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Dec 21, 2009
Artwear Symposium
 "Art Washes Away from the Soul the Dust of Everyday Life" by Laurie Schafer It's coming this summer to the Textile Center! Artwear Symposium, June 2 - 8, 2010. Workshops, seminars, keynote address, runway show, trunk show and more! Read all about it!
Dec 15, 2009
Holiday Hours
The Textile Center offices will be closed on December 24 at 3 pm and reopen on January 4 at 9:00 am. Shop and Gallery is open: December 24, 10-3 December 25, Closed December 26, 10-5 December 28, 29 & 30, 10 - 5 December 31, Closed January 1, Closed January 2, 10 -5 January 4, Resumes regular hours.
Dec 11, 2009
Job Posting: Marketing & Communications
Marketing & Communications ManagerTextile Center, a nationally renowned fiber art center, is seeking an energetic, creative professional with excellent e-marketing, communication and organizational skills to create and manage the production of all major Textile Center publicity and marketing. Application deadline January 4, 2010. Download job description and details.
Oct 15, 2009
Hot Art Cool Jazz Wrap Up
 Over 150 participants enjoyed a fun-filled evening that included great food and drinks, a private opening of the Intimate Apparel gallery show, as well as sophisticated jazz from pianist Dan Chouinard and vocalist Debbie Duncan. The event was enhanced by the presence of Walter and Joan Mondale and hosted by William Mondale with his daughter Charlotte. A runway show of exotic artwear by artists Maggie Dayton, Carolyn Halliday, Brittany Hughes, Lauren Koehne, Nancy MacKenzie, and Margaret Mousley rounded out a sparkling and scintillating evening at the Textile Center. Hot Art Cool Jazz is a principal fundraiser for the Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery, and the generous contributions of our participants raised $9,000 toward a goal of $15,000 goal. We are approaching our goal, and every contribution brings us closer to funding the marvelous gallery exhibitions that educate and inspire us all. Please help us reach our goal! Send a check or click on http://www.textilecentermn.org/contribute.asp to help keep a full schedule of exhibitions at the Joan Mondale Gallery. Every dollar makes a difference! Special thanks to Steve Bye for photography. We would also like to thank our generous sponsors: Northwestern Foods, Park Midway Bank and Wellington Management.
Oct 7, 2009
Highlight on Weaving
 "This weekend, I'm rather embarrassed to admit, I paid my first-ever visit to the Textile Center in Minneapolis. Just as Open Book is a center for all things literary, the Textile Center is a hub for all activity that involves thread, yarn and fabric. That includes weaving, quilting, knitting, sewing, needlework, lace making, basketry and beading."
Marianne Combs from MPR visited the Textile Center. Read all about it on the MPR State of the Arts blog.
Sep 11, 2009
Do you know what a merkin is?
The Intimate Apparel Exhibit: Reviving an undercover cover-up"Intimate Apparel" is an unusual, provocative exhibit of artists’ merkins. Curator Linda Gass created this exhibit because she thought it would be fun and fascinating to use the merkin, an obscure historical object, as a format for making art. She invited artists from around the world to participate and the resulting collection of works is wildly diverse. The exhibit debuted in June 2007 at the Pi Gallery in Kansas City, MO, and was part of the 2007 Surface Design Association conference The exhibit is traveling to the Textile Center in Minneapolis, MN (Sept. 18 – Oct. 24, 2009) and the University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Jan. 30 - March 14, 2010) Read more about merkins here: Intimate Apparel
Aug 6, 2009
Annual Report Available
 Our 2008-2009 Annual Report is available online. See what we have been up to!
Jul 16, 2009
Textiles of India Tour
 Inspired by Living History: Textiles of India Exhibition? Textile Center is happy to bring you an opportunity to see the textiles of india in person. India Tour Brochure
May 12, 2009
Artwear Symposium 2010
You heard it here first!
We are getting ready for our 2010 Symposium, which will be focused on Artwear. Here are some highlights: - A gallery show will be held in conjunction with the symposium. See the Call for Entry for Inside Out here.
- We have already booked Jacqueline Rice & Uosis Juodvalkis, Laurie Schafer, Sandra Erickson and Carolyn Kallenborn to teach pre and post conference workshops on digital fabric design, draping, and much more.
- We are working on details for a trunk show and runway show to be held during the event, seminars, networking and more!
More details will be coming soon. Are you an Artwear Enthusiast or Designer? Do you love to teach? We want you!We are looking for seminar presenters for the Symposium Weekend. Get all the details here and please pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested.
Apr 2, 2009
Congratulations to IKEA Project Patchwork Winners
Modernizing a Classic... Painted Poppies by Faye HochBest of Show - Faye Hoch First Place - Betsy Shannon Juror's Choice - Karen Wallach Honorable Mention - Karen Larsen People's Choice - Tina Hughes You can see a gallery of selected quilts at Project Patchwork GalleryThe event at IKEA was one heck of a party! The room was packed with people and the quilts looked amazing. We sold several pieces that evening and the rest of the quilts will be for sale online through our website. Keep an eye out for the new art quilt shop which will be live by the end of next week!
Mar 2, 2009
Opening this week
In the Community Gallery: St Paul Needleworkers Exquisite works of art showcasing dozens of embroidery and hand-stitching techniques. In the Library Gallery (opens March 3): "Creative Life on the Mississippi" by the Minnesota Contemporary Quilters This is the last stop for this traveling show, which has been on the road for the last 2 years. See it now! In the Joan Mondale Gallery (opens March 6): Web & Flow National Basketry Exhibition Amazing and intricate works featuring basketry techniques in sometimes new and unexpected ways.
Feb 19, 2009
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