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.

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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.

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@galleria.si

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

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

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

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

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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

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

In-Person/ Talk / Textile Industry

Join La Sudestada for a special conversation to celebrate the power of textiles as carriers of memory, identity, and community. As part of New York Textile Month and Latin Heritage Month, this gathering brings together 6 incredible artists, designers, and cultural leaders to share how their practices were born, how their roots and traditions shape their work, and how they see textiles as a way to connect and empower.

This is not a traditional panel but a space for storytelling, reflection, and inspiration — where diasporic voices highlight the role of textiles in preserving culture, creating belonging, and imagining new futures.

MODERATOR : Sofía S. Reeser del Rio

PANELISTS: Andres Altamirano (Artist), Cassandra Mayela Allen, Cinthya Santos Briones, María Lulu Varona, Yamil Arbaje (Co-founder and Designer, LEBLANC STUDIOS)

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SUDESTADA is a multidisciplinary studio at the intersection of fashion & art intertwined by the strength of storytelling.

lasudestada.com

@la.sudestada

Sofía S. Reeser del Rio (b. Puerto Rico) is a New York City based curator, scholar, multidisciplinary artist, and educator whose practice. Specializing in Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean art, she produces exhibitions that champion LGBTQ+ and self-identified female creatives from Puerto Rico. Her work integrates ecological working models, community wellness initiatives, and sustainable cultural production.

Sofía is Curator and Associate Director of Programs at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center in NYC, where she leads cutting-edge digital storytelling, archival research, and innovative community gathering initiatives. As Co-Curator of Historias and Project Lead of Nueva York Chronicles, in collaboration with Libertad O. Guerra, she is redefining how Latinx narratives are collected, archived, and shared through interactive, multimedia platforms. Her visionary leadership has been recognized through multiple awards, fellowships, and residencies, underscoring her commitment to advancing knowledge justice and rethinking art, science, and civic practice as catalysts for sustainable community engagement.

sofiashaula.com @sofishau

Andres Altamirano / Artist (b. Ecuador) Andrés Altamirano is an Ecuadorian-born visual artist and photographer based in New York. His interest in photography and textiles is inspired by his Ecuadorian grandmother’s work on traditional Andean textiles. Weaving these traditions into the fabric of his art practice, Altamirano explores the intricate facets of identity, culture, and language within transitional spaces. In 2022, Altamirano founded Runamaky Projects, a community-based archive focused on Ecuadorian cultural heritage which aims to preserve and reactivate the production of traditional Andean-Ecuadorian textiles. In 2024, he completed the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program. He is a graduate of the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism Program at the International Center of Photography, where he was awarded the Jan Mulder Fellowship. His book, Viaje a los Amuletos, created in collaboration with Agnes Studios and published by Lindsay Books, explores and documents Guatemala’s cultural and artistic heritage.

Selected Exhibitions include: Queens Museum (Queens, NY, On View), CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia (Turin, Italy, 2025), Galería Rebelde (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2025), International Center of Photography (New York, NY, 2025), MECA Art Fair (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2024), Ago Projects (Mexico City, Mexico, 2024).

andresaltamirano.com/viaje-a-los-amuletos @andres__altamirano

andresaltamirano.com/runamaky

Cassandra Mayela Allen  (b. 1989, Venezuela) is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York since 2014, following her migration from Venezuela. Her practice explores themes of identity, migration, resistance, and belonging through autobiographical references, participatory forms, and research-driven projects.
Her recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Olympia (NYC, 2024 and 2021), NADA Miami (2024), JO-HS (Mexico City, 2023), and NADA House (NYC, 2022). Group exhibitions include UNAM (2025), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2024), V1 Gallery (Copenhagen, 2024), Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton, 2024), apexart (NYC, 2024), and others. She has attended residencies such as Campo Garzón (Uruguay, 2024), Modern Ancient Brown (Detroit, 2024), Pocoapoco (Oaxaca, 2024), with Skowhegan (2025) upcoming. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Artforum, Elephant, Juxtapoz, Bomb Magazine, and Vogue Mexico.

cassandramayela.me @cassandramayelallen

Cinthya Santos Briones (b. 1983 México) is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and community organizer of Nahua heritage based in New York. Trained in Anthropology and History, she spent a decade as a researcher at Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), focusing on Indigenous migration, codices, textiles, and traditional medicine. Her artistic practice combines ethnography, archival research, and socially engaged art to examine the histories and lived experiences of migration, using photography, writing, textiles, collage, and popular education to build collective narratives.
Her work has received fellowships and awards from Magnum Foundation, National Geographic, En Foco, Mellon Foundation, and others, and has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, The Nation, among many outlets. She has exhibited at the International Center of Photography, El Museo del Barrio, The Latinx Project at NYU, the Museum of the City of New York, and additional venues across the U.S.
Alongside her artistic work, she teaches at CUNY and the Institute of American Indian Arts, and actively collaborates with immigrant communities, supporting advocacy efforts, education, and sanctuary initiatives.

cinthya-santosbriones.com @cinthyasantosb

María Lulu Varona (b. 1993, San Juan, Puerto Rico) began her studies in theater before transferring to visual arts at the University of Puerto Rico. Learning embroidery techniques from her grandmother, she developed a practice that uses craft to explore contemporary conditions.
Residencies include ISCP (Brooklyn, 2018), Flux Factory (Queens, 2019), MACPR Program of Independent Studies (San Juan, 2020), ACRE (Wisconsin, 2021), Teton Artlab (Wyoming, 2022), New Wave (Palm Beach, 2022), The Clemente (NYC, 2022), and Art Omi (2023). Her first solo show LABOR-DADA (Embajada, San Juan, 2021) was followed by group exhibitions at The Whitney Museum of American Art (2022), The Green Gallery (Milwaukee, 2021), Abrons Art Center (NYC, 2021), Flux Factory (2019), Bronx Art Space (2017), and Roberto Paradise (San Juan, 2017).

@luluvarona

Yamil Arbaje / Co-founder and Designer, LEBLANC STUDIOS (b. República Dominicana) Founded in 2014 with Angelo Beato in Santo Domingo, LEBLANC STUDIOS is a Caribbean brand redefining masculine and feminine identities through youth culture, graphic design, and historical narratives. Their work has been featured in Dominican and international publications including Periódico Hoy, Diario Libre, Pandora Magazine, Vogue Thailand, Office Magazine, 1Granary, Dazed, Kaltblut, ODDA, The Forumist, British Thoughts, Bully, and Forbes. In 2024, Yamil Arbaje received the Graduate Prize at The Fashion Trust U.S. in Los Angeles.

leblancstudios.com @leblancstudios

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

In person / Talk / Multiple Techniques

Panel Discussion on Contemporary Explorations in Fiber Art

presented by Parsons First Year at Parsons School of Design

How are traditional textile techniques such as weaving, sewing, and lace making reimagined in contemporary art? How can artists incorporate these time honored methods to express personal narratives, political ideas, and experimental forms?

This panel brings together a diverse group of textile artists who incorporate traditional fiber techniques in innovative and unexpected ways. Through presentations of their studio practices, each artist will offer insight into how they fuse technique with concept, transforming methods into contemporary expressions. From handwoven structures to hybrid works that merge fiber with other materials, the panel will highlight how textile can be a powerful medium for pushing boundaries and storytelling.

Presenters will share both the conceptual frameworks behind their work and the technical processes that bring their pieces to life. The panel will conclude with a Q&A moderated by Elizabeth Tolson, inviting dialogue on the evolving role of textiles in contemporary art.

Artists
Clare Hu: clarehu.com
Nick D’ Ornellas: nicholasdornellas.com
Katherine Earle: katherineearle.com
Glorimar Garcia: glorimargarcia.com
Katie Coughlin: katiecoughlin.com

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@parsonsadht @msliztolson @clare_hu @nickdornellas @kekearle @kcog_lin @glorimarvelous

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.

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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

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

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'.

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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

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.

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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

In person / Fair / Multiple Techniques

FLOCK to GrowNYC's Union Square Greenmarket to celebrate and learn about regional, regenerative textile production that's happening right here in New York state! Produced in collaboration with New York Fibershed and New York Textile Lab, we'll have interactive demos so you can learn more about the process of transforming fibers from raw fleece to finished woven products with techniques such as spinning, carding, weaving, natural dyeing, and more. Meet your farmers from Catskill Merino Farm, Rosehaven Alpaca, Dashing Star Farm, and Lilymoore Farm and stock up on their sheep and alpaca products from yarn, wool socks, fleeces, and more. FLOCK goers can also participate in our community weaving project, learn about natural dyes with the founder of the Pratt Dye Garden, and more!

No registration required.

grownyc.org/blog/fall-events-grownyc-union-square-greenmarket

@unsqgreenmarket

Online / Talk / Multiple Techniques

Webinar with Li Edelkoort

Textiles are one of the oldest surviving material cultures, with their history firmly rooted in the Neolithic period. Since then, textiles have influenced design around the planet, with weaving becoming an indispensable skill connected to family traditions, farmed fibres and local production — spanning to modern times when the loom became mechanised during the Industrial Revolution. Li Edelkoort will take the audience on an inspiring journey through the Europe, Morocco, India, Nepal, Japan, America and beyond. Marking the first ten years of New York Textile Month, this presentation celebrates fabrics, motifs and their origins, since students and designers everywhere have taken up the loom as their most important instrument and ornamentation as their most narrative device. The multiple fruits of this abundant creativity is increasingly being collected and savoured, redefining contemporary textiles in fashion, art and interiors.

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Photo, work by Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize Winner 2024 - Kira Zander

In person / Film Screening / Multiple Techniques

Textiles on Film on Textiles is a collection of short textile-related films curated by Jasmin Risk. The versatility of textiles is woven together through films that reveal textile movement, the relationship between tractors and knitting machines, the trauma of parental separation as told through the perspective of a felted hamster, knitted plastic bags, printmaking, and more.

Films:
Threadscope (Telascopio), Camila Perales Blanco - Bubu
it can be good to sew while you’re bored, Daniel Um
Molds, Emma Dixon
Craftercise, Marie Jones & Sam Meech
Thank You !, Capucine Bourcart
Divorce Hamster, Charlie Dov Schön
Nice Old Woolens, Emma Piper-Burket
Traktor.Strick.Techno.Performance, Feldarbeiter*innen - artist collective consisting of Elisabeth Falkinger, Clara Jacquemard, Veronika Persché, Johanna Schlömicher and Petra Sturm
OverThreaded, Lysander Wong
Proofread, Yvonne Mullock
Needle Waltz, Karina Nasywa Bakri
feeling along the edges, Morgan Sears-Williams
Randa Witness: Materialities, Alina Bardavid / Alejandra Mizrahi / Randeras del Cercado

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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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In person / Performance / Dyeing

Fuerte Quebracho is a site-specific installation at an abandoned structure at Fort Tilden, a former U.S. military site on the Atlantic coast. It uses deadstock silk dyed with quebracho fuerte, a tree native to the Gran Chaco region in South America. Activation in collaboration with performance laboratory gmtc featuring a sound performance by sound artist Isaac Silber and a quebracho water distribution by Fragmentario.

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María-Elena Pombo is a Venezuelan artist and researcher based in NYC. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been exhibited at Somerset House (London), Mana Contemporary (Jersey City), Bronx Museum of the Arts (NYC), Yamamoto-Seika (Osaka), Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan), Zona Maco (México City), and more.
Pombo is artist in residence at Smack Mellon’s Artist Studio Program. She has participated in residencies and fellowships at Yaddo, Wave Hill, LMCC, the Bronx Museum, and NEW INC, The New Museum’s cultural incubator.
She won the 2021 London Design Biennale’s Theme Medal, and has received grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, Queens Council on the Arts, and more.
Pombo’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Slowdown, Metal Magazine, i-D, Vogue, Forbes, and the book ‘True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes”.
She is faculty at Parsons School of Design, teaching and developing curriculum for studio classes with a focus on research and experimentation. Pombo was instructor at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden where she designed and taught classes on natural dyes through a decolonial and non-extractivist lens.

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@fragmentario_

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.

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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.

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@goldfinchtextilestudio

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

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.

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@jagg_udrishti

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.

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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.

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@cynthiadirectorstudio

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

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.

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@lufranceinteriors