NYTM 2025 Single Day Events

Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures
Sep
1
to Sep 30

Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures

In person / Exhibition / Fiber Art

On view all month! The first major museum exhibition spotlighting the artist’s singular vision, "Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures" features monumental hand-formed fiber works alongside a fully immersive recreation of Barnes’s Lower East Side studio in New York City. Barnes’s sculptural landscapes composed of fibers such as merino, yak, alpaca, and silk create a compelling tactile environment in which motion and stillness, as well as strength and fragility, coexist in dynamic tension. Inspired by the slow, persistent forces of nature, Barnes twists, knots, and fuses her materials into sprawling, living forms that sag, climb, and unfurl across the gallery space. Her works pulse with a quiet vitality, inviting viewers into a dialogue between materiality and metamorphosis.

The exhibition’s immersive studio experience meticulously replicates Barnes’s original workspace, a former 19th-century synagogue once home to Abstract Expressionist painter Pat Passlof. Within the space, visitors will encounter a laboratory of creativity: overflowing sacks of colorful fibers, experimental maquettes, geological fragments, and handmade tools bearing the patina of daily use. A self-directed drawing exercise will invite visitors to participate in the same spirit of wonder and material exploration that animates Barnes’s practice.

NOTE: This exhibition is on view through Oct 17, 2026; consult museum website for hours of operations and admissions fees.

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The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) champions contemporary makers across creative fields and presents the work of artists, designers, and artisans who apply the highest level of ingenuity and skill. Since the Museum’s founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated all facets of making and the creative processes by which materials are transformed, from traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies. Today, the Museum’s curatorial program builds upon a rich history of exhibitions that emphasize a cross-disciplinary approach to art and design, and reveals the workmanship behind the objects and environments that shape our everyday lives. MAD provides an international platform for practitioners who are influencing the direction of cultural production and driving twenty-first-century innovation, and fosters a participatory setting for visitors to have direct encounters with skilled making and compelling works of art and design.

madmuseum.org

@madmuseum

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A.MANO Brooklyn - Re-Dye Club
Sep
4
to Sep 30

A.MANO Brooklyn - Re-Dye Club

In person / Pop-up Activation / Dyeing

Drop off your stained or faded garments to be dyed! Jessi Highet and Nina Bowers of Re-Dye Club will take orders and offer one-on-one consultations for dyeing your stained or tired faves to give them a new life.

In person drop off the following times / days: 

Thursday, Sept 4 evening opening (Jessi and Nina) 

Friday, Sept 5 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Nina) 

Saturday, Sept 6 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Nina)

Sunday, Sept 7 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Jessi)

Self drop off:

They will leave info and paper order sheets so people can drop off while we aren’t there and through the full month!

Sept 15 - Sept 30 self drop off available

Picking Up your piece:

All pieces dropped off Sept 4 - Sept 7 can be picked up on Sept 14

Anything dropped off after Sept 7 can be picked up in October or shipped back to the customer.

Jessi Highet Studio is a textile dye shop that specializes in unique application techniques to achieve illustrative effects on garments and home goods. The science and experimentation of dye is ultimately what inspired Jessi to build her business and to come up with new sustainable solutions to common problems within the textile industry.

This brings us to introducing Re-dye Club which Jessi and her collaborator, Nina Bowers devised together as a seasonal program to upcycle home linens and garments to create one-of-a-kind pieces.

jessihighetstudio.com/redye-club

@re_dyeclub


A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

amanobrooklyn.com

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Exploring Natural Fibers from Rwanda and Ghana
Sep
9

Exploring Natural Fibers from Rwanda and Ghana

In person / Workshop / Weaving

Indego Africa has worked with local plant fibers from Rwanda and Ghana for over 17 years. The evening will begin with a brief lecture, followed by a look at various plant manipulations and woven techniques before opening up the opportunity to experiment with raffia embroidery on some of our stock samples. Participants are welcome to shop from our collection on display in our showroom.

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Since 2007 Indego Africa’s Artisan Atelier has created heirloom quality pieces for brands around the world. Our ethical and inclusive supply chain uses local, sustainable materials (Raffia, Banana leaf, Sisal, Palm, Elephant Grass & Sweetgrass) to create home décor and fashion accessories that seamlessly blend heritage craftsmanship with modern design.

As a non-profit, we are dedicated to investing in artisan-owned businesses and the women who run them. Our profits fund skills-based education and vocational programs, arming our partners with the knowledge and tools to become successful entrepreneurs.

indegoafrica.org

@indego_africa

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Live Sashimi x Amin & Nuclear Waste: Mutant Creatures
Sep
10

Live Sashimi x Amin & Nuclear Waste: Mutant Creatures

Online / Exhibition / Crochet

Peiyang (Camille) Li is hosting an online exhibition of her previous marine-themed collections: #1 "Live Sashimi x Aqin" is an ethical fashion collection that raises awareness for the environment and questions the existence of a brutal tradition held in a small village in Japan; #2 "Nuclear Waste: Mutant Creatures" is a fiber art collection which as a warning for pouring the nuclear water into the Pacific Ocean by applying various textile-based craft techniques, such as crochet, machine knitting, etc.

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Peiyang (Camille) Li is a multidisciplinary fashion and textile designer based in New York. She is the recipient of the iF Design Award 2025 and the MUSE Design Award 2023, and was a member of the Female Design Council for her contributions to sustainable development. Blending handcrafted techniques—such as crocheting and ruching—with narrative-driven design, her work is inspired by her background in astrology and her deep interest in oceanic environments. Through tactile, culturally and environmentally reflective textile expressions, she explores emotional storytelling and raises critical ethical questions.

lipeiyang2001.wixsite.com/peiyangli

@camille_010101

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SUGANDHA GUPTA Sensory-Scapes: A Multisensory Textile Exhibit
Sep
10

SUGANDHA GUPTA Sensory-Scapes: A Multisensory Textile Exhibit

  • Positive Exposure Gallery 83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10038 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

SENSORY-SCAPES is a multisensory textile exhibit that engages audiences through the senses and is accessible by design.

Born with albinism, and visually impaired, Sugandha Gupta creates Sensory-Textiles, a collection of textiles and wearables that encourage audiences to engage through touch, sound, smell, and sight.

Gupta is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. Her research is at the intersection of multisensory art, design, and embodied justice.

With over 18 years of experience in the textile industry and an established textile art practice, Gupta’s work is exhibited at The Guggenheim Museum, The Met Museum, UN Headquarters, Hunterdon Art Museum, The American Craft Council, and the Smithsonian Craft Show among other museums and galleries. She has won prestigious awards such as The Dorthy Waxman Textile Prize, International Design Award, and CFDA Design Graduate.

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Positive Exposure, a non profit 501 (c) (3) organization, promotes a more equitable, compassionate world for individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion through art, culture, photography, film, community storytelling, education, and advocacy.

PositiveExposure.org

@positiveexposure

@sugandha.in.here

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Liz Collins at Powerhouse Arts
Sep
11

Liz Collins at Powerhouse Arts

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

Upon entry in the Powerhouse Arts (PHA) Lobby, visitors will encounter Rainbow Mountains: Storm (2024), a work from a series Liz Collins most notably exhibited in La Biennale di Venezia’s 60th International Art Exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque — Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. In the PHA Loft, Tundra Garden, among Collins’s most ambitious installations to date, features nine monumental textile panels spanning over 193 square feet, created in collaboration with The Alpha Workshops at PHA, and complemented by custom furniture by New York maker Dune. The transformed Loft will serve as a public lounge during the Powerhouse: International performing arts festival.

A limited edition print by Collins will be published through PHA’s Print Publishing Program this fall, and the installations themselves will remain on view through December 2025.

In conjunction with this unveiling, PHA is also proud to celebrate the opening of Body Grounds: The Intimacy of Memory, Myth, and Loss, which brings together Lauren Cohen, Stephanie Santana, Jacob Olmedo, and Pacifico Silano—four past artists-in-residence at Ace Hotel, presented through PHA's recent year-long co-curatorial partnership. These artists’ practices examine how personal narrative, identity, and cultural memory are shaped by systems of power, trauma, and resilience. Through humor, mythology, materiality, and loss, each artist navigates and investigates the body as a grounding site—where intimacy is in flux and memory is both a burden and a place of resistance. The exhibition will remain on view through Oct 9, 2025.

RSVP Here

Powerhouse Arts (PHA) is a Brooklyn-based not-for-profit organization committed to creative expression. Their purpose-built facility hosts an extended network of art and fabrication professionals and educators who work together to co-create and share artistic practices vital to the wellbeing of artists and the communities to which they belong.

powerhousearts.org

@powerhouse_arts

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Salt Water Remembers - AIR16 Final Exhibition - Opening
Sep
11

Salt Water Remembers - AIR16 Final Exhibition - Opening

In-Person / Exhibition Opening / Multiple Techniques

Join us on September 11 to celebrate the opening of AIR 16's Final Exhibition, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, at Textile Arts Center (505 Carroll Street, NY, 11215).

On view: September 11 - 24, 2025

Salt Water Remembers features works by the 16th cycle of Textile Arts Center’s Artist In Residence program, curated by TAC + AIR16.

“What we hold close: fiber, pigment, plants, and scraps.

We gather our work into a living vessel, a constellation of materials and gestures that trace what remains. Salt Water Remembers invites us to see through obscurity, to feel in the dark, to move through the silence where history slips away.

This exhibition unfolds as a meditation on memory, inheritance, and the unseen systems that shape and hold us. Stitched constellations, sculpted roots, and ephemeral installations- we illuminate the cycles of decay/renewal, displacement/belonging, concealment/presence.

Our work is shaped by what the world casts off: fruit skins, dyed scraps, artifacts of daily use. These materials trace lineage, loss, and possibility. From corn husks to mycelial threads, each piece resists erasure. What has been overlooked is honored. What has been detached is re-stitched into form.

These works emerge in a moment when the world itself feels precarious, shifting, splintering, circling back. We find ourselves once again in the midst of upheaval. Wars rage, ideologies harden, and the shadows of empire and division creep forward. Historic patterns repeat, in our memory, and in our embodied reality. In light of these forces, we offer remembrance, resilience, and repair. Networks of care thrive beneath the surface, unseen but alive.

We consider the body as archive, language as residue, and nature as collaborator. We reimagine textiles as sites of ritual, landscapes, maps, and tools for bearing witness to gestures both intimate and galactic. Some works consider displacement and the weight of colonial frameworks. Others meander to magic, sensing the invisible through alchemy and intuition. There is grief here, and also reverence. A tenderness in how loss is held and transformed. Each of us offers a different form of storytelling, rooted in lived experience, imagination, in personal myth and communal memory.” - by AIR 16

TAC AIR16: Quinci Baker, Fay Ku, Josué Morales Urbina, Leo Pontius, Malaika Temba, Mark Fleuridor, Faviola Lopez-Romani, Rose Malenfant.

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This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 11th - Sept 24th

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of textiles through creative educational programs for children and adults. At TAC, we unite and empower the textile community and advocate for the handmade by providing accessible, skills-based classes that reinvigorate engagement with traditional crafts.

textileartscenter.com

@textileartscenter

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Art Speaks: The Visual Language of Basketry
Sep
12

Art Speaks: The Visual Language of Basketry

Online / Talk / Basketry

Join Textile Center for a special Art Speaks conversation on “The Visual Language of Basketry” featuring fiber artists Ann Coddington, Carol Eckert, and Pat Hickman in conversation with art historian Dr. Diana Greenwold (Smithsonian) as they explore trends in contemporary basketry.

This online conversation coincides with Basketry Now 2025 (July 29 - October 18, 2025), a special exhibition co-presented by Textile Center of Minnesota and the National Basketry Organization (NBO), and juried by Gyöngy Laky. Showcasing 63 contemporary basketry artists working in a variety of materials including foraged and repurposed, and using numerous techniques including twining, weaving, coiling, looping, netting, and interlacing, the work in Basketry Now 2025 explores early traditions of making as well as sculptural forms that push the category of basketry in new directions.

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Textile Center is a national center for fiber art based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our mission is to honor textile traditions, promote excellence and innovation, nurture appreciation, and inspire widespread participation in fiber art. Textile Center offers classes and related educational programming for all ages, levels, and abilities. In addition to our classroom spaces, Textile Center’s facility features fiber art galleries with rotating exhibitions, an artisan shop which supports working artists, a 300-seat auditorium, a professional-grade dye lab, a natural dye plant garden, and the Pat O’Connor Library, one of the nation’s largest circulating textile libraries open to the public.

www.textilecentermn.org

@textilecentermn

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Fiber in Focus: Textile and Fiber Art at TI Art Studios
Sep
12

Fiber in Focus: Textile and Fiber Art at TI Art Studios

In person / Open Studio / Multiple Techniques

"Fiber in Focus," a three-day open studio event at TI Art Studios, will showcase textile and fiber art. Located in an expansive studio building at the edge of Brooklyn's Red Hook and Gowanus neighborhoods, the event offers an opportunity to explore the vibrant world of working fiber artists.

This event provides a unique chance to delve into the diverse and intricate world of fiber art by visiting the individual studios of six dedicated artists, each with a distinct approach and a variety of mediums.

- Natale Adgnot is a sculptor who uses mixed media, including fabrics, horsehair, and thermoplastics, to create fiber and textile sculptures.
- Nicholas Cueva's work is a multifaceted exploration of fabrics in the context of visual information and compression, expanding on the texture and pattern of different weaves.
- Sandra Giunta, inspired by the natural world, creates felted and stitched sculptural pieces with wool and other natural fibers to highlight interconnectedness and biiophilia.
- Kathie Halfin weaves sustainable materials such as sisal, flax, and hand-spun paper to create tactile sculptures rooted in weaving and basket-making traditions.
- Elise Putnam draws on fabric using crayon, dye, collage, appliqué, and embroidery to create exaggerated self-portraits that reflect familiar characterizations of women, such as fairy tale characters and art historical figures.
- Melissa Zexter combines traditional embroidery skills with photography, sewing directly onto her unique photographs. Through her manipulation of the image’s surface, the photographs become unique, non-reproducible objects.

Visitors are invited to witness works in progress and gain insight into the creative process, from initial concept to detailed execution. This event is a chance to engage directly with the artists, discuss their unique practices, and learn firsthand about the dedication and skill involved in their craft.

Dates and Hours:

Friday, Sept 12, 2025: 6:00–8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Sept 13–14, 2025: 12:00–5:00 PM

No registration required

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 12th - Sept 14th

TI Art Studios presents a vibrant collective of six textile artists, all working within our dynamic community of many resident artists. As exhibitors for New York Textile Month, we're excited to offer visitors a unique opportunity to step directly into our working studios. You'll witness a diverse range of fiber art come to life, from the intricate textures sewing and weaving to the delicate stitches of embroidery and the fluid forms of wet felting. Our unique approaches to fiber mediums reflect the rich tapestry of artistic talent fostered at TI Art Studios, offering a compelling and immersive experience for all attendees.

@natale_adgnot
@nicholascueva
@sangiunta
@eclectic_body
@putnamelise
@MelissaZexter

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COVER Connect New York
Sep
13

COVER Connect New York

  • Metropolitan Pavilion and The Altman Building (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Fair / Weaving

COVER Connect New York is an annual trade show for high-end rug brands, curated and hosted by COVER magazine, held in central Manhattan. The show is a firm favourite on the calendars of buyers, gallerists, retailers and design studios and the 2025 edition will feature a lineup of forty-five international rug and carpet companies, demonstrating the most creative, artisan-made weaving on the market today. The exhibitors have been carefully selected to complement one another, and to ensure a wide variety of production and styles will be available, under one roof.

The nine newcomers for 2025 are Kaleen, Ölker Rugs, Couristan, Via Star Rugs, The New England Collection, Service Buddy, Sattar Rugs, Pacific Collection and Outalux. Returning brands include Rug & Kilim, Tamarian, Samad Rugs, French Accents, Kirkit Rugs, Lapchi, Paulig, New Moon, Knots Rugs, Jaipur Rugs, Sumaq Alpaca, Creative Matters, Zollanvari, Battilossi, Momeni, Sergio Mannino and Wool & Silk.

The show promotes the extraordinary and timeless potential of woven flooring, from the traditional Persian or Turkish rug to ultra-modern art pieces and everything between. Expect to find beautiful handcrafted rugs from around the world.

Saturday, Sept 13, 2025: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, Sept 14, 2025: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Monday, Sept 15, 2025: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Register Here

Since the first edition in 2021 COVER Connect New York has expanded with steady momentum, increasing the breadth of products offered by attracting more top-level dynamic exhibitors. The show is curated and hosted by COVER magazine—a quarterly, international magazine at the heart of the world of contemporary handmade rugs. COVER celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 and the special anniversary issue will be available at the fifth edition of COVER Connect New York.

thecoverconnect.com/newyork

@cover.connect

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Create Your Own one of a kind soft sculpture
Sep
13

Create Your Own one of a kind soft sculpture

  • Tamar studio in Brooklyn: Ground Floor , Through lower gate (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Workshop / Stitching

Join Tamar for a hands-on workshop where you’ll design and create your own one-of-a-kind 'soft sculpture' — whether it's an amazing creature, or a patchworked object.

The process begins with conceptualizing your piece. Then sketching it out and planning the shape and size of your piece. We’ll discuss how to edit your ideas, choose a color pallette and materials, and bring your object to life with personality and charm.

Tamar will guide you how to build a soft sculpture and construct a three-dimensional form by cutting, sewing, patching, stitching, stuffing, and adding sculptural details. There will be the option of sewing by hand or machine depending on your preference.

You’ll also have the option to embellish your creation with embroidery, beads, and other charming decorative elements like pompoms or fringing.

We will also have a guest artist - Jann Cheifitz of luckyfish who will bring with her some of her dyed fabrics and will explain a little working with printing and painting with textile inks, markers and dyes onto fabrics in an intuitive, painterly way using freehand techniques and some simple silk screen designs.

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Recognized for her original soft objects, Tamar Mogendorff is an artist and designer residing in Brooklyn, New York. Tamar creates one-of-a-kind textile sculptures, home goods such as pillows and rugs, prop objects for stores and theatre sets among other. Tamar has collaborated with brands such as Liberty London, The Neue Galerie, ABC Carpet & Home, Children's Museum of the Arts, Han Feng Gallery (NY), Indigo-Africa Project, Anthropologie and many more.

tamarmogendorff.com

@tamar.mogendorff

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Carbon Farm Tour
Sep
13

Carbon Farm Tour

In person / Farm Tour and Talk / Textile Industry

Join New York Textile Lab for another Carbon Farm Tour! Experience this hands-on, educational event exploring how textile sourcing can positively impact climate change and regional economies.

What to expect:
Farm Tour & Alpaca Visit:
Take a guided tour of Faraway Farm Alpacas and see sustainable farming practices in action! See their compost system and learn about soil amendment. Get up close to the alpacas and explore their role in regenerative agriculture.

Meet Industry Innovators:
Connect with leaders from the agriculture, design, and manufacturing industries who are driving the shift toward regenerative, climate-beneficial models in the regional textile sector.

Climate Beneficial Textile Displays:
Discover how textiles can help the climate and explore Climate Beneficial Verified textile products.

Carbon Farming Talk:
Hear from Fibershed's Climate Beneficial System's Director Mary Kate Randolph about Carbon Farm Planning protocols.

Expert Q&A Panel - Engage in a lively discussion with experts on topics such as:
o Carbon sequestration practices on the farm
o How farm management influences fiber quality
o Regional fiber cultivation, processing, and manufacturing
o Building a farm-to-product supply chain focused on slow growth and bio regionalism
o Organizing cooperative economic models to uplift small businesses
o Strategies for growing a socially and environmentally equitable textile industry.

Refreshments:
Light fare and beverages provided by Marbled.

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NYTL is a design and consulting company offering products and services that support Carbon Farming practices. They create yarns and textiles that link designers with local fiber producers and mills. We help build a diverse, regenerative textile supply ecosystem, empowering designers to make socially and environmentally responsible choices.

Their textiles are made with fibers grown on healthy, climate-beneficial soils in our region and crafted by transparent, ethical, and local mills.

They believe textile production should thrive through regenerative, collaborative systems, not extraction or scarcity. Connect with NY Textile Lab and be part of a regenerative textile economy.

newyorktextilelab.com

@nytextilelab

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A.MANO Brooklyn - Dr Mend’s Surgery with Kate Sekules
Sep
13

A.MANO Brooklyn - Dr Mend’s Surgery with Kate Sekules

In person / Pop-up Activation / Stitching

Kate Sekules of Visible Mend will be in attendance as Dr. Mend, prescribing “mendication” with custom Rx for your injured clothes. Learn mending techniques in a one to one consultation.

No registration required.

KATE SEKULES

Kate Sekules is a mending and fashion historian, professor, and practitioner. She lectures widely, runs frequent events and repair clinics, including Dr Mend’s clothes surgeries and the monthly Darn It! club at Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, and hosts #MendMarch on Instagram. She has published and presented academic research at over two dozen symposia internationally, is completing her doctoral dissertation, A History and Theory of Mending at Bard Graduate Center, NYC, and teaches fashion history—and mending—at Pratt Institute, Parsons and BGC. She is author of MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto (Penguin, 2020)

@visiblemend


A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

amanobrooklyn.com

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Workshop: Zero Waste Embellished Textile Jewelry
Sep
13

Workshop: Zero Waste Embellished Textile Jewelry

In person / Workshop / Jewelry

In this hands-on workshop, participants will examine the joy of creating imaginative, colorful necklaces and earrings by juxtaposing textile remnants and beads originating from Hatsumi Yoshida’s collection Suna made in Bali, Indonesia.

Instructor: Hatsumi Yoshida and Mary Jaeger (studiosuna.com, stores.maryjaeger.com

Workshop: $75   Materials: $25

Maximum of 20 participants.

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"The core of my work is inspired by my passion for color, texture, pattern, and handcrafted details." — Mary Jaeger

Mary Jaeger's work is about modern elegance and rich traditions. Uncluttered textiles and accessories reflect her aesthetic, melding ancient Eastern and contemporary Western design. Drawing on years spent in Japan and other areas of Asia and Europe, she creates timeless collections of hand-dyed textiles for wearable accessories and interiors that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions. 

@maryjaeger_ny

“I want my clothing to enhance the self-expression of those who wear them” — Hatsumi Yoshida

Hatsumi Yoshida is committed to the creative activity of making clothing and accessories. Her unique textiles and bold, supple designs create a one-of-a-kind presence, drawing admirers from both men and women alike. Hatsumi’s work has been exhibited across Japan, New York and Jakarta, captivating audiences and inviting them to discover a new version of themselves, conscious of sustainable materials and upcycling.

@hatsumiyoshida122

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NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER
Sep
13

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

Scandinavia House, in partnership with New York Textile Month, is pleased to present the second iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a weekend exhibition, program, and workshop highlighting contemporary Nordic textiles. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery, the program includes artist talks and curator walkthrough, a reception, and hands-on workshops. The weekend program will also highlight work from recent textile art graduates from Textilhögskolan Borås.

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER is a Nordic textile collaboration project co-curated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US), Director of New York Textile Month, and Emily Stoddart (CA), manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House, New York. Support has been provided by the Icelandic Craft Council.

Program Schedule:
Saturday, September 13—$5 (free for ASF Members) for all events

2:00 PM: Artist Talk: Randi Samsonsen (Faroe Islands)

2:30 PM: Artist Talk: Juha Vehmaanperä (Finland)

3:00 PM: Curator walkthrough of the exhibition in the Scandinavia House Galleries

4:00 - 6:00 PM: Reception

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Interwoven: Nordic Knits & Crochet in Contemporary Art and Design

Exhibition in three parts

Knitting and crochet have long been woven into the cultural fabric of the Nordic countries. Rooted in centuries of tradition, these skills are commonly learned from a young age, still part of school curriculums today. Once essential for making warm garments to endure long winters, they are now passed on as a cultural tradition, keeping the craft alive across generations.

Knitting with yarn began to appear in contemporary art in the 1960s and 70s, during the rise of the fiber art movement. This period challenged the traditional hierarchy that placed crafts such as knitting in the realm of “low art” beneath painting or sculpture. Within a wave of feminist practice, knitting and crochet shifted from the domestic sphere into the realm of creative and political expression, becoming tools for storytelling, resistance, and experimentation.

Today, Nordic artists and designers continue to push this legacy forward, expanding the possibilities of textile-making beyond its utilitarian roots. Their works explore form, structure, and surface, sometimes embracing traditional techniques, sometimes dismantling them to invent new approaches. Materials range from repurposed yarns and recycled fibers to unconventional elements such as horsehair and algae-based wool, harvested from Nordic waters.

In this exhibition, design and art are presented side by side, offering a lens into the many expressions of this age-old method. Knitting becomes more than a craft, it is a way of thinking, a tactile archive of heritage, and a continually evolving art form and innovation for new fashion materials. Here, interwoven histories and contemporary voices meet in each loop and knot, connecting the past to the present, necessity to imagination, and tradition to radical reinvention.

Featuring: Isabel Berglund (Denmark), Álfrún Pálmadóttir (Iceland), Ása Bríet (Iceland), Asta Gudmundsdottir (Iceland), Randi Samsonsen (Faroe Islands), Astrid and Kamilla – Threads of Fate (Denmark), Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (Iceland), Högna Sól Thorkelsdóttir (Iceland), Olivia Maj Ballentyne (Sweden), Halla Ármansdottir (Iceland), Juha Vehmaanperä (Finland), Kiyoshi Yamamoto (Norway), Karlssonwilker, Inc. (Iceland/New York).

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City Hide and Seek
Sep
14

City Hide and Seek

Online / Exhibition / Knitting

Developed from the City Hide-and-Seek series, this collection draws on cultural details observed in Quanzhou—from rooftop brick patterns to fisherwomen’s accessories—translated into ceramic motifs. The artist created and fired ceramic elements to reinterpret these patterns, then used monofilament yarn and fine-gauge knitting techniques such as pocket and inlay to embed the ceramics within the fabric. This creates a delicate overlay that maintains the visibility of the ceramic designs while introducing the fluidity of textiles.

The resulting double-layer structure supports the ceramics both visually and structurally, forming a lightweight surface enriched by colours and patterns that reflect Quanzhou’s maritime culture. The making process, which embraced natural shrinkage and occasional breakage during firing, became integral to the collection’s narrative, highlighting how innovation can arise from respecting material behaviour and merging traditional crafts with contemporary design.

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Jing Li is a textile designer graduated from Central Saint Martins BA textile. She is deeply influenced by her cultural roots, she blends traditional crafts with a modern design through storytelling and techniques. She also focuses on the dynamic interaction between materials and techniques. For Jing, textile is a thread that connects cultural heritage and personal memories. Throughout her creative process, unexpected memories and experience lead her to learn to embrace a wabi-sabi sensibility which brings unique character and warmth to her works.

@Itscooleeguy_

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NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER - Workshops
Sep
14

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER - Workshops

In person / Workshop / Multiple Techniques

Scandinavia House, in partnership with New York Textile Month, is pleased to present the second iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a weekend exhibition, program, and workshop highlighting contemporary Nordic textiles. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery, the program includes artist talks and curator walkthrough, a reception, and hands-on workshops. The weekend program will also highlight work from recent textile art graduates from Textilhögskolan Borås.

NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER is a Nordic textile collaboration project co-curated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US), Director of New York Textile Month, and Emily Stoddart (CA), manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House, New York. Support has been provided by the Icelandic Craft Council.

Sunday, September 14

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Crochet Hot Dog Workshop with Randi Samsonsen; $25 ($20 ASF Members)
Join Faroese artist Randi Samsonsen on a crochet journey of the hot dog, a long-beloved NYC staple! There are endless possibilities to use left-over yarns. Read more here.

12:00 - 3:00 PM: The Extravagant Bloom Brooch Workshop with Heidi Hankaniemi; $25 ($20 ASF Members)
Join textile and performance artist Heidi Hankaniemi on a quest to repurpose vintage embroideries and sew a brooch on a backing of industrial felt with a brooch clasp.

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Workshop with Juha Vehmaanperä; $25 ($20 ASF Members)

12:00 - 5:00 PM: Open Gallery Hours; free

left photo: Randi Samsonsen; center photo: Heidi Hankaniemi; right photo: Juha Vehmaanperä

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What’s Going On: Topics & Trends / Makers & Markets II
Sep
14

What’s Going On: Topics & Trends / Makers & Markets II

In person / Talk / Multiple Techniques

Integrating Textiles for Fashion & Interiors
There is an explosion in textile awareness and appreciation currently happening on a global scale - from MoMA to the Venice Biennale, from University and designer runways to the MET to the V&A. Come hear and participate as idea leaders and established practitioners reflect on issues around making and marketing the handmade: sourcing, production, circularity, AI impact on IP and the constant shape-shifting of contemporary style.

Host: Mary Jaeger – Textile Design: Fashion & Interiors   stores.maryjaeger.com 

Moderator: Leesa Hubbell - Textile Arts Journalist / Educator  linkedin.com/in/leesahubbell

Panelists: experts in various textile fields, will differ at each event

Join us also for another panel on Sunday, Sept 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM

September 14

Jean Stone - Co-Founder, Idiosyncratic Fashionistas; Influencer

Ana Lisa Hedstrom - Renowned Artist/Educator working in shibori techniques; ACC Fellow

Sharon Graubard - Fashion Forecaster w/ international following; Founder/Director of SG Files

Ollie Hongji Li - Artist/Designer Working in Textile Media + LGBTQ Issues | Parsons MFA

From left to right: Ollie Hongji Li, Jean Stone wearing Mary Jaeger, Ana Lisa Hedstrom

Meet the Speakers

“Fabric and color are the paint and clay of fashion.” - Sharon Graubard

Fashion Forecaster w/ international following | Founder/Director of SG Files
Sharon Graubard 
is known for her spot-on predictions and engaging trend narratives that have earned her work an international clientele of major and niche brands. Most recently, Sharon launched SG Files, a boutique forecasting and consulting service that identifies evolving trends and places them at the intersection of culture, socio-politics, art/craft and shifting consumer values.

thesgfiles.com/new-page   linkedin.com/in/graubardsharon   @the_sg_files

"Ignore society's stereotype of 'women of a certain age'! We are not dead and we are not invisible!" - Jean Stone

Co-Founder, Idiosyncratic Fashionistas | Influencer

Jean Stone, at age 75, is 1/2 of the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas, NYC style bloggers since 2009 and Instagram influencers since 2013, "setting a bad, bad example for older women - and people of any age - everywhere!" In May 2025, the IFs spoke at the UN Fashion and Lifestyle Network 2nd Annual Meeting, emphasizing vintage fashion, clothing and textiles as truly sustainable fashion: "maintain, sustain, retain, recycle, reuse, repurpose!"

@idiosyncraticfashionistas

“Using hand-spun wool and naturally dyed hemp, I love expanding fiber’s limitless and expressive sculptural possibilities.” - Ollie Hongli Li

Artist/Designer Working in Textile Media + LGBTQ Issues | Parsons MFA 2023
Ollie Hongji Li
 creates textile sculptures through knotting, knitting, crochet, spinning, and natural dyes, drawing inspiration from nature and religion. His work reimagines the yin–yang dichotomy to question gender roles, power, and patriarchy, shaped by his experience growing up in China and navigating life as a gay man. A recipient of Surface Design Association’s Creative Promise Award, he is currently a Bandung Residency artist with the Asian American Arts Alliance and the Museum of the African Diaspora.

olliehongjili.format.com   @ollie_must_create

“My craft is a conversation with cloth. How does a substrate allow dye to penetrate folds, to wick, to separate colors? More than often the cloth talks back in unanticipated ways. Working with materials as diverse as sheer silk, canvas, paper, and wool felt has kept me engaged and curious...essential for an artisan and artist.” - Ana Lisa Hedstrom

Renowned Bay Area Artist-Educator working in Shibori | ACC Fellow

Ana Lisa Hedstrom creates abstract and geometric patterns developed from the techniques of Japanese Shibori. In addition to being exhibited internationally, her signature textiles and fashion are in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Museum of Craft & Design, De Young Museum and Racine Art Museum. She has received two NEA grants and has taught at SF State University, California College of Art, Penland, Haystack, Pacific Northwest Art Center and at many textile arts conferences.

analisahedstrom.com

"The core of my work is inspired by my passion for color, texture, pattern, and handcrafted details." — Mary Jaeger

Mary Jaeger's work is about modern elegance and rich traditions. Uncluttered textiles and accessories reflect her aesthetic, melding ancient Eastern and contemporary Western design. Drawing on years spent in Japan and other areas of Asia and Europe, she creates timeless collections of hand-dyed textiles for wearable accessories and interiors that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions. 

@maryjaeger_ny stores.maryjaeger.com

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Textiles on Film
Sep
14

Textiles on Film

  • 167 Wilson Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11237 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Film Screening / Multiple Techniques

Textiles on Film is a collection of short textile-related films curated by Jasmin Risk. The ubiquity of textiles is threaded through films that range from digitally animated lace, explorations of folk and indigenous craft, scrap fabric arrangements, the power of clothing to express butch identity, weaving tradition, knitted animation, and more.

Films:

2007 - 2022 at 239 Ingraham Street, María-Elena Pombo, 03m03s

Virágom, virágom, Anna Járai, 10m

The Threads that Hold the Earth Together, Dominique Bartels, 3m01s

Matriz, Film by Francisco echo Eraso with Cinematography by Devin Utah and Sound score by Jess Saldaña, 5m31s

Black Beauty in the Garden Film, Jadea Knight, 1m20sec

Interview with Sydney, Lillian van Veen, 3m30s

The Circle of life, Milan Zulic, 3m31s

Trama de Piedra (Stone Weave), Nicolas Angel Gomez Luque / Diana Marcela Murcia-Molina 7m20s

Trouble at the Mill, Meech, Sam Meech, 1m

The Braided Hands, Elisa Lutteral, 1m59s

No registration required.

Jasmin Risk is a NY-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. Their work has been exhibited and performed at Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (NY), The Zetland Basement (UK), Recession Art (Brooklyn), Dixon Place (NY), Dye House 451 (UK), The Glasshouse (NY), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn), among others. Risk’s work is featured in numerous publications, including Girls Get Busy Zine and Luma Quarterly. Risk earned their BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons in 2016, and their MFA in Textiles at Parsons in 2023. Risk is a recipient of the 2022 MFA Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) scholarship.

jasminrisk.com

@jasminriskstudio

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Natural World and An Exhibition of Indigo Shibori Tapestries
Sep
15

Natural World and An Exhibition of Indigo Shibori Tapestries

  • Tavern on the Green in Central Park New York, NY, 10023 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Multiple Activities / Dyeing

Join Next Gen Ai-shi (Japanese indigo farmer/ sukumo maker) Kenta Watanabe to get your hands blue with Japanese Sukumo Indigo. Make a shibori tenugui (Japanese bandana) with artist David Salama. Visit our Indigo Shibori Tapestries Exhibition with works by international artists including 22 Japanese masters.

MORNING WORKSHOPS
* Shibori Workshop and Dyeing in Japanese Sukumo Indigo
* Japanese Sukumo Indigo Vat Making: A Tokushima, Japan tradition using wood ash, shell lime, and wheat bran to feed microorganisms-- A Talk and Demonstration

AFTERNOON TEA WITH TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
* Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arranging
* The Art of Tea: Fresh Herbals, Sencha, Hojicha, Bancha, Oolong
* Sukumo Indigo Starter Kit and Goods Pop-up

Register Here

The World Shibori Network Foundation (WSNF) endeavors to preserve and revitalize Japanese Shibori and diverse textile craft heritage techniques practiced across the globe. We support research, create opportunities for exhibitions and networking, and connect makers with markets. We curate culturally immersive educational travel programs, workshops, and local events on a global level–in Berkeley, San Francisco, Minneapolis, NYC, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, the UK, and beyond. Our signature International Shibori Symposia, begun in 1992, convenes for its 12th time in September 2026 in Basel, Switzerland.

We invite you to be a part of the next global fiber arts revival that recognizes diversity in our communities.

www.shibori.org

@worldshiborinetwork

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Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread I
Sep
16

Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread I

In person / Workshop / Entwining (絡む)

Step into a rare world of touch and expression through silk—the material said to be closest to human skin.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with mawata, a delicately hand-pulled silk floss that is both ethereal and strong. Using a wooden frame as your canvas, you'll stretch and layer natural-dyed silk fibers in an intuitive, meditative process called “Entwining”—a technique developed by Remnant & Co. that draws on the inherent elasticity of silk to create texture, movement, and emotion.

Let the fibers reflect your inner landscape.
As you layer and stretch, unexpected forms emerge—like painting with light and memory.
Final Artwork: A 90cm × 30cm expressive silk shawl, completely unique to your hand and heart.
 All materials naturally dyed, inspired by IZUKURA’s philosophy of zero waste and the beauty of imperfection.
Each participant receives a complimentary copy of The Philosophy of Akihiko IZUKURA.

Reserve your place for this one-of-a-kind creative experience.

No previous experience necessary—just a spirit of curiosity.
Max: 10 people
 Duration: 2 hours
 Fee: $150


Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025: 3:00–5:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 17, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM
Thursday, Sept 18, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM

Register Here

Remnant&Co.
On the sudden announcement of the retirement of Akihiko Izukura, a natural dyeing and weaving artist in the summer of 2021, Remnant & Co. continues to plan and organize exhibitions related to Izukura's creations, unique exhibits and events that convey his ideas and philosophy, workshops, and educational activities for SDGs education in Japan and abroad.

@remnant_japan

remnant-japan.com

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Interlacing and Intermingling: A Workshop and Tour of FIT's Weaving and Knitting Lab
Sep
16

Interlacing and Intermingling: A Workshop and Tour of FIT's Weaving and Knitting Lab

In person / Workshop / Weaving

Join us at FIT's campus in Chelsea for a hands-on weaving workshop and a tour of the Weaving and Knitting Lab, hosted by the Textile Development and Marketing Department. We will begin by exploring the lab space and learning about the various looms and knitting machines that are housed at FIT. Following the tour, attendees will learn to operate one of our 8-harness table looms to weave using recycled fabric strips. Each person will walk away with their own woven sample, a wonderful example of FIT’s commitment to sustainability and material exploration. Attendees will also get to view "Farm to Fabric," the curated work of TDM senior capstone students, on display in one of our exhibition spaces.

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The Textile Development and Marketing (TDM) program at FIT takes you from fiber to finished product, through all aspects of the industry, from knitting and weaving to dyeing and finishing to performance textiles. We focus on critical issues like sustainability and biodesign and analyze textiles in our state-of-the-art lab.

fitnyc.edu/academics/academic-divisions/business-and-technology/tdm/index.php

@fittextiledevelopmentmktg

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Intro to (Upcycled) Knitting
Sep
16

Intro to (Upcycled) Knitting

  • 253 36th Street Brooklyn, NY, 11232 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Workshop / Knitting

Join Next Season for an evening of knitting with reclaimed yarn. For those new to knitting, arrive early for a beginner-friendly lesson covering knitting basics like casting on and garter stitch, and how to make a simple and colorful scarf out of scrap yarn. More experienced knitters can drop in with their own projects or start something new using our provided materials.

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Anne Warren is the founder of upcycled knitwear brand Next Season. A long time hand-knitter, she started Next Season in 2024 as means to explore remanufacturing and circular systems for fashion. Next Season knitwear is made by hand in Brooklyn with a domestic knitting machine, using yarn reclaimed from old, damaged sweaters along with deadstock and scraps.

nextseason.nyc

@nextseason.nyc

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Natural World and An Exhibition of Indigo Shibori Tapestries II
Sep
17

Natural World and An Exhibition of Indigo Shibori Tapestries II

  • Tavern on the Green in Central Park New York, NY, 10023 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Multiple Activities / Dyeing

Join Next Gen Ai-shi (Japanese indigo farmer/ sukumo maker) Kenta Watanabe to get your hands blue with Japanese Sukumo Indigo. Make a shibori tenugui (Japanese bandana) with artist David Salama. Visit our Indigo Shibori Tapestries Exhibition with works by international artists including 22 Japanese masters.

MORNING WORKSHOPS
* Shibori Workshop and Dyeing in Japanese Sukumo Indigo
* Japanese Sukumo Indigo Vat Making: A Tokushima, Japan tradition using wood ash, shell lime, and wheat bran to feed microorganisms-- A Talk and Demonstration

AFTERNOON TEA WITH TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
* Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arranging
* The Art of Tea: Fresh Herbals, Sencha, Hojicha, Bancha, Oolong
* Sukumo Indigo Starter Kit and Goods Pop-up

Register Here

The World Shibori Network Foundation (WSNF) endeavors to preserve and revitalize Japanese Shibori and diverse textile craft heritage techniques practiced across the globe. We support research, create opportunities for exhibitions and networking, and connect makers with markets. We curate culturally immersive educational travel programs, workshops, and local events on a global level–in Berkeley, San Francisco, Minneapolis, NYC, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, the UK, and beyond. Our signature International Shibori Symposia, begun in 1992, convenes for its 12th time in September 2026 in Basel, Switzerland.

We invite you to be a part of the next global fiber arts revival that recognizes diversity in our communities.

www.shibori.org

@worldshiborinetwork

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Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread II
Sep
17

Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread II

In person / Workshop / Entwining (絡む)

Step into a rare world of touch and expression through silk—the material said to be closest to human skin.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with mawata, a delicately hand-pulled silk floss that is both ethereal and strong. Using a wooden frame as your canvas, you'll stretch and layer natural-dyed silk fibers in an intuitive, meditative process called “Entwining”—a technique developed by Remnant & Co. that draws on the inherent elasticity of silk to create texture, movement, and emotion.

Let the fibers reflect your inner landscape.
As you layer and stretch, unexpected forms emerge—like painting with light and memory.
Final Artwork: A 90cm × 30cm expressive silk shawl, completely unique to your hand and heart.
 All materials naturally dyed, inspired by IZUKURA’s philosophy of zero waste and the beauty of imperfection.
Each participant receives a complimentary copy of The Philosophy of Akihiko IZUKURA.

Reserve your place for this one-of-a-kind creative experience.

No previous experience necessary—just a spirit of curiosity.
Max: 10 people
 Duration: 2 hours
 Fee: $150


Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025: 3:00–5:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 17, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM
Thursday, Sept 18, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM

Register Here

Remnant&Co.
On the sudden announcement of the retirement of Akihiko Izukura, a natural dyeing and weaving artist in the summer of 2021, Remnant & Co. continues to plan and organize exhibitions related to Izukura's creations, unique exhibits and events that convey his ideas and philosophy, workshops, and educational activities for SDGs education in Japan and abroad.

@remnant_japan

remnant-japan.com

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Haptic Memory: Ellen Dynebrink, Mariana Vidal Escabi, and Natalie Baxter
Sep
17

Haptic Memory: Ellen Dynebrink, Mariana Vidal Escabi, and Natalie Baxter

In person / Exhibition and Talk / Multiple Techniques

Haptic Memory brings together the works of artists Ellen Dynebrink, Mariana Vidal Escabi, and Natalie Baxter. Each engaging in the traditions of textiles, re-configuring by methods of quilting, printing on, repurposing, shaping fabric into form - adding new layers of history, context and conversation.
This exhibition and artist talk will explore how materiality, memory, and identity intersect in their practices. From Dynebrink’s use of textile remnants and transformative processes, to Vidal-Escabi's participatory works which explore cross-sensory translations, generational memories, and the language of adornment, and Baxter’s bold, soft sculptures that reimagine domestic symbols and gendered labor, each artist reclaims the everyday to challenge cultural narratives and create intimate, critical dialogues through their chosen materials.
Join us at Russell Janis Projects for the exhibition opening 5-8pm. Artist talk at 6:30 pm, moderated by Janis Stemmermann.

No registration required

Russell Janis Projects is a gallery/shop and studio space operated by visual artists Janis Stemmermann and Russell Steinert in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Since 2014, Russell Janis Projects has acted as a platform for print, textile, and ceramic based projects, collaborations and exhibitions.

russelljanis.com

@russelljanisprojects

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Inside the Designers' Studio
Sep
18

Inside the Designers' Studio

In person / Open Studio / Textile Industry

Join Pollack Design Director, Rachel Doriss, to go behind the scenes in our SoHo studio for an inside look at how our newest textile collection came to life. She’ll share the hand-drawn artwork that begins the process, the mill’s weaving and printing techniques, and how color, fiber and yarn play their role. In addition to seeing highlights of the Fall 2025 collection, participants will get a sneak peek at what’s in the works for Spring 2026.

RSVP Here

Pollack is a boutique textile company that specializes in unique and innovative designs by using a varied toolbox of artistry, fiber contents, yarns and weaving techniques. Our studio is known for its wide-ranging fabric collection, marked by sophisticated design, intricate construction, and nuanced color palettes. From residential to hospitality and indoor to outdoor, Pollack designs are sold through designers across the US and the world.

www.pollackassociates.com

@pollacktextiles

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Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread III
Sep
18

Silk Workshop: Entwining Spirit & Thread III

In person / Workshop / Entwining (絡む)

Step into a rare world of touch and expression through silk—the material said to be closest to human skin.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with mawata, a delicately hand-pulled silk floss that is both ethereal and strong. Using a wooden frame as your canvas, you'll stretch and layer natural-dyed silk fibers in an intuitive, meditative process called “Entwining”—a technique developed by Remnant & Co. that draws on the inherent elasticity of silk to create texture, movement, and emotion.

Let the fibers reflect your inner landscape.
As you layer and stretch, unexpected forms emerge—like painting with light and memory.
Final Artwork: A 90cm × 30cm expressive silk shawl, completely unique to your hand and heart.
 All materials naturally dyed, inspired by IZUKURA’s philosophy of zero waste and the beauty of imperfection.
Each participant receives a complimentary copy of The Philosophy of Akihiko IZUKURA.

Reserve your place for this one-of-a-kind creative experience.

No previous experience necessary—just a spirit of curiosity.
Max: 10 people
 Duration: 2 hours
 Fee: $150


Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025: 3:00–5:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 17, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM
Thursday, Sept 18, 2025: 1:00–3:00 PM

Register Here

Remnant&Co.
On the sudden announcement of the retirement of Akihiko Izukura, a natural dyeing and weaving artist in the summer of 2021, Remnant & Co. continues to plan and organize exhibitions related to Izukura's creations, unique exhibits and events that convey his ideas and philosophy, workshops, and educational activities for SDGs education in Japan and abroad.

@remnant_japan

remnant-japan.com

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MultiWeave: Sculptural Weaving
Sep
18

MultiWeave: Sculptural Weaving

Online / Open Studio / Weaving

Pallas University of Applied Sciences will host an online Open Studio, showcasing the innovative MultiWeave technique. MultiWeave is a forward-thinking approach to weaving that echoes the logic of 3D printing while remaining rooted in the fundamental relationship between warp and weft. The event will feature an exhibition of sculptural and experimental pieces created using this technique, offering a glimpse into the creative possibilities it enables. In addition, attendees will experience a live demonstration of MultiWeave in action and a dynamic performance that explores weaving with multiple wefts. This Open Studio invites audiences to discover how tradition, technology, and material experimentation intersect in contemporary textile art.

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Pallas University of Applied Sciences is a state-owned professional higher education institution. Pallas University of Applied Sciences is the only higher education institution of applied arts in Estonia. Pallas’ goal is: to provide high-quality and internationally recognized higher education and continuing education in art, design, conservation and restoration, to provide opportunities for creative activities in art and design, to conduct and supervise applied research and development activities in arts, design, conservation.

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Movement - Scapes
Sep
18

Movement - Scapes

  • Positive Exposure Gallery 83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10038 (map)
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In person / Performance / Multiple Techniques

In collaboration with SENSORY-SCAPES, a Multisensory Textile Exhibit by Sugandha Gupta.

Kiera Bono is a performance artist who will perform while wearing textile creations by Sugandha Gupta. Afterward, the two artists will host a conversation about the synergy between their practices, exploring the intersectionality of sensory design across multiple fields and applications.

Michelle Mantione is a disabled performance artist and audio describer who will also perform while wearing textile creations by Sugandha, who writes: “We align in our values and offer care and access to each other. It is a synergetic relationship, and her performing in my pieces demonstrates the value in interdependence and care networks as professed by the disability justice movement.”

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Positive Exposure, a non profit 501 (c) (3) organization, promotes a more equitable, compassionate world for individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion through art, culture, photography, film, community storytelling, education, and advocacy.

PositiveExposure.org

@positiveexposure

@sugandha.in.here

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Pratt Textile Dye Garden Open House
Sep
18

Pratt Textile Dye Garden Open House

In person / Open Studio / Dyeing

Pratt Textile Dye Garden invites you to an evening of color, connection, and celebration! Join us for a tour of the garden, discover the dye plants we’re cultivating and the colors they create, learn about the different uses of natural dyes and enjoy and enjoy all-natural refreshments and treats.

How to access the Pratt Textile Dye Garden: Instructions Here

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The Textile Dye Garden at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, is a living laboratory for sustainability education and natural dyeing practices.
Established in spring 2021 through The Hazel Siegel Textile Dye Garden Exploration Fund, this carefully cultivated space grows plants and flowers specifically selected for their natural dyeing properties.
Faculty and students actively engage with the garden throughout the year, documenting plant growth, harvesting dye materials, and storing them for future use.
The garden hosts regular workshops for both the Pratt community and local residents, teaching sustainable natural dyeing techniques and their applications.
Central to the garden's mission is honoring the Indigenous knowledge that forms the foundation of natural dyeing practices. We acknowledge that the garden stands on Lenapehoking territory, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape people.

textiledyegarden.pratt.edu

@prattdyegarden

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Cut & Miss: From Binary Draft to Woven Textile - Exhibition Opening
Sep
18

Cut & Miss: From Binary Draft to Woven Textile - Exhibition Opening

  • The Museum at FIT, Goodman Center Lobby (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Exhibition / Weaving

This exhibition showcases the journey of Textile/Surface Design students, from foundational weaving techniques to cutting-edge digital applications. Cut & Miss features a diverse range of projects, highlighting the evolution of skills and creative expression across introductory and advanced levels. Traditional hand woven samples are displayed alongside fabric developed through digital weaving and manufactured at an American textile mill. Process sketches, drafts, and digital images display the marriage of design and technical skill required to create woven fabrics.

The exhibition includes a loom with scheduled weaving demonstrations by students and faculty. This interactive feature offers a live glimpse into the craft and provides an opportunity for visitors to connect with the Textile Surface Design department.

September 18 – October 12, 2025
Open daily: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Weekends: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Weaving days: TBA

No registration required

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 18th - Oct 12th

The Textile/Surface Design Department, at the Fashion Institute of Technology, prepares students for professional excellence in textile design through a blend of technical and conceptual skills. A premier public institution in New York City, FIT fosters creativity, career focus, and a global perspective and educates its students to embrace inclusiveness, sustainability, and a sense of community.

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Sheep to Sweater with Macy Gilliam
Sep
18

Sheep to Sweater with Macy Gilliam

  • Loop of the Loom - Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, 11201 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Exhibition / Knitting

Macy is hosting this multimedia exhibition, which will show all of the steps she took in this process including: shearing, washing raw fleece, picking and carding fleece, spinning yarn, dyeing with natural dyes, and knitting.

The steps will be shown through writing, videos, photos, as well as pieces of fiber for the audience to see, touch, and smell for themselves. Macy will also be doing a few spinning demonstrations throughout the night for people to see.

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Macy is a content creator and serial textile hobbyist who has now undertaken her biggest textile project to date: going from sheep to sweater. Her previous work as a video producer for Morning Brew includes becoming a plumber, working in a hotdog cart, and following her tech waste on its downstream recycling journey. Most of her work explores the idea of going behind the scenes, and seeing how things are made.

@macyagilliam

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Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber - Opening Reception
Sep
18

Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber - Opening Reception

  • Composite Gallery - MoMath, National Museum of Mathematics (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Opening Reception / Quilting

Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric and Fiber features textile artist Anette Millington and origami artist Omer Shalev in the Composite Gallery at the National Museum of Mathematics. In Infinite Forms, fabric and paper become portals into other worlds. Anette Millington shapes quilted and printed textiles into precise tetrahedra, stacking and arranging them into vibrant structures that seem to breathe, twist, or hover in mid-motion.  Omer Shalev folds single sheets of paper into impossibly intricate stars, their crisp geometry radiating a quiet, cosmic energy.  Each artist begins with simple shapes, yet their work expands those forms into something vast, at once architectural, organic, and dreamlike.

Millington’s sculptures rise like living columns and unfurl like swirling galaxies, their surfaces alive with patterns that echo both nature and mathematics. Shalev’s folded constellations hang in space, catching light and shadow in a way that feels almost celestial. Together, they invite you to see geometry not as an abstraction, but as something you can touch, walk around, and inhabit – a meeting place between the precision of mathematics and the fluidity of human imagination.

This exhibition is a conversation between two languages of making: the soft, stitched, and layered language of cloth, and the sharp, disciplined folds of paper.  In Millington’s hands, pattern becomes a pulse; in Shalev’s, structure becomes starlight. Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber reveals how symmetry, pattern, and dimension can cross material boundaries to create something more than the sum of its parts: a space where logic and wonder are inseparable, and where the infinite feels close enough to hold.

Register Here

Open 7 days a week, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Museum occasionally closes early, closes for the day, or has limited hours. Please check the Visit page for further details.

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Sept 19th - Nov 2025

Anette Millington explores how visual patterns and textile embellishments convey meaning and communicate. She creates textile sculptures, prints, quilts, and collaborative design projects. As an art and design educator, Anette specializes in reflective pedagogy, materials-based thinking, and interdisciplinary methods. She is the Associate Director of the MFA Textiles Program and Assistant Professor of Fashion Systems and Materiality at Parsons School of Design.

anettemillington.com

anettemillington

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Khiamiah Workshop
Sep
19

Khiamiah Workshop

In person / Workshop / Sewing

Learn the art of Khiamiah, Egypt's colorful version of stitched applique. Fiber artist Yasmine Dabbous, an FIT textile surface design alumna, is coming all the way from Beirut to talk about Khiamiah and guide you through the process of making your own version of this beautiful wall art. No previous embroidery experience required.

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Yasmine Dabbous (PhD) is a fiber artist and researcher from Beirut, Lebanon. Formerly an assistant professor of journalism and cultural studies, Dabbous left her university position to become the founder of Kinship Stories, a line of tribal art necklaces revolving around values, stories and craftsmanship. She is also one of the two women behind Majal Design School, a Beirut-based school offering certificates in jewelry making, textile design and business for designers. Armed with a PhD in journalism and cultural history from LSU and a textile design degree from FIT, Dabbous fuses interdisciplinary methodologies and mediums to create works combining travel, storytelling, collage and fiber art. Her work has been exhibited in Beirut, New York City, Washington DC and London.

@yasminedabbous

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Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber - Artist Talk with Anette Millington 
Sep
19

Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber - Artist Talk with Anette Millington 

  • Composite Gallery - MoMath, National Museum of Mathematics (map)
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In person / Talk / Quilting

Join Anette Millington for an artist talk about her work in the exhibition Infinite Forms: Facets, Fabric, and Fiber, at the Museum of Mathematics. In a conversation focused on fabric and fiber, pattern and material, Anette will share her inspirations and methods.

Exploring the psychological depth of decorative language, Anette’s fiber works and prints merge botanical imagery with principles of symmetry. She engages an expansive set of surface design techniques, including woodblock printing, digital print, digital embroidery, digitally designed jacquard woven fabric, and quilting.

In Infinite Forms, fabric and paper become portals into other worlds. Anette Millington shapes quilted and printed textiles into precise tetrahedra, stacking and arranging them into vibrant structures that seem to breathe, twist, or hover in mid-motion. Omer Shalev folds single sheets of paper into impossibly intricate stars, their crisp geometry radiating a quiet, cosmic energy.  Each artist begins with simple shapes, yet their work expands those forms into something vast, at once architectural, organic, and dreamlike.

Learn more about the artist: www.anettemillington.com

Artist talk is open to the public and free of charge, with advanced registration. 

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This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Sept 19th - Nov 2025

Anette Millington explores how visual patterns and textile embellishments convey meaning and communicate. She creates textile sculptures, prints, quilts, and collaborative design projects. As an art and design educator, Anette specializes in reflective pedagogy, materials-based thinking, and interdisciplinary methods. She is the Associate Director of the MFA Textiles Program and Assistant Professor of Fashion Systems and Materiality at Parsons School of Design.

anettemillington.com

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Threaded Paths: Global Stories - Opening Reception
Sep
19

Threaded Paths: Global Stories - Opening Reception

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

From Needle to Narrative: Threaded Paths Weaves Over 50 Journeys into One Global Story brings together over 50 small narrative textiles from makers around the world. Each piece captures a personal journey through stitches, patterns, and textures, reflecting themes of identity, migration, and shared memory. Crafted by participants of all skill levels, the works merge traditional and contemporary techniques, forming a collective tapestry of diverse voices. Conceived by artist and costume designer Valerie Ramshur, Associate Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, the exhibition—hosted by 3RD ETHOS Gallery—is both archive and artwork, mapping human connection through the language of fiber.

No registration required.

Opening Reception Friday 09/19 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Exhibition Dates 09/16 – 09/28 Daily Hours 2:00 – 10:00 PM

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 16th - Sept 28th

Threaded Paths is a global collaborative textile project by artist and costume designer Valerie Ramshur, inviting makers worldwide to stitch personal stories into a vibrant collective archive. Each piece—crafted by participants of all skill levels—celebrates cultural identity, shared history, memory, and migration. Traditional and contemporary techniques intertwine, reflecting the diversity of voices and experiences. Ramshur, Associate Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, explores storytelling through garments, trade routes, and material culture. Together, these works create a living tapestry that connects communities across borders through the shared language of textiles.

@threadedpaths

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LIBERTY: Design, Pattern, Color
Sep
19

LIBERTY: Design, Pattern, Color

In person / Talk / Printing

Celebrating its 150th anniversary, Liberty—an icon of design innovation and luxury—is renowned internationally for fabric designs on silk, wool, cashmere, and, most famously, Tana Lawn Cotton(TM).

In her new book "Liberty: Design. Pattern. Color.", cultural historian and color expert Kassia St Clair discusses 150 of the most striking and significant Liberty patterns, ranging from much-loved florals to bold and abstract designs and contemporary collaborations. She places fabrics in the context of the store's broader design history—from the retailer's remarkable Tudor-revival building to posters, advertising, and branding—and presents the latest examples of Liberty design alongside prints, drawings, and samples from the company’s outstanding archive, telling an inspiring, century-long story of manufacturing quality and design excellence.

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Kassia St Clair, author of "Liberty: Design. Pattern. Color." is a writer, cultural historian and color expert. She is the bestselling author of "The Secret Lives of Color" and "The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History.

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Reed Anderson: FLAGWORKS Exhibition Opening
Sep
19

Reed Anderson: FLAGWORKS Exhibition Opening

In person / Exhibition / Sewing

Gallery 1923 presents the exhibition FLAGWORKS, featuring artist Reed Anderson.

An amalgam of vibrant popular culture and minimalist aesthetic, Anderson explores the language of flags as both personal and cultural symbol; semaphores whose colours celebrate a collective unity and contradict the polemic nature of flag as emblem of “us and them”. 
Sewn from new and recycled rip-stop nylon familiar to spinnaker sails, kites, burgees and sports banners, Anderson engages with the formalism of painting as a sewn object. Rather than displayed outside, the work is exhibited indoors and takes a more formal 
role of shrine or celebratory alter, the colours engaging our senses and reflecting in the light. 
Banners join this exhibition and diverge from the singularity of the flags, embodying a temporal quality akin to film or a musical score. In addition, the banners are not fixed and can be "played" in various hanging arrangements in space. They require the viewer to navigate around them to fully experience the work. The choreography of the viewer is as important as the artwork, creating a species of dance that maintains a connection to the temporal.
Anderson will also show a selection of studies made during the Summer while at his family retreat in Canada.

No registration required

Opening Friday 09/19 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Saturday 09/20 12:00 - 6:00 PM
Exhibition Open until 09/30 by appointment


This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 20th - Sept 30th

Reed Anderson was born in NYC and received a BFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Institute of Art after first studying painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and later received an MFA in Studio Arts from Stanford University.
Anderson has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 25 years, and his work is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), the AKG collection (Buffalo, NY), and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Austria), among others.

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@iamreed

@gallery1923brooklyn

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ENUNDO (Circles of Motion): Opening Reception
Sep
19

ENUNDO (Circles of Motion): Opening Reception

In person / Exhibition / Weaving , Entwining & Spin silk

ENUNDO (Circles of Motion) is a collaborative exhibition honoring the legacy of Kyoto-based textile master Akihiko Izukura and expanding his philosophy through contemporary expression.

Co-organized by NYC-based fiber artist Nobuko Tsuruta and Remnant & Co. Japan (Toyoko Motojima, Mika Ichikawa), the exhibition features fiber installations, wearable art, and a short film. At its center is ENUNDO, a meditative documentary by Kazuki Fujimoto that follows the creation of a monumental silk sphere spun by 10,000 silkworms, embodying Izukura’s zero-waste principles and deep reverence for nature.

Tsuruta, profoundly influenced by Izukura’s vision, incorporates his remaining silk threads and fabrics into her freeform weavings and garments. During the opening reception, performers will wear these one-of-a-kind pieces in an intuitive performance that brings the works to life in space—breathing, moving, and responding to the moment.

Workshops led by Remnant & Co. will offer participants the opportunity to create silk scarves using naturally dyed mawata (hand-pulled silk), inviting a tactile dialogue with the material. Garments made from Izukura’s rare textiles will also be available to try on and purchase.
ENUNDO offers a rare chance to encounter silk as a living medium and to experience the timeless spiritual essence of Japanese craft across generations.

No Registration Required

Exhibition Hours
Tuesday, Sept 16 – Thursday, Sept 18: 12:00–6:00 PM
Friday, Sept 19: No regular gallery hours. Opening reception with a short live performance, 6:00–8:00 PM only
Saturday, Sept 20: 12:00–6:00 PM
Sunday, Sept 21: Closed
Monday, Sept 22: 12:00–4:00 PM

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 16th - Sept 22nd

Nobuko Tsuruta
A Japanese fiber artist based in New York, she creates installations, experimental fashion, and performances using traditional and innovative techniques. Originally from Kamakura, she is a certified SAORI weaving instructor who connects communities through workshops and explores fiber as a living, expressive medium.

nobukoart.com

@nobukotsuruta

Remnant&Co.
On the sudden announcement of the retirement of Akihiko Izukura, a natural dyeing and weaving artist in the summer of 2021, Remnant & Co. continues to plan and organize exhibitions related to Izukura's creations, unique exhibits and events that convey his ideas and philosophy, workshops, and educational activities for SDGs education in Japan and abroad.

@remnant_japan

remnant-japan.com

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Upcycling with Block Printing
Sep
20

Upcycling with Block Printing

In person / Workshop / Block-Print

Cynthia Director is hosting a workshop, Upcycling with Block Printing. This interactive workshop will start with a brief talk about block printing. After the talk, Cynthia will give a demonstration on how to create surface patterns using block prints (sourced from India). Participants are encouraged to bring old or old or existing textile items from around the house, such as napkins, placemats, second hand garments, and fabric that they can print on. They will have time to block print on their items and bring it home as a reimagined item. All inks are water-based.

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Cynthia Director is a fashion and home textile designer and educator based in New York City and New Delhi. She has lived and worked in India for over a decade. Cynthia currently teaches screen printing for textile design at FIT, consults with home textile design businesses, and has a home decor textile line of craft based products. She received her MA in sustainable textiles from University of the Arts London: Chelsea, and her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

cynthiadirectorstudio.com

@cynthiadirectorstudio

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Handiwork, A Community Finger Crochet Project
Sep
20

Handiwork, A Community Finger Crochet Project

In person / Workshop / Crochet

Handiwork, A Community Finger Crochet Project is an open invitation for participants to learn how to finger crochet and grow a collaborative form from recycled textiles. Together we will intertwine recycled fibers, giving new life to the fabric and offsetting textile waste. 

This workshop will use collected and donated materials to create interconnected chains. It is an opportunity to learn how to make fabric yarn from t-shirts, bed sheets, table clothes, and other clothes. While donations will be used to create this artwork, any clothing suitable to pass onto children and families will be donated to the Kid Zone Distro, a community organization supporting migrant families.

The crocheted chains will be collected and added to an outdoor installation for the upcoming Rooted Resistance: Art, Care, and Environmental Activism exhibition at Old Stone House, Washington Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn opening October 16th. Follow @oldstonehousebklyn and www.theoldstonehouse.org for more information about the exhibition!

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Caroline McAuliffe is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and community organizer. She blends life and art through costume and play using narrative scenes. Her current work explores the identity-shifting experience of motherhood and its myths. She is joined by fellow members of the Mother Creatrix Collective, a group of mother artists in New York who support each other's artistic practices by creating exhibition opportunities.

mothercreatrixcollective.com
carolinemcauliffe.com

@carolinemcauliffeart
@mothercreatrixcollective

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Poetry of the Rocks
Sep
20

Poetry of the Rocks

  • Nassau County Art Museum ,Manes Educational center (map)
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In person / Workshop / Felting

Join OKsana, for a special workshop where the artist will share the behind-the-scenes process of my newest work, Poetry of Rocks—a large-scale Nuno Felting installation currently in progress for the Nassau County Museum of Art. Make a day of it—after the workshop, enjoy a stroll through the museum's beautiful grounds and don't miss the current exhibition, At Play

During this informal session, Oksana will show the wet felting technique and explain why she has chosen this sustainable method for the project. She will also discuss the materials—such as locally sourced wool from New York State and repurposed scraps from my eco printing practice—and how they relate to her message of renewal, transition, and the cycles of life. 

Poetry of the Stones is more than a textile installation; it’s a reflection on change, impermanence, and the quiet strength we find in nature. I’ll share my vision and invite you to take part by creating small Nuno Felted “stones” of your own, which may even become part of the final piece.

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Oksana is a natural-born creator with a passion for textile art. She was born in Moscow, Russia, and received a classical art education from the Moscow School of Art. Pursuing her love of design, she continued to study textile design at the Moscow State Textile University, where she received a Master's Degree in 1986.

Since arriving in New York in 1991, she has worked as a freelance textile artist for numerous studios including Printfolio, Design Works International, and Group Four.

While Oksana's artistic journey has taken her across continents, she remains deeply rooted in her community on Long Island. She shares her expertise and passion for art as a teacher at the Suffolk County Art Museum and through workshops organized by the Huntington Arts Council. Her professional affiliations include the Art Leagues of Long Island and the Long Island Craft Guild.

oksanadanziger.com

@oksanafiberstudio

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Stamped & Soaked
Sep
20

Stamped & Soaked

  • 225 Saint Pauls Avenue Jersey City, NJ, 07306 United States (map)
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In person / Workshop / Block-Print

Arushi is hosting a tea towel stamping workshop where participants will use vegetables and everyday objects such as nails and caps to create unique, hand-stamped patterns on tea towels. By mixing shapes inspired by nature with man-made objects, attendees will craft distinctive and creative designs, turning each tea towel into a one-of-a-kind canvas.

This hands-on session encourages exploration of texture and form through unconventional materials, inspiring personal expression in textile art.

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Arushi is a textile artist with nearly a decade of experience exploring the creative possibilities of textiles. Her work blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, reflecting a deep passion for fabric arts and innovative techniques. Through her practice, Arushi continuously experiments with texture, pattern, and form, inspiring others to appreciate the artistry of textiles.

Heer Mandalia is a photographer and graphic designer with a multidisciplinary art practice rooted in storytelling. She began taking photos as a teenager, drawn to capturing everyday moments and quiet details. Her work combines digital and analog techniques to explore memory, texture, and place. She works across photography, collage, and design, usually beginning with collecting images, references, and ideas. Her process is intuitive and thoughtful, focused on creating images that feel layered and emotional. Through her art, she builds visual narratives that connect feeling, form, and atmosphere.

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Open Studio Rachel Dana
Sep
20

Open Studio Rachel Dana

In person / Open Studio / Multiple Techniques

Rachel Dana will have her studio open in the Monti Building from 12 - 5pm, where visitors can stop by to view current works and see her ongoing material research into natural fibers, plants and seeds, and color. This event will happen alongside the Monti Building Open Studios and the Franklin Ave Open Streets, so this is an opportunity to explore a range of artistic practices and merchants.

Rachel Dana is a Brooklyn textile artist with 20+ years of experience working with plants—from botanical illustration in Brazil to land stewardship in Massachusetts. She forages plant material and dyes, studies sheep breeds, and blends nature with traditional crafts like spinning, beading, weaving, and felting. Her work explores the illusion of boundaries between humans and nature, creating pieces that honor collective memory while expressing themes of adaptation, migration, and survival.

rachel-dana.com

@rachel.dana

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A.MANO Brooklyn - Tailoring & Upcycle Consultations
Sep
20
to Sep 21

A.MANO Brooklyn - Tailoring & Upcycle Consultations

In person / Pop-up Activation / Sewing

Tailoring & Upcycle Consultations (wt) with Miranda Watson. She will offer custom alterations, including on site hems, and consultations on reimaging the best new life for your garments.  

Saturday, Sept 20 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, Sept 21 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

No registration required.

Miranda Watson is a Brooklyn-based sustainable clothing and accessories brand made in NYC. We offer tailoring and alteration services, specializing in serving the trans and non-binary communities, as well as business coaching and sewing lessons. MIRANDA WATSON has been featured in Vogue, Paper Magazine and most recently Harper’s Bazaar, highlighting our safe tailoring approach to all bodies.

@mirandawatsondesign

A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

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APPLIED ARTS Open Studio
Sep
20

APPLIED ARTS Open Studio

In person / Open Studio / Weaving

Applied Arts is welcoming visitors into the studio to view recent work, see what's on the looms, and learn about the woven design process. Fine artwork, handwoven fabrics, and prototype samples will all be shown. The studio will be open 1-5 pm for people to stop in, with Anjuli present to guide visitors and answer questions.

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Applied Arts is the studio name of artist and designer Anjuli Bernstein, who creates bespoke artwork and handwoven fabrics that blur the line between the fine and decorative arts. The textiles are handwoven with an emphasis on natural materials, innovative structures, and sculptural surfaces. Anjuli Bernstein's textiles are informed by her career designing for companies such as Patterson Flynn, F. Schumacher & Co., Chilewich, and Sina Pearson Textiles, and combine a deep technical knowledge of weaves and fibers with her poetic sensibility. She holds her MFA in textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA from the University of Georgia, with additional studies at the Lisio Foundation in Florence and the Marshfield School of Weaving in Vermont.

appliedarts.studio

@applied_arts_studio

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Natural Dyeing on Silk Workshop
Sep
20

Natural Dyeing on Silk Workshop

In person / Workshop / Dyeing

France is headed to M.Patmos in Brooklyn, New York for a natural dyeing on silk workshop. Join her on September 20 as she shares her love and knowledge of natural dyes. You'll get to make your own silk crepe (square 24" by 24") scarf using plants and kitchen waste. Learn how to make a base color and then bundle dye your own scarf to add patterns and colors. The fee includes:
- all materials to make your own naturally dyed silk scarf
- a mini dye kit to take home
- light refreshments and snacks -
- 20% off discount code to shop Lu France Interiors

The workshop will be outdoors in the backyard of M.Patmos- a beautiful boutique in Brooklyn, NY. 358 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217 Sep 20 (Saturday), 1pm to 3:30pm

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Born and raised in the Philippines before moving to San Diego, California after University, France Malvar is a former early childhood educator of 14 years. She built her education career teaching children from toddlers to kindergarten and developing curriculum for preschools in both the Philippines and United States. Throughout her teaching years, France also styled weddings, dove into floral design, took classes on natural dyeing, and started a business. Different threads but all driven by her creative and thoughtful forms of expressing ideas. Based in San Diego, California, France shares her love and knowledge of natural dyeing through her collections and through workshops in and out of California. Join her at her workshops and learn how to dye your own silk scarves, pillowcases, ribbons, and more using plants and kitchen waste.

lufranceinteriors.com

@lufranceinteriors

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Rag Rug Primer: Strategies for Renewal
Sep
20

Rag Rug Primer: Strategies for Renewal

In person / Workshop / Weaving

What brings an everyday textile to the end of its useable life, to the brink of donation, recycling or discard? This workshop acknowledges the long lives of the textiles we live with, from humble sheets, to cherished shirts, to threadbare quilts, and introduces strategies for extending their roles in our lives.

Participants are invited to bring in a textile that, for whatever reason, has fallen out of use. In observance of each textile’s past, we’ll discuss the fiber content, structure, and traces of wear. We’ll then turn to the future, introducing time-tested methods of transformation, including braiding, crochet and weaving - accessible techniques that reveal the shimmering material potential in our midst and remind us of the power of small acts and our ability to shape the world around us.

Designed to encourage skill-sharing and improvisation, this workshop is open to participants at all skill-levels. After introductions and observation of each textile, we will move into the cathartic processing of each textile into useable material by cutting or tearing it into strips. After winding these strips into balls, we’ll move into the transformation, introducing braiding, crochet, and weaving as strategies for renewal. We’ll provide general guidance for each participant as well as take-home instructions to continue the generative process at home.

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Artwork from left to right: Mariah Smith, Rag Rug Study Group, Mariah Smith

Rag Rug Study Group (RRSG) is an event series and online archive that places reworked textiles in dialogue with contemporary art, design and architecture practice. We embrace the term ‘rag rug’ because rag rugs embody the creative practice of making do and using materials at hand. Our definition is expansive and our archive includes textiles in all techniques and for all functions that people share during our seasonal in-person show-and-tells. RRSG is a collaboration between artists and researchers Mariah Smith, who has a background in architecture, and Mae Colburn, whose background is in art history.

ragrugstudygroup.net

@commonloomstudio

@smithmariahs

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Upcycling with Screen Printing
Sep
20

Upcycling with Screen Printing

In person / Workshop / Printing

Cynthia Director is hosting a workshop in Upcycling with Screen Printing. We will start with a talk about how one can embellish old or existing textile items from around the house (tea towels, napkins, placemats, second hand garments, clothes) and give them a new life with some surface techniques.

After the talk, Cynthia will give a demonstration on screen printing. At this point, participants can start experimenting with screen printing. All inks are water-based.

Please bring some old fabric and clothes so you can update them with screen printing.

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Cynthia Director is a fashion and home textile designer and educator based in New York City and New Delhi. She has lived and worked in India for over a decade. Cynthia currently teaches screen printing for textile design at FIT, consults with home textile design businesses, and has a home decor textile line of craft based products. She received her MA in sustainable textiles from University of the Arts London: Chelsea, and her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

cynthiadirectorstudio.com

@cynthiadirectorstudio

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ENUNDO – Circles of Motion: Film Screening and Talk
Sep
20

ENUNDO – Circles of Motion: Film Screening and Talk

In person / Film Screening and Talk / Spinning

As part of the ENUNDO exhibition, we will host a screening of ENUNDO – Circles of Motion, a short meditative documentary directed by Kazuki Fujimoto of Mont Film (https://vimeo.com/montfilm).

The film captures the final large-scale project of Kyoto-based textile master Akihiko Izukura—a monumental silk sphere spun by 10,000 silkworms using sunlight and natural dyes. This screening invites viewers into a contemplative space shaped by sound, light, and motion.

Izukura’s zero-waste philosophy—where no fiber, leaf, or color is discarded—is woven throughout the film, offering a poetic reflection on imperfection, beauty, and sustainability. Following the screening, a discussion with filmmaker Kazuki Fujimoto and Remnant & Co. (Toyoko Motojima & Mika Ichikawa) will offer deeper insight into the creation of the work and Izukura’s enduring legacy. This rare film presentation reveals how textiles can be more than material—acting as vessels of time, spirit, and connection.

Trailer with English subtitles: https://vimeo.com/453971359

Time: 30min screening, 30min Q&A

Fee: $30

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Remnant&Co.
On the sudden announcement of the retirement of Akihiko Izukura, a natural dyeing and weaving artist in the summer of 2021, Remnant & Co. continues to plan and organize exhibitions related to Izukura's creations, unique exhibits and events that convey his ideas and philosophy, workshops, and educational activities for SDGs education in Japan and abroad.

@remnant_japan

remnant-japan.com

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Traditional Batik with Natural Dyes: Create Your Own Bandana
Sep
20

Traditional Batik with Natural Dyes: Create Your Own Bandana

  • 327 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY, 11211 United States (map)
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In person / Workshop / Dyeing

Roots & Resist: Traditional Batik with Natural Dyes is a collaborative workshop led by textile artists Drishti Jaggi and Disha Dhadiwal. Based in New York City, Drishti brings a contemporary approach to traditional Indian craft techniques, while Disha explores diverse resist dyeing methods using natural dye sources such as seeds, roots, leaves, flowers, and minerals. Participants will learn the fundamentals of batik, discover natural dye processes, and create their own unique textile pieces. This hands-on session celebrates the intersection of heritage craft and sustainable color-making, offering an engaging experience for all ages and skill levels.

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Drishti Jaggi and Disha Dhadiwal are textile artists based in New York City. Drishti's textile practice focuses on applying traditional craft techniques from India in a contemporized manner. Disha's work revolves around exploring different resist dyeing techniques using natural dye sources such as seeds, roots, leaves, flowers and minerals. This workshop is where traditional crafts meets the art of natural colors.

@disha.dhadiwal

@jagg_udrishti

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Rag Rug Primer: An Introduction to Rag Rug Study Group
Sep
20

Rag Rug Primer: An Introduction to Rag Rug Study Group

In person / Talk / Weaving

An interactive, illustrated lecture that introduces Rag Rug Study Group and the art of textile renewal. We’ll dig into themes of anonymity, collaboration, and co-authorship, and how they inform our approach to building a rag rug archive. Part art historical lecture, part architectural treatise, and part review of literature, this lecture introduces existing resources on rag rugs and Rag Rug Study Group’s effort to expand them.

We’ll sift through this medium’s fragmentary archival trail, braiding together existing resources with our own ongoing research. Past contributors to our archive will bring textiles to share, providing a tactile counterpart to our slideshow presentation.

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Artwork from left to right: Elizabeth van der Els, Athena Kokoronis, Lucille Chabot

Rag Rug Study Group (RRSG) is an event series and online archive that places reworked textiles in dialogue with contemporary art, design and architecture practice. We embrace the term ‘rag rug’ because rag rugs embody the creative practice of making do and using materials at hand. Our definition is expansive and our archive includes textiles in all techniques and for all functions that people share during our seasonal in-person show-and-tells. RRSG is a collaboration between artists and researchers Mariah Smith, who has a background in architecture, and Mae Colburn, whose background is in art history.

ragrugstudygroup.net

@commonloomstudio

@smithmariahs

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Zero-Waste Pattern Drafting with Goldfinch Textile Studio
Sep
21

Zero-Waste Pattern Drafting with Goldfinch Textile Studio

In person / Open Studio / Patternmaking

Explore the concepts of Zero-Waste Pattern Drafting with Goldfinch Textile Studio. Zero-waste pattern drafting considers fabric use and consumption from the design's inception to minimize textile waste throughout the project.

Join designer Emily Klug for a discussion of her design process and a demonstration of how she drafts a minimal-waste garment. Learn how interlocking pattern pieces result in fewer off-cuts but make multi-sized pattern grading a real challenge. Hosted by Loom & Stars Fabric, this free drop-in event will feature zero-waste garment samples along with a hands-on project to help you better understand the concepts of zero-waste pattern drafting.

No registration required.

Goldfinch Textile Studio offers meticulously designed digital sewing patterns that prioritize sustainability and minimize fabric waste. Goldfinch Textile Studio provide innovative pattern layouts and cutting techniques, enabling you to create stylish and modern garments while utilizing your fabric resources efficiently. Zero-waste sewing maximizes fabric utilization, resulting in reduced textile waste and a more environmentally responsible approach to crafting.

goldfinch.design

@goldfinchtextilestudio

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Meet the Artists: Joseph Carini x Michelle Weinberg | Material in Matter
Sep
25

Meet the Artists: Joseph Carini x Michelle Weinberg | Material in Matter

In person / Exhibition / Weaving

Join Joseph Carini and Michelle Weinberg for the exhibition of Material in Matter. A collaboration between carpet designer, Joseph Carini, and artist Michelle Weinberg debuts a collection of 8 pieces blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional textile artistry. Meet the artist behind the artwork that inspired Joseph Carini to create these one-of-a-kind pieces. Each piece showcases impressive carpet dyeing techniques. From the use of deep, rich natural indigo to the incorporation of up to 49 distinct colors in a single design. Some rugs highlight the natural beauty of Himalayan wool, using its undyed tones to form intricate patterns. Join us to experience these masterpieces in person.

No registration required.

Established in 1998, CariniLang is a boutique carpet brand known for its integrity and artistry. The brand emphasizes using raw materials, natural dyes, and keeping a small footprint, including washing the carpets with nontoxic, homemade fruit-based soap. The exclusive production in Nepal is a cultural preservation project rooted in the rich heritage of ancient Tibetan weaving traditions. Joseph Carini is constantly experimenting with design concepts drawing inspiration from organic forms in nature, classical Asian art, and rich, natural colors. Carini wants to create carpets with soul, which invites you to discover carpets that are living pieces that speak to your soul.

carinilang.com

@carinilangcarpets

Michelle Weinberg is an award-winning artist who produces works for interiors, architecture and public places. Her multi-disciplinary practice begins with painting and drawing, and imagery is translated into handmade ceramic tiles, paint murals, mosaics and terrazzo.

Characterized by an intuitive use of color and playful, eccentric compositions, her collaboration with CariniLang centers on her unique drawing technique using carbon paper transfer and her "Theoretical Color" drawings which catalog the endless gradient hues in her collection of color pencils.

michelleweinberg.com

@mwpinkblue

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Nusantara: Six Centuries of Indonesian Textiles - Opening Reception
Sep
25

Nusantara: Six Centuries of Indonesian Textiles - Opening Reception

In person / Opening Reception / Weaving

"Nusantara: Six Centuries of Indonesian Textiles" presents one of Southeast Asia’s most significant artistic accomplishments: woven textiles. Exploring the ancient interisland links found in this culturally diverse maritime region, the exhibition features a wide array of textiles from the 14th to the 20th century drawn from the Yale University Art Gallery’s exceptional holdings—from the batiks of Java to the ikat of Sumba, and from ceremonial cloths and ritual weavings to clothing, shrouds, and architectural hangings. Especially remarkable are several early textiles that are intricately patterned with tie-dyed designs, while select three-dimensional objects, such as sculptures, headgear, and combs, are also included to provide context. Nusantara—from the original name for the Indonesian archipelago—offers a broad overview of the rich imagery and technical mastery of this remarkable art form.

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This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 12th - Jan 11th

"Nusantara" celebrates the elaborate textile heritage of Indonesia and explores the ancient interisland links found in this vast maritime region from the 14th to the 20th century. Presenting more than 100 examples of unparalleled craftsmanship and artistic innovation, the exhibition offers a singular opportunity to dive deep into the cultural and historical significance of one of the finest collections of Indonesian textiles in the Western Hemisphere—from the batiks of Java to the ikat of Sumba, and from ceremonial cloths and ritual weavings to clothing, shrouds, and architectural hangings.

artgallery.yale.edu/exhibitions/exhibition/nusantara-six-centuries-indonesian-textiles

@yaleartgallery

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Fiber of Being - Opening Reception
Sep
25

Fiber of Being - Opening Reception

In person / Exhibition / Multiple techniques

An exhibition by Culture Lab LIC in collaboration with the Textile Study Group of New York. “The Fiber of Being” explores the enduring significance of fiber art in contemporary life. This exhibition explores how textiles, with their rich histories of handcraft and cultural storytelling, continue to be profoundly relevant—bridging the physical and the virtual, the traditional and the contemporary. How does fiber art assert material presence in an increasingly immaterial world? Fiber is not just a medium but a metaphor for the interconnected threads of existence, weaving together the past, present, and the future. Curated by Caitlin McCormack.

Opening Reception September 25th 2025 6-9pm.

Exhibition on view: September 25 to November 2 2025

ART GALLERY is open Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm.

No Registration Required

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 25th - Nov 2nd

Culture Lab LIC is a 501(c)(3) formed to be the arts and culture umbrella for Western Queens. We present local, national, and international art of all genres, while supporting New York artists and other nonprofits by providing space, resources and a sense of community.

Textile Study Group of New York is a 501(c)(3) formed to educate and promote a wider appreciation of fiber art among the larger art community and the public in general. We are an inclusive and diverse group of artists, teachers, curators, writers, and appreciators.

culturelablic.org
tsgny.org

@culturelablic
@textilestudygroupofnewyork

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Somewhere In Between: Weaving a Future
Sep
25

Somewhere In Between: Weaving a Future

In person / Talk / Weaving

Somewhere In Between: Weaving a Future, will feature a selection of new works that build on Omar Chasan's signature style of freehand, intuitive weaving. Heirloom will present Omar's work in context with antique and vintage pieces from their collection.

No registration required.

Omar Châvez Santiago (a.k.a. Omar Chasan, b.1993) is a fourth- generation weaver from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, whose work bridges ancestral weaving traditions with contemporary design. In 2011 he established his studio, OCS - Limited Handwoven Pieces and Objects, as a space for research and experimentation with natural dyes, fibers, and unconventional forms. Chasan's pieces often transcend the rectangle, embracing organic shapes and intuitive processes that reflect his daily life, surroundings, and heritage.

Contemporary @ Heirloom spotlights fiber and textile artists highlighting their process, unique themes, and the ways in which traditional techniques are celebrated and pushed forward. Heirloom, a Williamsburg, Brooklyn gallery, specializes in rare rugs, ethnographic textiles, and contemporary fiber art.

heirloombk.com

@heirloomrugs

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FLOCK: A Celebration of Regional Fiber
Sep
26

FLOCK: A Celebration of Regional Fiber

  • Union Square Greenmarket (South Entrance) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Fair / Multiple Techniques

Join GrowNYC’s Union Square Greenmarket, the New York Fibershed, and local fiber producers to celebrate regional, regenerative textile production that’s happening right here in NY! Meet the New York farmers and producers working hard to make sustainable products from the sheep and alpaca they're raising, learn about the process of transforming fibers from raw fleece to finished woven fabric, and learn how you can integrate local fiber into your life. FLOCK goers can participate in our community weaving project, learn about natural dyes with the founders of the Pratt Dye Garden, and more!

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Finding Fiber: Textile Material from the North American Field and Forest
Sep
26

Finding Fiber: Textile Material from the North American Field and Forest

Online / Talk / Spinning

Mitch Frank will give a talk describing his research into native North American bast fiber plants, including historical and contemporary usage by Indigenous people, textile artists, and sustainable fabric advocates. The talk will introduce several easy-to-find plants that produce bast fiber comparable to flax and hemp, including several promising species that haven't been used for this purpose before. This will be contextualized within a larger discussion about sustainability in textiles and the need for new (or, perhaps, old) ways of thinking about production and consumption. The talk will conclude with a Q&A and discussion.

Registration link coming soon.

Mitch Frank is a clothing and fabric maker and an educator at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches in the Textiles and Fashion Design program. A lifelong environmentalist, he works in craft because craft prioritizes materials and materials come from the environment. His work looks at native ecologies, appropriate technology, and environmental justice.

mitch-frank.com

@mitchfranktextilework

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Lecture: 京藍 Kyō-ai: The Revival of a Lost Color and Life
Sep
27

Lecture: 京藍 Kyō-ai: The Revival of a Lost Color and Life

In person / Talk / Dyeing

In this lecture, Matsuzaki will delve into the history of indigo dyeing, cultivation methods, the process of making sukumo (fermented indigo leaves), and dyeing techniques, incorporating scientific insights along the way. This talk will be a rare opportunity for those who wish to deepen their understanding of indigo—or even try cultivating it themselves.

Note: On September 28, at Loop of the Loom-Dumbo studio, there will be a combined program of both workshop and lecture. If you wish to take the workshop, register 'Living Kyō-ai Indigo & Beeswax Resist Dyeing Workshop'.

Register Here

Riku Matsuzaki is an indigo artist and craftsman who revived “Kyo-ai,” a lost Kyoto indigo dye tradition that had vanished for over 100 years. At age 22, he was struck by the term “Japan Blue” while in New York and chose to pursue dyeing after returning to Japan. He apprenticed under Yukio Yoshioka, the fifth-generation master of a 200-year-old Kyoto dye workshop. After Yoshioka’s passing, Matsuzaki began cultivating indigo on a 350 sqft plot of land using traditional, chemical-free methods. He practices a sustainable cycle where even waste dye is returned to the soil. In 2024, he was named one of Forbes JAPAN’s 30 Culturepreneurs and collaborated with Valextra, a high-end Italian leather brand.

loopoftheloom.com

@matsuzaki_riku

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Past Innovations, Future Materials: Exploring British Longwools' Untapped Potential for Modern Textiles
Sep
27

Past Innovations, Future Materials: Exploring British Longwools' Untapped Potential for Modern Textiles

In person / Talk / Weaving

Be part of the revival of a nearly forgotten fiber! Once the backbone of the famous British worsteds that helped build an empire, longwool sheep breeds produced the magnificent fabrics that clothed the world. Thriving in our damp, northern climate, these breeds deserve fresh exploration.

Join master weaver Stephanie Seal Brown in her studio as she shares her journey of rediscovering local longwool fibers. Though not next-to-skin soft, their exceptional length, strength, and lack of shrinkage create fabrics with natural durability, brilliant luster and flowing drape—qualities that make them ideally suited for outerwear and interiors.

These endangered breeds, descended from Roman sheep and refined through 18th-century breeding, produce distinctive fibers with unique properties. Once prized for exquisite hardwearing textiles, longwool disappeared from manufacturing as mills prioritized softer, more versatile medium wools. Today, these remarkable, underused fibers are ripe for rediscovery in contemporary textile design.
Stephanie's library of samples and concept pieces demonstrates longwool's range—from luster and drape to haloing; in weights from delicate casements to sturdy upholstery—offering designers exciting new possibilities in textile development.

Guest Speakers:

Emmaline Long of Orchard View Lincolns brings insights from the farming perspective, discussing how raising longwool sheep connects traditional agriculture with modern sustainability practices.

Laura Sansone, founder of New York Textile Lab, a design and consulting company that supports environmentally responsible textile methods, and regional systems of production.

Harry Heissman, renowned interior designer, shares how these textiles can potentially bring unique texture and character to contemporary homes.

Whether you're a maker, designer, or simply curious about sustainable materials with stories to tell, join us to explore how these historical fibers can help answer tomorrow's needs for locally-sourced, climate-appropriate textiles.

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Stephanie Seal Brown is a master handweaver and textile designer in the Hudson Valley. Her work in the interiors industry spans both collaborations with Schumacher and her studio-produced collections, where she has become known for her distinctive linen tape trims. By not automating the weaving process, she remains intimately involved at every step. Every inch of yarn passes through her hands multiple times as it is prepared and woven, with small changes and continuous iterations. Slowing down allows aesthetics, function, longevity, and materials to develop and find voice in the final design.

stephaniesealbrown.com

@stephaniesealbrown

Emmaline Long

orchardviewlincolns.com

@orchardviewlincolns

Laura Sansone

newyorktextilelab.com

@nytextilelab

Harry Heissman

harryheissmanninc.com

@harryheissmann

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A.MANO Brooklyn - Vintage Pop-Up with Gemini and Capricorn
Sep
27
to Sep 28

A.MANO Brooklyn - Vintage Pop-Up with Gemini and Capricorn

In person / Event Type / Technique

Vintage clothiers will be on hand with a fun, eclectic selection of classic vintage finds for your fall wardrobe, including denim pieces for Ramell to embroider!

Saturday, Sept 27 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, Sept 28 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

No registration required.

GEMINI & CAPRICORN

Esther McGowan (Gemini) and Alexandra Morrill (Capricorn) share a lifetime passion for vintage clothing, and we started our shop to share that passion with you. We go on the hunt in cities throughout the U.S., finding unique pieces from the 1940s to Y2K and making them available to you at affordable prices. We bring our joint expertise in fashion, art, music, design, and trend forecasting to our shop and to Instagram (@geminiandcapricorn) where we share vintage fashion images and style inspiration.

@geminiandcapricorn

etsy.com/shop/geminiandcapricorn

A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

amanobrooklyn.com

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Weaving In, Weaving Out: The Creation of an Upcoming Accessible Textile Exhibition
Sep
27

Weaving In, Weaving Out: The Creation of an Upcoming Accessible Textile Exhibition

Online / Talk / Weaving

Combining performance, installation, and live social sculpture, Weaving In, Weaving Out will be an upcoming major exhibition hosted within the Positive Exposure Gallery of site-specific fiber work by contemporary disabled artists from Intertwine Arts. The title of the exhibition alludes to the spatial nature of the exhibition, where individuals come and go within the space, or drop in or out, over the multi-month duration that the gallery has become a live social sculpture, or a socially engaged art practice.

Join us for a digital discussion of the creation of this exhibition with curator Amanda Cachia, Positive Exposure founder Rick Guidotti, Intertwine Arts Creative Director Anna-Maie Southern, and a participating artist. The Zoom event will feature short segments from each panelist about their work and a Q&A from the audience.

Register Here

About Amanda Cachia

Amanda Cachia has an established career profile as a curator, consultant, writer and art historian who specializes in disability art activism across intersectional axes of difference, including gender, race, and sexuality.

About Intertwine Arts

The mission of Intertwine Arts is to inspire creativity, joy, and self-confidence through free-form weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness.

About Positive Exposure

Positive Exposure partners with hundreds of nonprofits, hospital systems, advocacy groups, and educational institutions, creating educational resources and programming to reconstruct societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral, or intellectual difference.

intertwinearts.org

@intertwinearts

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New Body of Work by Kiva Motnyk: Object & Thing at Troutbeck
Sep
27

New Body of Work by Kiva Motnyk: Object & Thing at Troutbeck

In person / Exhibition / Dyeing

Troutbeck is pleased to present in collaboration with Object & Thing, a solo exhibition of fiber-based wall works by New York artist Kiva Motnyk
Motnyk spent time at Troutbeck during the summer months, collecting botanical materials from the property’s extensive gardens and partnering with chef Vincent Gilberti to re-purpose vegetable matter, such as onion skins, from the kitchen in order to make natural dyes for the works. Motnyk is deeply inspired by nature, often titling her pieces after the landscape surrounding her home in the Catskills. She approaches her work as though painting with fabric, often drawing out sketches for her color-blocked panels before beginning her stitching. For Troutbeck, Motnyk has planned a site-specific commission for the library windows, along with a new body of work for the gallery space. The opening events on September 27 will include a public talk and a natural dye workshop led by both Motnyk and longtime collaborator, Susan Cianciolo.

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Kiva Motnyk’s current work in textiles reinterprets historical and cultural traditions of making through modernist abstraction and a uniquely attuned sensibility of color. The non-pictorial objects resemble paintings or stained glass, evoking a spiritual experience of the natural landscape. The works are imbued with deep origin stories of the textile’s materiality and personal narrative; each element of the composition speaks to the detailed process by which it was made.

kivamotnyk.com

@kivamotnyk

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A.MANO Brooklyn: Custom Embroidery with Tattoo'd Cloth
Sep
28

A.MANO Brooklyn: Custom Embroidery with Tattoo'd Cloth

In person / Pop-up Activation / Embroidery

Ramell of @Tattood.cloth is bringing his vintage hand-cranked chainstitch embroidery machine to zing up your favorite denim, hats or other.

No registration required.

TATTOO’D CLOTH - Ramell Frederick, AKA Cheeks, is a Brooklyn NY based chainstitch artist and founder of Tattoo’d Cloth. Working on a century-old Singer 114w103, he infuses vintage style, analog craftsmanship, and bold storytelling into every piece, bringing garments to life one stitch at a time. Known for on-site embroidery activations and collaborations with brands and stores, Ramell’s work blends heritage technique with contemporary culture, stitched live wherever he sets up shop.

@tattood.cloth

tattoodcloth.com

A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

amanobrooklyn.com

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Living Kyō-ai Indigo & Beeswax Resist Dyeing Workshop
Sep
28

Living Kyō-ai Indigo & Beeswax Resist Dyeing Workshop

  • Loop of the Loom - Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, 11201 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In person / Workshop / Dyeing

In this workshop, participants will experience indigo dyeing with Kyō-ai, prepared by Matsuzaki in Japan and further fermented at Loop of the Loom. Each person can choose to dye either a tenugui scarf or a high-quality bandana while learning the ancient hand-drawn resist-dyeing technique using 100% organic beeswax, reimagined in a modern design. Through this process, participants will draw patterns freely with beeswax and uncover the luminous, transparent beauty that is unique to Kyō-ai.
Following the hands-on workshop, Matsuzaki will give you a lecture while your dye projects are drying. Join us for this rare opportunity to learn directly from an artisan of Kyoto indigo and to discover the living color that continues to inspire across generations.

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Riku Matsuzaki is an indigo artist and craftsman who revived “Kyo-ai,” a lost Kyoto indigo dye tradition that had vanished for over 100 years. At age 22, he was struck by the term “Japan Blue” while in New York and chose to pursue dyeing after returning to Japan. He apprenticed under Yukio Yoshioka, the fifth-generation master of a 200-year-old Kyoto dye workshop. After Yoshioka’s passing, Matsuzaki began cultivating indigo on a 350 sqft plot of land using traditional, chemical-free methods. He practices a sustainable cycle where even waste dye is returned to the soil. In 2024, he was named one of Forbes JAPAN’s 30 Culturepreneurs and collaborated with Valextra, a high-end Italian leather brand.

loopoftheloom.com

@matsuzaki_riku

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Designing with Nature as a Second Skin
Sep
28

Designing with Nature as a Second Skin

Online / Talk / Textile Industry

Join ÍLÁT, founder Liat Gorodenzik, for an intimate digital session that explores the mindful design process and the inspiration behind her upcoming natural fiber women's wear collection. This immersive visual talk offers a behind-the-scenes look into the brand's journey of creating textiles designed to honor both body and Earth, highlighting natural fiber innovations and sustainable material and product development.

This event is part story-sharing, part visual moodboard journey, and part guided reflection, offering a moment of stillness and mindfulness. Attendees will be invited to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with how conscious clothing can nurture the soul and nourish the skin from the outside in.

What You'll Leave With:

  • A deeper understanding of conscious relationship to textiles.

  • Insight into the creative and mindful process behind conscious design.

  • A renewed perspective on the connection between fashion and well-being. 

Lastly, you will walk away with a step by step guide to integrate this into your own life.

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Liat Gorodenzik is a designer and founder of ÍLÁT Studios, a contemporary womens wear brand dedicated to redefining luxury through sustainability and craft. With a background in textiles and global experience spanning fashion, floristry, and visual design, Liat brings a multidimensional eye to the art of knitwear.

ÍLÁT Studios specializes in natural, biodegradable fibers and innovative knitwear techniques, merging timeless silhouettes with modern ecological practices. Each piece embodies mindful design, honoring the connection between body, material, and environment. Through thoughtful sourcing, experimentation, and circularity, ÍLÁT Studios seeks to create knitwear that is both enduring and restorative—for the wearer and the planet.

ilatstudios.com

@ilatstudios

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Knot or not? - - -3 hours knotting marathon with Ollie
Sep
28

Knot or not? - - -3 hours knotting marathon with Ollie

In person / Workshop / Knotting

“When I first began exploring textile-making as a fiber artist, I was overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of techniques like knitting, weaving, and crochet. Each one comes with its own deep and structured system—often intimidating to beginners. In contrast, most people, regardless of crafting experience, already know how to tie a knot. You may not have made a tapestry, a sweater, or a pillow cover, but you’ve likely knotted your shoelaces, tied a plastic bag, or secured a bundle. And there is so much more we can create than we thought, using this everyday technique—knotting.”
—Ollie Hongji Li, Fiber Artist

This workshop starts from that simple, universal act—knotting—as a point of entry into the rich and layered world of fiber art. Instead of focusing on formal textile techniques, Knot or Not?! invites participants to explore fiber through a more intuitive, symbolic, and culturally resonant lens.

Held during New York Textile Month in the heart of Manhattan’s Garment District, this event brings together art, craft, and conversation in a hands-on, inclusive environment. Participants will experiment with knotting as both technique and metaphor—using cord and rope, and found objects to create personal, expressive and decorative fiber works. Together, we’ll explore traditional and contemporary aspect of textile art and reflect on how something as ordinary as a knot can hold meaning, memory, and power.

No prior experience is needed—just curiosity, open hands, and a willingness to tie things together. At the end of the Class, every participants will have their knotty artwork to go home: keyring, earrings, necklace, and knotty drawing!

We will select two outstanding student artworks to be a part of upcoming art exhibition at November at Galerie Shibumi!

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Ollie is a textile artist specializing in three-dimensional forms using knotting, crocheting, and natural dyeing techniques. Growing up in China as a gay man, he challenges gender stereotypes and patriarchy through anthropomorphic and biomorphic textile sculptures. His work explores the fluidity of gender roles, blending traditional craft with unconventional materials like electric wires to subvert power structures. Ollie earned his MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design (2023) and a BA in Printed Textiles from the University of Southampton. He received the 2023 Surface Design Association’s Creative Promise Award and was a finalist for the Dorothy Waxman Prize. Ollie is currently in Bandung Residency Program in New York.

olliehongjili.format.com

@Ollie_Must_Create

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Silk Squares - bridge between past and future, seen and imagined
Sep
29

Silk Squares - bridge between past and future, seen and imagined

Online / Talk / Printing

Intangible cultural heritage is a significant resource that is regenerated through the process of sharing. Silk squares serve as both containers of stories and sources of inspiration for new ones. The motifs on these squares are created by the artists' personal experiences with cultural heritage and the beauty of nature. They offer us a threshold to be seen, touched, and worn, while also inviting reflection and the creation of new future stories.

You are kindly invited to join us online where the project will be presented by the founder Lidija Drobez, and a participant, who will share own experience.
There will also be an opportunity for Q&A.

Registration link coming soon

Galleria l'arte di seta " brings together designers and recognised artists who reinterpret heritage in motifs printed on silk squares.The silk squares are objects of art – a painting, as well as an object for practical use.

Lidija Drobez is executive coach, founder of Galleria l'arte di seta and curator. To Galleria she brings the attention to aesthetics and personal reflection, helping individuals to listen to the inner stories which the silk squares whisper to them.

galleria.si/en/

@galleria.si

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Syncretism
Sep
30
to Oct 7

Syncretism

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

This exhibition begins from the understanding that movement and migration are inherent to life and that with movement comes exchange, transformation, and the possibility of new forms. How can we leave room to interact with, learn from, and be transformed by beings, traditions, and cultures different from ourselves without being appropriative and extractive? What becomes possible when we embrace polyphony over purity?

Here, boundaries are porous, materials metamorphose, and differences are embedded in webs of relationships. Traditions, materials, and textile techniques not usually combined sit side by side, converse, and reshape one another in the process.

In a world shaped by both forced and chosen movement, Syncretism invites reflection on the shared human impulse to create meaning in motion, and on the radical potential of blending, rather than separating, ways of being.

September 30 - October 2 Open by appointment 11 AM-6 PM, please email 24 hours ahead.  

October 3 Opening Reception 6-9 PM  

October 4 - 6 Programming / Artist Talks TBA

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Romilly Rinck is a visual artist, material researcher, and educator based in New York, NY. Working in sculpture and installation, she explores embodied materialities through traditional textile techniques and experimental material processes. Romilly received her MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design (2023) and her BA in History of Art and Material Studies from University College London (2015). She has been an artist-in-residence at the NARS Foundation and LMCC's Arts Center Residency in New York. She is currently a part-time faculty member at Parsons School of Design.

@rfflowerr

Jasmin Risk is a NY-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. Their work has been exhibited and performed at Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (NY), The Zetland Basement (UK), Recession Art (Brooklyn), Dixon Place (NY), Dye House 451 (UK), The Glasshouse (NY), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn), among others. Risk’s work is featured in numerous publications, including Girls Get Busy Zine and Luma Quarterly. Risk earned their BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons in 2016, and their MFA in Textiles at Parsons in 2023. Risk is a recipient of the 2022 MFA Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) scholarship.

@jasminriskstudio

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Re Fashion
Sep
7

Re Fashion

In person / Workshop / Textile Collage

Celebrating New York Textile Month, Paula Rennis is excited to host an innovative workshop of fashion sketching with a twist.

Exploring textile possibilities using collage techniques with image, paper, acrylics, markers and fabric. Paula will guide you to the process.

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Argentinean by nature New Yorker by heart, Maria Paula Rennis came to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship to complete her master’s degree in package design from Pratt Institute. During that time she started studying painting at The Art Students League of NY and discovered her love of figurative paining. She came to create a new vocabulary for one’s perception of the human form. This is a perception that abstracts the figure into the elements of color, light, shadow and movement in a superlative yet harmonious way.

Looking at fashion magazines she dove into collage dressing models with her “textiles"" of acrylic, paper, markers and tape, creating outfits with bright personality and unique patterns.

Conveying what she would like to buy and not what brands want to sell to her.

She re-fashions the fashion magazines one page at a time.

Not afraid to reframe the familiar, she seeks to challenge the viewer’s perspective of the human form and its relationship to the known.

She worked as Packaging Designer for well known cosmetic brands, taught Graphic and Packaging Design at CUNY. Teaches Art privately and exhibits art publicly.

She was interview by Communication Arts Magazine and PSWT Artists.

mariapaularennis.com

@mariapaularennis

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What’s Going On: Topics & Trends / Makers & Markets I
Sep
7

What’s Going On: Topics & Trends / Makers & Markets I

In person / Talk / Multiple Techniques

Integrating Textiles for Fashion & Interiors
There is an explosion in textile awareness and appreciation currently happening on a global scale - from MoMA to the Venice Biennale, from University and designer runways to the MET to the V&A. Come hear and participate as idea leaders and established practitioners reflect on issues around making and marketing the handmade: sourcing, production, circularity, AI impact on IP and the constant shape-shifting of contemporary style.

Host: Mary Jaeger – Textile Design: Fashion & Interiors   stores.maryjaeger.com 

Moderator: Leesa Hubbell - Textile Arts Journalist / Educator  linkedin.com/in/leesahubbell

Panelists: experts in various textile fields, will differ at each event

Join us also for a second panel on Sunday, Sept 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM

September 7

Ragna Frodadottir - Creative Director, NYTM & Edelkoort Inc | Artist & Curator

Sandra Finkelstein - Fashion Brand & Product Strategist | Generative AI & Trend Intelligence

Jorie Johnson - Kyoto-based Fiber Artist, Educator & Innovator in Contemporary Feltmaking

Rick Davy - Director at BK Style Foundation & Fashion Week Brooklyn

From left to right: Jorie Johnson, Rick Davy, Ragna Froda

Meet the Speakers

“Generative AI doesn’t replace creativity—it accelerates it, giving us the tools to spark ideas faster, while staying grounded in the craftsmanship that gives fashion its soul.” - Sandra T. Finkelstein

Creative Strategist | Brand Builder | AI-Driven Innovator
Sandra Finkelstein is a fashion industry leader with deep experience at legacy fashion houses and later at Amazon, where she pioneered tech-driven transformation in fashion. She blends creative design with data-driven strategy, introducing on-demand product models, AI-powered design and speed-to-market innovation. She is known for scaling brands through hero products that balance creativity, profitability and sustainability.

linkedin.com/in/finkelsteinsandra

“My work focuses on the process of making, working with colors and textures, and the history and culture of symbols and patterns in textiles” - Ragna Froda

Creative Director, NYTM & Edelkoort Inc. | Artist & Curator
Ragna Froda
is an Icelandic artist, curator and educator with a background in fashion and textile design. With a strong passion for textiles, innovation, and craft, the foundation of her practice is storytelling through hybrid layers of craft and technology. In the past 15 years, she has lived in New York, Berlin and Reykjavik, where she was head of Textiles at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts. She now lives in NYC where she runs her studio practice and works as the director of Edelkoort Inc. and New York Textile Month.

ragnafroda.com   @frodadottir

“Since 2004, the BK Style Foundation (BKSF) has been a driving force in building and bridging creative fashion communities in Brooklyn and beyond.” - Rick Davy

Director at BK Style Foundation & Fashion Week Brooklyn (FWBK)
Rick Davy founded BKSF in 2004 to connect Brooklyn’s explosive fashion/art talent with national and international partnerships and collaborators. Its mission to assist emerging artist-designers to hone their talent and grow their business also gives voice to social issues including human rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, sustainability initiatives, poverty, community development and training through fashion and art. Its signature event, Fashion Week Brooklyn, has become a leading international fashion showcase. 

bkstyle.org   @rickdavyfwbk @bkstylefoundation @fashionweekbrooklyn

“The history of man includes the history of feltmaking. I like contemporary
feltwork as it offers not only unique fabric design with seamless form, but self-expression and “Viking” protection.” - Jorie Johnson

Kyoto-based Contemporary Felt Artist | Educator & Innovator
Jorie Johnson’s
imagination has been totally captured by the capability of wool fiber. With JoiRae Textiles, she continues to explore and create handmade felted woolworks for the body, the home, and the soul. Her works have been collected by the V&A London, MFA Boston and Cooper Hewitt NYC. She travels for research and teaching when the summer winds draw her away from eastern Asia. 

joirae.com   @joiraetex

"The core of my work is inspired by my passion for color, texture, pattern, and handcrafted details." — Mary Jaeger

Mary Jaeger's work is about modern elegance and rich traditions. Uncluttered textiles and accessories reflect her aesthetic, melding ancient Eastern and contemporary Western design. Drawing on years spent in Japan and other areas of Asia and Europe, she creates timeless collections of hand-dyed textiles for wearable accessories and interiors that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions. 

@maryjaeger_ny stores.maryjaeger.com

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STITCHED BOTANICAL Floral Patchwork
Sep
6

STITCHED BOTANICAL Floral Patchwork

In person / Workshop / Sewing

Join Elodie for a hands-on fiber art workshop using upcycled textiles!
In this creative session, you'll learn techniques such as cutting, gluing, and sewing to craft your own floral collage. Your artwork can become a unique wall hanging or be transformed into a brooch or hair clip.

All skill levels are welcome.

Workshop Fee: $50 (includes all materials for this 2-hour class)

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Elodie Blanchard is a French-American artist and designer. She transforms discarded textiles—used clothing and remnants—into sculptures, wall hangings, and installations. Her process blends layering, stitching, and embroidery to create a playful yet strange world that invites joy and curiosity while reflecting on imperfection and memory. Trained in sculpture and fashion at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and at CalArts in Los Angeles, she founded her Brooklyn studio in 2005. As a designer, she has collaborated on large-scale textile projects and collections. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Through workshops, she shares her love of mending and making with reclaimed materials.

elodieblanchard.com

@elodieblanchardstudio

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Mapping the Unseen - Opening Reception
Sep
6

Mapping the Unseen - Opening Reception

MAPPING THE UNSEEN presents a body of work by Artist Ragna Froda that bridges drawing and textile. Ragna repurposes layered fabrics as the ground for intricate digital embroideries, derived from her original ink drawings. Thread and line mirror one another, shifting between abstraction and narrative imagery. The exhibition highlights the dialogue between mark and stitch, and the unseen stories that emerge in translation from drawing to textile, revealing unseen connections and hidden landscapes within the material itself.

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Two Designers Meld East & West - Exhibition Opening
Sep
6

Two Designers Meld East & West - Exhibition Opening

In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

The love of beautifully hand-crafted textiles is the thread that connects Hatsumi Yoshida and Mary Jaeger, two independent designers who work across international borders. Having exhibited together in Kyoto (2024), they'll reunite this year in Brooklyn for NYTM X. Their collections focus on layering materials, dyeing techniques, hand-stitching and unexpected embellishments. They create innovative wearable and interior works that embody sustainability and eco-consciousness as they navigate the cross-cultural tensions of small-scale artisanal production and global trade. Their unconventional textiles are collected by those who wish to wear and surround themselves - at home, at work, at play - with the extraordinary beauty and energy of the hand-made.

Get inspired by their stories at Exhibition Opening Artist's Talks on Saturday, Sept 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM.

Explore and collect their work at Mary's atelier in Williamsburg from Saturday, Sept 6 – Sunday, Sept 14, 2025: 12:00–6:00 PM. (other times by appointment).

Get informed about current design issues at two distinct panel discussions on Sunday, Sept 7 & Sunday, Sept 14, 2025: 2:00 PM

Experiment with materials at a workshop on Saturday, Sept 13, 2025: 2:00–4:00 PM (check event here)

No registration required

left photo: Mary Jaeger; right photo: Hatsumi Yoshida

"The core of my work is inspired by my passion for color, texture, pattern, and handcrafted details." — Mary Jaeger

Mary Jaeger's work is about modern elegance and rich traditions. Uncluttered textiles and accessories reflect her aesthetic, melding ancient Eastern and contemporary Western design. Drawing on years spent in Japan and other areas of Asia and Europe, she creates timeless collections of hand-dyed textiles for wearable accessories and interiors that seamlessly move between seasons, places, and occasions. 

@maryjaeger_ny

“I want my clothing to enhance the self-expression of those who wear them” — Hatsumi Yoshida

Hatsumi Yoshida is committed to the creative activity of making clothing and accessories. Her unique textiles and bold, supple designs create a one-of-a-kind presence, drawing admirers from both men and women alike. Hatsumi’s work has been exhibited across Japan, New York and Jakarta, captivating audiences and inviting them to discover a new version of themselves, conscious of sustainable materials and upcycling.

@hatsumiyoshida122

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The ritual of Kalamkari: Open Studio with Nikita
Sep
6

The ritual of Kalamkari: Open Studio with Nikita

  • Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (exact address will be emailed) (map)
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In person / Open Studio / Dyeing

A contemporary practitioner of Kalamkari and one of the only working with this tradition in the U.S., Nikita Shah opens her studio for a day-long event inviting the public into her process. Kalamkari is a 23-step hand-drawn and naturally dyed textile tradition from South Asia that Shah has studied and adapted over the past decade, working closely with artisans in India and bringing the practice into her studio in New York.

Throughout the day, she will share works-in-progress, live demonstrations, and the materials and tools that make up this intricate craft. From fermented black ink and myrobalan to alum and madder. Visitors are welcome to drop in any time between 12:00pm and 6:00pm to engage with the work, ask questions, and learn how this traditional form continues to evolve in migratory lands and contemporary context.

This open studio is both a space of transparency and an invitation to slow down, observe, and connect with the tactile and narrative power of handmade cloth. It offers a glimpse into not just finished work, but also the process and thinking that sustains a living craft practice today.
Short presentations on the history of Kalamkari and Shah’s practice will be held at 2:00pm and 4:00pm.

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Nikita Shah (b. Mumbai, India) is a Brooklyn-based textile artist, designer and educator working with Kalamkari, a 3,000-year-old textile tradition currently practiced exclusively in Sri Kalahasti, India. She adheres to its most traditional methods, using a bamboo kalam (pen) and natural dyes derived from minerals and plants.

While Kalamkari is often associated with Chintz, Tree of Life motifs, and the rich chay (madder) pigment, Shah’s practice focuses on its lesser-known lineage: narrative storycloths known locally as vrata pani (Telugu for “writing work”).

Her work centers self-expression, embodied memory, and collective storytelling. Drawing from intergenerational knowledge and lived experience, she explores themes such as the somatic impact of abuse, the grief of existing within patriarchal systems, and migration. Through the narrative potential of Kalamkari, she experiments with forms such as self-portraiture, abstraction, and soft sculpture - examining the medium’s reparative possibilities.

www.un-title.com

@nikita.untitle

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Open Studio ELODIE BLANCHARD
Sep
6

Open Studio ELODIE BLANCHARD

In person / Open Studio / Sewing

Elodie Blanchard’s studio will be open from 12 to 6 PM for visitors to stop by, explore the space, and view recent works in progress. This event offers a unique opportunity to get a glimpse into her creative process.

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Elodie Blanchard is a French-American artist and designer. She transforms discarded textiles—used clothing and remnants—into sculptures, wall hangings, and installations. Her process blends layering, stitching, and embroidery to create a playful yet strange world that invites joy and curiosity while reflecting on imperfection and memory. Trained in sculpture and fashion at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and at CalArts in Los Angeles, she founded her Brooklyn studio in 2005. As a designer, she has collaborated on large-scale textile projects and collections. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Through workshops, she shares her love of mending and making with reclaimed materials.

elodieblanchard.com

@elodieblanchardstudio

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Japanese Sõkin (cleaning towel) Quilting
Sep
6

Japanese Sõkin (cleaning towel) Quilting

Online / Workshop / Quilting

Since 2016 the Dutch artist Maaike Gottschal is making handwoven and hand quilted cleaning towels. She will teach this simple, meaningful, mindful technique and tell about the historical references in many cultures and her experiences with using these textiles in daily life. The artist has made a lot of textiles for her own use, friends, and family since 2016. Years of experience have taught here that living and working with it means loving and caring for it. Users develop a relationship with the textile. Living and working with these textiles give beautiful experiences and create great textile art.

Saturday, Sept 6, 2025: 12:00–1:00 PM

Workshop: Sokin (Japanese cleaning towel) quilting

Link to watch the workshop here

No registration required.

Maaike Gottschal is a multidisciplinary (textile) artist from the Netherlands.
Through her work, Maaike aims to advocate for beauty and poetry in her textiles; beauty has a transformative power of imagination that makes our relationship with textiles personal, powerful and meaningful'

Here appreciation for textiles was passed down through her family. She grew up in a textile family that learned her weaving, spinning, bobbin lace making, embroidery, sewing, and explore many other techniques from an early age. Maaike studied design, art history, jewellery, and visual arts and is working across disciplines and their intersections.
Over the past fifteen years, she studied a wide range of textile techniques with seven teachers around the world, as part of a self-designed program called Textile as Language. Since 2020, she has been creating textiles using locally grown flax. Textile techniques and textile cultures are central to her work and knowledge. Anyone can spin, weave, and create beautiful, meaningful cloth. Her textiles are not technically perfect—rather, they are woven to highlight the human aspect of nowadays art.
Maaike teaches textile masterclasses since 2013 at her company Textielfabrique.

maaikegottschal.com

@maaikegottschal

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SYDNEY KELLER: How Do You Wear?
Sep
5

SYDNEY KELLER: How Do You Wear?

  • Positive Exposure Gallery 83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10038 (map)
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In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques

“How Do You Wear? is a mixed-media textile installation that explores how clothing bears the marks of disabled life. For many physically disabled individuals, the artist included, garments often degrade in predictable ways: forearm fabric thinning from crutch use, elbows rubbing on wheels, seams tearing, fabrics pilling and shredding in irregular patterns. This project reframes that inevitable wear as evidence of interaction, resilience, and storytelling rather than frustration or failure.”

Sydney Keller is a designer and researcher exploring the relationship between materials and disabled bodies, revealing wear as a form of visual storytelling.

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Positive Exposure, a non profit 501 (c) (3) organization, promotes a more equitable, compassionate world for individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion through art, culture, photography, film, community storytelling, education, and advocacy.

PositiveExposure.org

@positiveexposure

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Textile as Language
Sep
5

Textile as Language

Online / Talk / Weaving

Maaike Gottschal will give an Artist Talk about her work, her textile studio Textielfabrique, her research on textile techniques and cultures worldwide and her life as textile artist and pioneer.

Friday, Sept 5, 2025: 12:00–1:00 PM

Lecture: 'Textile as Language' about the practice of textile artist Maaike Gottschal

Link to watch the lecture here

No registration required.

Maaike Gottschal is a multidisciplinary (textile) artist from the Netherlands.
Through her work, Maaike aims to advocate for beauty and poetry in her textiles; beauty has a transformative power of imagination that makes our relationship with textiles personal, powerful and meaningful'

Here appreciation for textiles was passed down through her family. She grew up in a textile family that learned her weaving, spinning, bobbin lace making, embroidery, sewing, and explore many other techniques from an early age. Maaike studied design, art history, jewellery, and visual arts and is working across disciplines and their intersections.
Over the past fifteen years, she studied a wide range of textile techniques with seven teachers around the world, as part of a self-designed program called Textile as Language. Since 2020, she has been creating textiles using locally grown flax. Textile techniques and textile cultures are central to her work and knowledge. Anyone can spin, weave, and create beautiful, meaningful cloth. Her textiles are not technically perfect—rather, they are woven to highlight the human aspect of nowadays art.
Maaike teaches textile masterclasses since 2013 at her company Textielfabrique.

maaikegottschal.com

@maaikegottschal

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京藍 Kyō-ai: Living indigo from Kyoto by Riku Matsuzaki
Sep
5

京藍 Kyō-ai: Living indigo from Kyoto by Riku Matsuzaki

  • Loop of the Loom - Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, 11201 United States (map)
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In person / Exhibition / Dyeing

This exhibition explores Riku Matsuzaki’s revival of Kyoto’s lost indigo through traditional fermentation and dyeing, expressing the unseen world of microbes and the oneness of all life.

Riku Matsuzaki, a Kyoai (Kyoto Indigo) artist, has revived “Kyoai,” a once-lost indigo tradition that disappeared from Kyoto over 100 years ago. Using only water, wood ash, and tade-ai (Japanese indigo), he grows himself organic way, he brings the color back to life through traditional fermentation. His work expresses the unseen world of microorganisms—small particle-like beings—that make the deep blue of indigo possible.

Without fermentation, the liquid is nothing more than brown water. But through it, living microbes—sensitive and ever-changing—transform it into vibrant blue. Matsuzaki engages in a quiet dialogue with them each day, through shifts in scent, texture, and surface movement. “Sometimes they feel soft and gentle, other times intense—just like people, whose moods change from day to day,” he says.

With melted beeswax from native Japanese honeybees and techniques like shibori, Matsuzaki paints and dyes to express this hidden universe of life. Within a single indigo vat lies a microcosm. To him, the microorganisms living in the dye are no different from us living on Earth. “Everything is connected. Everything is one. That’s what I believe.”

At this exhibition, his works will be available for purchase, along with originally designed apparel (some available for pre-order).

No registration required.

This event also has an exhibition page, check here: Exhibition: Sept 5th - Oct 5th

Riku Matsuzaki is an indigo artist and craftsman who revived “Kyo-ai,” a lost Kyoto indigo dye tradition that had vanished for over 100 years. At age 22, he was struck by the term “Japan Blue” while in New York and chose to pursue dyeing after returning to Japan. He apprenticed under Yukio Yoshioka, the fifth-generation master of a 200-year-old Kyoto dye workshop. After Yoshioka’s passing, Matsuzaki began cultivating indigo on a 350 sqft plot of land using traditional, chemical-free methods. He practices a sustainable cycle where even waste dye is returned to the soil. In 2024, he was named one of Forbes JAPAN’s 30 Culturepreneurs and collaborated with Valextra, a high-end Italian leather brand.

loopoftheloom.com

@matsuzaki_riku

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A.MANO Brooklyn - Opening Reception
Sep
4

A.MANO Brooklyn - Opening Reception

In person / Opening Reception / Multiple Techniques

This is an opportunity for all our featured artists to showcase their work together, to invite their friends and fans and make a fuss. Bubbly and light bites will be served.

Programming & Events

Pockets & Yarn-Making from T’s and Sweats with Sandye Renz

Saturday, Sept 6 and Sunday, Sept 7 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, Sept 13 and Sunday, Sept 14 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, Sept 20 and Sunday, Sept 15 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, Sept 27 and Sunday, Sept 28 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Re-Dye Club: Drop off your stained or faded garments to be dyed!

All month long!

Dr Mend’s Surgery with Kate Sekules

Saturday, Sept 13 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tailoring & Upcycle Consultations with Miranda Watson

Saturday, Sept 20 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, Sept 21 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Vintage Pop-Up with Gemini and Capricorn

Saturday, Sept 27 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sunday, Sept 28 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Custom Embroidery with Tattoo'd Cloth

Sunday, Sept 28 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

GEMINI & CAPRICORN

Esther McGowan (Gemini) and Alexandra Morrill (Capricorn) share a lifetime passion for vintage clothing, and we started our shop to share that passion with you. We go on the hunt in cities throughout the U.S., finding unique pieces from the 1940s to Y2K and making them available to you at affordable prices. We bring our joint expertise in fashion, art, music, design, and trend forecasting to our shop and to Instagram (@geminiandcapricorn) where we share vintage fashion images and style inspiration.

@geminiandcapricorn

https://www.etsy.com/shop/geminiandcapricorn


MIRANDA WATSON

MIRANDA WATSON is a Brooklyn-based sustainable clothing and accessories brand made in NYC. We offer tailoring and alteration services, specializing in serving the trans and non-binary communities, as well as business coaching and sewing lessons. MIRANDA WATSON has been featured in Vogue, Paper Magazine and most recently Harper’s Bazaar, highlighting our safe tailoring approach to all bodies.

@mirandawatsondesign


The Pocket Project and Fabric Yarn Making with Sandye Renz

I was born a maker and recycler. I'm the 3rd generation of Brooklyn textile entrepreneurs. My gram sold hand-made lingerie out of her home in Coney Island, then opened a clothing shoppe (her artifice)around the corner on Neptune Ave. My mom taught me to knit when I was 5, while she was pregnant and making booties for my youngest brother. She later had a children's hand knit sweater business called totknots. I was the fastest sewing machine threader in my home-ec class.

 Now my work focuses on fun and functional revitalization of apparel and accessories and basically all textiles. These splendid transformed items can now be reused while retaining their memories and stories to share. Fill pockets not landfills.

@my_mother_taught_me

TATTOO’D CLOTH

Ramell Frederick, AKA Cheeks, is a Brooklyn NY based chainstitch artist and founder of Tattoo’d Cloth. Working on a century-old Singer 114w103, he infuses vintage style, analog craftsmanship, and bold storytelling into every piece, bringing garments to life one stitch at a time. Known for on-site embroidery activations and collaborations with brands and stores, Ramell’s work blends heritage technique with contemporary culture, stitched live wherever he sets up shop.

@tattood.cloth

http://www.tattoodcloth.com/

REDYE CLUB

Jessi Highet Studio is a textile dye shop that specializes in unique application techniques to achieve illustrative effects on garments and home goods. The science and experimentation of dye is ultimately what inspired Jessi to build her business and to come up with new sustainable solutions to common problems within the textile industry.

This brings us to introducing Re-dye Club which Jessi and her collaborator, Nina Bowers devised together as a seasonal program to upcycle home linens and garments to create one-of-a-kind pieces.

@re_dyeclub

https://jessihighetstudio.com/redye-club

KATE SEKULES

Kate Sekules is a mending and fashion historian, professor, and practitioner. She lectures widely, runs frequent events and repair clinics, including Dr Mend’s clothes surgeries and the monthly Darn It! club at Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, and hosts #MendMarch on Instagram. She has published and presented academic research at over two dozen symposia internationally, is completing her doctoral dissertation, A History and Theory of Mending at Bard Graduate Center, NYC, and teaches fashion history—and mending—at Pratt Institute, Parsons and BGC. She is author of MEND! A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto (Penguin, 2020)

@visiblemend


A.MANO Brooklyn is a creatively curated home décor shop featuring work by local Brooklyn artists, vintage finds and up-cycled fine furniture. We also have fun and clever gifts, stationery products and garden items.

The store opened in 2020 as an e-commerce brand called Cain Sloan, which was a department store founded by my great grandfather in Nashville, TN in 1903. When we moved into the new retail space at 585 Dean Street I rebranded as A.MANO Brooklyn to reflect the handmade nature of the work available in the store.

amanobrooklyn.com

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WEBINAR PROUD SOUTH CRAFT
Sep
4

WEBINAR PROUD SOUTH CRAFT

Online / Presentation / Multiple Techniques

Presented online by Lidewij Edelkoort

17:00 Paris CET

11:00 New York EST

8:00 West Coast PST

Tickets: $125 — including a copy of Proud South Craft shipped to your door!

Join us on September 4th for an inspiring look at new craft and design from the Global South! Coinciding with Maison & Objet’s September edition, this 60-minute trend presentation brings together the dynamic work of emerging and established creatives. As Edelkoort observes, "Craft is the direct link humans have with their ancestors and the beginning of civilisation." She feels this irreversible revival of craft reflects society’s desire for authenticity and tactility, to complement our modern mode of living, but more so, craft embodies our urgent need to affirm the power of humans over machines and artificial intelligence. Hence, the idea of an activist counterculture, manifesting with palpable proof that the made-by-hand can become a Proud South revolutionary movement to reckon with.  
 

The copy of Proud South Craft you will receive! 
Proud South Craft is the second volume in a series that celebrates the creative forces of the new Global South. Through the expressive lens of contemporary craft, embraced as a tool for transformation, this book highlights furniture, art, lighting, textiles, ceramics, woodwork, basketry, stonework, glass and more. With over 400 pages of captivating stories and inspiring imagery, this book is also an object to covet, designed by Mariola Lopez Mariño, putting the visuals on the pedestal they deserve and proudly sealing them in a beautiful metallic cover. Therefore, this webinar and book are the perfect way to discover the exciting voices from the southern parts of the planet that are redefining craft, design and culture.

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Lidewij Edelkoort is arguably the world's most renowned trend forecaster, working in industries from fashion to food, design, architecture, tech, communication, automotive and retail. Founded in 1986, her company Trend Union produces trend tools for strategists, designers and marketers at brands from Zara to Prada. She is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator and exhibition curator. In 2015, she established an MFA Textile Masters at Parsons and New York Textile Month. In 2020, she co-founded the World Hope Forum to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Since 2022, she is the founder and mentor of Polimoda’s textile master Farm to Fabric to Fashion.Edelkoort has been named one of the Most Influential People in Fashion and one of the Most Influential People in Design. Written in 2014, her much-talked about ANTI_FASHION Manifesto was the first to raise awareness about the shifts and upheavals currently experienced in the global fashion industry. From 1998-2008 she was Chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven before moving to New York from 2015-2020 where she was Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons, establishing an MFA Textile Masters and New York Textile Month. In 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, she co-founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Edelkoort's latest publications include Proud South (2022), Uxua Utopia (2022), and Proud South Craft (2025), each of which celebrate the creative talent of the Global South.

@lidewijedelkoort

@worldhopeforum

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