What does it mean to be ikčé – to be common/ordinary?  In Lakota and Dakota thoughts, this term is often invoked to express humility, interconnectedness, and the foundation of everyday life. Lakota/Dakota artists and co-curators Molina Two Bulls, Graci Horne, Layli Long Soldier, Clementine Bordeaux, and mary v. bordeaux have engaged in dialogue with relatives, elders, culture bearers, and peers, gathering stories and insights that shape their creative responses.

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The Soul of Black Folks, featuring 50 artists of the Women of Color Quilters Network, celebrates the resilience and creativity of African American culture, utilizing quilts as a vehicle for healing, remembering and reclaiming narratives.

The quilts’ tactile and colorful qualities engage people emotionally through artist receptions, guided gallery tours and story quilt workshops.

The exhibition is organized by Carolyn Mazloomi, a nationally-acclaimed quilt artist, lecturer and founder of WCQN.

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The exhibit brings together artists from Textile Arts LA whose work centers the hand as both method and metaphor. Inspired by artist Ann Hamilton’s concept of the “sewing hand”—the idea that making by hand is a way of knowing—we explore how tactile engagement with material connects body to mind, individual to community, and past to present.

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UrbanGlass is proud to present our biennial MFA exhibition, which features recent graduates from Masters programs who are working with glass.

The title for this exhibition, The Scope, honors the breadth of techniques and inspirations within the material landscape of glass.

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Handwork: Embodied Material, curated by Minnesota artist Soph Munic, centers MN’s LGBTQIA+ artists in collaboration with Embodied Material, a collective of queer textile artists who engage in study and critical thinking about artwork and identity through textile practices.

Artist Reception: Thursday, November 5, 5:30 – 7 pm.

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Handwork: A Common Thread celebrates the history, breadth, and depth of fiber art practices of Textile Center’s members and guilds.

The only exhibit of its kind in the nation — non-juried and open call until capacity is reached — A Common Thread supports our mission to inspire widespread participation in fiber art and to grow awareness of the central role of fiber arts in community building.

Artist Reception Thursday, August 6, 5:30 – 7 pm.

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Handwork: TWO-SPIRIT STORIES showcases the work of MN’s emerging Two-Spirit Native artists.

In a celebration of traditional and contemporary handwork, these artists are affirming Indigenous and queer identity using themes of ceremony, community, and ancestral tradition. First Peoples Fund Fellow Penny Kagigebi (White Earth Ojibwe) serves as advisor and curator.

Reception: June 4, 5:30 – 7 pm, at Textile Center.

Native Artists pop-up shop: June 4 – 6, 2026.

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This exhibit showcases MN’s Indigenous textile history, highlighting works that recognize, promote, and celebrate distinguished Native artists in MN. As the original “craft” artists of our state, these accomplished artists are constantly evolving traditional practices with contemporary innovations. Delina White (Leech Lake, Ojibwe), a McKnight Fellow, serves as advisor + curator for Mni Sota. Reception: June 4, 5:30 – 7 pm, at Textile Center. Native Artists pop-up shop: June 4 – 6, 2026.

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Handwork: Unbound, curated in partnership with Choice, Inc., Interact Center, and Fresh Eye Arts, showcases fiber artists with disability identities who challenge artistic conventions through non-traditional learning modalities.

The fiber art works selected are profoundly innovative and meaningful as visual autobiographies, through their chosen materials, techniques, and imagery.

Artist reception: March 19, 5 – 7 pm, 2026, at Textile Center.

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Materials to Masterpiece invites visitors to explore the journey of traditional craft, from humble raw materials to refined works of art.

The exhibition reveals the transformation of natural resources by the hands of master craftsmen. Unfinished pieces will be featured alongside finished work to illuminate the process, skill, artistry, and vision behind each creation.

The League will showcase collaborations with traditional craft education programs in New Hampshire as a part of this exhibition.

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A jury session is a formal and rigorous evaluation for membership with the League of NH Craftsmen. League jurors not only demonstrate technical expertise but exemplify the “Spirit of the Maker” through their work, and serve as ambassadors for this historic organization.

Setting the Standard is a recurring exhibition featuring work from the League’s jurors. Masters in their respective media categories, these craftsmen represent the high standards of the organization in the work they produce.

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Textile Center is kicking off the year celebrating Minnesota artists with the 2025 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellowship Exhibition, featuring new work by the 2025 fellowship recipients Christine Novotny of Grand Marais, a weaver and dyer, and Shannon Lucas Westrum of Bemidji, a basketry and mixed media artist.

Artist talks and reception for the artists: March 19, 5 – 7 pm, 2026, at Textile Center.

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“Roberto Lugo: Evolution as Revolution” will be a bold commentary on both the resilience of underrepresented communities and the enduring need to confront the systemic forces at play in the contemporary moment. Lugo’s work is also a reminder of the power of art to start dialogues, serving as an equalizer in an increasingly polarized world.

This exhibition is a part of Radical Americana. A larger multi-location project that brings together art and culture institutions around Philadelphia.

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The Clay Studio is proud to present Our Community, a biennial, open call exhibition that highlights the inspiring work being made by artists who are part of The Clay Studio as Students, Associate Artists, Interns, Staff, Board, and Teaching Artists.

The work on view encompasses the range of what inspires our artists, including: global cultures, traditional techniques, 3D printing, slip casting, installation art, humor, and political activism.

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Radical Americana will be a series of exhibitions organized by a consortium of Philadelphia’s extensive collection of arts and cultural institutions celebrating how today’s artists are continuing the city’s unique and rich legacy as a center for creativity and civic engagement.

We ask artists to explore the influential historical year of 1776, and the subsequent commemorations in Philadelphia in the years 1876, 1926, and 1976.

• The Clay Studio
• ArtPhilly
• Asian Arts Initiative
• Craft NOW Philadelphia
• Past Present Projects
• The Museum of Art in Wood
• William Way LGBT Community Center
• The Colored Girl Museum
• InLiquid
• Cliveden
• The Print Center
• Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
• Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Stenton Museum
• Curators at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Sarah Archer
• Glen Foerd
• Dina Wind Art Foundation
• Taller Puertorriqueño
• The Fabric Workshop and Museum

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