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HOURS
Shop & Gallery
M-Th ⋄ 10 am - 7 pm
Fri-Sa ⋄ 10 am - 5 pm
Library
M, W, Th, F ⋄ 9 am - 1 pm
Tu ⋄ 9 am - 7 pm
M, Th ⋄ 5 - 7 pm
Sat ⋄ 12 - 4 pm
Closed
Sundays and Holidays
Coming Soon to the Galleries
Leslie Pontz exhibition

In the Shop
Paint Sticks



Shop Special
Celebrate Textile Center's 20th birthday all year with a monthly Shop Special! Textile Center & Guild members: Buy 2 or more Paintstiks, Save 20%. Now through March 31. (Special, $6.20 - $7.56 each; regularly $7.75 - $9.45 each). No other discounts or offers apply to the special offer. 

Featured in header:

New! Eco-dyed, upcycled apparel from Twin Cities fiber artist, Wendie Zekowski. $42 - $78 (Textile Center Members, $37.80 - $70.20)

 

Class Spotlight: March 31
A date offering a glimpse of spring as well as TWO amazing classes
crosshatch
serger
Monday, March 31, 6 pm - 9 pm
Instructor: Robbin Firth

Create your own lattice style scarf or wrap that looks like an open weave of criss-crossed fibers. This technique makes a beautiful scarf that looks complicated, but is easy to learn. We will use merino roving, silk embellishing threads and your own scrap yarn bits to create the design by wet felting with the easy-to-use Palm Washboard.

Monday, March 31, 6 pm - 9 pm
Instructor: Lynn Cooper

Vanquish the scary beast and start working on all those projects that are waiting for you. Bring your serger in good working order, along with its instruction manual and be prepared to get hands on. Lynn will guide you through the what, where and when about threads and threading, tension and getting started with serging - including trying some small projects.

Member News
200s building
The 200's Studio Grand Opening
California Building
Saturday March 8, 12 − 4 pm
2205 California Street
Peggy Kouri (formerly Melrose Antiques) Candy Kuehn, and Marina Wise invite you to Grand Opening of our Studios. Marina is  introducing her artistic and youthful painted, pieced, and repurposed belts, skirts and hybrids. Peggy is showing her antiques, including vintage fabrics, tremendous button collection (Button Club member) and clothing. Candy has her huge painted cloth stash for perusal and on sale (15% off). Come see our beautiful, large open space and sewing rooms.
Minnesota Quilters, Inc. March Meeting
Saturday March 1, 10 am - 1 pm
Eagan High school
4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan, MN 
Just one meeting in March! We will view the quilt show in the library, "Quilt Connections, the 19th Annual Women's History Quilt Exhibit." No charge for visitors at this meeting, or for the lecture and trunk show by Pat Speth, designer and author of Nickel Quilts books and techniques. Information: www.mnquilt.org

Contexture: Textiles by Carolyn Halliday and Kimber Olson 
Through March 7
Anderson Center
163 Tower View Drive
PO Box 406, Red Wing, MN 
A joint exhibition that explores the themes of nature and body that emerges when traditional textile practices are combined with nontraditional materials and found objects. Free and open to the public. Closing reception at 7 pm on March 7 will include Harpist Sarah Swan McDonald playing throughout the evening. More info: http://andersoncenter.org/exhibitionContexture.html 

How To Be a Feminist Artist: Investigations from the Women's Art Institute
Through March 23
St. Catherine University
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery

Exhibition and events free and open to the public. Artists: Hend al-Mansour, Rachel Breen, Kat Corrigan, Nicole Drilling, Camille Gage, Anna Garski, Carolyn Halliday, Sarah Kass, Laurie Phillips, Paige Tighe, Karen Wilcox. More info:  http://news.stkate.edu/articles/feminist_artist2014.html 

Bead Bazaar
Madeleine Island
Art at St. Kate's
Textile Center Members:
Have an exhibition? Win an award? Submit your news for our bi-weekly e-newsletter Textiles on the Town! Contact Jenny at jjones@textilecentermn.org. It's a benefit of membership.
News for Artists
More love! Irrigate extends to Minneapolis. 
Springboard for the Arts is pleased to announce that Irrigate is expanding to include the remainder of the newly constructed Green Line route in Minneapolis, in partnership with the City of Minneapolis' Arts, Culture and Creative Economy program and supported by the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative. Artists, of all disciplines and career stages, who live or work in the Cedar-Riverside, University and Prospect Park neighborhoods are invited to attend a placemaking training workshop and access support for a collaborative project along the line. Workshops are scheduled for Saturdays, March 8 and 22, 9:30 am - 5 pm.

Artists of any level, experience or discipline - who live or work in the new Green Line LRT neighborhoods in Minneapolis - are invited to a complimentary training on placemaking and cross-sector collaboration. Use your creative talents to have an impact on your neighborhood, your local businesses, and the light rail corridor. After completing the training, artists will be eligible to apply for collaborative placemaking project support through a simple and speedy application process.
 
Benefits
� Free training on placemaking and collaboration tools.
� New connections to neighborhood resources and other artists.
� Eligibility to apply for collaborative placemaking project support (up to $1000 per eligible artist/per project up to a maximum of $3,000)

SIGN UP FOR A WORKSHOP here: tinyurl.com/PMworkshops

NOTE: Textile Center is seeking artists to work on projects on site and beyond for the opening of the Green Line. If you are interested, contact Becka Rahn at brahn@textilecentermn.org for more information.
An important reminder for artists from Springboard for the Arts
Get health insurance by April 1, or you'll pay a fine. Minnesota artists: through MNsure.org
There is a legal requirement to have health insurance. You must be insured. Otherwise, when you file your 2014 tax return (due April 15, 2015), you'll pay a fine of 1% of your income or $95, whichever amount is greater.

Questions? Contact Springboard for the Arts! As MNsure Navigators, Springboard can help you understand the requirement and walk you through the application process. For questions or to request a free appointment, visit www.springboardforthearts.org/health.
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