Textile Center

Lock in, chat. We've got a LOT coming up at Textile Center. 🧶 🧵
(Textile Center's Gen Z summer fellow helped us write this, xoxo)

Artist Reception
Thursday, June 4, 5:30 – 7 pm
Celebrate the artists in our current exhibitions: Mni Sóta: Traditions & Innovations, TWO-SPIRIT STORIES

The Stashery 1st Birthday Party!
Friday, June 5, 11 am – 1 pm
It’s fun to be one! The Stashery is coming up on it’s first birthday, and we want to celebrate with all of you!

Trunk Show: Walia Hasan
Friday + Saturday, June 12 + 13
Shop hand-painted silk bandanas, scarves, headbands, accessories, and a few experimental fiber pieces of block prints.

A Common Thread Call for Entry 2026
Deadline: Friday, June 15 or until capacity is reached!
Join our biennial member exhibition, when every gallery wall is adorned with an incredible array of fiber art by our innovative members!

Craft Night: DIY Pride Yarn
Wednesday, June 17, 5:30 – 7 pm
$15/person
Hand-paint a mini skein of yarn with acid dyes and draw inspiration from the Pride Flag of your choice! Limited spots remain.

Trunk Show: Social Fabric Research
Monday – Saturday, June 22 – 27
Shop local fibers, yarns, and handcrafted everyday items with a focus on sustainability.

Quilt Inspired Joomchi
Tuesday, June 23, 10 am – 3 pm
with Riley Kleve
Create a layered wall hanging inspired by quilts while learning the art of joomchi, a Korean fiber technique.

Peep our website to see what else is coming up: textilecentermn.org

Calling all current + prospective fiber art instructors! Are you a teaching artist with a brain for beading, a knack for needle felting, or the drive to dye?

Share your passion for whatever your flavor of fiber art is. Class proposals for Textile Center’s Fall 2026 term (September – December) are due June 15, 2026 ❗️

Snuffle mat for a cat? Mending with patches? Printing with flowers? These are all classes on our current schedule to get the inspiration flowing. Let’s hear your idea!

Learn more + submit your class proposal online at www.textilecentermn.org/teach

Help our master gardener Deb Reierson with planting in our Garden to Dye for this weekend! No planting experience required — just bring your willingness to help. 🌱🌱

Saturday, May 23, 10 am - 1 pm
Sign up: textilecentermn.org/volunteer

What’s Textile Center’s Garden to Dye For?
It’s s a living educational and creative resource that proudly cultivates, harvests, and fosters understanding of natural dye plants! Combining beauty and function, this perennial garden wraps around the southwest and west sides of the building, nurturing plants used to create natural dyes for textiles. It serves as a living, breathing element in the process of creating fiber art. 🌸

🩸 We're hosting a Blood Drive at Textile Center next week!

Textile Center is partnering up with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive in our auditorium. In January 2026, the American Red Cross declared a severe national blood shortage.

Please consider joining us on Friday, May 29, to donate blood and save a life! And, the American Sewing Guild will be hosting a stitching demonstration that day, so we can spend time together in this amazing space and in community while giving back.

Before or after donating, take a walk through our galleries and see our two exhibits featuring distinguished Dakota and Anishinaabe artists in 𝑴𝒏𝒊 𝑺𝙤́𝒕𝒂: 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 & 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝙨 and emerging Two-Spirit Native artists in 𝑻𝑾𝑶-𝑺𝑷𝑰𝑹𝑰𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺.

To sign up, visit: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=TEXTILECENTER
Or call 1-800-REDCROSS

We want to know where to find you and your fiber art this Art-A-Whirl Weekend!

✴️ Fiber + textile artists: Leave a comment where folks can find you + what wares you'll have available!
💕 Art-A-Whirl Goers: Check out the comments + plan your Art-A-Whirl trip!

Minnesota has an amazing arts community, and we are home to this largest open studio tour weekend in the country. While Textile Center is not in NE, we want to support the MANY working textile artists who will be sharing their craft this weekend!

Leave a comment below!

Mark your calendars and start searching the backs of your closets – the Slow Fashion Sale is returning July 9 - 11! 👕

Do you have garments you’ve made or mended that don’t quite fit or suit you anymore? Maybe pieces you just aren’t reaching for anymore? Consider us your matchmaker! We’ll find new homes for these items you’ve spent time and care creating.

Donation day is coming up on Wednesday, June 24, from 10 am - 7 pm. No sign up required!

By donating items to the sale, you’ll:
✨Get access to a special shopping time before the sale opens to the public!
✨Get the opportunity to promote yourself as an artist or small business by adding your own tag on your donated garments. We’ll feature some items on our social media in advance of the sale!

🪡 About the Sale:
Are you concerned with the impacts of fast fashion, but finding that ethical alternatives are not always within reach? Shop unique, secondhand garments created and donated by members of our creative community at the Slow Fashion Sale!

🛍️ Shop the Sale:
Thursday, July 9, 10 am – 7 pm
Friday, July 10, 10 am – 4 pm
Saturday, July 11, 10 am – 4 pm

Entry is free and open to the public! Keep an eye on our social media during the week of the sale for highlights and updates. Prices will range from $5- $75.

NEW this year! ⭐
Get your new threads customized with onsite creative consultation + alterations with Minneapolis-based tailor and designer Abbie Kenyon! Abbie has over 10 years of professional experience, having spent several years in the costume shop at the Guthrie Theater, dressing performers on Broadway tours alongside stars including Beyoncé and P!nk, and working with Nordstrom and specialty shops across the Twin Cities. Her background in precision and performance now goes into every custom project she takes on. Make your new-to-you fashion finds true-to-you!

Learn more at textilecentermn.org/slow-fashion-sale

Y’all. We hit an all-time new record for the Textile Garage Sale… we raised over $100,000 ‼️ to support fiber art programming for all! 🧵

Thousands of pounds of textile supplies found new homes in the hands of new makers, while being diverted from landfills and incinerators. ♻️

Not only is this yearly fundraiser highly impactful in supporting Textile Center programs, but it also benefits our environment and provides an opportunity to purchase highly discounted fiber art supplies for artists of all levels.

This impact wouldn’t be possible without our incredible community, from our volunteers, shoppers, and donors to our staff and board. Thank you, thank you — and let’s do it again next year!

In the meantime, we’re working to get our space back in order to re-open The Stashery on Saturday, May 9. If you missed out on the Garage Sale, stop by for a fully restocked Stashery room!

And, don’t forget to tag us in photos of what you make with your Garage Sale findings!

The Textile Garage Sale begins TOMORROW (Friday, May 1)! Start planning your trip with some helpful tips:

𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆? 🚗 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
▪️Textile Center lots, 3000 University Ave SE + 3018 University Ave SE
▪️Pratt Community School lot, 66 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, only at the following times:
Friday, May 1: 3:30 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 2: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Sunday, May 2: 9 am – 2 pm
▪️ Art+Architecture East Lot, 3320 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (At the corner of University Ave and Bedford)
▪️ Street parking in the neighborhood – look out for parking signs, including permit-only parking areas

𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓? 🚌 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 $𝟓 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞!
The Prospect Park Green Line Station (29th Ave SE) is just steps from Textile Center! Coupon will be provided upon entering the sale.

𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆? 🚲 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 $𝟓 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞!
Go green and ride your bike to the sale! Coupon will be provided upon entering the sale. Bike rack locations: 3 bike racks on our corner of University Ave SE and Arthur Ave SE, several large bike racks just west of the Light Rail Station on the corner of 29th Ave SE and University Ave SE (about a 2 minute walk)

𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐄 🛍️
Did your shopping success lead to too much to carry? Leave your items with a volunteer, and pull up your vehicle to our loading zone! The loading zone is just off University Ave SE on Arthur Ave (west of our building), and will be marked with signs.

𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃-𝐓𝐎-𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 🤝
▪️ If you arrive before your ticket time to get in line for the sale, the line will be formed outside – so dress for the weather!
▪️Wear good walking shoes
▪️2 hours of shopping time per ticket
▪️Cashless shopping experience
▪️Show your ticket on your mobile device (or bring a printed copy)
▪️Bring your own shopping bag, but do not bring a cart
▪️ No age limit — all shoppers need a ticket, no unaccompanied kids under 16

Learn more and plan your trip: textilecentermn.org/garagesale