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Telos Art Publisher; http://www.telos.net
Fine art publisher with an excellent series of textile art books.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles; http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, this Museum specializes in textile art.
Surface Design Association; http://www.surfacedesign.org
Non-profit educational organizaion publishes quarterly magazine,
SurfaceDesign Journal.
Friends of Fiber Art International;
Promotes the "collectibility" of fiber art and fosters dialogue among collectors,
curators, critics, dealers and artists.
Textile Forum; http://www.ETN-net.org/TFS/
A European magazine for textile culture.
Museum of Craft and Folk Art; http://www.sfcraftandfolk.org
Located in San Francisco, this gem often highlights contemporary fiber.
National Basketry Organization, Inc.,http// www.nationalbasketry.org
Non-profit, educational organization whose mission is to promote the art,
skills and heritage of both traditional and contemporary basketry.
New Publication by Bay Area artist and scholar Yoshiko Wada
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada's new book, Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now is now available at fine bookstores and online booksellers.
This book is a follow-up to Shibori (first published 1983)and focuses on contemporary work by leading shibori artists from around the world. Textile art and sculptural forms are presented among the work of more than seventy innovative artists and designers including FiberScene artist Ana Lisa Hedstrom .
Swiss Foundation Announces Plans to Revive Fiber Art in Lausanne
For 30 years, the city of Lausanne was host to the Lausanne Biennial, the most
important international exhibition of large-scale Fiber Art. Artists who exhibited
at the Biennials gave many works of art to the Pierrre Pauli Association, a
collection now consisting of Fiber Art made between 1961 and 1987 by more
than fifty international artists. This collection recently joined with the Mary
Toms collection, containing European tapestries of the 16th through the 19th
centuries as well as French and English embroidered furniture and rugs.
On November 3, 2000, a fact-finding delegation of six board members of the Toms/Pauli Foundation of Lausanne, Switzerland visited SOFA Chicago, and presented their collections and early plans to establish a new museum for the exhibition and collection of contemporary fiber art and traditional tapestry.
These Northern California Colleges and Universities feature advanced degrees
in Textile Arts. Click on their names to link with their programs.
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