Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Join us as we explore the cross-disciplinary possibilities of acoustics and textiles with Judit Eszter Kárpáti, PhD, Esteban de la Torre of EJTECH, and Lindsay Olson. EJTECH is an artist duo working with sound, space, light, and time as material building blocks to draw connections between technology and the human body. Lindsay Olson creates artwork inspired by science and technology and was the resident artist aboard the marine Research Vessel Endeavor. All three artists create innovative work that push the boundaries of textiles and offer new ways of understanding the connections between art and science." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association: "Join us in celebrating the Spring 2024 Surface Design Journal, Hunter / Gatherer and explore the intersections of performance and natural dyes with artists Pachia Lucy Vang and Dina Nazmi Khorchid along with moderator, Merill Comeau." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by Surface Design Association: "Join us for Identity Is… Expansive with artist Michael Sylvan Robinson and Elissa Auther, MAD’s Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and William and Milford Lasdon Chief Curator. For his appearance at the MET Museum’s Gala in 2021, award-winning theater producer and fashion icon Jordan Roth commissioned the textile artist and queer activist Michael Sylvan Robinson to design a garment that represented Roth’s embrace of identity as an expansive concept." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association, "What do fiber art and Artificial Intelligence have in common? More than many people—including most computer scientists—realize. String, the earliest fiber technology, is 50,000 years old, and fiber has informed myriad technologies since, especially digital computing. Looking toward our digital future, we will use case studies of our own experiences, primarily in quilting and crochet, to address the potentials and limitations of the impact of Generative AI with large language models (LLMs) on fiber arts design and production." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 2 PM EDT. (Note the time change for Daylight Saving)
Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA), "Join us as we celebrate the Surface Design Association’s Winter Journal, Seeing / Being Seen: LGBTQIA+ Writers on LGBTQIA+ Fiber Artists. Guest Editor Rebekah Frank will be joined in conversation by featured writer Tyah-Amoy Roberts, artist Cate O’Connell-Richards, and Journal Editor Elizabeth Kozlowski as they delve into the complexity of intersectional identity and how it informs creative practices in fiber." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA), "MiKyoung Lee uses repetitive mark making to explore the relationships between tool and material, material and process, and image and content. In MiKyoung Lee: Threading Memories and Weaving Connections, we’ll hear directly from the artist. She will introduce her recent solo exhibition exploring memories from her childhood in Korea and later chapters of her life in the United States." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA), "From basketry to natural pigments and from recycled materials to the latest technologies, the Surface Design Association (SDA) is proud to present our 2024 online workshop series! Get a sneak peek from our workshop instructors and learn more about their personal art practices." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association and Tang Museum, "Join Tang Museum Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara as she presents on the art and life of Paula Wilson, whose exhibition “Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky’s Back Door,” is now on view at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College and will travel in spring 2024 to the California African American Museum in Los Angeles." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA), "Textiles are such a part of our daily lives that they can often get overlooked. But for Embroidery Artist Nneka Jones, Founder of Art You Hungry, and Master Weaver Tivane Mavuma from the Barrydale Hand Weavers, their work is front and center and on the big screen. Join us for our upcoming Textile Talk, Textiles in Entertainment, for a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ roles in movie production and marketing for two colossal movies - The Woman King and Wakanda Forever." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Schweinfurth Art Center and SDA, Quinn Alexandria Hunter is an interdisciplinary artist from North Carolina whose practice centers on uncovering and unveiling truths – digging into the histories of Black Americans to find spaces and memories that have been lost, erased, or covered. Hunter looks at the way erasure of historic labor and pain is connected to the contemporary, and how it affects the way we view and use the space around us in the present. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association and WMQFA: ""This presentation features three artists who incorporate film into their fiber art practices. Nirmal Ra-ja, Jennifer West, and Holly Wong recast film as fabric that can be stitched, layered, or manipulated. The presence of the artist’s hand and an attention to the process of making is felt in each of the artist’s work as they explore the physicality of film and expand the medium conceptually." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Presented by the Surface Design Association (SDA): "Join us as we celebrate the release of The Surface Design Journal’s Summer 2023 Issue: Traditions & Techniques in Knit & Crochet. We’ll hear from hand knit designer, writer, and author Jeanette Sloan, founder of BIPOC in Fiber on her making process and the importance of visibility. Aynsley Grealis, also known as Knotted Neon, pushes the boundaries of her practice and creates pieces that weave together the joys of creativity, nature, color, and playfulness." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
For this week's Textile Talk, "The Surface Design Association is proud to present Safekeeping, the 2023 SDA Member Show. This exhibition explores ideas around safeguarding both body and land, for seeking refuge through ritual and narrative, and for defending precarious boundaries and issues." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Join the Surface Design Association in conversation with artist and designer Kaffe Fassett during The Power of Pattern Textile Talk. The talk will include a discussion about his latest exhibit Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern, draws on original artworks from Kaffe and Brandon Mably as well as invited makers, exploring Fassett’s world, with textile works, photographs and archival material to illuminate the work of this distinctive, influential artist and designer. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Join Nancy Crow and Schweinfurth Program Director Davana Robedee as they discuss Nancy's upcoming exhibition SEQUENCES, RIFFS AND DRAWINGS at the Schweinfurth Art Center for this Wednesday's Textile Talk. During the interview, they will explore the topics that inspired Nancy's most recent quilts, including the language of geometric elements, beauty, and anxiety. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Celebrating the creative work of student artists, designers, and makers, this week's Textile Talk features the Surface Design Association’s (SDA) Future Tense 2023, which offers a glimpse into the future of contemporary fibers by presenting the best work made by students in the field today. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
This week's Textile Talk dives into Traditions + Techniques in Beading with Journal Editor Elizabeth Kozlowski, and Artists and contributors, Sébastien Carré and Anette Millington, who will "speak on their work and beading as a practice that has transcended time." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Textile Talks return for the new year and begin with a focus on another wonderful quilt exhibition. The exhibit, Forecast//Recast, "brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting". We are led through the exhibit by juror Tanya Aguiñiga, "as she walks us through the exhibition and provides insights to her own art practice." Register today and watch when this episode airs TODAY, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 2 PM EDT.
Join the Surface Design Association (SDA) in this week's Textile Talk for Learn & Make with SDA and get a preview of their "inaugural online workshop series starting in early 2023." You will get a sneak peek of their "workshop instructors and learn more about their personal art practice." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
This week's Textile Talk is all about Crafting The Vote. "Sponsored by Surface Design Association (SDA), Crafting the Vote presents three different approaches to thinking about voting, elections, and the legislative process." Register today and watch when this episode airs thisWednesday, November 2, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.