,...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Chang Yuchen
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with AIR Cycle 9 resident, Chang Yuchen, to discuss her latest work with textiles. Chang Yuchen, (b.1989, China), graduated from School of the Art Institute...
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Anni Albers: Material and Meaning
Anni Albers, Mitla, Mexico, 1936–37. Photograph by Josef Albers. When the Nazis closed the Bauhaus in 1933, Anni Albers and her husband, Josef, left Germany to accept an invitation to teach at Black...
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Kids of TAC: Pollock Inspired Skirts!
Cycle 3 of TAC Afterschool’s Sewing and Fashion class focused on projects inspired by famous artists. For their final project of the cycle, students designed their own Pollock-inspired fabric and used...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Hannah Whelan
What was your trajectory like as an artist? I went to NCAD, National College of Art and Design, I studied for four years specializing in textile design, but it was a very open ended course, where it...
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Work in Progress: Tai Hwa Goh
I recently sat down with the Work in Progress (WIP) artist for the month of March, Tai Hwa Goh, at Textile Arts Center’s Manhattan studio to discuss her artist process as well as current projects,...
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Work In Progress: LJ Roberts
How did you first become interested in working with textiles? My maternal grandmother taught me to knit at age 7, but I didn’t really take to it at that age. I developed an interest in sculpture in...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Hannah Whelan
What was your trajectory like as an artist? I went to N.C.A.D., National College of Art and Design, for four years where I specialized in textile design, it was a very open ended course, which was...
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June Fiber Art Picks!
The Let Go by Nick Cave Through July 1, 2018 Park Avenue Armory Using his multidisciplinary methods of artistic production, Nick Cave emphasizes on the importance of textiles with his diverse work of...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Lily Moebes
How did you first become interested in working with textiles? I really avoided them at first because my entire family is into textiles and I wanted to be a rebel. But then I graduated from college and...
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Work In Progress: Emma Hasselblad
Photograph by Daniel Natalo-Lifton. Surrounded by sparkly sequins and pink yarn scraps, I recently got the chance to step into the world of our Work in Progress (WIP) artist for the month of June, Emma...
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July Fiber Art Picks!
Mark Barrow & Sarah Parke, 4.24 – 6.30, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Josée Bienvenu Gallery Mark Barrow & Sarah Parke, Reweave, 2015. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Dee Gallery The Surface...
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Air Cycle 9 Highlight: Rhonda Khalifeh
How did you first get interested in garment making? I felt like my needs weren’t being met and that I wanted to make and design clothes for myself. I grew up in a Muslim family and I observed a dress...
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Work In Progress: Hanna Washburn
Photos by Daniel Natalo-Lifton This past week, I sat down with our Work in Progress (WIP) artist for the month of July, Hanna Washburn. Accompanied by her colorful, soft sculptural pieces, we...
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TAC Summer Camp, 2018: Week 2!
This week in TAC Summer Camp, the kids visited the Museum of Arts and Design to view Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro. Schapiro was an influential feminist artist who helped to make...
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AIR Cycle 9 Highlight: Li Junyu
When did you first start working with textiles? In my undergraduate- it was all different kinds of crafts, so textile was one class in the undergraduate major. Each class would take several weeks, so...
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