Deepen your understanding of textiles and fiber arts through our Art Speaks lecture + discussion series!

Art Speaks events feature visiting Guest Teaching Artists, exhibiting artists, and invited textile scholars.

Events occur in person, online, and often in a hybrid format (online and in-person options). Tickets are typically offered on a sliding scale.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Art Speaks • Unraveling Passing with Embodied Material

Thursday, Nov 19, 6 pm CT • Virtual, on Zoom
Sliding scale

Join us for a special conversation with exhibiting artists in the Embodied Material exhibition at Textile Center, on view October 27, 2026 – January 7, 2027.

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DISCUSSION ARCHIVE

Art Speaks • Notes from Costumers: Santa Suits

Art Speaks • Notes from Costumers: Santa Suits

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Art Speaks • Abduljabbar Khatri and Sufiyan Ismail Khatri

Art Speaks • Abduljabbar Khatri and Sufiyan Ismail Khatri

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Art Speaks • Celebrating the 2025 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows

Art Speaks • Celebrating the 2025 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows

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Art Speaks • The Visual Language of Basketry

Art Speaks • The Visual Language of Basketry

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Art Speaks • An Unfinished Project: Intersecting Quilting, Book Arts, and History to Celebrate a Mother’s Creative Legacy

Art Speaks • An Unfinished Project: Intersecting Quilting, Book Arts, and History to Celebrate a Mother’s Creative Legacy

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Art Speaks • Stitching Black Legacy with Carolyn L. Mazloomi

Art Speaks • Stitching Black Legacy with Carolyn L. Mazloomi

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Art Speaks • Sculptural and Social Quilting with Aaron McIntosh

Art Speaks • Sculptural and Social Quilting with Aaron McIntosh

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Art Speaks • A History of African American Quilting with Tracy Vaughn-Manley

Art Speaks • A History of African American Quilting with Tracy Vaughn-Manley

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Art Speaks • Timeless Tapestries of Evelyn + Jerome Ackerman

Art Speaks • Timeless Tapestries of Evelyn + Jerome Ackerman

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Art Speaks • Indigenous Traditions of Quillwork Embroidery with Joe Savage

Art Speaks • Indigenous Traditions of Quillwork Embroidery with Joe Savage

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Art Speaks • Celebrating the 2024 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows

Art Speaks • Celebrating the 2024 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows

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Art Speaks • Deep Color: The Shades That Shape Our Souls Book Talk with Keith Recker

Art Speaks • Deep Color: The Shades That Shape Our Souls Book Talk with Keith Recker

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Art Speaks • Book Launch Celebration with Judy Frater, author of Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India

Art Speaks • Book Launch Celebration with Judy Frater, author of Artisans by Design: An Odyssey of Education for Textile Artisans in India

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Art Speaks • Kasuri: A Japanese Textile Tradition in Global Context with Lee Talbot

Art Speaks • Kasuri: A Japanese Textile Tradition in Global Context with Lee Talbot

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Art Speaks • Prestigious Textiles of the Northwest Coast: Chilkat and Ravenstail Weaving

Art Speaks • Prestigious Textiles of the Northwest Coast: Chilkat and Ravenstail Weaving

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Art Speaks • Sashiko: From Appropriation to Appreciation

Art Speaks • Sashiko: From Appropriation to Appreciation

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Art Speaks: Finding the Perfect Fit with Lynda Maynard

Art Speaks: Finding the Perfect Fit with Lynda Maynard

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Art Speaks: Contemporary Expressions of Zapotec Weaving and Dyeing with Porfirio Gutiérrez

Art Speaks: Contemporary Expressions of Zapotec Weaving and Dyeing with Porfirio Gutiérrez

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Art Speaks: Dyeing for Spinners and Felters with Nicole Frost

Art Speaks: Dyeing for Spinners and Felters with Nicole Frost

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Art Speaks Felt-Wise: A Case for Accessible Crafting with Mette Østman

Art Speaks Felt-Wise: A Case for Accessible Crafting with Mette Østman

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Art Speaks: Creating a Textile Reliquary with Ceci Lewis

Art Speaks: Creating a Textile Reliquary with Ceci Lewis

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Art Speaks + Book Signing: Unraveling with Peggy Orenstein

Art Speaks + Book Signing: Unraveling with Peggy Orenstein

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Art Speaks: Celebrating the 2023 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows, co-presented with The Great Northern

Art Speaks: Celebrating the 2023 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellows, co-presented with The Great Northern

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Art Speaks + Book Signing: Hooking Faces with Tish Murphy

Art Speaks + Book Signing: Hooking Faces with Tish Murphy

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Art Speaks: Maki Aizawa - My Life with Kimono

Art Speaks: Maki Aizawa – My Life with Kimono

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Art Speaks: Art From a Thousand Days with Kiranada Benjamin

Art Speaks: Art From a Thousand Days with Kiranada Benjamin

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Art Speaks:

Art Speaks: “What is Kantha, Anyway?” with Pika Ghosh

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Art Speaks: African Blues - My Life in Indigo, with Gasali Adeyemo

Art Speaks: African Blues – My Life in Indigo, with Gasali Adeyemo

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Art Speaks: Mining Mending - Social + Creative Practice

Art Speaks: Mining Mending – Social + Creative Practice

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Art Speaks: Folk Embroideries of Kutch

Art Speaks: Folk Embroideries of Kutch

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Art Speaks: Resurgence with Asif Shaikh

Art Speaks: Resurgence with Asif Shaikh

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Art Speaks: One, Two, Many with Pat Pauly

Art Speaks: One, Two, Many with Pat Pauly

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Art Speaks: CONTINUUM - Body & Place

Art Speaks: CONTINUUM – Body & Place

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Art Speaks: CONTINUUM - Family & Memory

Art Speaks: CONTINUUM – Family & Memory

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Art Speaks: A Common Thread 2021 – Text and Textiles

Art Speaks: A Common Thread 2021 – Text and Textiles

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Art Speaks: A Common Thread 2021 — Textiles as Social Practice

Art Speaks: A Common Thread 2021 — Textiles as Social Practice

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Art Speaks: Introducing Mayumi Amada

Art Speaks: Introducing Mayumi Amada

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Art Speaks: Shakun Maheshwari on Indian Textiles and Craft

Art Speaks: Shakun Maheshwari on Indian Textiles and Craft

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Art Speaks: Rotem Tamir, Making as Catalyst for Remembering

Art Speaks: Rotem Tamir, Making as Catalyst for Remembering

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Art Speaks: Emerging Artist Maxine Britt on Gender Neutral Fashion

Art Speaks: Emerging Artist Maxine Britt on Gender Neutral Fashion

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Art Speaks: The Story of MHD Couture, a Conversation with Maggie Dayton

Art Speaks: The Story of MHD Couture, a Conversation with Maggie Dayton

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Art Speaks: Vionnet to BOG Coats, Designing Low Waste, Beautiful and Comfortable Garments discussion with Ella Ramsey

Art Speaks: Vionnet to BOG Coats, Designing Low Waste, Beautiful and Comfortable Garments discussion with Ella Ramsey

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Art Speaks: A Conversation with Brooklyn Tweed

Art Speaks: A Conversation with Brooklyn Tweed

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Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Artist Nancy Johnson

Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Artist Nancy Johnson

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Art Speaks: Artisans, Textiles, and Travels in Morocco discussion with Dr. Susan Schaefer Davis

Art Speaks: Artisans, Textiles, and Travels in Morocco discussion with Dr. Susan Schaefer Davis

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Art Speaks: What’s a Yarn-Bombed Snowblower?

Art Speaks: What’s a Yarn-Bombed Snowblower?

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Art Speaks: Yurt 2020 Artist Talk with Linda Johnson-Morke

Art Speaks: Yurt 2020 Artist Talk with Linda Johnson-Morke

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Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Donor Stitch Buffalo

Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Donor Stitch Buffalo

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Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Artist Laura Foster Nicholson

Art Speaks: A Conversation with Auction Artist Laura Foster Nicholson

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Art Speaks: Catching Up with Jonah Larson, 12-year-old Crochet Prodigy

Art Speaks: Catching Up with Jonah Larson, 12-year-old Crochet Prodigy

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Art Speaks: Emerging Artist Alonzo Pantoja

Art Speaks: Emerging Artist Alonzo Pantoja

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Art Speaks: Making a Difference, Rug Hooking Artists in Guatemala

Art Speaks: Making a Difference, Rug Hooking Artists in Guatemala

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Art Speaks: Art Cloth Network, Full Circle, Part 2

Art Speaks: Art Cloth Network, Full Circle, Part 2

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Art Speaks: PRIDE, Queer Figures and Portraiture

Art Speaks: PRIDE, Queer Figures and Portraiture

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Art Speaks: Roots of Our Labor, 2019 – 2020 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grantees

Art Speaks: Roots of Our Labor, 2019 – 2020 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grantees

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Art Speaks: Art Cloth Network, Full Circle, Part 1

Art Speaks: Art Cloth Network, Full Circle, Part 1

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Art Speaks: PRIDE, Queer Language in Iconography

Art Speaks: PRIDE, Queer Language in Iconography

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Art Speaks: Kenneth Takes Manhattan

Art Speaks: Kenneth Takes Manhattan

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Art Speaks: What's the Use of Used?

Art Speaks: What’s the Use of Used?

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Art Speaks: Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi

Art Speaks: Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi

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Art Speaks: Susan Iverson

Art Speaks: Susan Iverson

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Art Speaks: Abdul Jabbar Khatri & Sufiyan Khatri

Art Speaks: Abdul Jabbar Khatri & Sufiyan Khatri

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Art Speaks: Kayta Oicherman

Art Speaks: Kayta Oicherman

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Art Speaks: Entrapment and Transformation/The Lost Chapters - Carolyn Halliday and Leslie Schwartz

Art Speaks: Entrapment and Transformation/The Lost Chapters – Carolyn Halliday and Leslie Schwartz

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Art Speaks: Rug Money panel discussion and book expo

Art Speaks: Rug Money panel discussion and book expo

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Art Speaks Author Talk: Susan Schaefer Davis

Art Speaks Author Talk: Susan Schaefer Davis

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Art Speaks: Artists in the Kitchen

Art Speaks: Artists in the Kitchen

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Art Speaks Author Talk: Marcia G. Anderson

Art Speaks Author Talk: Marcia G. Anderson

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Art Speaks: Knots

Art Speaks: Knots

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Art Speaks / Needlework: Essential Stitches

Art Speaks / Needlework: Essential Stitches

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Art Speaks / Baskets: Woven Treasures

Art Speaks / Baskets: Woven Treasures

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Art Speaks: Amazing Rugs

Art Speaks: Amazing Rugs

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Art Speaks / Buttons: Tiny Marvels Worth Collecting

Art Speaks / Buttons: Tiny Marvels Worth Collecting

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Art Speaks: The Intrigue of Color

Art Speaks: The Intrigue of Color

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Art Speaks: Art vs. Craft

Art Speaks: Art vs. Craft

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Art Speaks: Sustainable Thoughts

Art Speaks: Sustainable Thoughts

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Art Speaks: Fiber and Orphans

Art Speaks: Fiber and Orphans

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