Textile Center
Cause Area
- Arts & Culture
- Education & Literacy
Location
3000 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Textile Center's mission is to honor textile traditions, promote excellence and innovation, and inspire widespread participation in fiber art.
Description
Textile Center is a Minneapolis-based arts organization dedicated to fiber art. Textile Center is located in the Prospect Park neighborhood. It is home to three galleries that feature rotating exhibitions of fiber art; the nation's largest circulating library of textile-related books and periodicals; the region's only publically-accessible professionally-equipped dye lab; a shop featuring the work of local and national fiber artists; and an organic demonstration dye garden featuring native and traditional dye plants. Our education programs consist of onsite textile art classes and workshops for adults of all skill levels; of onsite youth and student educational programs; and off-site educational programs held at schools, libraries, communiity centers, and other venues around the region.