Textile Center
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Textile Center is unique as America’s national center for fiber art, with a mission to honor textile traditions, promote excellence and innovation, nurture appreciation, and inspire widespread participation in fiber arts.
The Center’s resources include exceptional fiber art exhibitions, an artisan shop, the region’s only accessible professional-grade dye lab, a natural dye plant garden, and one of the nation’s largest circulating textile libraries open to the public. Textile Center produces more than 200 classes a year for all ages and skill levels through its youth, adult, older adult, and outreach programs.
A dynamic hub of fiber activity for 30 years, Textile Center brings people together in community to learn, create, share, and be inspired by fiber art. For more information, visit: textilecentermn.org.
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Events & Classes
Exhibition
Stitching Black Legacy: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi
Textile Center proudly presents Stitching Black Legacy: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi, the largest solo exhibition of Mazloomi’s work ever held under one roof. All of the quilts in this exhibition were created in 2024 and 2025.
Tue Apr 22
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Sat Jul 12
At Textile Center
Free!
Class/Workshop
Artistic Improv: A ‘Yes and’ Approach with Winnie van der Rijn
Join Winnie van der Rijn for a special workshop. Utilizing a variety of mixed media applications, Winnie will guide participants in an expansive and improvisational approach to artmaking. Discuss and learn exercises of design opportunity, iteration, collaboration, deconstruction, artistic decision making and skill sharing.
Fri Aug 22
10:00am - 4:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
At Textile Center
$405 (full course)
Class/Workshop
Artistic Improv: A ‘Yes and’ Approach with Winnie van der Rijn
Join Winnie van der Rijn for a special workshop. Utilizing a variety of mixed media applications, Winnie will guide participants in an expansive and improvisational approach to artmaking. Discuss and learn exercises of design opportunity, iteration, collaboration, deconstruction, artistic decision making and skill sharing.
Sat Aug 23
10:00am - 4:00pm
10:00am - 4:00pm
At Textile Center
$405 (full course)
Class/Workshop
Pattern Play: Ikat Weaving with Wendy Weiss
Join us in welcoming Wendy Weiss for a special workshop on warp ikat dyeing with natural plant dyes in collaboration with the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. The first three days of the workshop (tying and dyeing) will be held at Textile Center, followed by two days at the Weavers Guild (warping and weaving).
Thu Sep 25
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Mon Sep 29
At Textile Center
$700 (full course)
Class/Workshop
Vessels of Love: Gullah, Ancestral, and Sustainable Weaving with Cookie Washington
Join Cookie Washington for a four-day workshop celebrating ancestral weaving and sustainable creativity through upcycled textiles. Using techniques inspired by her Cherokee, Berber, and Gullah heritage, Cookie will guide participants in transforming discarded fabrics into meaningful, eco-conscious art.
Wed Nov 5
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Sat Nov 8
At Textile Center
$525 (full course)
