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Handwork: Unbound

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Textile Center

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.

Medium: 
Fiber
"Untitled," Woven work by Jessica, artist with Choice, Inc. (left); "Bunny," Sewn assemblage by Kurtis, artist with Choice, Inc. (right). Jessica and Kurtis
"Untitled" Woven work by Jessica, artist with Choice, Inc. Jessica
"Bunny," Sewn assemblage by Kurtis, artist with Choice, Inc. Kurtis
Jan 27, 2026 - Apr 4, 2026
Textile Center
3000 University Ave SE 
Minneapolis, 
MN 
55414
"River’s Edge" by Shannon Lucas Westrum (left); "Roses in a Broken Vase" by Christine Novotny (right). Photo credit: Christine Novotny

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