Author - Mia Finnamore

Erin Lavelle

Erin Lavelle, Jerome Fiber Art Project Grant Recipient, 2019/20  For Erin Lavelle, a Jerome Fiber Art Project Grant Recipient for 2019/20, this pandemic has impacted her work in many ways -- from re-evaluating, adjusting, to finding new meaning…

Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi

Image: Hands Up, Please Don’t Shoot Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, 2019 Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Founding Member of Textile Center's National Artist Advisory Council “My life is always in the fast lane, and this pandemic has given me a lot…

Priscilla Smith

Priscilla Smith, Textile Center Member & Friend  Priscilla Smith, member and friend of Textile Center, has found that during this quarantine time, she’s getting more done than usual. “I think that's because I’ve been making face masks --…

Susan Leschke

Susan Leschke, Textile Center Teaching Artist  For Textile Center Teaching Artist Susan Leschke, this time of quarantine has led not only to a change of focus in her practice, but also a time of slowing down.  “Before social distancing was…

Ian Hanesworth

Ian Hanseworth, 2019/20 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant Recipient While this time of quarantine hasn’t stopped artists from creating, there’s no doubt that it impacts how artists are creating. “I've tried to lean into this new, slower rhythm…

Liz Miller

Liz Miller, 2020 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellow In the pre COVID-19 world, Liz Miller was an artist used to making a quick trip to a store to browse for items that could be utilized in her newest artistic…

Dawn Tomlinson

Dawn Tomlinson, 2019/20 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant Recipient For current Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant Recipient Dawn Tomlinson, this time of social distancing hasn’t been too much of a change from how she normally works. “When I’m…

Pat Hickman

Pat Hickman, Member of Textile Center's National Artist Advisory Council Last summer, horrified by the news from the U.S.-Mexican border about walls and children being separated from their families, Pat Hickman began to do what artists do when…

Mary Skoy

Mary Skoy, 2020 Spun Gold Winner, Weaver, and Knitter Mary Skoy is using this time of social distancing to try new things. “My knitting group and I are using Zoom to stay in touch,” she says, “we knit…