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Library
M-F ∙ 9 am - 1 pm
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Tu ∙ 1 - 7 pm
Sat ∙ 12 - 4 pm
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Thank You for a Great Start to Our Year
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Happy New Year! As we ring in 2015, we celebrate you, our generous Textile Center family. Three months ago we launched a $50,000 fall fundraising campaign, and as of yesterday we exceeded our goal, raising a total of $58,248 from 248 donors. Thank you!
Your support of Textile Center through your time, talent and treasures guarantees that 2015 will be bright. With our new leadership team in place, we look forward to strengthening existing programs and services, as well as launching new artistic initiatives focused on our mission "to honor textile traditions and promote excellence and innovation in fiber art."
As we look ahead to this new year, please don't hesitate to contact me or a member of our Textile Center team with your ideas and feedback about our programming, services, exhibitions, library and creative spaces. We appreciate hearing from you.
Here's to an exciting 2015!
Karl Reichert, Executive Director
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*Special thanks to artist Carolyn Halliday for the term "fiberly."
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 Start out your year by learning a new technique, or enhancing skills in a fiber art you already love. Register online or call 612-436-0464.
dyeing - beading - needlework - sewing - mixed media - felting - technology - knitting - crochet - macrame - millinery
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 Upcoming weekend workshops by Bernadette Mahfood
Micro Macrame Friday, January 16 - Sunday, January 18 When most people hear macram�, they imagine plant hangers and owls - but think beyond. Try the refined, intricate techniques that Mahfood uses in her elegant knotted fiber jewelry. >>More African Helix Friday, February 13 - Sunday, February 15 Learn all you ever wanted to know about this intricate beadweaving technique. >>More |
We've heard from you that work space for your creative projects is at a premium, and so we are pleased to launch a new perk for Textile Center members: Inside the Fiber Studio. Come in out of the cold, spread out, and take advantage of Textile Center's auditorium space at no cost to work on your projects!
- Friday, January 23, 1 - 4 pm.
- Monday, February 2, 3 - 6 pm.
- Wednesday, February 25th, 10 am - 1 pm.
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Join us for treats with coffee, tea, hot chocolate and conversation about the coming year for Textile Center. - Saturday January 24, 2 - 4 pm. Coincides with our What's Growing Here? community felting project.
- Wednesday February 4, 10 am - 12 pm.
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Come One, Come All: Community Felting Project
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Open Felting Project
Saturday, January 24, 1 - 5 pm
@Textile Center, open to all, snacks provided
On a beautiful day last September, 70 community participants young and old rolled up their pants, got a little soapy, and wet-felted a piece of art based on the theme, "What's Growing Here?" Textile Center is opening our doors to help finish it! We'll provide the tools and guidance from artist Marjorie Fedesyzyn, you show up and help us put the finishing touches on this amazing felted piece we will hang in Textile Center. Support provided from Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Springboard for the Arts, and PPERRIA (Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association).
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Member News and Fiber Art Opportunities
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Crochet Twin Cities meeting
Saturday, January 10, noon
Tunisian crochet is a technique that continues to grow in popularity and at this month's meeting we invite beginners and non-beginners to learn more! See our blog for details and be sure to check out our Meeting Calendar page for other upcoming events. If you have questions about this class or our group, send to [email protected]
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Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild Upcoming Events and Classes
January 10-11
Owatonna, MN
Please join us for Cabin Fever Weavin', when Marlys Sowers will teach a few of her baskets and Pam Ihle will teach her Viking Knit Bracelet. To receive email notices, contact Deb Mather.
January 24
Textile Center
Class #1: Nuno Felted Table Runner - Leslie Granbeck
Class #2: Nesting Nantuckets - Shirley Mount
Open Weave Table
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Weavers Guild of MN Upcoming Classes
The Weavers Guild has an enticing line-up of classes in weaving, spinning, and off-loom techniques this winter, including two workshops with tapestry artist Ruth Manning from January 22-25. "Weaving Expressions in Faces," is open to new weavers, experienced weavers who are new to tapestry, and those with years of tapestry experience. Students in her one-day workshop, Handspun Landscape in Tapestry, will use simple frame looms to explore color and texture; it's a perfect way for anyone with a basic understanding of weaving (over-under-over-under) to try out tapestry. (And if you don't have any handspun to spark your image, don't worry! A variety will be provided for you.) As a special incentive to Textile Center members, sign up by January 7 and you will receive the Weavers Guild member price. Call the 612-436-0463 to receive the discount.
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Textile Center Members
Submit your news for our bi-weekly e-newsletter Textiles on the Town. Contact Jenny at [email protected] for specifications. Listings are a benefit of membership!
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Now in its 20th year, Textile Center's mission is to
honor textile traditions and promote excellence and innovation in fiber arts.
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3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Copyright Textile Center � 2015. All Rights Reserved.
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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