Textile Center Of Minnesota

TEXTILE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO HONOR TEXTILE TRADITIONS, PROMOTE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, NUTURE APPRECIATION, AND INSPIRE WIDESPREAD PARTICIPATION IN FIBER ART.

TEXTILE CENTER WAS FOUNDED IN 1994 AND IS A NATIONAL CENTER FOR FIBER ART BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS. OUR PROGRAMMING INCLUDES YEAR-ROUND EXHIBITIONS, FIBER ART EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH, A LIBRARY THAT IS HOME TO MORE THAN 35,000 BOOKS AND PERIODICALS DEDICATED TO TEXTILES AND FIBER ART, A RETAIL ARTISAN SHOP THAT PROVIDES INCOME TO FIBER ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE REGION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, OUR DYE LAB AND DYE GARDEN, AND THE MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIPS FOR FIBER ARTISTS. FIBER ART IS THE #1 ART FORM PRACTICED BY MINNESOTANS ("MINNESOTANS AND THE ARTS" MINNESOTA COMPASS), AND TEXTILE CENTER HAS BEEN THE ITS CHAMPION. OUR HOME IS LOCATED AT 3000 UNIVERSITY AVE. SE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, NEXT TO THE METRO GREEN LINE PROSPECT PARK STATION. TEXTILE CENTER IS COMMITTED TO INCREASING FIBER ARTS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, WHICH CONCRETELY SUPPORTS OUR STRATEGIC GOALS TO:1. LEAD WITH INCLUSIVE PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE ALL CONSTITUENTS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, INCOME, AND DISABILITIES, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.2. PRIORITIZE AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS.3. SUPPORT AND INSPIRE FIBER ARTISTS, MAKERS, AND APPRECIATORS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, SALES, AND COLLABORATION.TEXTILE CENTER PRESENTS MORE THAN 20 EXHIBITIONS PER YEAR IN ITS FOUR GALLERIES THE JOAN MONDALE GALLERY, MARY GILES GALLERY, COMMUNITY GALLERY, AND LIBRARY GALLERY. ALL EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND THEY ARE ALSO PRESENTED VIRTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE. TO FOSTER FIBER ARTS APPRECIATION AND ENTREPRENEURISM, OUR ARTISAN RETAIL SHOP OFFERS THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET ARTISTS VIA DEMONSTRATIONS, TRUNK SHOWS, AND EXHIBITS, AND WE MENTOR CONSIGNMENT ARTISTS ON BUSINESS PRACTICES.WE EMBRACE ALL FORMS OF FIBER ART INCLUDING WEAVING, QUILTING, KNITTING, SEWING, DYEING, FELTING, NEEDLEWORK, LACE MAKING, BEADING, SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, SOFT SCULPTURE, AND MULTI-MEDIA PIECES. ALL FIBER ARTS DISCIPLINES ARE OFFERED AND RANGE FROM INTRODUCTORY CLASSES FOR THE CURIOUS TO EXHIBITS OF WORKS BY MASTER ARTISTS. PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES, AND WE ARE EXPANDING OUR STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL REACH THROUGH OUR ONLINE PROGRAMMING. IN ADDITION TO FIBER ART CLASSES, OUR RESOURCES FOR INNOVATION INCLUDE ELLEN EREDE WELLS DYE LAB, A PLACE FOR LEARNING, EXPLORATION, AND EXPERIMENTATION, AND OUR PAT O'CONNOR LIBRARY, A SINGULAR RESOURCE FOR INVENTIVENESS AND INNOVATION, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST CIRCULATING COLLECTIONS ON FIBER ART IN THE NATION.