On Saturday September 30th, Lovelyskybed will present new quilts to keep you cozy for the winter season. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and machine washable.

Join us at Paradise of Replica independent record store on the Lower East Side to browse quilts and enjoy snacks and tunes.

We’ll have a few mini-quilts and pillows available too!

Learn More www.lovelyskybed.com

@lovelyskybed

Lizzie Harper is a fabric sustainability expert who, in her free time, creates the Lovelyskybed collection of one-of-a-kind quilts from her collection of scraps, swatches, vintage, deadstock and new materials. Primarily made with cotton, linen, and silk, Lovelyskybed Quilts are designed in a sophisticated yet serene palette and meant to last a lifetime.

Clothes are where we start. We believe they should be ethical, timeless, well-made clothes designed to work together, wear effortlessly, and be part of a responsible lifecycle.

Waste No More is part of a circular system designed to upend the conventional cycle of consumerism. We’re taking our clothes back—over two million garments since 2009—and transforming the pieces that are damaged beyond repair into entirely new designs.

Join us in our Irvington, New York Studio for a guided tour of our space. We will have our latest wallworks on display and will offer a demonstration of our needle felting machine. See how we are transforming damaged garments from our take-back program into one-of-a-kind works of art, as well as homewares and accessories.

Be sure to visit the EILEEN FISHER RENEW store before or after the tour.

Our studio is a five minute walk from the Irvington, NY Metro North Train Station.

Learn More https://www.wastenomore.com/

Clothes are where we start. We believe they should be ethical, timeless, well-made clothes designed to work together, wear effortlessly, and be part of a responsible lifecycle.

Waste No More is part of a circular system designed to upend the conventional cycle of consumerism. We’re taking our clothes back—over two million garments since 2009—and transforming the pieces that are damaged beyond repair into entirely new designs.

Join us in our Irvington, New York Studio for a guided tour of our space. We will have our latest wallworks on display and will offer a demonstration of our needle felting machine. See how we are transforming damaged garments from our take-back program into one-of-a-kind works of art, as well as homewares and accessories.

Be sure to visit the EILEEN FISHER RENEW store before or after the tour.

Our studio is a five minute walk from the Irvington, NY Metro North Train Station.

Learn More https://www.wastenomore.com/

Join us on Thursday, September 28th to learn more about the rich history of Navajo Weaving from Master Weavers, Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaver Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are Tabaaha (Water Edge Clan) and born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Lynda and Barbara were raised along with their siblings at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Barbara and Lynda draw on their family and clan connections to offer insight into the world of Navajo rugs. Join us for this special event with two world renowned Diné artists and learn how their creative practice is preserving their cultural craft for future generations.

Learn More navajorugweavers.com

Barbara Teller Ornelas (Diné) is a fifth-generation master Navajo weaver and culture bearer who sold her first rug when she was only 10 years old. Her father Sam Teller (1918–2000) was a Diné (Navajo) trader for 32 years and her mother, Ruth Teller (1928–2014), was a weaver, gardener, quilter, and photographer. When Ornelas was 10, her paternal grandmother dreamt that her granddaughter would become a great weaver who shared their traditions around the world. Fifty-six years later, Ornelas has not only honed her artistry as a Two Grey Hills weaver but shared it with audiences all over the world in the form of workshops, lectures, and exhibitions. In 2023, Barbara was awarded the United States Artists Fellowship in Traditional Arts.

Lynda Teller Pete (Diné) is an award-winning fifth-generation weaver who is best known for using a traditional Two Grey Hills regional style. The belief that beauty and harmony should be woven into every rug was instilled in her from the age of six, when Pete was officially introduced to weaving. Along with her weaving, she collaborates with art centers, guilds, museums, universities, and other venues to educate the public about Diné (Navajo) history and the preservation of Navajo weaving traditions. Together with her sister Barbara Teller Ornelas, she wrote Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today (2018), the first book written about Diné weavers by Diné weavers since the time of Spanish and colonial contacts, as well as How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman (2020). Pete is the Director of Equity and Inclusion at the Textile Society of America and a 2022-2023 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow.

Join Pollack for morning coffee and a behind-the-scenes look at the company’s SoHo studio. Rachel Doriss, VP and Design Director, will share her process of designing a textile—from the spark of inspiration (often from unexpected places) to hand-drawn artwork and the many production techniques that can be used to achieve the final result. Learn how choices of color, texture, scale, luster, and fibers all play their part. Plus, get a first-look at Pollack’s just-launched line, Spring Street by Pollack.

Go inside Pollack’s design studio and meet Rachel Doriss, VP and Design Director, to see first-hand the creative process of how a textile comes to brilliant life. You’ll catch Rachel’s enthusiasm as she takes you from inspiration to hand-drawn sketch to the many production choices—some traditional, others cutting-edge—that go into making a fabric.

Learn More www.pollackassociates.com

Pollack is a boutique design company, specializing in unique, innovative designs, and using a large and varied tool box of artistry, fiber contents, yarns and weaving techniques. The company got its start 30 years ago with the launch of its collection of textiles targeted to the high-end interiors market. Since then, the line has flourished and expanded into the contract, residential and hospitality markets, as a more decorative aesthetic was combined with the company’s solid technical foundation. The wide-ranging collection is celebrated for fabrics that easily cross the lines of these individual segments–fabrics marked by sophisticated design, intricate construction, nuanced color palettes and timeless style.

Clothes are where we start. We believe they should be ethical, timeless, well-made clothes designed to work together, wear effortlessly, and be part of a responsible lifecycle.

Waste No More is part of a circular system designed to upend the conventional cycle of consumerism. We’re taking our clothes back—over two million garments since 2009—and transforming the pieces that are damaged beyond repair into entirely new designs.

Join us in our Irvington, New York Studio for a guided tour of our space. We will have our latest wallworks on display and will offer a demonstration of our needle felting machine. See how we are transforming damaged garments from our take-back program into one-of-a-kind works of art, as well as homewares and accessories.

Be sure to visit the EILEEN FISHER RENEW store before or after the tour.

Our studio is a five minute walk from the Irvington, NY Metro North Train Station.

Learn More https://www.wastenomore.com/

Join us for tea and a gallery talk with textile artist and designer Sugandha Gupta about her creative process and sources of inspiration. Gupta will discuss the complexities of her intersectionality as a woman of color without color, a person with a disability, and an immigrant, and share how her intersectional experiences inform her work and practice. Exploring the different ways in which information can be disseminated, Gupta emphasizes that disability is not about overcoming one’s challenges but rather about overcoming barriers set by society. Her work navigates a world that does not consider disabled bodies and minds in the design of its existence, which has led to complex layers of marginalization and reduced expectations.

Sugandha Gupta is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Social Justice at Parsons School of Design. She creates multi-sensory textiles that engage audiences through their senses. Her research interests are at the intersections of social, environmental, and disability justice. Gupta also advocates for disabilities at museums, conferences, and universities. She is an established artist and designer with over 15 years of experience. Her work has been showcased at the American Crafts Council Show, Smithsonian Craft Show, Hunterdon Art Museum, NYTM, The United Nations Headquarters, and The Met. She has won prestigious awards such as Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize, CFDA Design Graduate, and International Design Award.

Learn More thejewelrylibrary.com

@thejewelrylibrary

SHOP @ The Jewelry Library is featuring textile-based jewelry and wearable art by contemporary and vintage makers working with a wide range of materials, from rags and textile scraps to luxury fibers thru September 29th. 

Come by to meet makers and experts Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for shopping, tea, and conversation! 

1239 Broadway, Suite 801

Hours: Tuesday-Friday Noon-6:00pm

In this one-day exhibition, Aoi Yoshizawa will showcase her art and design work at the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.

She will present her own custom looms from her long-term project I AM A WEAVER - an artistic research and technical experiment in hand weaving. In this project she has been investigating traditional weaving methods and reinterpreting them into contemporary practices. Her loom installations are created by combining different ancient techniques with various materials.

Her design work from collaborations with various companies such as the Finnish textile company Lapuan Kankurit will also be on display. Aoi's patterns and woven textiles are inspired by life in the Helsinki archipelago.

Visit the exhibition and meet Aoi - the exhibition will also be a space for discussions about her artwork and creative process.

Space is limited, so please RSVP! The Finnish Cultural Institute is almost opposite the New Museum.

Learn More www.aoiyoshizawa.com

@moiaoi

Aoi Yoshizawa is a textile artist and designer based in Helsinki, Finland. She engages in experimental processes that apply traditional weaving techniques to contemporary woven textiles. Her artistic practice is motivated by the repetitive actions, mechanisms and time consuming nature of the interlacing technique.

Originally from Japan, Aoi has lived in Nordic countries since 2006. She graduated from Aalto University in 2015 (MA) and the Bergen National Academy of Arts in 2011 (BFA). She currently works in a studio on the small island of Harakka in Helsinki. During September and October of 2023 she is an artist in residence at the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.

M.PATMOS is excited to host a meet and greet for New York Based Natural Dyers. (Natural Dyers from elsewhere welcome!)

Please RSVP by September 20th

Refreshments will be served.

Learn More mpatmos.com

@mpatmos

Established over ten years ago, M.PATMOS designs modern wardrobe staples and sophisticated, textural knitwear meant to be passed down to future generations.

Focused on high quality and minimizing our environmental impact, we’ve worked with small family owned factories and workshops for many years, merging sustainable artisan hand crafted techniques and technology to create beautiful designs in luxurious, natural fibers.

We opened our shop in the fall of 2018 in Brooklyn, New York where we focus on bringing you the best from independent designers.

A textile celebration hosted at Lori’s studio in Chelsea. Browse the line of textile-infused accessories available, handmade by artisans with a focus on the craft. View her collections with Weitzner Limited, Samuel & Sons, and other partnerships to see the importance of textile collaboration and innovation.  Flip through Lori’s book Ode to Color, The Ten Essential Palettes for Living, published by Harper Collins and take the color test beforehand. Come visit Lori’s world at the White Box Sanctuary as she charmingly calls it.

Learn More www.loriweitzner.com

@loriweitzner @loriweitznershop

Lori Weitzner graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Textiles. She established herself in the U.S. textiles market as the Design Director for Jack Lenor Larsen, after which she introduced Weitzner Limited, a line of innovative wallcoverings and textiles that are sold worldwide. Lori has collaborated successfully with a number of businesses in the United States and abroad: Germany’s renowned Sahco for textiles, rugs for Perennials and West Elm, packaging for Estee Lauder and Calvin Klein and most recently, for Papyrus, her greeting cards and other gift items. Her collection work for the premiere passementerie company, Samuel and Sons, is what inspired her to create her own line of jewelry and accessories under her own brand. Lori is the author of Ode to Color: The Ten Essential Palettes for Living and Design, published by HarperCollins. She lectures around the world on the impact of color on our well-being.

A private artist-led tour of an exhibition of indigo batik wax works made in Bali, Indonesia last year. The series the 'Space Above the Coconut Tree' investigates the Tri Hita Karana concept of stewarding the earth, human culture, and divine culture in equal efforts to maintain a healthy society. Metaphorically and physically these trees bridge all three realms.

Over the past decade, Brian lived, studied, and worked in China, Japan, and Indonesia, and that has sculptured his sense of design and aesthetics in unique ways when overlaid with the Appalachian folk art he grew up with. He is a pictorial anthropologist who creates works of pictorial anthropology, based on experiences and interactions, recorded thoughts, and observations from lived experience of place. Core themes of my practice center around issues of sustainable water management and the inextricable dependency of cultural wisdom on the natural environment.

Please note that the gallery is located in a historic townhouse so there is no elevator in the building.
The gallery is located on the 3rd Floor, and so visitors must feel comfortable walking up the main staircase.

Learn More brianmichaelreed.com

Exhibition of quilts and monoprints prints by Lawre Stone.

Lawre Stone’s quilt works bring together found quilts and unfinished quilt tops gathered from her ancestors and other unknown quilt makers. To honor their handwork and legacy, she picks up where the former maker left off adding her own stitches and imagery. Working on patchwork panels, she paints images derived from natural phenomena directly onto the new fabric patches and then hand appliques them to the quilt tops. The images are remembered feelings relating to internalized observations of the natural world. The petals of a dying flower, a vital organ in distress, or a broken chunk of an iceberg inspire the image she selects. Like a quilting bee, the finishing is done by a seamstress living in Lawre’s local community. The final works are inter-generational collaborations between women spanning decades, regions and cultures.

During NY Textile month, Lawre will be working at the Russell Janis print studio with printmaker Janis Stemmermann producing a series of prints, based on these unique quilts works. This project will explore printing hand-drawn imagery and cut textile onto her mother’s handmade paper made decades ago, a collaborative layering of materiality and time. Russell Janis will host an exhibition of Lawre’s quilt works and newly made prints side by side.

Learn More russelljanis.com, @russelljanis

lawrestone.com, @lawrestone

Russell Janis Projects is an artist-run project space based in Brooklyn, NY established in 2014. They produce and exhibit print-based works, Inviting artists of various disciplines to collaborate. Creative Director Janis Stemmermann curates projects that push the boundaries of contemporary printmaking using textile, sculpture and the painterly print. The print studio at Russell Janis generates an array of editions, series, and unique works of art using techniques of intaglio, relief and monoprinting.

Open Studio in Chelsea Manhattan. A raw display and work space, street level, on Seventh Avenue. The space is unusual for an artist's studio and interesting to see in itself. Visit a textile artist's display and work space in Chelsea Manhattan. Get up close and personal with the process of mending Blooms and creating a Hug Booth. The space is provided by Chashama.

Heidi works by hand, using vintage handiworks to create wall-hangings and installations.

Visitors are welcome to see the process of creating works for upcoming projects and the ongoing Hug Booth.

Learn More www.heidihankaniemi.com

@heidihankaniemi

Born in Finland, Hankaniemi has a Critical Fine Art Practice Degree from Central Saint Martins in London UK. Based in Manhattan New York.
Work is primarily Textile based and has been exhibited in Europe and in the US and featured in publications globally.

She took part in NYTM 2021 with an exhibition hosted by the Consulate of Finland, in NYTM 2022 partaking in Tectonic Textiles at Mana Contemporary (curated by Ragna Froda) and as a speaker for NYTM's Healing Textiles Seminar. She recently had a Solo exhibition/ Sewing performance at L'Space Gallery in Chelsea New York.

Join artist Chellis Baird for a private tour of her art studio in Long Island City, NY. Baird will share her textile art practice with an in-depth conversation about her process and inspiration. This is a unique opportunity to experience her work and where she actively creates each unique painting. Space is limited please RSVP.

Learn More @chellisbaird

American artist Chellis Baird blurs the intersection of painting, sculpture and textiles. Baird explores the elements of painting by reconstructing handwoven canvases from a unique perspective. Her bespoke process begins with woven structures as her base. Each canvas starts with neutral toned materials that are then painted, dyed and sculpted into dimensional brushstrokes. She creates tangled compositions through a series of twists, knots, and upcycled textiles. Baird’s background in fashion allows her to dress the canvas with imagination. Not unlike a garment, she uses color to emphasize the authenticity and body of each piece.

Open Studio in Chelsea Manhattan. A raw display and work space, street level, on Seventh Avenue. The space is unusual for an artist's studio and interesting to see in itself. Visit a textile artist's display and work space in Chelsea Manhattan. Get up close and personal with the process of mending Blooms and creating a Hug Booth. The space is provided by Chashama.

Heidi works by hand, using vintage handiworks to create wall-hangings and installations.

Visitors are welcome to see the process of creating works for upcoming projects and the ongoing Hug Booth.

Learn More www.heidihankaniemi.com

@heidihankaniemi

Born in Finland, Hankaniemi has a Critical Fine Art Practice Degree from Central Saint Martins in London UK. Based in Manhattan New York. Work is primarily Textile based and has been exhibited in Europe and in the US and featured in publications globally.

She took part in NYTM 2021 with an exhibition hosted by the Consulate of Finland, in NYTM 2022 partaking in Tectonic Textiles at Mana Contemporary (curated by Ragna Froda) and as a speaker for NYTM's Healing Textiles Seminar. She recently had a Solo exhibition/ Sewing performance at L'Space Gallery in Chelsea New York.

An exhibition of recent work and open studio at Naomi studio in Chelsea, NY.

Naomi Ben-Shahar is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator based in New York. She is interested in exploring the lineage of women's work, nature and cosmology. Her framework is the intersection of weaving and photography.

Ben-Shahar has benefited from international and local support by organizations such as Baxter St Camera Club of NY, the American Academy in Rome (Italy), NYFA, LMCC, Edith Russ Site for Media Arts (Germany) and the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris (France).

Ms. Ben-Shahar curated contemporary art exhibitions for the NY City Opera at Lincoln Center, taught at Fordham University and the ICP in NY.

Learn More naomibenshahar.com

@naomibenshahar_studio

Shop @ The Jewelry Library opens September 12th-29th with textile-based jewelry and wearable art by contemporary and vintage makers working with a wide range of materials, from rags and textile scraps to luxury fibers. The Shop will feature multi-sensory works by inclusive textile designer and educator Sugandha Gupta, statement necklaces by visual artist Debra Rapoport, hand-crafted zero-waste accessories by designer Martina Dietrich, objects and jewelry by Kyrgyz textile artists Chinara Niyazova and Munara Abdukakharova, along with colorful beaded fabric jewelry by Nesftaly Gomez and metalsmith Jina Seo's enamel and fiber brooches and earrings. Vintage standouts include a 1970s collection of Alex and Lee’s exquisite passementerie necklaces and belts, and surrealist inspired velvet and felt jewelry by Moschino.

Offering a monthly curation with a changing roster of artists and vintage dealers, the Shop advances The Jewelry Library’s mission to create opportunities for education, engagement, and connection. Come by to meet the makers and experts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 4:00pm for shopping, tea, and conversation! Schedule to be announced in early September.

Learn More thejewelrylibrary.com

@thejewelrylibrary

The Jewelry Library (TJL) is a collaborative space curated for jewelry people by jewelry people. Founded in 2018, TJL hosts a wide range of exhibitions, talks, and events all across the jewelry-spectrum, collaborating with both contemporary and vintage gallerists, artists, and collectors, as well as storytellers, historians, makers, and wearers. Along with an archive, library, and gallery space–which houses the TJL collection of books and jewelry–there is a penthouse space, The Great Room @ The Jewelry Library, for larger community gatherings, and next door, the new SHOP@TJL, opening this fall.

Together with Christine Martens you will examine and discuss the large-scale tent embroideries (tush ki’iz and tus ki’iz) of the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, who were historically nomadic pastoralists. These textiles were the focal point of the nomadic felt trellis tent (yurt), where every occupant and object had its place according to tradition. We will view a number of interior tent images to further understand the role of textile and space within the tent, as found in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Northwest China.

Sale of Christine Martens’s ethnographic collection, including Uzbek ikat and suzani embroideries, Kyrgyz and Kazakh embroideries, antique Turkmen coats (velvet, silk, cotton), hats, silk shawls, Yomut embroidered trouser cuffs, Syrian silk embroidered coats, Sind embroidered silk bokcha, Orissa weavings, Timor ceremonial ikat cape, American quilts and more.

Christine Martens is an Independent researcher of Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Uyghurs of NW China (textiles and traditions) supported by Fulbright, IREX, Asian Cultural Council, MFA in Fiber, Artist grants from NYFA and New Jersey state council on the arts

Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck is celebrating New York Textile Month with an open studio. Witness Helena’s monumental wall of brilliant, lustrous rya wool, and learn about the material choices, working methods, and creative questions that have informed her career and the ‘spectacular illusion’ for which she is known.

Portions of Helena’s archive will be on view to illustrate her legacy of commissioned tapestries, and touch samples will be available to offer insight into her technique.

A pioneer of photorealistic tapestry in the 1960s, and the first to apply camera optics to handweaving in the 1970s, Hernmarck is credited with revolutionizing tapestry’s aesthetics and relationship to modern architecture. Her tapestries enhance buildings around the world and are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and other major institutions.

Learn More www.hernmarck.com

@helenahernmarckstudio

Hernmarck’s studio is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Please consider transportation options before registering for this event. The studio is a 15-minute drive from Purdy’s, Croton Falls and Brewster train stations on MetroNorth’s Harlem Line. Taxis are available from the Brewster train station. Address will be emailed to registered attendees one week prior to the event.

Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish tapestry artist who lives and works in the United States. She is best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings. Her mentors were three Swedish pioneers of the modern movement in textiles: Alice Lund, Edna Martin, and Astrid Sampe. After graduating from art school in Stockholm in 1963, she moved her studio to Canada and later to England before settling in the United States in the mid-1970s. Hernmarck now maintains an active studio in Ridgefield, CT.