Gallery & Shop
M - Th ∙ 10 - 7
F - Sa ∙ 10 - 5
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Library
M, W, Th, F ∙ 9 - 1
Tu ∙ 9 - 7
M, Th ∙ 5 - 7
Sat ∙ 12 - 4
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Closed Sundays & Holidays
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2014 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grants
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Apply by Friday, October 17 Funded by a Jerome Foundation 50th Anniversary grant, this program expands opportunities for emerging fiber artists in Minnesota. Four $4500 grants will be awarded to fiber artists to support a wide range of project activities. Information sessions will be held in October. >>MORE
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Calling All Members: A Common Thread 2015
Apply by Thursday, October 23
A Common Thread showcases the exceptional work of Textile Center members. This annual nonjuried exhibition gives every member an opportunity to exhibit in Textile Center galleries. Apply via our online form.
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20 for 20 Artists
Celebrate National Sewing Month with the newest addition to the best-selling series: Little One Yard Wonders. Co-authored by Rebecca Yaker, a fiber artist featured in our 20 for 20 exhibition, the book contains 101 delightful projects for babies and kids, with step-by-step illustrated instructions, beautiful close-up photographs, and pattern pieces included. $29.95 (Textile Center Members, $26.96)
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Header Image: Undyed Yarn Hanks
Dying to use your new dyeing skills? The Shop now carries a variety of undyed yarn hanks, made entirely in the USA from Cestari Sheep & Wool Company in Virginia. Coming from a long line of Italian shepherds, owner and founder Francis Chester runs a vertical operation, with its own commercial woolen mill. Even the cotton used is grown in Virginia!
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| Art Speaks Library Series |
This month's Art Speaks edition features the Minnesota State Button Society, whose collection is housed in Textile Center's Library. Established in 1943, the society is dedicated to the collecting and preserving of antique and collectible sewing buttons. One publications included in their collection at the Library is the now out-of-print Just Buttons Magazine, published from 1944 to 1979 by the Just Buttons Museum in Southington, Connecticut. >>More
Visit Textile Center's Library and make your own connections to our collection!
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Want textile books of your own after being inspired by browsing our Library? Buy your own book - or make any kind of purchase - on smile.amazon.com and Amazon will make a donation to the charity of your choice! Simply search for Textile Center on the site and then select it as your favored charity recipient. Choosing Textile Center as your nonprofit partner is a great way to support the Library and all of the many resources here at Textile Center.
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Upcoming Lecture and Workshop with Artist Anna Carlson
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Instructor: Anna Carlson
October 9, 11, 12
Explore the use of cloth as text and text on cloth. Both textiles and texts are objects we cherish, study, and use to communicate with others. Using printing and stitching, participants in this workshop will compare design on the surface of cloth with developing cloth as text itself.>>More information on the lecture and workshop
More on Textile Texts can be found on Anna Carlson's website.
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Textile Center at Hennepin Gallery
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Fish Fish Fish, Ingrid Restemayer (detail)
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Improvisational Sutra II, Ann Hall Richards (detail)
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Through November 21, 2014
Hennepin Gallery
Hennepin County Government Center, A-level, 300 S. Sixth St., Minneapolis
Free and open to the public
This exquisite fiber art exhibition curated by Textile Center features the work of Ann Hall Richards and Ingrid Restemayer. A reception will be held : Thursday, October 23, 5-7 pm. >>More
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Through October 25
Joan Mondale Gallery
20 artists celebrate 20 years of connections, conversations, and collaborations.
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Through October 28
Library Gallery
This exhibition of work from our youth programs was inspired by a student's comment: "Weaving is better than recess!!"
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Through October 25
Community Gallery
Investigating cultural and environmental issues using embroidery on textiles.
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Crochet Twin Cities Meetup
Saturday September 27, 9 AM
@Cafe at Barnes & Noble, HarMar Mall
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. For more information, or upcoming events check our website. Questions? Email us.
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Gallery 1639 Presents Taste of 8
Through September 26
1639 Larpenteur Ave., Saint Paul
A collection of fiberworks by Karie Amstutz, Anna Carlson, Diana Eicher, Marjorie Fedyszyn, Kristin Hoelscher-Shacker, Kristi Kuder, Debra Maertens, and Ann Ribbens. https://www.facebook.com/Gallery1639.
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As part of the Sheep & Fiber Farm 2014 Tour:
Janice Arnold: International Felt Artist
Saturday October 11, 9-5 pm: Workshop with Janice Arnold
Sunday October 12, 1 pm: Presentation & lecture
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Send your news!
To submit an ad or listing to our bi-weekly e-newsletter Textiles on the Town, contact Marketing Director Jenny Jones: [email protected]. It's one of the benefits of membership.
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Functional Fiber Fact
Textile Center spends $1050 each year on toilet paper and paper towels alone. That's what it takes to serve the more than 12,000 people who come through our doors annually!
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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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Your contribution counts! Support our programs by making a donation online.
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SAVE THE DATE: November 6, 5 - 8:30 pm
for our second annual benefit
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Support for Textile Center's Anniversary celebrations
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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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