As a child, Loretta Pettway Bennett watched her grandmother, mother and aunts make quilts. She made her first one at age 12. That’s how a lot of girls grew up in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. They were taught ...

The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. In 2002, crowds lined up around the block outside the ...

October is Portland Textile Month and you’re invited to see exhibits displayed in windows or outdoor spaces throughout the city as well as participate in virtual workshops and talks to learn from ...

Textile artist Julia Laraway's quilt 'The Western Oak at the San Marcos Foothills,' March 2023. (Julia Laraway) The California Nature Art Museum’s 2024 summer exhibit — California, Quilted: Wild in ...

In this winter of hunkering down at home, there’s a trend that’s just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently on a wall, thrown over a couch, ...

This fall, a new exhibit in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, will explore the past and present of textile arts in Berkshire County. Titled “What Quilts Reflect Back to Us,” the show will be held by the ...

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. TEXARKANA, Texas -- A new exhibition opening ...

Olivia Joseph can spot the stories in the stitches in their work as a quilt research fellow for the Mingei International Museum at Balboa Park. The fabrics, the patterns, the designs all reveal ...

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles has taken down all quilt displays and turned over its galleries to the weaving arts – in particular, contemporary tapestries – for three months’ worth of exhibits ...

The mission of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is to promote the art, craft, and history of quilts and textiles. The Museum advocates on behalf of quilts and textiles as a distinctly ...

Once relegated to craft, fiber—and its influence on contemporary painting and installation—now commands attention and serious ...