Textile roundel with interlace; Egypt, 4th century CE; wool on linen, 8.3 x 10.3 in. The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College has acquired a rich trove of Coptic textiles, and an extensive library ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When conceiving temporary exhibitions, art museums tend to play to the strengths of their permanent collections or fall back on proven crowd-pleasers, such ...

In “Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles From the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler ...

When you think of fine art, you might think of oil paintings, bronze sculptures or gravity-defying glasswork. You might not think of a colorful quilt, fuzzy felted object or embroidery, perhaps ...

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 ...

Examine the textiles that gave the Silk Road its name, and travel across the trade routes that connected the cultures of Afro-Eurasia for centuries as The Ohio State University at Marion hosts a ...

You_See_Arts, a company that specialises in handmade fabric design, weaving and pencil drawing, is making good its promise of taking textile art to the next level, in line with its tagline, ‘Textile ...

Sharjah, UAE: In collaboration with Barjeel Art Foundation, BEEAH has launched a new art exhibition titled “Women’s Work: From Craft to Fine Art, Reclaiming Arab Textile Art” at its headquarters in ...

Smart fabric and textile technologies have been integrated into the design courses at the University of Sharjah's College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD). Students have started studying smart textile ...

Fiber arts are woven into the history of Oregon, from stitchings by Indigenous people to quilts created by pioneers to commemorate their arrival. Portland TextileX Month, a festival throughout October ...

“Handmade” is a group show by Western Ave Lofts textile artists who come together at a weekly sewing circle organized by resident artist Alex DiMauro. The exhibit is on view in the Lobby Gallery at ...