As a textile artist with a previous career in reproductive justice, Chi Nguyen is no stranger to the potent role that craft can play within activism. “Back in 2016, for the Supreme Court case Whole ...

A textile exhibit by Chicago-based multimedia artist Kelly McKaig will be displayed through Dec. 19 at The Hub — Arts and ...

Textiles don’t immediately come to mind when thinking about art. But as observers of the creative worlds have noticed, the much heralded crossover between design, craft, and art has upended ...

Textile artists have long used their medium as a vehicle for storytelling. Much like ceramic art, it has long trodden the foggy line between art and craft. It comes dressed in many forms: fibre art, ...

Textile artist Nancy Billings specializes in art quilting and Jewish textile traditions such as chuppahs (wedding canopies), tallits (prayer shawls) and challah bread covers. Billings is currently the ...

As weaving skills are evaporating in Finland, so is the ability to design rag rugs.

While Navajo textile artist Naiomi Glasses has been weaving rugs since she was a teenager — and already has a legit business under her traditional Diné belt at a mere 24 — it was her skateboarding ...

Often overlooked as an art form, textiles have long had the ability to capture the fluid and indistinct quality of memory. In Inventory of Intimacies, The Back Room gallery's latest group exhibition, ...