The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch, by Kirstie Macleod and voices from the embroidery project In 2022, fifteen female survivors of conflict-related sexual violence gathered together at the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were meeting with Kirstie Macleod, creator and facilitator of The Red Dress, a scarlet silk dupion dress embellished …

Threads of Love is a two-person exhibition curated by Beth Kantrowitz/bk projects featuring work by Delvin Lugo, a narrative figure painter working directly on vintage textiles, and Amber Mustafic, an embroiderer who hand-stitches personal mythologies that draw from memory, symbolism, and mysticism. Through their varied practices, Lugo and Mustafic explore domestic environments, familial lineage, intimate …

Mixed Media Textile Art in three dimensions by Ann Goddard Ann Goddard’s Introduction lays out what her intentions are with this work, explicitly clarifying and owning her unusual approaches to art-making. “A friend described me as working with ‘extreme mixed media,’” and indeed she does. Further, she declares her practice as ‘hybrid’, quoting Laurie Britton …

I am interested in using materials related to medical gender transition, exploring what it means to take up these tools for my own purposes, not as the doctor or surgeon, but as the individual on the other end of the syringe or scalpel. I am always thinking about the web I am caught in as …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

On Mending: Stories of damage and repair by Celia Pym Mending has always seemed a chore to me. While I enjoy the meditative process of needlework, I’ve never achieved any sentiment other than a satisfactory, “Well, that’s done,” feeling when a hole has been repaired. After reading On Mending: Stories of damage and repair by …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …

Surface Design Association is excited to announce Modern Weavers / New Spirit, our Summer 2025 edition of Surface Design Journal. This issue takes a deep dive into contemporary weaving while acknowledging a long list of modern innovators whose threads can be located in contemporary approaches. As Patricia Malarcher points out, “textile art produced since the …

The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee …