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Textile Center Membership
Three Ways to be a Member:
- Individual Members
- Organizational Members
- Business Members
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Benefits for Individual Members
- Ten percent discount in the Textile Center Shop
- Participation in our annual member show, "A Common Thread"
- Discounts at participating retailers, who sell a variety of fiber and equipment
- Discounts on classes, lectures, seminars and workshops that run throughout the year
- Discounts on facility rental, including meeting rooms, dye lab and 300 seat auditorium
- Borrowing privileges in the Textile Center Pat O'Connor Library
- Participation in our slide/cd registry
- Opportunity to enter the Textile Center Shop jury process, held yearly
- Opportunity to enter the Textile Center Holiday Show jury process
- Connection to the Textile Community via our newsletter, e-news, class catalogs and website
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By Mail or Fax:
Download the membership brochure.
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Organizational Membership
Member organizations help support the creative development of fiber artists and sustain the textile community, as well as enjoy opportunities to network with other textile and fiber organizations. In addition to our endless gratitude, member organizations use our facilities for meetings, workshops and classes.
Benefits for Organizational Membership
- Listings of your events in our community calendar, which is printed in three-times-a-year newsletter and posted to our website
- Listing on out Textile Center website with a link to your organizations website
- Discount rates on space rental for meetings and classes
- Special members-only rates on mailbox, storage space and voice mail rental
- Exhibition opportunities at the Textile Center and in the community
- Invitation to participate on Textile Center Community Forum and Annual Meeting activities
- Housing your book collection in the Textile Center's 10000 volume library
- Borrowing privileges for your members in our magnificent library (additional library fees apply)
- Opportunities to post your announcements in our biweekly "Textiles on the Town" email newsletter
- Distribute your brochures and recruitment materials at the Textile Center
- Co-Sponsoring classes and events with the Textile Center
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Business Membership
Textile Center invites you to join us in growing and
supporting the field of textile and fiber arts. We
welcome textile related businesses that provide
resources for fiber artists. Members receive a
variety of benefits designed to help build their
businesses and connect to the larger textile and
fiber art community.
classes.
Benefits for Business Membership
- Link to your business on our business resource page
- Phone referrals with directions to your business
- Listing in our annual report
- Posting of your flyers at our center
- Presentation of your products to our staff
- Space rental for meetings, classes and events at
member-only rates
- Business classes at member-only rates
- Invitation to business discussion groups
- Member-only rates for advertising
- Promotion Opportunities*
3 month ad in Textiles on the Town e-news
(distribution 3,000 +)
- Group exhibition in Textile Center Community
Gallery of your customers work (visitors 2,000 +)
- Education Opportunities*
* Additional fees apply.
Please see the Business Membership form for eligibility and complete details.
See our Member Businesses
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Textiles on the Town
As a benefit of being a member of the Textile Center you may submit current news items for Textiles on the Town.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
- Current individual members of Textile Center may submit items.
- Only electronic submissions are accepted (sent to marketing@textilecentermn.org).
- Announcements should not exceed 25 words.
- News should be of general interest to the entire textile community (news, exhibition and event announcements).
- Include a related image in .jpeg format. Please note artist, photographer and art piece name (if possible). Images may be cropped by editor to follow art direction guidelines, etc.
- Must include a web link or other contact information with your submission.
- Please include a publication date. Your item will run in the issue that is published closest to this date.
Individual members' news items run in one issue of Textiles on the Town, with a limit of one announcement per issue per member.
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
- Current member organizations of Textile Center may submit items.
- Only electronic submissions are accepted (sent to marketing@textilecentermn.org).
- Announcements should not exceed 25 words.
- News should be of general interest to the entire textile community (news, exhibition and event announcements).
- Include a related image in .jpeg format. Please note artist, photographer and art piece name (if possible). Images may be cropped by editor to follow art direction guidelines, etc.
- Must include a web link or other contact information with your submission.
- Please include a publication date. Your item will run in the issue that is published closest to this date.
Member Organizations' news items run in one issue of Textiles on the Town, with a limit of one announcement per issue per member.
BUSINESS MEMBERS
Business Members may submit an ad for Textiles on the Town. Download ad specifications, instructions and prices here.
- Current business members of Textile Center may submit an ad.
- Only electronic submissions are accepted (sent to marketing@textilecentermn.org).
- Ads should be of general interest to the entire textile community (news, exhibition and event announcements).
- Ads run in four issues of Textiles on the Town, with a limit of one ad per issue per member.
Download ad specifications, instructions and order form.
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