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There’s a New Rug-Maker in Town, Habibi 

Avatar photo by Bianca Velasquez August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

Using the brand name Habibi Bazaar, Utah-based Lebanese American artist Pamela El Gergi modernizes traditional rug-making as a way to stay connected to her heritage.

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Two Navajo Artists Weave New Histories

Avatar photo by Susannah Abbey March 30, 2022March 31, 2022

Zefren-M and Morris Muskett find self-expression through contemporary weaving.

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Museums Partner to Establish Palestine’s First Textile Conservation Studio

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 13, 2022March 11, 2022

The Palestinian Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum received a $480,000 grant to conserve Palestinian textiles.

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Crafting a Future Is a Clarion Call to Support Indigenous Arts

Avatar photo by Anindya Sen February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Today, India’s handwoven and hand-spun fabrics and master artisans find themselves at existential crossroads, facing threats of obsolescence and urbanization.

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New Folk Art Museum Celebrates the Rise of Craft During the Pandemic

by Renée Reizman January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

Self-taught artists were invited to exhibit, and sell, their fuzzy stacks of pancakes and tasseled tapestries.

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Stitched Scenes of Everyday Life in LA’s Boyle Heights

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

Erick Medel’s labor-intensive pieces pay tribute to the labor being done around him.

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A Japanese Designer’s Vision for Beautiful, Sustainable Textiles

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

“Our guiding principle is to make things that don’t get old and thrown away,” says Sudō Reiko.

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Faced With a Complex Sense of Home, Jagdeep Raina Turns to Art

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

“I’ve always felt that home is a fraught place which is constantly going through ruptures,” says Jagdeep Raina.

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Spirited Textiles Capture the Fervor of Recent Political Unrest

Avatar photo by Billie Anania September 26, 2021September 24, 2021

Tabitha Arnold’s rugs pay tribute to organizers who lay their bodies on the line in the workplace, in the public square, and in the depths of private prisons.

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An Artist’s Hand Towels, Woven During the Pandemic

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Doerte Weber’s weavings reproduce the ubiquitous charts and graphics related to infection rates, deaths, and unemployment.

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Rosie Lee Tompkins’s Textiles Offer Windows Into Other Worlds

by Serena W. Lin September 22, 2020November 5, 2020

Tompkins’s quilts are at turns abstract beauties, political statements, faith-based texts, and textile craft.

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In Sonia Gomes’s Hands, Textiles Evoke Resilience

by Ela Bittencourt September 2, 2020August 31, 2021

With her New York debut on the horizon, the Afro-Brazilian artist, known for her seductive, textile-based sculptures, is finally, and rightfully, receiving international recognition.

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National Portrait Gallery Announces the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

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