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Surface_Design: Patterns For Pleats with Sandra Ericson April 12-14, at the Textile Center in Minneapolis. t.co/ZYiCiI5GAt

Using paper like pigment:


New Underwater Reefs & Landscapes Made of Paper by Amy Eisenfeld Genser
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SDA members Nancy Crow & Luke Haynes have work in this show outside NYC:


‘Beyond the Bed: The American Quilt Evolution’ at the Katonah Museum of Art / NY
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...includes traditional & innovative patterns & amazing stitch work.

Read SDA member Jayne Gaskins' recent article about this Andean Master Weaver:


Maximo Laura

Surface_Design: Bonnie J. Smith was selected by The Loft Gallery & Studio, to have a solo exhibit. Now to March 31st. t.co/QdVNpWLPZC

16 Michigan SDA members + 1 lemon yellow "fat quarter" of fabric" each + 2 months = 16 different creative solutions:


Surface Design Association - Michigan: Fanciful Fibers Challenge Photos
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If you want your work to embody ideas around sustainability + social issues, seize this unique opportunity to study with foremost Fashion Hacktivist Otto von Busch at our upcoming conference:


Post-Conference Workshop: Otto von Busch / Strategic Threads | surfacedesign.org
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The workshop explores how artistic practices of fibers and fabric can act strategically as a form of activism. This would mean to focus on how the art practice actualizes civic assets and resources in society. We will work collaboratively from the participants’ own practices and their samples to see...

How lucky we are to have this in-demand artist as keynote at our upcoming in•ter•face conference in San Antonio:


Santa Monica "Glow" Artist To Scout Beach Thursday Morning | Santa Monica Mirror
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Keynote artist Janet Echelman will be in Santa Monica this morning to explore the beach near Bay Street in preparation for installing one of her signa...

If you're looking to upgrade your creative skill set - or to explore new media - check out the wide range of outstanding workshops available at our upcoming June conference in San Antonio, TX:


Workshops + Tour | surfacedesign.org
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SDA Member Kevan Lunney gives an overview of work using textile media at recent Armory show here:


Kevan Lunney Artist: Textile Art on the International Art Scene. The Armory show, NYC
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Dutch designer Hellen Van Rees goes for a highly textured look in her Fall'13 collection:


A/W'13 Square Three Angle: The Transformation - Hellen van Rees - Fashion Designer
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This collection was inspired by the tweed fabrics used by Chanel and the straight silhouette of 1920's flapper girls.

Surface_Design: SDA member Margie Trembley is the featured artist at @Blick_Art of Omaha, NE for the month of March. t.co/8ru3C4JkzW

Surface_Design: "Playing with a Full Deck" 52 Art Quilts in the shape of playing cards at Visions Art Museum now through May 19th. t.co/KWWXnzASb8

Sister Corita Kent's Creative Manifesto - with which some of us started our lives as creators - now re-lettered by illustrator Lisa Congdon.


Art Department Rules
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Surface_Design: Join us on the river walk in San Antonio and register for #in•ter•face our International Surface Design Conference! t.co/vtR9nP5p5w

Hand-woven walls by recent grad of Textile Design Department, Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague:


TEGENDRAADS : Wies Preijde
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OK we've seen this done with snow....now here's the sand man:


Environmental Artist Tony Plant Transforms the Beaches of England into Swirling Canvases
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SDA Member Monday: Check out remarkable work by Joyce Watkins King (NC) using synthetic knits (aka pantyhose):


Joyce Watkins King
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Surface_Design: CAMERON ANNE MASON released her newest collection "Madrone" and we have photos! t.co/EJnjUYjcbH

Surface_Design: Five fiber artists speak to concerns facing society in "Above the Din: Unstructured Conversations" at Artworks! t.co/Pici8SWgs4