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05/29/2026
Lock in, chat. We've got a LOT coming up at Textile Center. ๐งถ ๐งต
(Textile Center's Gen Z summer fellow helped us write this, xoxo)
Artist Reception
Thursday, June 4, 5:30 โ 7 pm
Celebrate the artists in our current exhibitions: Mni Sรณta: Traditions & Innovations, TWO-SPIRIT STORIES
The Stashery 1st Birthday Party!
Friday, June 5, 11 am โ 1 pm
Itโs fun to be one! The Stashery is coming up on itโs first birthday, and we want to celebrate with all of you!
Trunk Show: Walia Hasan
Friday + Saturday, June 12 + 13
Shop hand-painted silk bandanas, scarves, headbands, accessories, and a few experimental fiber pieces of block prints.
A Common Thread Call for Entry 2026
Deadline: Friday, June 15 or until capacity is reached!
Join our biennial member exhibition, when every gallery wall is adorned with an incredible array of fiber art by our innovative members!
Craft Night: DIY Pride Yarn
Wednesday, June 17, 5:30 โ 7 pm
$15/person
Hand-paint a mini skein of yarn with acid dyes and draw inspiration from the Pride Flag of your choice! Limited spots remain.
Trunk Show: Social Fabric Research
Monday โ Saturday, June 22 โ 27
Shop local fibers, yarns, and handcrafted everyday items with a focus on sustainability.
Quilt Inspired Joomchi
Tuesday, June 23, 10 am โ 3 pm
with Riley Kleve
Create a layered wall hanging inspired by quilts while learning the art of joomchi, a Korean fiber technique.
Peep our website to see what else is coming up: textilecentermn.org
05/13/2026
We want to know where to find you and your fiber art this Art-A-Whirl Weekend!
โด๏ธ Fiber + textile artists: Leave a comment where folks can find you + what wares you'll have available!
๐ Art-A-Whirl Goers: Check out the comments + plan your Art-A-Whirl trip!
Minnesota has an amazing arts community, and we are home to this largest open studio tour weekend in the country. While Textile Center is not in NE, we want to support the MANY working textile artists who will be sharing their craft this weekend!
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๐ป๐พ๐ถ-๐บ๐ท๐ฐ๐น๐ฐ๐ป ๐บ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฐ๐ฌ๐บ showcases the work of emerging Two-Spirit Native artists residing in Minnesota. In a celebration of traditional and contemporary handwork, these artists are affirming Indigenous and q***r identity using themes of ceremony, community, and ancestral tradition. Mark your calendar and join us for an Artist Reception Thursday, June 4, 5:30 - 7 pm at Textile Center. On view through July 11, 2026.
Answering a call to pick up their gifts, to bring their medicine forward, TWO-SPIRIT STORIES offers craftwork and hand-built pieces that move past adornment to systems of identity, past utility into reciprocity. When we build with our hands, we invest energy and life force to be shared with relatives, loved ones and strangers alike.
Serving as Curator for Community Collaboration, Penny Kagigebi, (White Earth Ojibwe), invited Minnesota artists from tribes across the Upper Midwest to tell their stories. What is your story?
Participating Artists:
Raul Aguilar Jr. (Red Lake Band of Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, and Mexican)
Trevvy B (Oneida Nation, Stockbridge Munsee Mohican Nation) .bee
Chewiemonster (White Earth Nation)
Alicia de la Cruz (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (enrolled) and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (descendant))
Tylar Larsen (Bdewakantunwan Dakota from Cansaโyapi (Lower Sioux))
Awanaabe Syverson (White Earth Nation)
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