Textile Center – A National Center for Fiber Art

Textile Center’s mission is to honor textile traditions, promote excellence and innovation, and inspire widespread participation in fiber art.

Featured Workshops

Sashiko: Create and Transfer Patterns • July 18

Embroidered Photographs • July 24

Get Started: Needle Felted Mini Kits • August 17

Mastering Machine Tension • August 19

News & Events

INTERLACE programs for 55+ adults

Interlace Classes 2019 INTERLACE classes for students 55+ are here! Classes are beginning level, designed to build NEW skills in a cohort of other students wanting to explore something new. Classes are 8 weeks, 3 hours per class.…

Guest Teaching Artists

Come and celebrate 25 years of Textile Center excellence during a special summer of workshops to guide, inspire, and grow your creative practice! Announcing our Guest Teaching Artist Workshops Step up your textile game with our national and…

Summer Camps 2019 Information

Whether your child is an aspiring textile artist or simply has a passion for the arts, we offer 24 camps for ages 6–16. Plan a summer your child will remember forever. REGISTER HERE! Great MN Quilt Together: Quilt…

Fall 2019 Garage Sale Pop Up

A pop-up celebration of thrift and fiber art – located at Textile Center! Are you an artist, student, maker or DIYer, or simply just love a bargain? With an auditorium stacked with fabric, yarn, patterns, tools, sewing machines,…

Orient, Disorient, Repeat – Jerome Artist Exhibition

May 23 — July 27, 2019 • Joan Mondale Gallery Showing the work of the Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grantees 2018/2019 Artist Reception: May 23, 5:30–7 pm, with Jerome artist talks at 6 pm Janet Dixon Janet Dixon uses…

Kay McCarthy: For the Love of Quilting

May 16 — July 27, 2019 • Community Gallery A prolific quilter since the 1980’s, McCarthy grew up in St. Louis Park and began quilting after careers as a lawyer and teacher. Her interest in algebra and geometry…

Katya Oicherman: Stories of the Torn Swaddling Cloth

May 23 — July 27, 2019 • Studio Gallery Oicherman’s installation in the Studio Gallery features embroidery and video to tell a story of transforming a swaddling cloth into a Jewish ritual textile. In its close proximity to…

Guild Wall Feature: Minnesota Knitters’ Guild

Minnesota Knitters’ Guild July 1 - August 31, 2019 Formed in 1985 as a knitting group, the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild has grown into a community of over seven-hundred knitters. Our members range in age from pre-teen to…