From the editors of Textile Forum magazine (1982-2013)
The beginnings The term ‘textile art’ emerged in the wake of the Lausanne Biennials during the Sixties and Seventies. Although entitled Tapestry Biennials, they were perceived as textile art events by contemporaries. The initial pioneers... Read more
This Biennial will be on view at the Museum Rijswijk near The Hague until 26 October 2014. Now in its 10th edition, 25 artists were selected for the show – four each from the US... Read more
From 9 May to 21 June 2015 the cultural association Arte & Arte will celebrate 25 years of activity. In harmony with the EXPO 2015, taking place from the 1st of May to the 31st... Read more
My desire to visit the Fromholzer hand printing workshop in Ruhmannsfelden sprang from a conversation with Maria Wronska-Friend, the author of our last magazine issue on Blaudruck – paste resist-printing on indigo-dyed cloth – in... Read more
This international meeting place for textile artists had taken place from June 18 to 28 in Kherson in southern Ukraine. Ludmila Egorova and Andrew Schneider, the founders and organisers of “Scythia”,, including an exhibition, fashion... Read more
Under this motto the 17th European Textile Network (ETN) Conference will take place in the framework of the “Textiel Festival” in Leiden, Holland, from 16th to 17th May, 2015. The conference venue will be the... Read more
Rarely has there been a more enigmatic concept than TEXTILE ART! Children of the post-war era like ourselves grew up with the Lausanne Biennials, which we perceived as textile art events. They were exciting presentations... Read more