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Joyce Melander-Dayton, Promenade
Last Chance to
See Constructions in Concert

See this exceptional exhibition of artwork by Joyce Melander-Dayton before it’s gone!
Learn more. »
  Stephen Fraser
Sarah Kusa, Filigree
Coming Soon: Twelve Strands
Join us for the
opening reception, and meet the mentors and the protégés.
Learn more. »
 
 
 
 
 
     
News   Textile Garage Sale Is Almost Here!

 
      ReUse Warehouse
ReUse Warehouse


What’s new this year?
  • The location! We are partnering with the U of M ReUse Warehouse to give us more space for an even bigger Garage Sale with lots of parking. The U of M ReUse Warehouse is located at 883 29th Avenue SE in Minneapolis.
  • Studio furnishings will be for sale! The ReUse Warehouse will also be open to shoppers with items great for your art studio.
THE BIG SALE
Saturday, April 14, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Imagine hundreds of square feet of space piled high with fabric, yarn, threads, notions, kits, patterns, magazines, tools, beads, buttons—even finished and unfinished textile art! Again this year we expect sewing machines, sergers, looms, knitting machines, and other specialty equipment available for bidding in a silent auction. Admission is just $1.

THE PREVIEW SALE
Friday, April 13, 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Get in before the crowds! Browse the best deals. It’s the most fun you can have for $25. Admission supports Textile Center programs. Free parking in lot for Preview Sale. Admission is a $25 donation at the door.

$1 BAG SALE
Saturday, April 14, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Everything must go! After 3:00 p.m., pay just $1 for everything you can stuff into a paper shopping bag. If it doesn't fit in the bag, it’s 50 percent off. We provide
the bags.

HOW TO DONATE
The Textile Garage Sale is only possible with generous donations from supporters like you.

Donations Accepted:
Thursday, April 12, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 13, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Donation Drop-Off:
U of M ReUse Program Warehouse
883 29th Avenue SE, Minneapolis

Get more information (including directions and parking information). »
 
         
     
 
       
      Paula Pfaff Receives Textile Center Spun Gold Award

 
     
Paula Pfaff
You are invited to join us in celebrating an extraordinary weaver and long-time supporter of Textile Center, Paula Pfaff, for her lifetime commitment to fiber art. Please RSVP by May 11th by calling 612-436-0464 or emailing info@textilecentermn.org.

Friday, May 18, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Textile Center

 
         
     
 
       
      Textile Center Office Closed April 16th

 
      Textile Center offices will be closed on Monday, April 16th. The Textile Center shop will open at noon on Monday, April 16th.  
         
     
 
         
      Volunteer Appreciation Event

 
     

If you volunteered between April 1st, 2011 and March 31st, 2012, you are invited! Come and enjoy a light meal and refreshments and socialize with other Textile Center volunteers. There will be door prizes and Textile Tool awards! If you haven't already done so, please make sure your volunteer hours are turned in. Please RSVP and (if applicable) turn in your hours to Nancy Killmer at nkillmer@textilecentermn.org.

Tuesday, May 22, 5:30–7:00 p.m.
 
         
     
 
         
 
 
Now on Exhibit Last Chance to See Constructions
in Concert


  Gallery Hours

Mon.–Thu.
10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Fri.–Sat..
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Closed Sundays
and holidays.


Get parking information. »
 
Joyce Melander-Dayton, Promenade


“It's all about the process,” said Joyce Melander-Dayton at the recent opening reception of the exhibition of her works, Constructions in Concert. An accomplished painter, Joyce became intrigued with the endless options in working with fibers and began an exploration of a new artistic voice in her work using time-honored textile techniques. The result is an immense freedom for dimensional design. Though the textile techniques are intensely laborious, it has given her a greater conduit to work intuitively.

Juxtaposing the influence of music and the various materials of silks, cottons and beads, Melander-Dayton captures color, texture and movement in simple, familiar forms with intertwining designs leading one on a lyrical, visual journey.


January 20 - March 2   Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery
 
         
     
 
         
      Weavings
Morgan Clifford

 
      Morgan Clifford, Little Squares #2
Morgan Clifford, Little Squares #2

Weavings are select pieces by Morgan Clifford. A noted weaver and professor at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, Clifford’s work explores the taking of earthy fibers and crossing them into a study of lines and symmetry.

“I am endlessly fascinated by what happens when threads are crisscrossed and grids and squares are created. The compositional devices of checks, checkerboards and lattices are natural extensions of the woven structure, so I use them in my work.” –Morgan Clifford


January 20 - March 2   Textile Center Community Gallery Annex
 
         
     
 
         
      Spring Has Sprung
Ladyslipper Needle Arts Society

 
     
Sally Geary, Crewel Embroidery Handbag

See exquisite works of fine needle art in the Community Gallery—smocking, embroidery, beading, crochet and crazy quilting. In our age of technology and super speed, the members of Ladyslipper Needle Arts Society slow it down and keep the heritage of fine needlework moving forward.

March 21-April 21   Textile Center Community Gallery


Note: In the last Textiles on the Town email, we incorrectly included Jo Wood's art as part of the Spring Has Sprung exhibition. Neither this artwork nor the artist are part of this exhibition. Jo Wood's art can be seen in the Land by Hand exhibition.
 
         
     
 
         
      Twelve Strands
Mentor/Protégé Program

 
      Twelve Strands
Sarah Kusa, Filigree

Twelve Strands is an exhibition featuring the works of Textile Center 2011–2012 Mentor/Prot�g� Program participants and showcasing the textile arts of felting, quilting, knit sculpture, artwear and artcloth. The Mentor/Prot�g� Program supports the artistic and business goals of emerging fiber artists. The program fosters the continuing development of prot�g�s’ techniques in their media through instruction and critique by the mentor to enrich the understanding and advancement of their individual work. By participating in the program, prot�g�s gain confidence and learn to view themselves as artists in the larger arts community. The relationship between mentor and prot�g� empowers the individual artists to take risks and work toward goals.

The mentors are Dawn Carlson Conn, Carolyn Halliday, Kimber Olson, Karen Searle and Susan Stein. The prot�g�s are Marjorie Fedyszyn, Katherine Simon Frank, Beth Kendrick, Sarah Kusa, Melissa Nellis, Gina Sekelsky and
Beverly Westra.


April 20-May 26   Joan Mondale Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, April 20, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
 
         
     
 
         
      Urban Sightings
Co-sponsored by Spoonflower.com

 
      Twelve Strands

Textile Center collaborated with Spoonflower, an online digital printing service for fabric, to offer a design challenge. Artists were given a choice of images, which varied from traffic cones to a yarn-bombed bike frame, from the Prospect Park neighborhood that they were to digitally manipulate to create original fabric designs. More than 230 designs were submitted and 45 design finalists were selected.

Those designs faced a popular vote on the Spoonflower website where anyone could vote on their favorite designs. The winning designs, printed on fabric by Spoonflower, will be exhibited in Textile Center’s Community Gallery. Challenge yourself to find the original image(s) in these unique designs!

Check Textile Center’s website for more information about Stephen Fraser’s lecture at Textile Center: "Fabric Design for the People: How Spoonflower became the YouTube of Surface Design."


  Community Gallery
 
         
     
 
         
      Land by Hand

 
  Land By Hand catalogs are available for purchase in Textile Center Shop for $14.95.   Curated by Kimber Olson, the works of 15 fiber artists have been showcased in Bemidji, New York Mills and Mankato during the past year. Now it’s in Lanesboro! Textile Center wanted to make fiber art exhibitions more accessible to Minnesotans outside the metro area, and through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, we were able to do that. Don't miss it!

Learn more. »


Vernal Bogren Swift, Earthquake's Kitchen,
Vernal Bogren Swift, Earthquake's Kitchen, batik diptych

April 14-May 28   Lanesboro Arts Center
Reception: April 14, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Legacy Amendment Logo Minnesota State Arts Board This exhibition and its tour are organized by Textile Center. Textile Center is a fiscal years 2010 and 2011 recipient of an Arts Tour Minnesota grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded in part by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
 
         
     
 
         
      Upcycled Coral Reef
Joan Vorderbruggen

 
      Upcycled Coral Reef
Joan Vorderbruggen, Upcycled Coral Reef

Upcycled Coral Reef is an award-winning storefront installation created by local designer, Joan Vorderbruggen. The entire installation was constructed using repurposed and eco-conscious materials exclusively. Secondhand crochet quilts and doilies were laundered then dyed by hand. Crochet and knit hats, scarves and baby afghans, many of which were tattered and frayed were transformed into underwater flora and fauna creatures and sewn to a large repurposed steel frame. All of the hanging fish and seahorses were crafted with felt manufactured from recycled plastic bottles, and the jellyfish from second hand doilies and repurposed yarn. This installation aims to draw attention and educate viewers to the endangerment of the world’s vast coral reefs, and the many ways that it may be protected.

  Community Gallery Annex
 
         
     
 
         
      Weaving to Survive

 
     

Bounxou Daoheuang, Ladda's Wedding Dress

Textile Center Executive Director Margaret Miller is guest curator for an upcoming exhibition at Gordon Parks Gallery. The exhibition features traditional Lao weavings of Bounxou Daoheuang and Laddavanh Insixiengmay. www.metrostate.edu/cas/cwa/gallery

The Gordon Parks Gallery is located on the third floor of the Library and Learning Center, Metropolitan State University, 645 East Seventh Street, St. Paul.


  Reception: Thursday, April 19, 5:00–8:00 p.m. with Lao dance performance by NathaSihnLapa at 5:30 p.m.
 
         
     
 
         
 
 
     
Light Rail Updates   The Traffic Light

 
  Get parking information. »

 

The traffic light is in! That’s obviously the big news around here. It’s really easy to use. Just park along 4th street (free) or in the $2 lot at 29th and 4th, walk along 29th Ave. (west side) to the front of the 2929 building, then press the button to cross University safely. No whizzing cars, trucks or busses. Then it’s a short stroll over to our building. For the moment, no heavy equipment or sidewalk obstacles are in your way. Enjoy this—come early and often—and enjoy spring!
 
         
     
 
     
     
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Upcoming Classes   Your Digital Camera Hands On

 
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  Bring your digital camera for an evening of getting to know your camera. We will look at common camera settings that could help you get great photos of your fiber art—macro mode, white balance, flash or no flash—and what all of those little icons mean. Every camera is different, so come prepared to jump in and explore. You must bring your digital camera in good working order, along with its instruction manual.

Instructor: Andy Rahn
$16/$14 Textile Center Members.
Tuesday, April 24, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
         
     
 
         
      Stenciling with 7 Different Media

 
      Make stencils with modeling paste, meat trays, fabric foil, gelatin, discharge paste, photo transfer paper and expandable paint. Add seven new and unusual techniques to your tool box to make fabulous custom fabrics. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor. No supply list.

Instructor: Susan Stein
$35/$30 Textile Center Members
Tuesday, May 15, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
 
         
     
 
         
      Summer Camp Registration Now Open!

 
      Check out all the great options for kids, tweens and teens.  
         
     
 
 
 
         
From the Shop   Spotted at the Shop

 
  Shop Hours

Mon.–Thu.
10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Fri.–Sat.
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Closed Sundays
and holidays.
 
Fiber Wall Art and D�cor (two shown), Bear Paw Paperworks & Fiber | $38–$95


Hand-designed and crafted clothing, Marcy Tilton | $162–$250
Beaded Necklaces, Aric and Kim Stewart | $55–$80


Feather Earrings, Nicky Hammarlund | $15–$40



The Shop

Textile Center Shop, located in Textile Center, features extraordinary fiber art to own, give and treasure. The Shop is stocked with items made by artists from around the country including hand-dyed silk scarves, woven baskets, quilted table-runners, beaded bracelets, artist-designed clothing and much more. All are available at a variety of price points. The Shop also carries supplies that can be used in Textile Center classes.

Learn more about Textile Center Shop. »
 
 
 
         
     
 
       
In the Library   Library Closed Dates

 
  Library Hours

Mon., Thu.
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Tue.
9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Wed., Fri.
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Sat.
Noon–4:00 p.m.

Closed Sundays
and holidays.
  Textile Center Pat O’Connor Library will be closed Thursday, April 12th through Saturday, April 14th. Staff and volunteers will be at the Textile Garage Sale during this time.

 
 
 
         
     
 
         
 
 
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Member News News from Kristi Swee Kuder

    Two of Kristi Swee Kuder’s studio art quilts were accepted into the Digital Art Forms juried exhibition at Lake Region Art Council (LRAC)/McKnight Gallery. This exhibition focuses on digitally manipulated imagery.

Lake Region Art Council (LRAC)/McKnight Gallery
133 South Mill Street, Fergus Falls, MN
April 9–July 6
Reception: April 17, 5:00–6:30 p.m.

Several of her wire mesh sculptures will be at the Owatonna Hospital Allina this summer and fall. Owatonna Hospital partners with the Owatonna Arts Center (OAC) to curate a Healing Arts Program within the hospital.
Owatonna Hospital Allina
2250 NW 26th Street, Owatonna, MN
July 1–October 31
 
         
     
 
         
  Beyond Peacocks and Paisleys Catalog

 
 
  Did you miss the summer exhibition Beyond Peacocks and Paisleys: Handcrafted Textiles of India and Its Neighbors at the Goldstein Gallery? You can still get the very informative catalogue for just pennies a page. Co-curators Hazel Lutz and Anna Carlson packed in detailed historical and technical information about the full range of surface design techniques practiced in South Asia. The catalogue includes many beautiful colored pictures of both traditional and modern textiles from the other side of the world. It is available in both paper back and very affordable digital forms at lulu.com.

Profits support the Goldstein Gallery of Design, which regularly exhibits textile arts, past and present.
 
         
     
 
         
  Workshop with Rare Sheep Breeds Expert

 
 
 
Rare sheep breeds expert Deb Robson will lead the workshop “Rare Wools from Rare Sheep: Spinning Adventures and Fun” July 27th–29th at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. See all details. Registration deadline is May 21!

Come to Weavers Guild the evening before the workshop to hear Deb Robson present "Rare Sheep and Their Wool: Treasures We Can’t Afford to Lose" at 7:00 p.m. on July 26th. The lecture is free and open to the public.
 
         
     
 
         
  neXus: a Solo Exhibition of
Mixed-Media Fiber


 
 
  Upcycled Coral Reef
Kimber Olson

With an emphasis on the element of line, works in the exhibition, neXus, explore ideas about community, conversation and continuity. Kimber Olson is a fiscal year 2011 recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

April 14–May 8
Artist reception Friday, April 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts: 6666 East River Road, Fridley, MN 55432
 
         
     
 
         
 
 
Reminders   Crafty Minnesota  
      Various events at Hennepin County Libraries
http://www.hclib.org/pub/events/AllEventsAction.cfm?
keyword=crafty%20Minnesota
 
     
      Reader’s Art 12: Longing for Home  
      March 16–April 26
Susan Hensel Gallery
www.susanhenselgallery.com
 
     
      Goldstein Museum of Design Call for Entry  
      Deadline for submission: May 1
www.design.umn.edu/research/redesigning_fashion.html
 
     
      Cavandoli Knotting Workshop with Marion Hunziker-Larsen  
      May 5–6
http://macramecollective.com/news/?p=603
 
     
      Northfield Arts Guild CFE  
      Deadline for submission: May 15
www.northfieldartsguild.org
 
     
      Mni Sota: Reflections of Time and Place  
      Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN: April 1–May 18
Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN: May 28–June 30

www.allmyrelationsarts.com
 
     
      Swarovski Art Quilting Design Contest 2012  
      Deadline: June 1
Learn more. �
 
     
      Carolyn Halliday and Fiber Philadelphia 2012  
      April 14–June 2
Opening reception: Saturday, April 14, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Closing reception: Saturday, June 2, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
526 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601

www.fiberphiladelphia.org
 
     
      Library Salon Series from American Craft Council  
      Various events through June 21
www.craftcouncil.org
 
     
      Blue Ridge Fiber Show Call for Entries  
      Entry form and fee deadline: August 10
Fiber show dates: October 2, 2012–January 2, 2013

Asheville, NC
www.wncfhg.org
 
     
      Braids 2012 International Conference  
      August 19–25
Manchester, England
www.braidsociety.com/confer.htm
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
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