Gallery & Shop
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Library
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 Lumi Kits are HerePhoto printing kits now available! An alternative to screen-printing, you can print your own photographic images on any natural fiber fabric using the power of sunlight. Kit includes everything you need to turn your own images into printable designs for ready-made apparel or fabric. $39.95 (Members, $35.96)
Header image: Detail from a hand-woven table runner made from linen, cotton, and natural Mexican straw by Marjorie Durko Puryear, Professor Emeritus of Textile Design and Fiber Arts, U of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. $85 (Members, $76.50)
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Woman Troubles
studio
through August 16
Artist Talk: Thursday August 14, 6 pm
"I wanted to challenge the gut reaction to see the pads as something beyond nasty-when you think about how many humans have this in common...how could it be so awful?" -Jessica Larson
Combining interests in anthropology, abstraction, and Kiki's Smith's art involving the female body, Jessica Larson's new series mines issues of taboos and attraction vs. repulsion. Turning the traditional conception of embroidery work on its head, Woman Troubles begs the question, "can something be so ugly that it's beautiful?"
above:
Woman Troubles, 2014 (detail)
Embroidery floss, silk taffeta
Image editing in Photoshop and Illustrator, inkjet printing, digitized machine embroidery, hand stitching
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Joan Mondale Gallery
Through August 16
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The Other Green Line
Announcing a creative exploration of natural history along the Green Line. Multiple events this summer will introduce the public to natural history along the new light rail line. Supported by Irrigate, artist and botanist Sarah Nassif is making 1,000 copies of The Other Green Line Field Book available free at local businesses along the Green Line. The public is invited to engage with local businesses, including the Textile Center, when they stop in to get a copy of the book which includes maps of self-guided nature walks and blank pages for drawing. The first guided nature-themed foray is this Saturday, July 19, 2014. Meet up with Sarah at Bedlam Theatre Lowertown at 11:00 a.m. She will share about area geology before leading a walking foray to observe and draw rocks and fossils hidden in plain sight in Lowertown. To learn more and register: www.TheOtherGreenLine.com
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Crochet Twin Cities meetup
Saturday, July 26, 8 am - noon Bruegger's Bagels Southtown http://crochettwincities.blogspot.com/Join us at this month's informal meetup - a chance to chat and crochet and maybe have a cup of coffee or a bite to eat. See our website for more details - be sure to check out our Meeting Calendar page for other upcoming events. If you have questions about our group, send to [email protected]
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Weaving in Finland: Historical Weave Structures and Contemporary Expression
Saturday August 2, 2 pm
Conference Room, American Swedish Institute (Entrance off the Fika Cafe)
Free with admission to the American Swedish Institute
Copresented with the Weavers Guild of MN
Meet and greet Siiri Korhonen, a Finnish weaver and a visiting artist at the American Swedish Institute from August 6-16. During her residency she will be weaving a contemporary ryijy in the galleries of the ASI mansion, complementing the current exhibit, "The Living Tradition of Ryijy - Finnish Rugs and their Makers." At this lecture, co-sponsored by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota and the American Swedish Institute, Siiri will introduce four iconic Finnish woven interior products: Raanu, Ryijy, T�k�n� and K�spaikka. She will survey their function, technique, design, and contemporary status.
Before or after the lecture, be sure to visit the 53 ryijy rugs hung throughout the ASI Mansion. Compare the oldest pieces, filled with folk symbols, to strongly graphic mid-century modern ryijys, to the most modern piece (Is that a bra strap in the pile?).
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Diaspora, a fashion show
Saturday, August 16th, 8 - 11 pm The Lab Theater, 700 N 1st St, Minneapolis Cost: $50, VIP $80 Diaspora is a unique approach to history through the fashion lens. Through the incorporation and inclusion of diverse design talent, models, music, and art, the show will recognize the shared past and variety within the African diaspora, as well as provide a clear vision for the future. http://www.thelabtheater.org/#!fashion-event--diaspora/c2iq
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Position Announcement: Youth Fashion Design Artist Mentor
Part-time, 20-hours per week, Salaried Position - 3 � Year Assignment*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Under general supervision of the Arts Integration Specialist, the Youth Fashion Design Artist Mentor is a professional, practicing teaching artist and is responsible for the development, direction and management of Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota's Youth Fashion Design program. The Artist Mentor will collaborate with the Arts Initiative team to design and implement a rich program focused on youth-designed fashion and relevant pop culture styles and themes. This artist has the distinct opportunity through this program to be a significant thought leader to move the field of arts programming for tweens forward nationwide. Complete an on-line employment application at www.bgcmn.org and submit a cover letter and resume. Application materials may also be emailed to [email protected].
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Textile Society of America 14th Biennial Symposium
September 10 - 14, 2014
Los Angeles, CA
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 Art vs Craft...Is there truly something to argue about?
Art Speaks Series: July, 2014
"Over the last five to ten years, museum curators, gallerists, art historians, are all beginning to realize that there is a very, very fine line between the craft medium, and fine arts--to the point where many, many times, it just totally disappears."一Artist Leslie Pontz, when exhibiting in Textile Center's Joan Mondale Gallery March 2014
What makes an artist? Is it having a technical grounding in the creation of work, or in the material being used? Are they born artists, and create work spontaneously, without formal training? Or, is one only considered an artist when they've gained a following and exhibit the art for others to comment on and pronounce them as such? Does one need to sell their art, become known, and be sought after by others?
Most people find such assets as inspiration, training, economics, and philosophy to be key qualifications to being known as an artist. But, consider the lowly spider. She comes from a line of spinners: it is in her genetic make-up, so she spins constantly. Although she spins in hidden places, one day, a human strolls through nature at dawn when the sun is rising and there is dew on the ground and also on the spider's web, and that human is dazzled by the beauty of the spider's work--so intricate and finely crafted--and now exhibited in the open for all to see. Is that craft, or is it art?
Textile Center's Library has several books devoted to this subject. The Bauhaus began before World War I and was terminated by the Nazis in 1933. Many of the survivors came to America and started their own Bauhaus schools. And by the 60s, 70s and 80s a new craft movement began positing that art was more than the rush by consumers to buy cheap goods. They started schools of their own, such as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. More recent publications have stated that 21st century craft is losing its meaning altogether because of technology. Come in and decide for yourself.
Visit Textile Center Pat O'Connor Library and make your own connections with our collection.
Check our website for full version, including extended bibliography. Contributor: Nancy Mambi, Librarian.
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